Giancarlo Giannini
Biography
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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Acting (165 movies)
Lili Marleen
1981
Jacob
1994
Quantum of Solace
2008
The Innocent
1976
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
Five Moons Plaza
2003
Mimic
1997
Darkness
2002
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970
The Whole Shebang
2001
Raul - Right to Kill
2005
I Fratelli De Filippo
2021
Man on Fire
2004
Hannibal
2001
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
Once Upon a Crime
1992
CQ
2001
Anzio
1968
Casino Royale
2006
Palermo – Milan One Way
1996
Milan – Palermo: The Return
2007
My House in Umbria
2003
One Way Ticket
1971
La lupa
1996
Seven Beauties
1975
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
2017
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
2021
Swept Away
1974
La bella società
2009
New York Crossing
1996
Indian Summer
1972
Love and Anarchy
1973
Gianni Schicchi
2021
The Sensual Man
1973
The Maidens' Conspiracy
2006
The Criminals of the Metropolis
1967
American Dreamer
1984
Snack Bar Budapest
1988
The Murri Affair
1974
Time to Kill
1989
13 at a Table
2004
New York Stories
1989
Tonight I'll Throw Me
1967
Blood Feud
1978
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970
Elective Affinities
1996
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
2002
Like Two Crocodiles
1995
Incantato
2003
Where's Picone?
1984
Il consiglio d'Egitto
2002
The Beast
1974
Saving Grace
1986
I picari
1987
Midnight Pleasures
1975
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
Senza malizia
2023
Celluloide
1996
Lovers and Liars
1979
A Night Full of Rain
1978
Milonga
1999
A Night with Sabrina Love
2000
Forever
2003
How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973
Fever Pitch
1985
Blood Red
1989
Terra bruciata
1999
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
2002
Duetto
2022
Dark Illness
1990
The Sleazy Uncle
1989
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
2013
Ternosecco
1987
Cabrini
2024
Rita the Mosquito
1966
I Will Return
2009
Life with the Kids
1990
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
Eurotrapped
2013
Francesca and Nunziata
2003
Don't Sting the Mosquito
1967
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
2007
The Seduction of Mimi
1972
Il sangue e la rosa
2008
Omamamia
2012
Giovanni Falcone
1993
'o Re
1989
My Father Monsignor
1971
A Long Long Long Night of Love
2001
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
1971
Heaven Before I Die
1997
Brown Bread Sandwiches
1989
Hector the Mighty
1972
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022
Good News
1979
Stanotte a Venezia
2017
The Sisters
1969
Life Is Beautiful
1979
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Beauties | 1975 | Producer |
| Good News | 1979 | Producer |
| My Darling, My Dearest | 1982 | Writer |