Giancarlo Giannini
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and
multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his
leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety
of languages and dialects.
He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he lived
and studied in Naples, earning a degree in electronics. At 18 he
enrolled in the Academy of Dramatic Art D'Amico in Rome and made
his stage acting debut there. His credits included performances in
contemporary Italian plays as well, as in Italian productions of
William Shakespeare's plays
"Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer's Night Dream". In 1965 he made
his television debut starring as David Copperfield in the TV miniseries
made by RAI ,the Italian national TV company. He made his big-screen
debut in Libido (1965), a Freudian psychological thriller. Since 1966
he has been in a successful collaboration with legendary Italian director
Lina Wertmüller, who made several
award-winning films with Giannini as a male lead. He appears as peasant
Tonino who prepares to assassinate dictator
Benito Mussolini in
Love & Anarchy (1973),
as a sailor in the irony-laden comedy
Swept Away (1974),
and as a concentration-camp survivor in the Oscar-nominated
Seven Beauties (1975).
He also starred as a Jewish musician arrested by the Nazis in
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's
masterpiece Lili Marleen (1981).
Giannini also made a reputation for dubbing international stars in
films released on the Italian market, such as
Jack Nicholson,
Al Pacino,
Michael Douglas,
Dustin Hoffman,
Gérard Depardieu, and
Ian McKellen, among others. He received a
compliment from Stanley Kubrick for his dubbing of Nicholson in
The Shining (1980). Giannini's
fluency in English and his mastery of dialects has brought him a number
of supporting roles in Hollywood productions, such as
A Walk in the Clouds (1995),
Hannibal (2001),
Darkness (2002), and
Man on Fire (2004), among many
others. He appears as Rene Mathis in the 21st James Bond film
Casino Royale (2006), and reprises the role in the sequel,
Quantum of Solace (2008).
multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his
leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety
of languages and dialects.
He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he lived
and studied in Naples, earning a degree in electronics. At 18 he
enrolled in the Academy of Dramatic Art D'Amico in Rome and made
his stage acting debut there. His credits included performances in
contemporary Italian plays as well, as in Italian productions of
William Shakespeare's plays
"Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer's Night Dream". In 1965 he made
his television debut starring as David Copperfield in the TV miniseries
made by RAI ,the Italian national TV company. He made his big-screen
debut in Libido (1965), a Freudian psychological thriller. Since 1966
he has been in a successful collaboration with legendary Italian director
Lina Wertmüller, who made several
award-winning films with Giannini as a male lead. He appears as peasant
Tonino who prepares to assassinate dictator
Benito Mussolini in
Love & Anarchy (1973),
as a sailor in the irony-laden comedy
Swept Away (1974),
and as a concentration-camp survivor in the Oscar-nominated
Seven Beauties (1975).
He also starred as a Jewish musician arrested by the Nazis in
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's
masterpiece Lili Marleen (1981).
Giannini also made a reputation for dubbing international stars in
films released on the Italian market, such as
Jack Nicholson,
Al Pacino,
Michael Douglas,
Dustin Hoffman,
Gérard Depardieu, and
Ian McKellen, among others. He received a
compliment from Stanley Kubrick for his dubbing of Nicholson in
The Shining (1980). Giannini's
fluency in English and his mastery of dialects has brought him a number
of supporting roles in Hollywood productions, such as
A Walk in the Clouds (1995),
Hannibal (2001),
Darkness (2002), and
Man on Fire (2004), among many
others. He appears as Rene Mathis in the 21st James Bond film
Casino Royale (2006), and reprises the role in the sequel,
Quantum of Solace (2008).