Giancarlo Giannini
AKA: John Charlie Johns
Birthday: 1942-08-01
Birthplace: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and dubber.
Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. In 1971, he appeared in E le stelle stanno a guardare, a television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down.
In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which is unusual in that his performance was given entirely in Italian. He dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of both The Shining and Batman; he is the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. He has also appeared in A Walk in the Clouds and Man on Fire.
Giannini's best-known starring roles have been in films directed by Lina Wertmuller. In addition to Swept Away and Seven Beauties, he also appeared in The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata.
He played the role of the protective father, Alberto Aragón, in A Walk in the Clouds in 1995. He played the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries. In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness.
Perhaps his best-known recent role is as French agent René Mathis in the 21st and 22nd James Bond films, Casino Royale and the sequel, Quantum of Solace.
Giannini has a son, Adriano Giannini, who is also an actor and dubber.
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Filmography
Character: Miguel Manzano
Character: Inspector Tellini
Character: Alberto Aragón
Character: Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
Character: Inspector Bonnard
Character: Inspector Girotti
Character: Padre Angiolino
Character: Gennarino Carunchio
Character: Dott. Guarrasi
Character: Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
Character: Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
Character: Victor Marchand
Character: Carlo Timidoni
Character: Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
Character: Flavio Carboni
Character: Cesare Balocchi
Character: Pietro Fraschini
Character: Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
Character: Nino Patrovita
Character: Guzmán de Alfarache
Character: Guido Massacesi
Character: Sebastian Collogero
Character: Domenico ('Signora sono le 8') / Cesaretto ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico ('Non è mai troppo tardi') / Lello ('Viaggio di nozze') / Giansiro ('Torna piccina mia') / The Donor ('Lavoratore italiano all'estero') / Michele Maccò ('La vendetta') / Saturnino ('Un amore difficile') / Dottor Bianchi ('L'ospite')
Character: Giuseppe Marchi
Character: Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Character: Giordano Montorsi
Character: Cardinal Rospigliosi
Character: Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
Character: re Francesco II di Borbone
Character: Il neoammogliato
Character: Ulisse, il drittone
Character: Antonio Murillo
Character: Walter Merighi
Character: Father Moretti
Character: Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
Character: Pietro Bardelli
Character: Giorgio's father
Character: Paolo Castorini
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Character: Gianluca Moretti
Character: Marchese di Acquafurata
Character: Charles Renard
Character: Presidente (voice)
Character: fratello di "Veleno"
Character: Gennarino Laganà
Character: Salvatore Conticello
Character: Ispettore Spaccini
Character: Leandro Saponaro
Character: Valentino Bruio
Character: Xavier (voice)
Character: Professor Eduardo Amaldi
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Giudice Porfirio
Character: Eduardo Scarpetta
Character: Paolo Borsellino
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Narratore (voice)
Character: Gerard Lemaire
Character: Narrator (voice)