Massimo Lopez
Lopez in 2015
Born (1952-01-11) 11 January 1952
Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • television presenter
  • comedian
Years active1975–present
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
RelativesGiorgio Lopez (brother)

Massimo Lopez (born 11 January 1952) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, impressionist and television personality.[1]

Together with fellow actors Anna Marchesini and Tullio Solenghi, he has been a member of the comic group known as Il Trio (The Trio).[2]

Biography

Lopez was born to parents from Naples who were temporarily working in Ascoli Piceno.[3] He started his acting career in 1975 and founded Il Trio in 1982 with Tullio Solenghi and Anna Marchesini: the Trio debuts on Rai Radio 2 with the Hellzapoppin radio show.[4]

Following the great success of Hellzapoppin, the Trio participated in various television programs like Domenica in and the 1986 edition of Fantastico and took part to the Sanremo Music Festival editions of 1986, 1987 and 1989.[5]

In 1990, the Trio reaches the peak of success with the parody of Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed, which was broadcast on Rai 1 in 5 episodes.[6] Together with Solenghi and Marchesini, Lopez brought on stage two theatrical shows: Allacciare le cinture di sicurezza (Fasten your seat belts) in 1987 and In principio era il trio (In the Beginning, there was the Trio) in 1990.

The Trio dissolved in 1994, due to the will of all three actors to work as soloists,[7] but reunited for one last time in 2008 to celebrate its 25th anniversary with the TV-program Non esiste più la mezza stagione.[4]

In 2005, Lopez hosted together with Solenghi Striscia la notizia.[8]

As a voice actor, Lopez is known for dubbing voices. He has been providing the current Italian voice of Homer Simpson in The Simpsons since the death of Tonino Accolla in 2013.[9] He has also dubbed some famous actors, including Stephen Fry in The Hobbit film franchise as well as Mike Myers in the second installment of the Austin Powers movies and Robin Williams in the live action adaption of Popeye. In his animated roles, Lopez has performed the Italian voice of Chilly McStuffins since the second season of Doc McStuffins as well as Grand Pabbie in Frozen, Ramon in Happy Feet, Mr. Peabody in Mr. Peabody & Sherman and Lionheart in Zootopia.

On 27 March 2017 Lopez suffered a heart attack while he was performing on stage; he quickly underwent an angioplasty and was transferred to a cardiological rehabilitation center, where he recovered completely and came back on stage two months later.[10]

Personal life

Lopez is the younger brother of the late voice actor Giorgio Lopez, who was the official Italian dubbing artist for Danny DeVito. He is also the uncle of voice actors Gabriele and Andrea Lopez.

Filmography

Film (live action)

Year Title Role(s)
1982 Odd Squad Pasquale Cutolo
1984 Ladies & Gentlemen Fella
2021 Una famiglia mostruosa Sirio
2023 La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario Samuele Nascetti

Film (animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s)
2001 Aida of the Trees Ramfis
2006 Happy Feet Ramon
2009 A Town Called Panic Horse
2011 Happy Feet Two Ramon
2013 Turbo Bobby
Justin and the Knights of Valour Blucher
Frozen Grand Pabbie
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Cowardly Lion
2014 The Boxtrolls Archiebald Snatcher
Mr. Peabody & Sherman Mr. Peabody
Rio 2 Eduardo
2015 Strange Magic Stuff
2016 Zootopia Mayor Lionheart
Ratchet & Clank Captain Qwark
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village Papa Smurf
2019 Frozen II Grand Pabbie
2021 Plusaversary Homer Simpson
Vivo Andrés
The Boss Baby: Family Business Erwin Armstrong

Television (live action)

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1978 The Venetian Twins Florindo Special
1981 La donna serpente Togrul Special
1984 I veleni dei Gonzaga Charles V Television film
1990 The Betrothed Don Rodrigo / Fra Cristoforo Main role
1998 Professione fantasma Inspector Max Ventura Lead role
2001 Compagni di scuola Felice Salina Lead role
2002 Max & Tux Max Lead role
2012 Le mille e una notte - Aladino e Sherazade The Genie Miniseries

Television (animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1980–1982 The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show Droopy Main cast
Fisherman Sanpei Gyoshin Ayukawa Main cast
1981 Supercar Gattiger Joe Kabuki Main cast
1981–1982 Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Aramis Main cast
2004–present Peppa Pig Dr. Bear Recurring role
2004–2009 Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Spiderus Reeves Main cast
2012 Futurama Ben Episode: "The Bots and the Bees"
Larvae Levin Episode: "The Thief of Baghead"
2012–present The Simpsons Homer Simpson Main cast (season 24–present)
2013–2014 Strange Hill High Mr. Abercrombie Main cast
2013–2016 Doc McStuffins Chilly Main cast (season 2-4)
2014 Family Guy Homer Simpson Episode: "The Simpsons Guy"
BoJack Horseman Quentin Tarantulino 2 episodes
2015–2020 New Looney Tunes Cecil Turtle Recurring role
2016–2018 Skylanders Academy Master Eon Main cast
2022 Little Demon Satan Lead role
2023 Digman! Quail Eegan Main cast

Television

With the Trio

As soloist

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Video games

References

  1. ↑ "Massimo Lopez's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Massimo Lopez". MYmovies. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Lualdi, Annalisa (8 May 2005). "MASSIMO LOPEZ L´emigrante di ritorno che sognava il Vomero". La Repubblica. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Lopez, Marchesini e Solenghi: Il ritorno". Corriere della Sera. January 26, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tullio Solenghi: "Quella volta che col Trio facemmo arrabbiare l'Iran..."". Avvenire. October 29, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ "I promessi sposi del Trio ci insegnano che la comicità dà profondità alla nostra vita". HuffPost. August 1, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tullio Solenghi/ "Bevi qualcosa Pedro!", la biografia: da Paolo Villaggio al ricordo di Anna Marchesini". ilsussidiario.net. October 26, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Solenghi e Lopez per due settimane al bancone di 'Striscia la notizia'". Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli. May 1, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Massimo Lopez racconta: "Così darò voce a Homer Simpson"". Corriere della Sera. November 22, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Infarto in scena per Massimo Lopez. Operato d'urgenza, ora sta meglio". Corriere della Sera. March 25, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ "The Simpsons Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  12. ↑ "Frozen Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  13. ↑ "Frozen II Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  14. ↑ "Doc McStuffins Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  15. ↑ "Zootopia Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  16. ↑ "Rio 2 Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  17. ↑ "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  18. ↑ "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  19. ↑ "Daredevil Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  20. ↑ "AntonioGenna.net presenta: IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - ZONA TELEFILM: "Jane the Virgin"". www.antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  21. ↑ "Popeye Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  22. ↑ "Alice Through the Looking Glass Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  23. ↑ "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  24. ↑ "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  25. ↑ "London Has Fallen Italian voice cast" (in Italian). Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

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