Giancarlo Giannini

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-08-01 (82 years old)

Place of Birth La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

Also Known As John Charlie Johns

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Giannini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Cabrini

as Pope Leo XIII

2023
2022
Duetto

as Gino

2022
The Great Game

as Dino De Gregorio

2021
We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2021
I Fratelli De Filippo

as Eduardo Scarpetta

2021
Gianni Schicchi

as Buoso Donati

2021
2021
Hugo in Argentina

as Narrator (voice)

2021
Being James Bond

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Leonardo

as Verrocchio

2020
Starman

as Se stesso

2019
De sable et de feu

as Talleyrand

2019
Catch-22

as Marcello

2018
Magical Nights

as Leandro Saponaro

2018
The Catcher Was a Spy

as Professor Eduardo Amaldi

2018
Prigioniero della mia libertà

as Ispettore Spaccini

2018
A Family Tale

as Gian Pietro Liegi

2017
The Neighborhood

as Gianluca Moretti

2017
Stanotte a Venezia

as Carlo Goldoni

2017
Nobili bugie

as Franco

2017
Love Pret-a-porte

as Giorgio's father

2016
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2016
Il ragazzo della Giudecca

as Giudice Mangrella

2014
The First Line

as Petros

2013
Eurotrapped

as Don Ferracane

2013
Un angelo all'inferno

as Pietro Bardelli

2012
Omamamia

as Lorenzo

2012
Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina

as Narratore (voce)

2011
First Happiness

as Ettore

2009
La bella società

as Dott. Guarrasi

2008
2008
Il sangue e la rosa

as Cardinal Rospigliosi

2008
Bastardi

as Il gatto

2008
Io non dimentico

as Salvatore Conticello

2008
Il sangue e la rosa

as Cardinale Eugenio Rospigliosi

2007
2007
Il generale Dalla Chiesa

as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

2006
Casino Royale

as Mathis

2006
2006
L'onore e il rispetto

as Don Giuseppe Bastianelli

2005
Shadows in the Sun

as Father Moretti

2005
Raul - Right to Kill

as Giudice Porfirio

2004
13 at a Table

as Giulio

2004
Man on Fire

as Miguel Manzano

2004
2003
Forever

as Giovanni

2003
3 Women

as David

2003
My House in Umbria

as Inspector Girotti

2003
2003
Incantato

as Cesare Balocchi

2002
Darkness

as Albert Rua

2002
Joshua

as The Pope

2002
Amnèsia

as Xavier (voice)

2002
Francesca e Nunziata

as Giordano Montorsi

2002
2002
Ciao America

as Zi' Felice

2002
Dracula

as Dr. Enrico Valenzi

2001
Momo

as Presidente (voice)

2001
CQ

as Enzo

2001
The Whole Shebang

as Pop Bazinni

2001
Hannibal

as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi

2000
Viper

as Guastamacchia

2000
Frank Herbert's Dune

as Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV

1999
Terra bruciata

as Macrì

1999
Milonga

as Commissario

1999
Sweet Idleness

as Count Nencini

1999
1998
La stanza dello Scirocco

as Marchese di Acquafurata

1998
The Dinner

as il professore

1997
1997
Mimic

as Manny

1997
1996
1996
1996
La lupa

as Padre Angiolino

1996
La frontiera

as Von Zirkenitz

1996
Elective Affinities

as Narrator (voice)

1996
Palermo – Milan One Way

as Turi Leofonte

1996
Celluloide

as Sergio Amidei

1996
1995
A Walk in the Clouds

as Alberto Aragón

1995
Like Two Crocodiles

as Pietro Fraschini

1994
Jacob

as Laban

1994
Black as the Heart

as Valentino Bruio

1993
Giovanni Falcone

as Paolo Borsellino

1993
Colpo di coda

as Professeur

1992
Once Upon a Crime

as Inspector Bonnard

1990
1990
In The Rose Garden

as Tramontano

1990
Dark Illness

as Giuseppe Marchi

1990
Life with the Kids

as Adriano Setti

1989
The Sleazy Uncle

as Riccardo

1989
Time to Kill

as Il Maggiore

1989
1989
Blood Red

as Sebastian Collogero

1989
New York Stories

as Claudio

1989
'o Re

as re Francesco II di Borbone

1988
Snack Bar Budapest

as Avvocato

1987
I picari

as Guzmán de Alfarache

1987
Ternosecco

as Domenico

1986
Saving Grace

as Abalardi

1986
Sins

as Marcello D'itri

1985
Fever Pitch

as Charley

1984
American Dreamer

as Victor Marchand

1984
Where's Picone?

as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo

1982
My Darling, My Dearest

as Gennarino Laganà

1981
Lili Marleen

as Robert

1979
Life Is Beautiful

as Antonio Murillo

1979
Good News

as L'Innominato

1979
Lovers and Liars

as Guido Massacesi

1978
Blood Feud

as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'

1976
The Innocent

as Tullio Hermil

1975
Seven Beauties

as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze

1975
Midnight Pleasures

as Gino Benacio

1974
Swept Away

as Gennarino Carunchio

1974
The Murri Affair

as Tullio Murri

1974
The Beast

as Nino Patrovita

1973
How Funny Can Sex Be?

as 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
The Sensual Man

as Paolo Castorini

1973
It Was I

as Biagio Solise

1973
Love and Anarchy

as Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'

1972
Indian Summer

as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'

1972
Don Camillo and the Contestants

as fratello di "Veleno"

1972
The Seduction of Mimi

as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí

1972
Hector the Mighty

as Ulisse, il drittone

1971
1971
1971
1970
La promessa

as Leonidik

1970
Una macchia rosa

as Giancarlo

1969
The Sisters

as Dario

1969
The Betrayal

as Hans Ruppert

1968
Anzio

as Pvt. Cellini

1967
Arabella

as Saverio

1967
Stasera mi butto

as Carlo Timidoni

1967
1967
1966
Rita the Mosquito

as Paolo Randi

1965
Libido

as Christian

1965
David Copperfield

as David Copperfield adulto

Producer

1979
Good News

as Producer

1975
Seven Beauties

as Producer

Director

1987
Ternosecco

as Director

Writer

Art

1992
Toys

as Prop Designer