Davide Garbolino facts for kids

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

• Gohan (older) in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT
• Ash Ketchum in the Pokémon series and many Pokémon movies, including Pokémon: The First Movie and Pokémon: The Movie 2000.
• Ryou Shirogane in Tokyo Mew Mew
• Nobita Nobi in Doraemon (1979 anime) (second dub)
• Miki Kaoru in Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Omi in Xiaolin Showdown
• Yusuke Urameshi in YuYu Hakusho
• Tororo in Keroro Gunso
• Idate Morino in Naruto
• Obito Uchiha in Naruto: Shippuden
• Axel Blaze (First voice) in Inazuma Eleven
• Victor Blade in Inazuma Eleven GO
• Jean Roque Raltique in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
• Kyōsuke Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road (First dub)
• Shinichi Kudo in Detective Conan and Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
• Mikeru in Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

Other Cartoon Characters

• Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
• Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman: The Animated Series and The Batman
• Tim Drake/Robin in The New Batman Adventures
• Tucker Foley in Danny Phantom
• Alden Jones in Braceface
• Bert Raccoon in The Raccoons
• Digit in Cyberchase
• Dilton Doiley in Archie's Weird Mysteries
• Tommy Cadle and Clinton Fillmore Jefferson XIII in Pet Alien
• Lazlo in Camp Lazlo
• Rodney J. Squirrel in Squirrel Boy
• Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures
• Timothy Platypus in Taz-Mania
• Tak in Tak and the Power of Juju
• Manny Rivera/El Tigre in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
• Harvey Kinkle in Sabrina: The Animated Series and Sabrina's Secret Life
• Jimmy Two-Shoes in Jimmy Two-Shoes
• Petrie in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
• Keswick in T.U.F.F. Puppy
• Bugs Bunny in The Looney Tunes Show
• Calimero in Calimero (2014 series)
• Young Donald Duck in DuckTales (2017 TV series)
• Guillermo in Victor and Valentino
• Drew Yerface in ChalkZone

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.

• Nevel Papperman in iCarly
• Abed Nadir in Community
• Billy Harlan in Goosebumps
• Gem in Power Rangers RPM

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