Giancarlo Giannini | |
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 Giannini in 2009 | |
| Born | (1942-08-01)1 August 1942 (age 83) |
| Alma mater | Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1961–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4, includingAdriano Giannini |
Giancarlo Giannini (Italian:[dʒaŋˈkarlodʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won theCannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance inLove and Anarchy (1973) and received anAcademy Award nomination forSeven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of theDavid di Donatello Award for Best Actor.
Giannini began his career on stage, starring inFranco Zeffirelli's productions ofRomeo and Juliet andA Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film inRita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmakerLina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller'sThe Seduction of Mimi (1972),Love and Anarchy (1973),Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn inSeven Beauties (1975).[1]
His other films includeThe Innocent (1976),Lili Marleen (1980),New York Stories (1990),A Walk in the Clouds (1995),Hannibal (2001),Man on Fire (2004), and theJames Bond filmsCasino Royale (2006) andQuantum of Solace (2008). He is also adubbing artist, contributing voice work to the Italian-language versions of dozens of films since the 1960s.[2] He has been the main Italian dubber ofAl Pacino since 1975,[3] and has also dubbedJack Nicholson,Michael Douglas, andHelmut Berger.
Giannini was born inLa Spezia and he spent most of his childhood in the settlement of Pitelli. In 1952, Giannini and his family moved toNaples where he received a diploma in electronic engineering at the Alessandro Volta Technological State Technical Institute.[4] When he was eighteen, he moved toRome and studied at theAccademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.[5]
Giannini made his stage debut at the age of 18, oppositeLilla Brignone inIn memoria di una signora amica, directed byGiuseppe Patroni Griffi. His breakthrough came when he was cast byFranco Zeffirelli in a production ofRomeo and Juliet which played atThe Old Vic.[6]
Giannini made his film debut in a small part inI criminali della metropoli in 1965. He appeared in supporting roles inAnzio andThe Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version ofSwept Away. In 1967, he was a special guest on an episode ofMina's TV show "Sabato Sera". He had his breakthrough in 1970.[7] In 1971, he appeared inE le stelle stanno a guardare, a television adaptation ofA. J. Cronin's novelThe Stars Look Down.[8]
Giannini won aCannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance inLove and Anarchy (1973).[9][10] He had big box office hits withHow Funny Can Sex Be? (1973) andThe Sensual Man (1974).[7] In 1976, he starred inSeven Beauties, for which he was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Actor.[11] Giannini is known for his starring roles in films directed byLina Wertmüller.[12] In addition toSeven Beauties andSwept Away, he also appeared inThe Seduction of Mimi,Love and Anarchy,A Night Full of Rain,Blood Feud, andFrancesca e Nunziata.[13]
Giannini has also achieved some international success. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi inHannibal. He also appeared inMan on Fire. Giannini played Alberto Aragón inA Walk in the Clouds in 1995, and EmperorShaddam IV in the2000Dune miniseries.[14] In 2002, he starred in thehorror filmDarkness. He later portrayed French agentRené Mathis in theJames Bond filmsCasino Royale (2006) andQuantum of Solace (2008).[15]
In 2009, Giannini received a star on theItalian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada.[16] On March 6, 2023, he received a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame.[17][18][19]
Giannini has had a successful career as a voice actor and dubber. He helped with the foundation of theC.V.D. along withRenato Turi,Corrado Gaipa,Valeria Valeri,Oreste Lionello,Wanda Tettoni and other dubbers.[20][21]
Giannini is the main Italian voice dubber ofAl Pacino.[22] Both he andFerruccio Amendola were the primary dubbers of Pacino until Amendola's death in 2001 when Giannini became the main voice dubber.[23] He also dubbedJack Nicholson's voice asJack Torrance in the Italian release ofThe Shining and theJoker inBatman andMichael Douglas asGordon Gekko inWall Street and the2010 sequel as well as dubbing other actors such asDustin Hoffman,Gérard Depardieu,Ryan O'Neal,Jeremy Irons,Mel Gibson,Tim Allen,Leonard Whiting andIan McKellen in some of their work.[24]
In Giannini's animated roles, he voiced Carl Fredricksen (voiced byEd Asner) in the Italian dub of the Pixar filmUp. He also provided the Italian voice of Raul Menendez in theCall of Duty game franchise.[25] Outside of dubbing, he also provided voice roles in Italian cinema, notably the animated filmMomo in which he voiced the main antagonist, andGiulio Base's religious dramaJudas' Gospel, where the title character serves as a narrator.[26]
Aside from acting, Giannini took up inventing as a hobby. Some of the gadgets he designed were used in the 1992 filmToys starringRobin Williams.[27] Giannini also collaborated withGabriella Greison on his memoirSono ancora un bambino which was published byLonganesi in 2014. A year later, he received thePremio Cesare Pavese.[28]
In 2012 he collaborated with Italian singerEros Ramazzotti in "Io sono te", from his albumNoi.
From 1967 until 1975, Giannini was married to actressLivia Giampalmo and they had two children. Their eldest son was Lorenzo, who died in 1987 from ananeurysm shortly before his 20th birthday.[29] Their second-born son is actorAdriano Giannini, who played his father's role in the2002 remake ofSwept Away.
Since 1983, he has been married to Eurilla del Bono and they have two sons, Emanuele and Francesco who are musicians.[30]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Libido | Christian | |
| 1966 | Rita the Mosquito | Professor Paolo Randi | |
| 1967 | I criminali della metropoli | Gerard Lemaire | |
| Don't Sting the Mosquito | Professor Paolo Randi | ||
| Stasera mi butto | Carlo Timidoni | ||
| Arabella | Saverio | ||
| 1968 | Anzio | Private Cellini | |
| 1969 | Fräulein Doktor | Lieutenant Hans Rupert | |
| Le sorelle | Dario | ||
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Fabio de la Romagna | ||
| Rose Spot | Giancarlo | ||
| 1970 | The Pizza Triangle | Nello Serafini | |
| 1971 | Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato | Walter | |
| Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? | Lucio | ||
| Un aller simple | Weber | ||
| Mio padre monsignore | Oreste | ||
| Black Belly of the Tarantula | Inspector Tellini | ||
| 1972 | Hector the Mighty | Ulisse | |
| The Seduction of Mimi | Carmelo "Mimi" Mardocheo | ||
| Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi | Veleno | ||
| Indian Summer | Giorgio "Spider" Mosca | ||
| 1973 | Love and Anarchy | Antonio "Tunin" Soffiantini | |
| It Was I | Biagio Soils | ||
| The Sensual Man | Paolo Castorini | ||
| How Funny Can Sex Be? | Domenico / Cesaretto / Enrico / Lello / Giansiro / The Donor / Michele Maccò / Saturnino / Doctor Bianchi | ||
| 1974 | The Murri Affair | Tullio Murri | |
| The Beast | Nino Patrovita | ||
| Swept Away | Gennarino Carunchio | ||
| 1975 | The Immortal Bachelor | Gino Benacio | |
| Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Frafuso | ||
| 1976 | The Innocent | Tullio Hermil | |
| 1978 | A Night Full of Rain | Paolo | |
| Blood Feud | Nicola "Nick" Sanmichele | ||
| 1979 | Lovers and Liars | Guido Massacesi | |
| Good News | The Man | ||
| Life Is Beautiful | Antonio Murillo | ||
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Robert | |
| 1981 | My Darling, My Dearest | Gennarino Laganà | |
| 1984 | Where's Picone? | Salvatore Cannavacciuolo | |
| American Dreamer | Victor Marchand | ||
| 1985 | Fever Pitch | Charley | |
| 1986 | Saving Grace | Abalardi | |
| 1987 | Ternosecco | Domenico / Mimi | Also director and screenwriter |
| The Rogues | Guzman de Alfarache | ||
| 1988 | Snack Bar Budapest | The Lawyer | |
| 1989 | 'O Re | Francis II of the Two Sicilies | |
| New York Stories | Claudio | Segment:Life Without Zoë | |
| Blood Red | Sebastian Collogero | ||
| The Sleazy Uncle | Riccardo | ||
| Brown Bread Sandwiches | Alberto | ||
| Time to Kill | Major | ||
| 1990 | Dark Illness | Giuseppe Marchi | |
| Nel giardino delle rose | Tramontano | ||
| The Amusements of Private Life | Charles Renard | ||
| 1992 | Once upon a Crime | Inspector Bonnard | |
| 1993 | Giovanni Falcone | Paolo Borsellino | |
| 1994 | Like Two Crocodiles | Pietro Fraschini | |
| 1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | Alberto Aragon | |
| Palermo – Milan One Way | Turi Arcangelo Leofonte | ||
| 1996 | Celluloide | Sergio Amidei | |
| The Border | Von Zirkenitz | ||
| La lupa | Father Angiolino | ||
| The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca | Taxi | ||
| Ultimo bersaglio | Leo Steiner | ||
| Más allá del jardín | Bernardo | ||
| New York Crossing | Enzo | ||
| Cervellini fritti impanati | Unknown | ||
| The Elective Affinities | Narrator (voice) | Voice-over | |
| 1997 | Mimic | Manny Gavoila | |
| Una vacanza all'inferno | Ortega | ||
| Heaven Before I Die | Thief | ||
| 1998 | The Dinner | Professore | |
| Dolce far niente | Count Nencini | ||
| The Room of the Scirocco | Marquis of Acquafurata | ||
| 1999 | Vuoti a perdere | Francesco Cesena | |
| Milonga | Commissioner | ||
| Terra bruciata | Macrì | ||
| 2000 | Una noche con Sabrina Love | Leonardo | |
| Welcome Albania | Unknown | ||
| 2001 | Viper | Guastamacchia | |
| Hannibal | Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi | ||
| Una lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore | Marcello | ||
| CQ | Enzo | ||
| The Whole Shebang | Pop Bazinni | ||
| Momo | President of the Grey Men (voice) | Animated film | |
| 2002 | I Love You Eugenio | Eugenio | |
| Ciao America | Zi' Felice | ||
| The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | Flavio Carboni | ||
| Joshua | The Pope | ||
| Darkness | Albert Rua | ||
| Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio | Himself | ||
| The Council of Egypt | Narrator (voice) | Voice-over | |
| 2003 | Incantato | Cesare | |
| Five Moons Square | Branco | ||
| L'acqua... il fuoco | David | ||
| Forever | Giovanni | ||
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Miguel Manzano | |
| 13 at a Table | Giulio | ||
| 2005 | Raul: Straight to Kill | Judge Porfirio | |
| 2006 | Tirant lo Blanc | Emperor of Visantia | |
| Salvatore – Questa è la vita | Timpaliscia | ||
| Casino Royale | René Mathis | ||
| 2007 | Milano Palermo – Il ritorno | Turi Leofonte | |
| 2008 | Bastardi | Il Gatto / Carlo | |
| Quantum of Solace | René Mathis | ||
| 2010 | La bella società | Dr. Antonio Guarrasi | |
| La prima notte della luna | Ivan | ||
| 2012 | Omamamia | Lorenzo | |
| 2013 | AmeriQua | Don Cesare Ferracane | |
| The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die | Nikita | Also director | |
| 2014 | Promakhos | Petros | |
| Love Pret-a-porte | Alfonso | ||
| 2015 | Shades of Truth | Aaron Azulai | |
| 2016 | On Air - Storia di un successo | President Alberto Hazan | |
| Il ragazzo della Giudecca | Judge Mangrella | ||
| Maremmamara | Ezio | ||
| Oggi a te... domani a me | Unknown | ||
| Prigioniero della mia libertà | Inspector Spaccini | ||
| 2017 | The Neighborhood | Gianluca Moretti | |
| Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle | Catarella | ||
| Nobili bugie | Franco | ||
| Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: the Mystery of the Stolen Notes | Narrator (voice) | Animated film | |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Edoardo Amaldi | |
| Magical Nights | Leandro Saponaro | ||
| 2021 | I fratelli De Filippo | Eduardo Scarpetta | |
| Gianni Schicchi | Buoso Donati | ||
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Police Chief | |
| 2024 | Cabrini | Pope Leo XIII | |
| 2025 | Judas' Gospel | Judas (voice) |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Lo squarciagola | Dingo | TV film |
| David Copperfield | Adult David | TV miniseries | |
| 1967 | Sabato Sera | ||
| 1970 | La promessa | Leonidik | TV film |
| 1971 | E le stelle stanno a guardare | Arthur Barras | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | Sins | Marcello D'itri | TV miniseries |
| 1989 | Quattro storie di donne | Giuliano | TV miniseries (1 episode) |
| 1990 | Vita coi figli | Adriano Setti | TV miniseries |
| 1993 | Colpo di coda | Flavio Morselli | TV miniseries |
| 1994 | Nero come il cuore | Valentino Bruio | TV film |
| Jacob | Laban | TV film | |
| 1997 | Nessuno escluso | DIA Director | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | Ritornare a volare | Giulio | TV film |
| Greener Fields | Carlo | TV film | |
| 2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Shaddam IV | TV miniseries |
| 2002 | Francesca e Nunziata | Giordano Montorsi | TV film |
| Dracula | Dr. Enrico Valenzi | TV miniseries | |
| 2003 | My House in Umbria | Inspector Girotti | TV film |
| 2004 | Le cinque giornate di Milano | Carlo Cattaneo | TV miniseries |
| 2005 | Shadows in the Sun | Father Moretti | TV film |
| 2006 | Racconti neri | Narrator | TV programme (14 episodes) |
| L'onore e il rispetto | Giuseppe Bastianelli | 3 episodes (season 1x01-03) | |
| 2007 | Il generale Dalla Chiesa | Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa | TV miniseries |
| 2008 | Io non dimentico | Don Salvatore Conticello | TV miniseries |
| Il maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia | Benedetto Diveri | TV miniseries | |
| Il sangue e la rosa | Cardinale Rospigliosi | TV miniseries | |
| 2009 | So che ritornerai | Borghi | TV film |
| 2010 | Prima della felicità | Ettore | TV film |
| 2012 | Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra | Himself | Docufiction |
| 2013 | Un angelo all'inferno | Pietro Bardelli | TV film |
| 2016–2023 | Stanotte a... | Giorgio Vasari /Gian Lorenzo Bernini /Carlo Goldoni /Pliny the Younger /Charles III of Spain /Alessandro Manzoni /Jules Maigret | TV docuseries |
| 2018 | Romanzo famigliare | Gian Pietro Liegi | TV series |
| 2019 | Catch-22 | Marcello | TV miniseries (3 episodes) |
| 2021 | Leonardo | Andrea del Verrocchio | Historical drama, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Il grande gioco | Dino De Gregorio | TV series |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Fritz the Cat | Fritz the Cat | |
| 2009 | Up | Carl Fredricksen | [31] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nostromo | Dr. Monygham | TV miniseries | Albert Finney | |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantès | TV miniseries | Gérard Depardieu | |
| 2000 | Piovuto dal cielo | Cesare Palmieri | TV miniseries | Ben Gazzara | |
| 2002 | Napoléon | Joseph Fouché | TV miniseries | Gérard Depardieu | |
| John XXIII: The Pope of Peace | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli | TV film | Ed Asner | ||
| 2007 | War and Peace | Prince Bolkonsky | TV miniseries | Malcolm McDowell | |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Jack Kevorkian | TV film | Al Pacino | |
| 2013 | Phil Spector | Phil Spector | TV film | [53] | |
| 2018 | Paterno | Joe Paterno | TV film | ||
| 2020–2023 | Hunters | Meyer Offerman / Wilhelm Zuchs | Main cast | [54] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Raul Menendez | [55] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | Jeremy Irons | |
| 2016 | Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story | Narrator | F. Murray Abraham |
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Award | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | 1 | |
| 6 | 5 | |
| 6 | 6 |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Best Actor | Seven Beauties | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Best Actor | The Seduction of Mimi | Won |
| 1984 | Where's Picone? | Won | |
| 1989 | 'O Re | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Dark Illness | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actor | Giovanni Falcone | Nominated |
| 1995 | Like Two Crocodiles | Won | |
| 1996 | Best Actor | Palermo - Milan One Way | Nominated |
| Celluloide | Won | ||
| 2000 | Golden Plate | N/a | Won |
| 2002 | Best Actor | I Love You Eugenio | Won |
| 2003 | Best Supporting Actor | Incantato | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Best Supporting Actor | The Pizza Triangle | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Actor | The Seduction of Mimi | Won |
| 1974 | The Sensual Man | Nominated | |
| Love and Anarchy | Won | ||
| 1984 | Where's Picone? | Nominated | |
| 1989 | 'O Re | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Best Supporting Actor | The Amusements of Private Life | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Dark Illness | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Best Male Dubbing | Carlito's Way(for dubbing Al Pacino in the Italian version) | Won |
| 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Dinner | Won |
| Best Actor | The Room of the Scirocco | Won | |
| 2001 | Best Supporting Actor | Hannibal | Won |
| Festival | Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | 1973 | Best Actor | Love and Anarchy | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2003 | Legend Award | N/a | Won |
| Giffoni Film Festival | 2013 | François Truffaut Award | N/a | Won |
| Kineo Awards | 2008 | Best Actor | Milano Palermo - Il ritorno | Nominated |
| Locarno Festival | 2014 | Excellence Award | N/a | Won |
| Los Angeles Italia Film Festival | 1999 | Outstanding Achievement in Film | N/a | Won |
| Milan Film Festival | 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | N/a | Won |
| Newport Beach Film Festival | Best Actor | I Love You Eugenio | Won | |
| Primavera del Cinema Italiano Festival | 2009 | Career Award | N/a | Won |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 1973 | Best Actor | Sono stato io | Won |
| Taormina Film Fest | 1989 | Career Charybdis | N/a | Won |
| 2001 | Taormina Arte Award | N/a | Won | |
| 2007 | N/a | Won | ||
| Viareggio EuropaCinema | 1998 | Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence | N/a | Won |
| Institution | Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciak D'Oro | 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Like Two Crocodiles | Won |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Award | 2002 | Hannibal | Nominated | |
| Flaiano Prize | Career Award for Cinema | N/a | Won | |
| Giffoni Film Festival | 2013 | François Truffaut Award | N/a | Won |
| Globo D'Oro | 1973 | Best Actor | The Seduction of Mimi | Won |
| 1974 | Sono stato io | Won | ||
| 1989 | 'O Re | Won | ||
| 1997 | The Border | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | Milonga | Won | ||
| 2010 | Career Award | N/a | Won |
Grand Officer (2nd Class),Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2003)[56]
Knight Grand Cross (1st Class), Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2007)[56]
