Francesco Vairano
Vairano attending the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2015
Born (1944-01-11) 11 January 1944
Naples, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor, dialogue writer, dubbing director
Years active1969–present

Francesco Vairano (born 11 January 1944) is an Italian actor, voice actor, dialogue writer and dubbing director.[1]

Biography

Born in Naples, Vairano began his career in the late 1960s working as a theatre actor. He also made appearances on television. He is generally well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. He is best known for providing the Italian voices of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) from the Harry Potter film franchise and Gollum (Andy Serkis) from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Vairano is also known for dubbing Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and various characters in The Muppets. He occasionally dubbed actors such as Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, and Ian McDiarmid. In December 2016, he announced that he would be temporarily retiring from voice dubbing and would only make rare comebacks.[2]

Vairano dubbed Moreno, the innkeeper, in the English dub of Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio, as well as writing the English dialogue and supervising and directing the dubbing process.

Filmography

Cinema

  • Prima che sia troppo presto (1981)

Television

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ↑ "Francesco Vairano's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Hollywood Party | S2020 | Berlinale #3 - Garrone, Sironi, "Semina il vento" e "Permette? Alberto Sordi" | Rai Radio 3 | RaiPlay Sound". RaiPlaySound. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ Italian 1994 re-dubbed edition

Media related to Francesco Vairano at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.