Giancarlo Giannini
| Giancarlo Giannini | |
|---|---|
 Giannini in 2009 | |
| Born |
1 August 1942 La Spezia, Liguria, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor & Voice-over artist |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Livia Giampalmo (m. 1967; div. 1975) Eurilla del Bono (m. 1983) |
| Children | 4 |
Giancarlo Giannini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice-over artist. He won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Seven Beauties (1975).
Life and career
Giannini was born in 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 I criminali della 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 1967, he was a special guest on an episode of Mina's TV show "Sabato Sera". 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. 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 also appeared in Man on Fire.
Giannini's best-known starring roles have been in films directed by Lina Wertmüller. 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.[1] 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 its sequel Quantum of Solace.
He has a son, Adriano Giannini, who is also an actor and dubber. In 2002, Adriano reprised his father Giancarlo's role in the remake of Swept Away.
In 2009, Giannini received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]
Selected filmography
- Shades of Truth (1965) as Aaron Azulai (rumored)
- Libido (1965) as Christian
- Rita the Mosquito (1966) as Paolo Randi
- I criminali della metropoli (1967) as Gerard Lemaire
- Don't Sting the Mosquito (1967) as Paolo Randi
- Stasera mi butto (1967) as Carlo Timidoni
- Arabella (1967) as Saverio
- Anzio (1968) as Pvt. Cellini
- Fräulein Doktor (1969) as Lt. Hans Rupert
- Le sorelle (1969) as Dario
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) as Fabio
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) as Giacomo Casanova (voice, uncredited)
- The Pizza Triangle (1970) as Nello
- Una macchia rosa (1970) as Giancarlo
- Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato (1971) as Walter
- Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) as Lucio, the newly wed
- Un aller simple (1971) as Weber
- Mio padre monsignore (1971) as Oreste
- Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) as Inspector Tellini
- Hector the Mighty (1972) as Ulisse
- The Seduction of Mimi (a.k.a. Mimi metallurgico ferito nell'onore) (1972) as Carmelo Mardocheo detto Mimí
- Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (1972) as Veleno
- La prima notte di quiete (1972) as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
- Love and Anarchy (1973) as Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
- It Was I (1973) as Biagio Solise
- The Sensual Man (1973) as Paolo Castorini
- How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973) 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")
- Drama of the Rich (1974) as Tullio Murri
- The Beast (1974) as Nino Patrovita
- Swept Away (1974) as Gennarino Carunchio
- The Immortal Bachelor (1975) as Gino Benacio
- Seven Beauties (1975) (a.k.a. Pasqualino Settebellezze) as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze (Nomination Academy Award for best actor)
- L'innocente (1976) as Tullio Hermil
- A Night Full of Rain (1978) as Paolo
- Blood Feud (1978) as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
- Lovers and Liars (1979) as Guido Massacesi
- Good News (1979) as L'Innominato
- Life Is Beautiful (1979) as Antonio Murillo
- Lili Marleen (1981) as Robert
- My Darling, My Dearest (1982) as Gennarino Laganà
- Where's Picone? (1984) as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
- American Dreamer (1984) as Victor Marchand
- Fever Pitch (1985) as Charley
- Saving Grace (1986) as Abalardi
- Ternosecco (1987) as Domenico
- The Rogues (1987) as Guzman
- Snack Bar Budapest (1988) as Avvocato
- 'o Re (1989) as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
- New York Stories (1989) as Claudio (segment "Life without Zoe")
- Blood Red (1989) as Sebastian Collogero
- Lo zio indegno (1989) as Riccardo
- Brown Bread Sandwiches (1989) as Alberto
- Time to Kill (1989) as Major
- Dark Illness (1990) as Giuseppe Marchi
- Nel giardino delle rose (1990) as Tramontano
- The Amusements of Private Life (1990) as Charles Renard
- Once Upon a Crime (1992) as Inspector Bonnard
- Giovanni Falcone (1993) as Paolo Borsellino
- Like Two Crocodiles (1994) as Pietro Fraschini
- A Walk in the Clouds (1995) as Alberto Aragón
- Palermo - Milan One Way (1995) as Turi Leofonte
- Celluloide (1996) as Sergio Amidei
- The Elective Affinities (1996) as Narrator (voice)
- The Border (1996) as Von Zirkenitz
- La lupa (1996) as Padre Angiolino
- The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1996) as Taxi
- Ultimo bersaglio (1996) as Leo Steiner
- Más allá del jardín (1996) as Bernardo
- Cervellini fritti impanati (1996)
- Mimic (1997) as Manny
- Una vacanza all'inferno (1997) as Avv. Ortega
- Heaven Before I Die (1997) as Thief
- The Dinner (1998) as Professore
- Dolce far niente (1998) as Count Nencini
- The Room of the Scirocco (1998) as Marquis of Acquafurata
- Vuoti a perdere (1999) as Francesco Cesena
- Milonga (1999) as Commissioner
- Terra bruciata (1999) as Macrì
- Una noche con Sabrina Love (2000) as Leonardo
- Viper (2000) as Guastamacchia
- Welcome Albania (2000)
- Hannibal (2001) as Inspector Pazzi
- Una lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore (2001) as Marcello
- CQ (2001) as Enzo
- The Whole Shebang (2001) as Pop Bazinni
- Momo (2001) as Capo degli Uomini Grigi (voice)
- I Love You Eugenio (2002) as Eugenio
- Ciao America (2002) as Zi' Felice
- The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002) as Flavio Carboni
- Joshua (2002) as The Pope
- Darkness (2002) as Albert Rua
- The Council of Egypt (2002) as Narrator (voice)
- Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio (2002) as Himself
- Incantato (2003) as Cesare
- My House in Umbria (2003, TV Movie) as Inspector Girotti
- Five Moons Square (2003) as Branco
- L'acqua... il fuoco (2003) as David
- Forever (2003) as Giovanni
- Man on Fire (2004) as Miguel Manzano
- 13 at a Table (2004) as Older Giulio
- Raul: Straight to Kill (2005) as Giudice Porfirio
- The Shadow Dancer (2005) as Father Moretti
- Tirant lo Blanc (2006) as Emperor of Visantia
- Salvatore - Questa è la vita (2006) as Timpaliscia
- Casino Royale (2006) as René Mathis
- Milano Palermo - Il ritorno (2007) as Turi Leofonte
- Bastardi (2008) as Il Gatto
- Quantum of Solace (2008) as René Mathis
- La bella società (2010) as Dott. Guarrasi
- La prima notte della luna (2010) as Ivan
- Omamamia (2012) as Lorenzo
- AmeriQua (2013) as Don Cesare Ferracane
- Ti ho cercata in tutti i necrologi (2013) as Nikita
- Promakhos (2014, directed by Coerte Voorhees, John Voorhees) as Petros
- Shades of Truth,[3] (2015, directed by Liana Marabini) as Aaron Azulai
- On Air: Storia di un successo (2016) as Presidente
- Il ragazzo della Giudecca (2016) as Giudice Mangrella
- Prigioniero Della Mia Liberta (2016)
- Oggi a te... domani a me (2016)
- Nobili bugie (2017) as Franco
- The Neighborhood (2017) as Gianluca Moretti
- Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle (2017) as Catarella
- Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: the Mystery of the Stolen Notes (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- Liubov pret-a-porte (2017) as Giorgio's father
- The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) as Professor Eduardo Amaldi
TV work
- "Sabato Sera" (1967, one episode)
- E le stelle stanno a guardare (1971) as Arthur Barras
- Sins (1986)
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) as Emperor Shaddam IV
