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).
After witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children.
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again.
asTullio Hermil
2019 |
Love Pret-a-porteas Giorgio's father
2019 |
Sand and Fireas Talleyrand
2018 |
Buon lavoroas Funzionario comunale
2018 |
Diminutaas Marco Aurélio
2018 |
Magical Nightsas Leandro Saponaro
2018 |
Monica!
2017 |
Nobili bugieas Franco
2017 |
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: the Mystery of the Stolen Notesas Narrator
This musical portrait shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary, and groundbreaking talent of filmmaker and writer Lina Wertmüller.
Forever is a film about the power and vitality of art and a place where love and death go hand in hand and beauty lives on: the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
After earning a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, in Montenegro.
asRene Mathis
2005 |
Shadows in the Sunas Father Moretti
2002 |
Darknessas Albert Rua
2004 |
Man on Fireas Miguel Manzano
2003 |
Con aura senz'aura: Viaggio ai confini dell'arteas Narrator
2003 |
Five Moons Plazaas Branco
2003 |
The Water... the Fireas David
2003 |
Incantatoas Cesare
2002 |
Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio
2002 |
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affairas Flavio Carboni
Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target of revenge from a powerful victim.
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
asAntonio Murillo
1997 |
Heaven Before I Dieas Thief
1997 |
Una vacanza all'infernoas Avv. Ortega
1997 |
Mimicas Manny
1996 |
Acting Out
1996 |
Celluloideas Sergio Amidei
1996 |
La lupaas Padre Angiolino
1996 |
Ultimo bersaglioas Leo Steiner
1995 |
Palermo-Milan One Wayas Turi Leofonte
1995 |
A Walk in the Cloudsas Alberto Aragon
1994 |
Come due coccodrillias Pietro Fraschini
1992 |
Once Upon a Crime...as Inspector Bonnard
1990 |
Dark Illnessas Giuseppe Marchi
1990 |
Nel giardino delle roseas Tramontano
1990 |
The Amusements of Private Lifeas Charles Renard
1989 |
'O reas Francesco II di Borbone
1989 |
Good Night, Michaelangeloas Alberto
1989 |
The Sleazy Uncleas Riccardo
1989 |
Blood Redas Sebastian Collogero
1988 |
Snack Bar Budapestas The Lawyer
1987 |
The Numbers Gameas Domenico
1987 |
The Roguesas Guzman
1985 |
Fever Pitchas Charley
1984 |
Where's Picone?as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
1982 |
My Darling, My Dearestas Gennarino Laganà
1981 |
Lili Marleenas Robert
1979 |
Good Newsas L'Innominato
1979 |
Lovers and Liarsas Guido Massacesi
1978 |
A Night Full of Rainas Paolo
1978 |
Blood Feudas Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
1975 |
The Immortal Bacheloras Gino Benacio
1974 |
The Murri Affairas Tullio Murri
1973 |
How Funny Can Sex Be?as Domenico ('Signora sono le 8')
1973 |
Love & Anarchyas Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
1973 |
Sono stato io!as Biagio Solise
1973 |
The Sensual Manas Paolo Castorini
1972 |
Hector the Mightyas Ulisse
1972 |
Indian Summeras Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
1972 |
The Seduction of Mimias Carmelo Mardocheo detto Mimí
1971 |
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the Stateas Walter Merighi
