Carlo Valli
Valli attending the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2018
Born (1943-10-04) 4 October 1943
Asti, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor, dubbing director
Years active1966–present
Spouse(s)Claudia Giannotti (m. ?–?)
Cristina Giachero (m. ?)
ChildrenRuggero Valli
Arturo Valli

Carlo Valli (born 4 October 1943) is an Italian actor and voice actor who is best known as the official dubbing voice for Robin Williams.[1]

Biography

Born in Asti, Valli studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and then began performing at the Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo. He later became well known to the Italian public as a voice actor and dubber and he is the official Italian voice dubbing actor of Robin Williams.[2] He is also renowned for dubbing Jim Broadbent, Colm Meaney, Richard Dreyfuss, Ken Stott, Martin Sheen, John Heard, Robert Duvall and Richard Jenkins in some of their movies.[3] Some of the Italian dubbing roles that Valli is best known for includes Ghostface from the Scream film series and Horace Slughorn from the Harry Potter franchise.

In Valli’s Italian dubbed animated roles, he voiced Rex in the Toy Story film series, Gobber the Belch in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise and Pops in The Secret Life of Pets franchise. He has also been the Italian voice of Bender in Futurama since season 8.

As an actor, Valli had key roles on stage and television. In the 1970s, he was in the science fiction-drama miniseries Gamma as well as the detective fiction show La donna di picche.[4]

Personal life

Valli was once married to actress Claudia Giannotti. He is now married to voice actress Cristina Giachero. In 1998, Valli became a father for the first time at the age of 54 to voice actor Ruggero Valli. In 2000 he had another son, Arturo, who is also a voice actor.

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Video games

References

  1. ↑ "Carlo Valli's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "La voce di Robin Williams era piemontese, il doppiatore è Carlo Valli: "Sono sbigottito"" (in Italian). quotidianopiemontese.it. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Intervista a CARLO VALLI (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  4. ↑ "Carlo Valli". MYmovies. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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