Oreste Baldini

Oreste Baldini
Born	(1962-07-08) 8 July 1962 (age 61) Milan, Italy
Occupations	Voice actor dialogue writer dubbing director actor artist
Years active	1974–present
Relatives	Antonella Baldini (sister) Nanni Baldini (brother) Rita Baldini (sister)

Oreste Baldini (born 8 July 1962) is an Italian actor, voice actor and dubbing director. ^[1] After entering the film industry as a child performing in The Godfather Part II and The Flower in His Mouth , he later found a successful career as a voice actor in both animated and live action films.

Biography

Born in Milan, Baldini made his big international screen debut at twelve years of age in 1974, portraying Vito Corleone as a child in the opening scenes of The Godfather Part II . A year later, he returned to Italy and acted in the film The Flower in His Mouth . ^[2]

Baldini later found success as a voice actor, dubbing characters into the Italian language and voicing Italian animated characters. He regularly dubs John Cusack in Italian and has dubbed Ken Jeong, Noah Taylor, David Arquette, Ludacris, Tim Roth, Seth Rogen, Crispin Glover, and Johnny Depp in some of their movies. Baldini's Italian voice dubbing roles include King Julien XIII in the Madagascar films, ^[3] Shaggy Rogers in Scooby-Doo , Courage in Courage the Cowardly Dog , Sideshow Mel in The Simpsons , Quackerjack in Darkwing Duck , George McFly in Back to the Future , Linus Riley in the Scream saga, Tej Parker in the Fast & Furious franchise, and Leslie Chow in The Hangover films. Baldini works at C.D. Cine Dubbing, LaBibi.it, Dubbing Brothers, Pumaisdue, and other Italian dubbing studios.

Baldini is also a sculptor and painter, showcasing in Rome, Milan, Tokyo and New York. In 2019 some works of his appeared at the Museo nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia in the exhibition Acqua ("Water"), focused on environmentalism, ^[4] followed by Bastabuste ("Stop plastic bags") in 2021 with the painting Dantenostrum. Inferni in terra, a 40-meters tribute to Dante Alighieri. ^[5] He has designed sets for theatre plays. ^[6]

He is the brother of voice actors Antonella, Rita and Nanni Baldini.

Filmography

Film

• The Godfather Part II (1974) ^[7]
• The Flower in His Mouth (1975)
• Kinekiller - short film (1998)

Television

• Come stanno bene insieme - TV miniseries (1989)
• Il capitano - TV series (2006)

Voice work (in Italian)

Animation

• Knight in I Roteò e la magia dello specchio
• The Cat in Bentornato Pinocchio
• Palace guards in The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
• Storyteller (Cantastorie) in Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa
• Maestro Ciliegia in Pinocchio and Friends

Dubbing roles

Animation

• Sideshow Mel (seasons 2-5, 18+), Professor Frink (season 33+), Luigi Risotto (season 34+) and other voices in The Simpsons , ^[8] Sideshow Mel in The Simpsons Movie
• Quackerjack in Darkwing Duck , ^[9] DuckTales
• Courage in Courage the Cowardly Dog , Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Mark Chang and Norm the Genie in The Fairly OddParents
• XR in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins ^[10]
• Thaddeus "Phlegm" Bile in Monsters, Inc.
• Shaggy Rogers in Scooby-Doo (since 2002)
• Steel Toed slim in ChalkZone
• Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic X , Sonic Boom (TV series)
• King Julien XIII in Madagascar , ^[11] Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa , ^[12] Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted , ^[13] The Penguins of Madagascar , ^[14] Penguins of Madagascar
• Jimmy Lizard in Hoodwinked!
• Hamir in The Wild
• The Man with the Yellow Hat in Curious George (TV series) , Curious George (film) , Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! , Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle , Curious George 4: Royal Monkey, Curious George 5: Go West Go Wild, Curious George 6: Cape Ahoy
• Starscream in The Transformers: The Movie (2007 redub)
• Igor in Igor
• Despereaux in The Tale of Despereaux ^[15]
• Flint Lockwood in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
• Dusty Crophopper in Planes , Planes: Fire & Rescue
• Crane in Kung Fu Panda 3 ^[16]
• Various characters in Robot Chicken
• Siddeley in Cars 2
• Arthur Claus in Arthur Christmas
• Mr. Fly in Hotel Transylvania
• Augustus Bumblypants in The Happytime Murders
• News Reporter in Minions
• Moonwind in Soul
• Vox in Hazbin Hotel ^[17]

Live action

• Linus Riley in Scream , ^[18] Scream 2 , ^[19] Scream 3 , ^[20] Scream 4 ^[21]
• Tej Parker in 2 Fast 2 Furious , ^[22] Fast Five , ^[23] Fast & Furious 6 , ^{[24] [25]} The Fate of the Furious ^[26]
• Leslie Chow in The Hangover , ^[27] The Hangover Part II , ^[28] The Hangover Part III ^[29]
• Shaggy Rogers in Scooby-Doo , Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Mac Radner in Bad Neighbors , Bad Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
• George McFly in Back to the Future
• Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
• Roy Dillon in The Grifters
• Steve Sanders in Beverly Hills, 90210
• Max in The Muppet Movie
• Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke in Reservoir Dogs
• Dennis Riley in Malice
• Ed Wood in Ed Wood
• Mr. Dickey in The Mask
• Alexander "Stretch" Rawland in Gridlock'd
• Charles Ferry in Everyone Says I Love You
• Vince Larkin in Con Air
• Max Abbitt in Kissing a Fool
• Nelson Rockefeller in Cradle Will Rock
• Gig in Lucky Numbers
• Jake Scharm in Keeping the Faith
• Jeff Foster in Super Troopers
• Junior in Panic Room
• D.J. Drake / Brendan Fraser in Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Mr. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ^[30]
• Ted Newman in Click
• Tracy Jordan in 30 Rock
• Eddie Thomas in America's Sweethearts
• Mike Enslin in 1408
• Stanley Phillips in Grace Is Gone
• Brand Hauser in War, Inc.
• David Gordon in Martian Child
• Walter Simmons in CSI: Miami
• Jackson Curtis in 2012
• Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven
• Hillary Van Wetter in The Paperboy
• Robert Hansen in The Frozen Ground
• Emerson Kent in The Numbers Station
• Stafford Weiss in Maps to the Stars
• Jack in The Bag Man
• Matthew Eversmann in Black Hawk Down
• Aaron Altmann in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
• Nelson in The Shadow
• Older Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy
• Sam in The Prince
• Clay Riddell in Cell
• Lucius in Dragon Blade
• Kevin in 11:14
• Martin Fitzgerald in Without a Trace
• Ranger Smith in Yogi Bear
• Philip Chaney in Captives
• Damon Schmidt in The Kingdom
• Jolly in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
• Simon in The Walking Dead

Video games

• Wa-Wa in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
• Narrator in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

References

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2. "Oreste Baldini". MYmovies. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
3. "Madagascar, animali e i doppiatori italiani del film". nospoiler.it. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
4. "Dal Padrino con Coppola al doppiaggio italiano: Oreste Baldini ora è lo scultore protagonista della mostra 'Acqua'". repubblica.it (in Italian). 23 September 2019.
5. "Dante, 'Inferni in terra', opera pittorica lunga quaranta metri firmata Oreste Baldini". adnkronos.com. 29 December 2021.
6. "Oreste Baldini e l'arte della scenografia". repubblica.it (in Italian). 25 September 2019.
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13. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
14. "The Penguins of Madagascar Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
15. "The Tale of Despereaux Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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17. "AntonioGenna.net presenta: IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - ZONA ANIMAZIONE: "Hazbin Hotel"". www.antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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29. "The Hangover Part 3 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
30. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

External links

• Oreste Baldini at IMDb  
• Oreste Baldini at AllMovie
• Oreste Baldini at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia
• Oreste Baldini at Behind The Voice Actors