Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born 30 August 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, television presenter and comedian. [1]
Since 1986, Insegno has been a member of the comedy quartet Premiata Ditta and he also found success dubbing characters into the Italian language and presenting a variety of television shows across Italy.
Born in Rome, Insegno began his career in 1981 and then eventually in 1986, he became a member of Premiata Ditta alongside Roberto Ciufoli, Francesca Draghetti and Tiziana Foschi. The group performed a variety of comedy sketches on stage, television, and film, most notably the 1995 film L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle. [2] Insegno also appeared in the music video for the song Tu stasera non esci by Gemelli Diversi on their second album 4x4.
Between the early and mid-2000s, he was one of four presenters of Premiata Teleditta alongside his three colleagues. In 2010, he presented the show Insegnami a sognare and from 2010 to 2013, he presented the Italian version of the French-Canadian game show Action Réaction . He presented these shows for Rai 1. He also presented shows for Mediaset in the past. [3]
Insegno is recognised as a voice actor and dubber. He serves as the official Italian voice of Will Ferrell, having dubbed him in a majority of his films. He also dubbed Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Sacha Baron Cohen in some of their movies. He is well known for voicing Stan Smith in the Italian-Language version of American Dad and he performed the Italian voices of Diego in the Ice Age film series, John Smith in Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World , Chick Hicks in Cars and Cars 3 , The Magic Mirror in the Shrek movies, and he also dubbed several characters in The Simpsons . [4]
Insegno is the older brother of the voice actor Claudio Insegno. From his first marriage to the actress Roberta Lanfranchi, Insegno had two children. He had another two with his second and current wife Alessia Navarro.
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1983 | Escape from the Bronx | ||
1984 | In punta di piedi | Discotech guitarist | |
1985 | Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone | Carlo Vacca | |
A me mi piace | Fireman | ||
1988 | I giorni randagi | Andrea | |
1989 | Le finte bionde | Raging Dull | |
1995 | L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle | Pino | |
2003 | The Angels of Borsellino | Agostino Catalano | |
2008 | Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo | Extramarcio | |
2010 | Alta infedeltà | Filippo | |
From the Waist Up | Superintendent Ciarnò | ||
2013 | Una notte agli studios | Padre Marras | |
2017 | Ovunque tu sarai | Giordano’s father | |
2022 | (Im)perfetti criminali | Leader of the Nighthawks |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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2000 | The Squad | Dario | TV film |
2006 | Lo zio d'America | Alfonso | TV series |
2007 | Quelli dell'intervallo | Mathematics Professor | 1 episode |
2008 | Vita da paparazzo | Gino | TV miniseries |
2018 | Un posto al sole | Emanuele Roversi | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref |
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1993–1999 | The Simpsons | Ned Flanders | Recurring role (season 3) | |
Moe Szyslak | Recurring role (season 8) | |||
2000–2004 | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Freaky Fred | Recurring role | |
2001 | Second Star to the Left | Archie | TV film | |
2005–present | American Dad! | Stan Smith | Main cast | |
2011–2018 | The Little Prince | The Snake | Main cast | |
2016 | Bordertown | El Coyote | Recurring role | |
2018–2020 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | King Peppy | Recurring role |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
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1986 | The George McKenna Story | George J. McKenna III | TV film | Denzel Washington | |
1990 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Steve Lacey | Main cast | Shea Farrell | |
1995 | Citizen X | Viktor Burakov | TV film | Stephen Rea | |
2006–2010 | 30 Rock | Tracy Jordan | Main cast (seasons 1–3) | Tracy Morgan | |
2013–2014 | Downton Abbey | Anthony Foyle, Viscount Gillingham | 12 episodes | Tom Cullen | |
2013–2019 | Game of Thrones | Tormund Giantsbane | 33 episodes | Kristofer Hivju | |
2013–2020 | Ray Donovan | Raymond "Ray" Donovan | Main cast | Liev Schreiber | |
2014 | True Detective | Martin "Marty" Hart | Main cast (season 1) | Woody Harrelson | |
2014–2020 | Power | Kanan Stark | Main cast | 50 Cent | |
2015 | The Player | Mr. Isaiah Johnson | Main cast | Wesley Snipes | |
2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | John Beatty | TV film | Michael Shannon | |
Room 104 | Nathan | 1 episode | |||
2018–2021 | Britannia | Aulus Plautius | Main cast | David Morrissey | |
2019 | Waco | Gary Noesner | TV miniseries | Michael Shannon | |
The Spy | Eli Cohen | TV miniseries | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
2021 | The Shrink Next Door | Martin "Marty" Markowitz | TV miniseries | Will Ferrell |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
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2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Aragorn | |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | ||
2006 | Cars | Chick Hicks | |
2010 | Heavy Rain | Ethan Mars | |
2012 | World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria | Chen Stormstout | |
2017 | Cars 3: Driven to Win | Chick Hicks |
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