Giancarlo Giannini

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 dArte 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 Cronins 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 Nicholsons 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 Gianninis bestknown 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 bestknown 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Giannini licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia