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Davide Garbolino
Born (1968-09-24) 24 September 1968 (age 56)
Cirié, Italy
Occupation Actor, voice actor, dubbing director, television presenter
Years active 1989–present

Davide Garbolino is a very talented Italian voice actor. He was born on September 24, 1968, in Cirié, Italy. Besides being a voice actor, he also directs voice dubbing for shows and movies. Sometimes, you might even see him as a television presenter!

Davide is well-known for giving his voice to many popular characters. He is the Italian voice of Ash Ketchum from the famous Pokémon anime series. He also voiced Michelangelo in the first three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shows. Other characters he has voiced include Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures and a young Donald Duck in DuckTales. He also voices Nobita in Doraemon. Since 2007, he has been the Italian voice of the classic cartoon character, Bugs Bunny.

Davide Garbolino's Voice Work

Davide Garbolino has lent his voice to many animated characters. He has worked on both animated series and films. Here are some of his notable roles.

Animated Series Roles

  • Caucciù in Tiramolla Adventures (1992)
  • Various characters in Prezzemolo (2002)
  • Lucifero in Foot 2 Rue (2005-2009)
  • Chris Carugati in Water & Bubbles (2007-2021)
  • Fixit in PopPixie (2011)
  • Dadà in L'arte con Matì e Dadà [it] (2014)
  • Tanfenaton in Nefertina sul Nilo (2021)

Animated Film Roles

  • Francis in Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa (2017)
  • Francis in Leo Da Vinci (2019)

Dubbing for Animation

Davide Garbolino has dubbed many characters from foreign animated shows and movies into Italian. This means he provides the Italian voice for characters originally spoken in another language.

Popular Anime Characters

Other Cartoon Characters

Dubbing for Video Games

Davide has also voiced characters in several video games.

  • Abu in Hollywood Monsters
  • Scott Shelby (child) in Heavy Rain
  • Rusty Pete in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
  • Marty in Mafia II
  • Sasha in Metro 2033
  • Hugo and other voices in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and Skylanders: Giants
  • Axel Blaze in Inazuma Eleven 2
  • Nunu (Italian) in League of Legends
  • Astro Boy in Astro Boy: The Video Game

Dubbing for Live Action Shows and Movies

Davide Garbolino has also worked on live-action productions.

Davide Garbolino as a Dubbing Director

Besides acting, Davide Garbolino also works as a dubbing director. This means he guides other voice actors to make sure their performances match the original show or movie.

  • Guru Guru Town Hanamaru-kun
  • Whistle!
  • School Rumble:2nd Semester
  • Poppets Town
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