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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 1, 1942
Place of Birth:
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mauro Corona - La mia vita finchè capita | Sé stesso |
| 2024 | Cabrini | Pope Leo XIII |
| 2023 | Senza malizia | |
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Police Chief |
| 2022 | Duetto | Gino |
| 2022 | Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist | Self |
| 2022 | Buon Lavoro | |
| 2021 | I Fratelli De Filippo | Eduardo Scarpetta |
| 2021 | Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore | Sé stesso |
| 2021 | Gianni Schicchi | Buoso Donati |
| 2021 | Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta | |
| 2021 | Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Hugo in Argentina | Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Starman | Se stesso |
| 2019 | Sand and Fire | Talleyrand |
| 2018 | Prigioniero della mia libertà | Ispettore Spaccini |
| 2018 | Diminuta | Marco Aurelio |
| 2018 | Magical Nights | Leandro Saponaro |
| 2018 | Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia | Self |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Professor Eduardo Amaldi |
| 2017 | Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes | Narratore (voice) |
| 2017 | Stanotte a Venezia | Carlo Goldoni |
| 2017 | Love Pret-a-porte | Giorgio's father |
| 2017 | The Neighborhood | Gianluca Moretti |
| 2017 | Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle | Catarella |
| 2017 | Nobili bugie | Franco |
| 2017 | Caruso presents: The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples | Principe |
| 2016 | Astrosamantha | |
| 2016 | On Air: Storia di Un Successo | Presidente |
| 2016 | Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan | Principe |
| 2016 | Il ragazzo della Giudecca | Giudice Mangrella |
| 2015 | The Day of the Two Holy Popes | |
| 2015 | Behind the White Glasses | Self |
| 2015 | Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man | Himself |
| 2015 | Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders | Principe |
| 2014 | The First Line | Petros |
| 2014 | 27 aprile Racconto di un evento | Voice |
| 2013 | The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die | Nikita |
| 2013 | Eurotrapped | Don Ferracane |
| 2013 | Un angelo all'inferno | Pietro Bardelli |
| 2012 | Omamamia | Lorenzo |
| 2012 | Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone | |
| 2011 | First Happiness | Ettore |
| 2010 | Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore | Self |
| 2009 | La bella società | Dott. Guarrasi |
| 2009 | I Will Return | Borghi |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Mathis |
| 2008 | Il sangue e la rosa | Cardinal Rospigliosi |
| 2008 | Io non dimentico | Salvatore Conticello |
| 2008 | Bastardi | Il gatto |
| 2007 | Milan – Palermo: The Return | Turi Leofonte |
| 2007 | Il generale Dalla Chiesa | Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | Mathis |
| 2006 | The Maidens' Conspiracy | The Emperor |
| 2006 | A Beautiful Vacation | Self |
| 2006 | Salvatore. Questa è la vita | Timpaliscia |
| 2005 | Raul - Right to Kill | Giudice Porfirio |
| 2005 | Shadows in the Sun | Father Moretti |
| 2005 | Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker | Self |
| 2005 | Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' | Self |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Miguel Manzano |
| 2004 | 13 at a Table | Giulio |
| 2003 | Five Moons Plaza | Branco |
| 2003 | My House in Umbria | Inspector Girotti |
| 2003 | Incantato | Cesare Balocchi |
| 2003 | Forever | Giovanni |
| 2003 | Francesca and Nunziata | Giordano Montorsi |
| 2003 | 3 Women | David |
| 2002 | Darkness | Albert Rua |
| 2002 | The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | Flavio Carboni |
| 2002 | Il consiglio d'Egitto | |
| 2002 | Ti voglio bene Eugenio | Eugenio |
| 2002 | Joshua | The Pope |
| 2002 | Ciao America | Zi' Felice |
| 2002 | Amnèsia | Xavier (voice) |
| 2001 | The Whole Shebang | Pop Bazinni |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Insp. Renaldo Pazzi |
| 2001 | CQ | Enzo |
| 2001 | A Long Long Long Night of Love | Marcello |
| 2001 | Momo | Presidente (voice) |
| 2001 | Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self |
| 2000 | A Night with Sabrina Love | Leonardo |
| 2000 | Viper | Guastamacchia |
| 1999 | Milonga | Commissario |
| 1999 | Terra bruciata | Macrì |
| 1999 | Sweet Idleness | Count Nencini |
| 1999 | No Deposit, No Return | Cesena |
| 1998 | The Dinner | il professore |
| 1998 | La stanza dello Scirocco | Marchese di Acquafurata |
| 1997 | Mimic | Manny |
| 1997 | Heaven Before I Die | Thief |
| 1997 | Vacation in Hell | Ortega |
| 1997 | Ultimo Bersaglio | Leo Steiner |
| 1996 | Palermo – Milan One Way | Turi Leofonte |
| 1996 | La lupa | Padre Angiolino |
| 1996 | New York Crossing | Enzo |
| 1996 | Elective Affinities | Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Fried Crumbed Brains | |
| 1996 | Celluloide | Sergio Amidei |
| 1996 | Más allá del jardín | Bernardo |
| 1996 | La frontiera | Von Zirkenitz |
| 1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | Alberto Aragón |
| 1995 | Like Two Crocodiles | Pietro Fraschini |
| 1994 | Jacob | Laban |
| 1994 | Black as the Heart | Valentino Bruio |
| 1993 | Giovanni Falcone | Paolo Borsellino |
| 1992 | Once Upon a Crime | Inspector Bonnard |
| 1990 | Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self |
| 1990 | Dark Illness | Giuseppe Marchi |
| 1990 | Life with the Kids | Adriano Setti |
| 1990 | The Amusements of Private Life | Charles Renard |
| 1990 | In The Rose Garden | Tramontano |
| 1989 | Time to Kill | Il Maggiore |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Claudio |
| 1989 | Blood Red | Sebastian Collogero |
| 1989 | The Sleazy Uncle | Riccardo |
| 1989 | 'o Re | re Francesco II di Borbone |
| 1989 | Brown Bread Sandwiches | Alberto |
| 1988 | Snack Bar Budapest | Avvocato |
| 1987 | I picari | Guzmán de Alfarache |
| 1987 | Ternosecco | Domenico |
| 1986 | Saving Grace | Abalardi |
| 1985 | Fever Pitch | Charley |
| 1985 | Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema | Self |
| 1984 | American Dreamer | Victor Marchand |
| 1984 | Where's Picone? | Salvatore Cannavacciuolo |
| 1982 | My Darling, My Dearest | Gennarino Laganà |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Robert |
| 1979 | Lovers and Liars | Guido Massacesi |
| 1979 | Good News | L'Innominato |
| 1979 | Life Is Beautiful | Antonio Murillo |
| 1978 | Blood Feud | Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick' |
| 1978 | A Night Full of Rain | Paolo |
| 1976 | The Innocent | Tullio Hermil |
| 1975 | Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze |
| 1975 | Midnight Pleasures | Gino Benacio |
| 1974 | Swept Away | Gennarino Carunchio |
| 1974 | The Murri Affair | Tullio Murri |
| 1974 | The Beast | Nino Patrovita |
| 1973 | Love and Anarchy | Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin' |
| 1973 | The Sensual Man | Paolo Castorini |
| 1973 | How Funny Can Sex Be? | 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') |
| 1973 | It Was I | Biagio Solise |
| 1972 | Indian Summer | Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider' |
| 1972 | The Seduction of Mimi | Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí |
| 1972 | Hector the Mighty | Ulisse, il drittone |
| 1972 | Don Camillo and the Contestants | fratello di "Veleno" |
| 1971 | The Black Belly of the Tarantula | Inspector Tellini |
| 1971 | One Way Ticket | Weber |
| 1971 | My Father Monsignor | Oreste |
| 1971 | Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? | Il neoammogliato |
| 1971 | A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State | Walter Merighi |
| 1970 | The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Fabio |
| 1970 | A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) | Nello |
| 1970 | La promessa | Leonidik |
| 1970 | Una macchia rosa | Giancarlo |
| 1969 | The Sisters | Dario |
| 1969 | The Betrayal | Hans Ruppert |
| 1968 | Anzio | Pvt. Cellini |
| 1967 | The Criminals of the Metropolis | Gerard Lemaire |
| 1967 | Tonight I'll Throw Me | Carlo Timidoni |
| 1967 | Don't Sting the Mosquito | Paolo Randi |
| 1967 | Arabella | Saverio |
| 1966 | Rita the Mosquito | Paolo Randi |
| 1965 | Libido | Christian |
| Albatross | Vito |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rise of the Raven | Pope Eugene IV. |
| 2022 | The Great Game | Dino De Gregorio |
| 2021 | Leonardo | Verrocchio |
| 2019 | Catch-22 | Marcello |
| 2018 | A Family Tale | Gian Pietro Liegi |
| 2015 | Stanotte a... | Se stesso |
| 2012 | Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina | Narratore (voice) |
| 2008 | Il sangue e la rosa | Cardinale Eugenio Rospigliosi |
| 2006 | L'onore e il rispetto | Don Giuseppe Bastianelli |
| 2004 | Le cinque giornate di Milano | Carlo Cattaneo |
| 2002 | Dracula | Dr. Enrico Valenzi |
| 2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV |
| 1996 | Il maresciallo Rocca | Benedetto |
| 1993 | Colpo di coda | Professeur |
| 1986 | Sins | Marcello D'itri |
| 1965 | David Copperfield | David Copperfield adulto |