Luca Ward
Ward at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2010
Born (1960-07-31) 31 July 1960
Ostia, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1981-present
Spouses
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(m. 1983; div. 2004)​
    Giada Desideri
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    (m. 2013)​
    Children3, including Guendalina Ward
    Parent(s)Aleardo Ward
    Maresa Ward
    RelativesMonica Ward (sister)
    Andrea Ward (brother)
    Jone Romano (grandmother)
    Carlo Romano (step-grandfather)

    Luca Ward (born 31 July 1960) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

    Biography

    Born in Ostia, which is in Rome and the oldest child of actor Aleardo Ward and the older brother of Andrea and Monica Ward, Ward made his debut appearance on television in 1963. He became quite popular in the field of theatre and film acting.[2] Among his most popular roles included the 1984 teen-comedy film Chewingum directed by Biagio Proietti.[3] He was also renowned for his role as Massimo Forti in the soap opera CentoVetrine.[4]

    Ward is well known to the Italian public as a voice-dubbing artist.[5] He is the official Italian voice of Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Keanu Reeves and Russell Crowe, as well as occasionally dubbing Hugh Grant, Brandon Lee, Gerard Butler, Antonio Banderas and Jean-Claude Van Damme in some of their works.[6] He dubbed voices in most of their films and he also provided the Italian voice of James Bond during his portrayal by Pierce Brosnan. In his animated roles, Ward dubbed Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog as well as the title character in the Corto Maltese cartoons and Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell video game franchise.

    In 2010, Ward was a contestant on the reality show L'Isola dei Famosi but he left after a week due to an injury in the vertebral column.[7]

    Personal life

    Ward was previously married to voice actress Claudia Razzi from 1983 until 2004. Their daughter Guendalina is also a voice actress. He also has an additional two children with his current wife Giada Desideri, Lupo (born 2007) and Luna (born 2009).

    Live-action credits

    Films

    Year Title Role(s) Notes
    1984 Chewingum Luca
    1991 Barocco DJ Cameo appearance
    2001 The House of Chicken Scooter driver Uncredited
    2004 City Limits Agent Dario Lattanzi
    2005 Dalla parte giusta Giorgio
    2007 Seven Kilometers from Jerusalem Alessandro Forte
    2008 Animanera Inspector Masciandro
    Scusa ma ti chiamo amore Tony
    2010 Piazza giochi Luciano
    2012 La ricotta e il caffè Domenico Short film
    2015 Le leggi del desiderio Paolo Rubens
    2019 La mia seconda volta Davide's father
    2020 Under the Riccione Sun Lucio
    2022 Under the Amalfi Sun

    Television

    Year Title Role(s) Notes
    1971 E le stelle stanno a guardare 3-years-old child Episode: "Episode 1"
    1982 Inverno al mare Pino Lauri Television film
    1993 Tre passi nel delitto: Villa Maltraversi Walter Cavicchi Television film
    1998 Una donna per amico Gianni Episode: "Per un uomo è diverso"
    2001 Incantesimo Goffredo Favare 8 episodes
    2002 Don Matteo Alberto Mei Episode: "Bellissima"
    2002–2004 CentoVetrine Massimo Forti Recurring role
    2003–2004 Elisa di Rivombrosa Ottavio Ranieri 15 episodes
    2007 Un dottore quasi perfetto Alessandro Franchi Television film
    La stella dei re Balthasar Television film
    2007–2010 Donna Detective Maurizio Farnese 20 episodes
    2008 Capri Cosimo Rizzuto 13 episodes
    Distretto di Polizia Dr. Maffei Episode: "Fino a prova contraria"
    2009 Il mistero del lago Fosco De Dominici Television film
    Il cacciatore di uomini Robert Hill Television film
    Un amore di strega Vlad Television film
    Negli occhi dell'assassino Giona Di Falco Television film
    2011 Non smettere di sognare Walter Vallieri 6 episodes
    2012–2018 Le tre rose di Eva Ruggero Camerano 50 episodes
    2013 Rex Paolo Miano 4 episodes
    2014 Un angelo all'inferno Ivan Television film
    2016 Braccialetti rossi Leone Campo 5 episodes
    2016–2017 Un posto al sole Matteo Serra 10 episodes
    2022 Tre sorelle Father Television film

    Dubbing roles

    Animation

    Live action

    Video games

    References

    1. ↑ "Luca Ward's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
    2. ↑ Luca Ward, Il talento di essere nessuno, Sperling & Kupfer
    3. ↑ "Luca Ward: 'Mio padre mi mancherà sempre. Doppiaggio? Volevo fare il pilota'" (in Italian). tvzap.kataweb.it. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
    4. ↑ "Luca Ward". MYmovies. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
    5. ↑ LUCA WARD e il doppiaggio (2012) | ilmondodeidoppiatori.it
    6. ↑ "Attori doppiati da Luca Ward". news.popcorn.it. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
    7. ↑ "Isola dei Famosi: Luca Ward lascia, Simona Ventura riceve il Tapiro d'oro" (in Italian). lastampa.it. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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