Giancarlo Giannini
Born
August 1, 1942 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
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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Albatross
Vito
2025
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finchè capita
Sé stesso
2025
Rise of the Raven
Pope Eugene IV. · (10 episodes)
2025
Cabrini
Pope Leo XIII
2024
Senza malizia
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Police Chief
2023
The Great Game
Dino De Gregorio · (8 episodes)
2022
Duetto
Gino
2022
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
Self
2022
Buon Lavoro
2022
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
I Fratelli De Filippo
Eduardo Scarpetta
2021
Gianni Schicchi
Buoso Donati
2021
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
Sé stesso
2021
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
Hugo in Argentina
Narrator (voice)
2021
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021
Leonardo
Verrocchio · (2 episodes)
2021
Starman
Se stesso
2020
Sand and Fire
Talleyrand
2019
Catch-22
Marcello · (3 episodes)
2019
Magical Nights
Leandro Saponaro
2018
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Self
2018
Diminuta
Marco Aurelio
2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
Professor Eduardo Amaldi
2018
Prigioniero della mia libertà
Ispettore Spaccini
2018
A Family Tale
Gian Pietro Liegi · (12 episodes)
2018
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
Narratore (voice)
2017
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
Catarella
2017
The Neighborhood
Gianluca Moretti
2017
Stanotte a Venezia
Carlo Goldoni
2017
Nobili bugie
Franco
2017
Love Pret-a-porte
Giorgio's father
2017
Caruso presents: The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples
Principe
2017
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2016
Il ragazzo della Giudecca
Giudice Mangrella
2016
On Air: Storia di Un Successo
Presidente
2016
Astrosamantha
2016
Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan
Principe
2016
Behind the White Glasses
Self
2015
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
Himself
2015
Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders
Principe
2015
Stanotte a...
Se stesso · (1 episode)
2015
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
The First Line
Petros
2014
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Voice
2014
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
Nikita
2013
Eurotrapped
Don Ferracane
2013
Un angelo all'inferno
Pietro Bardelli
2013
Omamamia
Lorenzo
2012
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
2012
Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina
Narratore (voice) · (78 episodes)
2012
First Happiness
Ettore
2011
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
2010
I Will Return
Borghi
2009
La bella società
Dott. Guarrasi
2009
Quantum of Solace
Mathis
2008
Il sangue e la rosa
Cardinal Rospigliosi
2008
Il sangue e la rosa
Cardinale Eugenio Rospigliosi · (4 episodes)
2008
Io non dimentico
Salvatore Conticello
2008
Bastardi
Il gatto
2008
Milan – Palermo: The Return
Turi Leofonte
2007
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
2007
A Beautiful Vacation
Self
2006
Casino Royale
Mathis
2006
Salvatore. Questa è la vita
Timpaliscia
2006
L'onore e il rispetto
Don Giuseppe Bastianelli · (6 episodes)
2006
The Maidens' Conspiracy
The Emperor
2006
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Self
2005
Shadows in the Sun
Father Moretti
2005
Raul - Right to Kill
Giudice Porfirio
2005
Le cinque giornate di Milano
Carlo Cattaneo · (2 episodes)
2004
13 at a Table
Giulio
2004
Man on Fire
Miguel Manzano
2004
Forever
Giovanni
2003
3 Women
David
2003
My House in Umbria
Inspector Girotti
2003
Five Moons Plaza
Branco
2003
Incantato
Cesare Balocchi
2003
Francesca and Nunziata
Giordano Montorsi
2003
Darkness
Albert Rua
2002
Dracula
Dr. Enrico Valenzi · (2 episodes)
2002
Joshua
The Pope
2002
Amnèsia
Xavier (voice)
2002
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Flavio Carboni
2002
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
Eugenio
2002
Il consiglio d'Egitto
2002
Ciao America
Zi' Felice
2002
Momo
Presidente (voice)
2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
2001
CQ
Enzo
2001
A Long Long Long Night of Love
Marcello
2001
The Whole Shebang
Pop Bazinni
2001
Hannibal
Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
2001
Frank Herbert's Dune
Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV · (3 episodes)
2000
A Night with Sabrina Love
Leonardo
2000
Viper
Guastamacchia
2000
Terra bruciata
Macrì
1999
Milonga
Commissario
1999
Sweet Idleness
Count Nencini
1999
No Deposit, No Return
Cesena
1999
La stanza dello Scirocco
Marchese di Acquafurata
1998
The Dinner
il professore
1998
Vacation in Hell
Ortega
1997
Mimic
Manny
1997
Ultimo Bersaglio
Leo Steiner
1997
Heaven Before I Die
Thief
1997
Más allá del jardín
Bernardo
1996
New York Crossing
Enzo
1996
La lupa
Padre Angiolino
1996
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
La frontiera
Von Zirkenitz
1996
Elective Affinities
Narrator (voice)
1996
Palermo – Milan One Way
Turi Leofonte
1996
Celluloide
Sergio Amidei
1996
Il maresciallo Rocca
Benedetto · (2 episodes)
1996
A Walk in the Clouds
Alberto Aragón
1995
Like Two Crocodiles
Pietro Fraschini
1995
Jacob
Laban
1994
Black as the Heart
Valentino Bruio
1994
Giovanni Falcone
Paolo Borsellino
1993
Colpo di coda
Professeur · (2 episodes)
1993
Once Upon a Crime
Inspector Bonnard
1992
The Amusements of Private Life
Charles Renard
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self
1990
In The Rose Garden
Tramontano
1990
Dark Illness
Giuseppe Marchi
1990
Life with the Kids
Adriano Setti
1990
The Sleazy Uncle
Riccardo
1989
Time to Kill
Il Maggiore
1989
Brown Bread Sandwiches
Alberto
1989
Blood Red
Sebastian Collogero
1989
New York Stories
Claudio
1989
'o Re
re Francesco II di Borbone
1989
Snack Bar Budapest
Avvocato
1988
I picari
Guzmán de Alfarache
1987
Ternosecco
Domenico
1987
Saving Grace
Abalardi
1986
Sins
Marcello D'itri · (3 episodes)
1986
Fever Pitch
Charley
1985
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
1985
American Dreamer
Victor Marchand
1984
Where's Picone?
Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
1984
My Darling, My Dearest
Gennarino Laganà
1982
Lili Marleen
Robert
1981
Life Is Beautiful
Antonio Murillo
1979
Good News
L'Innominato
1979
Lovers and Liars
Guido Massacesi
1979
Blood Feud
Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
1978
A Night Full of Rain
Paolo
1978
The Innocent
Tullio Hermil
1976
Seven Beauties
Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
1975
Midnight Pleasures
Gino Benacio
1975
Swept Away
Gennarino Carunchio
1974
The Murri Affair
Tullio Murri
1974
The Beast
Nino Patrovita
1974
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
The Sensual Man
Paolo Castorini
1973
It Was I
Biagio Solise
1973
Love and Anarchy
Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
1973
Indian Summer
Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
1972
Don Camillo and the Contestants
fratello di "Veleno"
1972
The Seduction of Mimi
Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
1972
Hector the Mighty
Ulisse, il drittone
1972
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
1971
La promessa
Leonidik
1970
Una macchia rosa
Giancarlo
1970
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
Nello
1970
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Fabio
1970
The Sisters
Dario
1969
The Betrayal
Hans Ruppert
1969
Anzio
Pvt. Cellini
1968
Arabella
Saverio
1967
Tonight I'll Throw Me
Carlo Timidoni
1967
Don't Sting the Mosquito
Paolo Randi
1967
The Criminals of the Metropolis
Gerard Lemaire
1967
Rita the Mosquito
Paolo Randi
1966
David Copperfield
David Copperfield adulto · (8 episodes)
1965
Libido
Christian
1965