Actors - Giancarlo Giannini

Home > Listing Index > Actors > Giancarlo Giannini

	Actors - Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942, La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian actor and dubber.

Giannini studied at the Accademia Nazionale 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 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 The Shining, for which Nicholson sent him congratulations.

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.

In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness. He was just signed on as Rene Mathis in Casino Royale.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Giancarlo Giannini ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Giancarlo Giannini; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay