Giancarlo Giannini
Born: 1942-08-01 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Giannini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Rise of the Raven as Pope Eugene IV.
- Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita as Sé stesso
- Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì
- Albatross as Vito
2024
- Cabrini as Pope Leo XIII
2023
- Book Club: The Next Chapter as Police Chief
- Senza malizia
2022
- Duetto as Gino
- Buon Lavoro
- Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist as Self
- The Great Game as Dino De Gregorio
2021
- Leonardo as Verrocchio
- Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore as Sé stesso
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- I Fratelli De Filippo as Eduardo Scarpetta
- Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
- Gianni Schicchi as Buoso Donati
- Hugo in Argentina as Narrator (voice)
2020
- Starman as Se stesso
2019
- Catch-22 as Marcello
- Sand and Fire as Talleyrand
2018
- Diminuta as Marco Aurelio
- Magical Nights as Leandro Saponaro
- Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia as Self
- The Catcher Was a Spy as Professor Eduardo Amaldi
- A Family Tale as Gian Pietro Liegi
- Prigioniero della mia libertà as Ispettore Spaccini
2017
- Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle as Catarella
- Nobili bugie as Franco
- The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples as Principe
- The Neighborhood as Gianluca Moretti
- Stanotte a Venezia as Carlo Goldoni
- Love Pret-a-porte as Giorgio's father
- Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes as Narratore (voice)
2016
- Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story as Self - Narrator (voice)
- On Air: Storia di Un Successo as Presidente
- Il ragazzo della Giudecca as Giudice Mangrella
- Astrosamantha
- Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan as Principe
2015
- Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man as Himself
- Behind the White Glasses as Self
- Stanotte a... as Se stesso
- Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders as Principe
- The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2014
- 27 aprile Racconto di un evento as Voice
- The First Line as Petros
2013
- Eurotrapped as Don Ferracane
- Un angelo all'inferno as Pietro Bardelli
- The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die as Nikita
2012
- Omamamia as Lorenzo
- Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
- Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina as Narratore (voice)
2011
- First Happiness as Ettore
2010
2009
- I Will Return as Borghi
- La bella società as Dott. Guarrasi
2008
- Quantum of Solace as Mathis
- Bastardi as Il gatto
- Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia as Benedetto Diveri
- Il sangue e la rosa as Cardinal Rospigliosi
- Il sangue e la rosa as Cardinale Eugenio Rospigliosi
- Io non dimentico as Salvatore Conticello
2007
- Il generale Dalla Chiesa as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
- Milan – Palermo: The Return as Turi Leofonte
2006
- Casino Royale as Mathis
- The Maidens' Conspiracy as The Emperor
- L'onore e il rispetto as Don Giuseppe Bastianelli
- Salvatore. Questa è la vita as Timpaliscia
- A Beautiful Vacation as Self
2005
- Shadows in the Sun as Father Moretti
- Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
- Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker as Self
- Raul - Right to Kill as Giudice Porfirio
2004
- Man on Fire as Miguel Manzano
- 13 at a Table as Giulio
- Le cinque giornate di Milano as Carlo Cattaneo
2003
- My House in Umbria as Inspector Girotti
- Five Moons Plaza as Branco
- 3 Women as David
- Incantato as Cesare Balocchi
- Forever as Giovanni
- Francesca and Nunziata as Giordano Montorsi
2002
- Darkness as Albert Rua
- Joshua as The Pope
- Amnèsia as Xavier (voice)
- Ti voglio bene Eugenio as Eugenio
- Il consiglio d'Egitto
- Dracula's Kiss as Dr. Enrico Valenzi
- The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair as Flavio Carboni
- Ciao America as Zi' Felice
2001
- Momo as Presidente (voice)
- CQ as Enzo
- The Whole Shebang as Pop Bazinni
- A Long Long Long Night of Love as Marcello
- Hannibal as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
2000
- Frank Herbert's Dune as Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV
- Viper as Guastamacchia
- A Night with Sabrina Love as Leonardo
1999
- Milonga as Commissario
- No Deposit, No Return as Cesena
- Sweet Idleness as Count Nencini
- Terra bruciata as Macrì
1998
- The Dinner as Professore
- La stanza dello Scirocco as Marchese di Acquafurata
1997
- Mimic as Manny
- Heaven Before I Die as Thief
- Ultimo bersaglio as Leo Steiner
- Vacation in Hell as Ortega
1996
- La lupa as Padre Angiolino
- Palermo – Milan One Way as Turi Leofonte
- La frontiera as Von Zirkenitz
- Celluloide as Sergio Amidei
- Elective Affinities as Narrator (voice)
- The marshal Rocca as Benedetto
- Más allá del jardín as Bernardo
- Fried Crumbed Brains
- New York Crossing as Enzo
1995
- A Walk in the Clouds as Alberto Aragón
- Like Two Crocodiles as Pietro Fraschini
1994
- Jacob as Laban
- Black as the Heart as Valentino Bruio
1993
- Giovanni Falcone as Paolo Borsellino
- Colpo di coda as Professeur
1992
- Toys ... (Prop Designer)
- Once Upon a Crime as Inspector Bonnard
1991
- Life with the Kids as Adriano Setti
1990
- Life with the Kids as Adriano Setti
- In The Rose Garden as Tramontano
- Dark Illness as Giuseppe Marchi
- Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self
- The Amusements of Private Life as Charles Renard
1989
- Blood Red as Sebastian Collogero
- 'o Re as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
- New York Stories as Claudio
- The Sleazy Uncle as Riccardo
- Brown Bread Sandwiches as Alberto
- Time to Kill as Il Maggiore
1988
- Snack Bar Budapest as Avvocato
1987
- I picari as Guzmán de Alfarache
- Ternosecco as Domenico
1986
- Saving Grace as Abalardi
- Sins as Marcello D'itri
1985
- Fever Pitch as Charley
- Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema as Self
1984
- American Dreamer as Victor Marchand
- Where's Picone? as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
1982
- My Darling, My Dearest as Gennarino Laganà
1981
- Lili Marleen as Robert
1979
- Life Is Beautiful as Antonio Murillo
- Good News as L'Innominato
- Lovers and Liars as Guido Massacesi
1978
- A Night Full of Rain as Paolo
- Blood Feud as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
1976
- The Innocent as Tullio Hermil
1975
- Midnight Pleasures as Gino Benacio
- Seven Beauties as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
1974
- The Beast as Nino Patrovita
- The Murri Affair as Tullio Murri
- Swept Away as Gennarino Carunchio
1973
- How Funny Can Sex Be? 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')
- The Sensual Man as Paolo Castorini
- Love and Anarchy as Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
- It Was I as Biagio Solise
1972
- Indian Summer as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
- Don Camillo and the Contestants as fratello di "Veleno"
- The Seduction of Mimi as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
- Hector the Mighty as Ulisse, il drittone
1971
- My Father Monsignor as Oreste
- The Black Belly of the Tarantula as Inspector Tellini
- One Way Ticket as Weber
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Il neoammogliato
- A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State as Walter Merighi
1970
- La promessa as Leonidik
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria as Fabio
- A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) as Nello
- Una macchia rosa as Giancarlo
1969
- The Sisters as Dario
- The Betrayal as Hans Ruppert
1968
- Anzio as Pvt. Cellini
1967
- Arabella as Saverio
- Don't Sting the Mosquito as Paolo Randi
- The Criminals of the Metropolis as Gerard Lemaire
- Tonight I'll Throw Me as Carlo Timidoni
1966
- Rita the Mosquito as Paolo Randi
1965
- Libido as Christian
- David Copperfield as David Copperfield