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Giancarlo Giannini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor.
Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in Rita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975).
His other films include The Innocent (1976), Lili Marleen (1980), New York Stories (1990), A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Hannibal (2001), Man on Fire (2004), and the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). He is also a dubbing artist, contributing voice work to the Italian-language versions of dozens of films since the 1960s. He has been the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino since 1975, and has also dubbed Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, and Helmut Berger.
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Early life
Giannini was born in La Spezia and he spent most of his childhood in the settlement of Pitelli. In 1952, Giannini and his family moved to Naples where he received a diploma in electronic engineering at the Alessandro Volta Technological State Technical Institute. During his teen years, he moved to Rome and studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.
Acting career
Stage
Giannini made his stage debut at the age of 18, opposite Lilla Brignone in In memoria di una signora amica, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. His breakthrough came when he was cast by Franco Zeffirelli in a production of Romeo and Juliet which played at The Old Vic.
Film and television
Giannini made his film debut in a small part in I criminali della 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 1967, he was a special guest on an episode of Mina's TV show "Sabato Sera". He had his breakthrough in 1970. In 1971, he appeared in E le stelle stanno a guardare, a television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel The Stars Look Down.
Giannini won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973). He had big box office hits with The Sensual Man (1974). In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Giannini is known for his starring roles in films directed by Lina Wertmüller. In addition to Seven Beauties and Swept Away, he also appeared in Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata.
Giannini has also achieved some international success. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. He also appeared in Man on Fire. Giannini played Alberto Aragón in A Walk in the Clouds in 1995, and Emperor Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries. In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness. He later portrayed French agent René Mathis in the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008).
In 2009, Giannini received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada. On March 6, 2023, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Voice acting
Giannini has had a successful career as a voice actor and dubber. He helped with the foundation of the C.V.D. along with Renato Turi, Corrado Gaipa, Valeria Valeri, Oreste Lionello, Wanda Tettoni and other dubbers.
Giannini is the official Italian voice dubber of Al Pacino. Both he and Ferruccio Amendola were the primary dubbers of Pacino until Amendola's death in 2001 when Giannini became the main voice dubber. He also dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice as Jack Torrance in the Italian release of The Shining and the Joker in Batman and Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street and the 2010 sequel as well as dubbing other actors such as Dustin Hoffman, Gérard Depardieu, Ryan O'Neal, Jeremy Irons, Mel Gibson, Tim Allen, Leonard Whiting and Ian McKellen in some of their work.
In Giannini's animated roles, he voiced Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner) in the Italian dub of the Pixar film Up. He also provided the Italian voice of Raul Menendez in the Call of Duty game franchise. Outside of dubbing, he provided a voice role in the 2001 Italian animated film Momo in which he voiced the main antagonist.
Other ventures
Aside from acting, Giannini took up inventing as a hobby. Some of the gadgets he designed were used in the 1992 film Toys starring Robin Williams. Giannini also collaborated with Gabriella Greison on his memoir Sono ancora un bambino which was published by Longanesi in 2014. A year later, he received the Premio Cesare Pavese.
In 2012 he collaborated with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti in "Io sono te", from his album Noi.
Personal life
From 1967 until 1975, Giannini was married to actress Livia Giampalmo and they had two children. Their eldest son was Lorenzo, who died in 1987 from an aneurysm shortly before his 20th birthday. Their second-born son is actor Adriano Giannini, who played his father's role in the 2002 remake of Swept Away.
Since 1983, he has been married to Eurilla del Bono and they have two sons, Emanuele and Francesco who are musicians.
Filmography
Cinema
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1966 | Rita the Mosquito | Professor Paolo Randi | |
1967 | I criminali della metropoli | Gerard Lemaire | |
Don't Sting the Mosquito | Professor Paolo Randi | ||
Stasera mi butto | Carlo Timidoni | ||
Arabella | Saverio | ||
1968 | Anzio | Private Cellini | |
1969 | Fräulein Doktor | Lieutenant Hans Rupert | |
Le sorelle | Dario | ||
The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Fabio de la Romagna | ||
1970 | The Pizza Triangle | Nello Serafini | |
Una macchia rosa | Giancarlo | ||
1971 | Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? | Lucio | |
Un aller simple | Weber | ||
Mio padre monsignore | Oreste | ||
Black Belly of the Tarantula | Inspector Tellini | ||
1972 | Hector the Mighty | Ulisse | |
Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi | Veleno | ||
Indian Summer | Giorgio "Spider" Mosca | ||
1973 | Love and Anarchy | Antonio "Tunin" Soffiantini | |
It Was I | Biagio Soils | ||
The Sensual Man | Paolo Castorini | ||
1974 | The Murri Affair | Tullio Murri | |
The Beast | Nino Patrovita | ||
Swept Away | Gennarino Carunchio | ||
1975 | The Immortal Bachelor | Gino Benacio | |
Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Frafuso | ||
1976 | The Innocent | Tullio Hermil | |
1978 | A Night Full of Rain | Paolo | |
Blood Feud | Nicola "Nick" Sanmichele | ||
1979 | Lovers and Liars | Guido Massacesi | |
Good News | The Man | ||
Life Is Beautiful | Antonio Murillo | ||
1981 | Lili Marleen | Robert | |
1981 | My Darling, My Dearest | Gennarino Laganà | |
1984 | Where's Picone? | Salvatore Cannavacciuolo | |
American Dreamer | Victor Marchand | ||
1985 | Fever Pitch | Charley | |
1986 | Saving Grace | Abalardi | |
1987 | Ternosecco | Domenico / Mimi | Also director and screenwriter |
The Rogues | Guzman de Alfarache | ||
1988 | Snack Bar Budapest | The Lawyer | |
1989 | 'O Re | Francis II of the Two Sicilies | |
New York Stories | Claudio | Segment: Life Without Zoë | |
Blood Red | Sebastian Collogero | ||
The Sleazy Uncle | Riccardo | ||
Brown Bread Sandwiches | Alberto | ||
Time to Kill | Major | ||
1990 | Dark Illness | Giuseppe Marchi | |
Nel giardino delle rose | Tramontano | ||
The Amusements of Private Life | Charles Renard | ||
1992 | Once upon a Crime | Inspector Bonnard | |
1993 | Giovanni Falcone | Paolo Borsellino | |
1994 | Like Two Crocodiles | Pietro Fraschini | |
1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | Alberto Aragon | |
Palermo – Milan One Way | Turi Arcangelo Leofonte | ||
1996 | Celluloide | Sergio Amidei | |
The Border | Von Zirkenitz | ||
La lupa | Father Angiolino | ||
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca | Taxi | ||
Ultimo bersaglio | Leo Steiner | ||
Más allá del jardín | Bernardo | ||
New York Crossing | Enzo | ||
Cervellini fritti impanati | Unknown | ||
1997 | Mimic | Manny Gavoila | |
Una vacanza all'inferno | Ortega | ||
Heaven Before I Die | Thief | ||
1998 | The Dinner | Professore | |
Dolce far niente | Count Nencini | ||
The Room of the Scirocco | Marquis of Acquafurata | ||
1999 | Vuoti a perdere | Francesco Cesena | |
Milonga | Commissioner | ||
Terra bruciata | Macrì | ||
2000 | Una noche con Sabrina Love | Leonardo | |
Welcome Albania | Unknown | ||
2001 | Viper | Guastamacchia | |
Hannibal | Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi | ||
Una lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore | Marcello | ||
CQ | Enzo | ||
The Whole Shebang | Pop Bazinni | ||
2002 | I Love You Eugenio | Eugenio | |
Ciao America | Zi' Felice | ||
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | Flavio Carboni | ||
Joshua | The Pope | ||
Darkness | Albert Rua | ||
Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio | Himself | ||
2003 | Incantato | Cesare | |
Five Moons Square | Branco | ||
L'acqua... il fuoco | David | ||
Forever | Giovanni | ||
2004 | Man on Fire | Miguel Manzano | |
13 at a Table | Giulio | ||
2005 | Raul: Straight to Kill | Judge Porfirio | |
2006 | Tirant lo Blanc | Emperor of Visantia | |
Salvatore – Questa è la vita | Timpaliscia | ||
Casino Royale | René Mathis | ||
2007 | Milano Palermo – Il ritorno | Turi Leofonte | |
2008 | Quantum of Solace | René Mathis | |
2010 | La bella società | Dr. Antonio Guarrasi | |
La prima notte della luna | Ivan | ||
2012 | Omamamia | Lorenzo | |
2013 | AmeriQua | Don Cesare Ferracane | |
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die | Nikita | Also director | |
2014 | Promakhos | Petros | |
Love Pret-a-porte | Alfonso | ||
2015 | Shades of Truth | Aaron Azulai | |
2016 | On Air - Storia di un successo | President Alberto Hazan | |
Il ragazzo della Giudecca | Judge Mangrella | ||
Maremmamara | Ezio | ||
Oggi a te... domani a me | Unknown | ||
Prigioniero della mia libertà | Inspector Spaccini | ||
2017 | The Neighborhood | Gianluca Moretti | |
Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle | Catarella | ||
Nobili bugie | Franco | ||
2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Edoardo Amaldi | |
Magical Nights | Leandro Saponaro | ||
2021 | I fratelli De Filippo | Eduardo Scarpetta | |
Gianni Schicchi | Buoso Donati | ||
2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Police Chief | |
2024 | Cabrini | Pope Leo XIII |
Television
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1966 | Lo squarciagola | Dingo | TV film |
David Copperfield | Adult David | TV miniseries | |
1967 | Sabato Sera | ||
1970 | La promessa | Leonidik | TV film |
1971 | E le stelle stanno a guardare | Arthur Barras | TV miniseries |
1986 | Sins | Marcello D'itri | TV miniseries |
1989 | Quattro storie di donne | Giuliano | TV miniseries (1 episode) |
1990 | Vita coi figli | Adriano Setti | TV miniseries |
1993 | Colpo di coda | Flavio Morselli | TV miniseries |
1994 | Nero come il cuore | Valentino Bruio | TV film |
Jacob | Laban | TV film | |
1997 | Nessuno escluso | DIA Director | TV miniseries |
1998 | Ritornare a volare | Giulio | TV film |
Greener Fields | Carlo | TV film | |
2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Shaddam IV | TV miniseries |
2002 | Francesca e Nunziata | Giordano Montorsi | TV film |
Dracula | Dr. Enrico Valenzi | TV miniseries | |
2003 | My House in Umbria | Inspector Girotti | TV film |
2004 | Le cinque giornate di Milano | Carlo Cattaneo | TV miniseries |
2005 | Shadows in the Sun | Father Moretti | TV film |
2006 | Racconti neri | Narrator | TV programme (14 episodes) |
L'onore e il rispetto | Giuseppe Bastianelli | 3 episodes (season 1x01-03) | |
2007 | Il generale Dalla Chiesa | Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa | TV miniseries |
2008 | Io non dimentico | Don Salvatore Conticello | TV miniseries |
Il maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia | Benedetto Diveri | TV miniseries | |
Il sangue e la rosa | Cardinale Rospigliosi | TV miniseries | |
2009 | So che ritornerai | Borghi | TV film |
2010 | Prima della felicità | Ettore | TV film |
2012 | Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra | Himself | Docufiction |
2013 | Un angelo all'inferno | Pietro Bardelli | TV film |
2016–2023 | Stanotte a... | Giorgio Vasari / Gian Lorenzo Bernini / Carlo Goldoni / Pliny the Younger / Charles III of Spain / Alessandro Manzoni / Jules Maigret | TV docuseries |
2018 | Romanzo famigliare | Gian Pietro Liegi | TV series |
2019 | Catch-22 | Marcello | TV miniseries (3 episodes) |
2021 | Leonardo | Andrea del Verrocchio | Historical drama, 2 episodes |
2022 | Il grande gioco | Dino De Gregorio | TV series |
Voice work
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | The Elective Affinities | Narrator | Voice-over |
2001 | Momo | President of the Grey Men | Animated film |
2002 | The Council of Egypt | Narrator | Voice-over |
2017 | Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: the Mystery of the Stolen Notes | Animated film |
Dubbing
Films (Animation, Italian dub)
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
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1972 | Fritz the Cat | Fritz the Cat | |
2009 | Up | Carl Fredricksen |
Films (Live action, Italian dub)
Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
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1966 | Madamigella di Maupin | Cavaliere d'Albert | Tomas Milian | |
Blowup | Thomas | David Hemmings | ||
1967 | The Hellbenders | Ben | Julián Mateos | |
1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Leonard Whiting | |
1969 | The Damned | Martin von Essenbeck | Helmut Berger | |
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence | Giacomo Casanova | Leonard Whiting | ||
1970 | When Women Had Tails | Ulli | Giuliano Gemma | |
Zabriskie Point | Mark | Mark Frechette | ||
Many Wars Ago | Lieutenant Sassu | |||
1971 | Death in Venice | Alfred | Mark Burns | |
The Designated Victim | "Count" Matteo Tiepolo | Pierre Clémenti | ||
Lawman | Crowe Wheelwright | Richard Jordan | ||
Valdez Is Coming | R.L. Davis | |||
The Bloodstained Butterfly | Giorgio | Helmut Berger | ||
1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Francesco di Bernardone | Graham Faulkner | |
1973 | Ludwig | Ludwig II of Bavaria | Helmut Berger | |
Les Voraces | Kosta | |||
The Exorcist | Damien Karras | Jason Miller | ||
1975 | The Passenger | David Locke | Jack Nicholson | |
Dog Day Afternoon | Sonny Wortzik | Al Pacino | ||
Barry Lyndon | Redmond Barry | Ryan O'Neal | ||
1976 | Marathon Man | Thomas Babington "Babe" Levy | Dustin Hoffman | |
The Desert of the Tartars | Lieutenant Drogo | Jacques Perrin | ||
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Valdomiro 'Vadinho' Santos Guimarães | José Wilker | ||
1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Tony Lopanto | Richard Gere | |
1978 | California Suite | Bill Warren | Alan Alda | |
1980 | Cruising | Steve Burns | Al Pacino | |
The Shining | Jack Torrance | Jack Nicholson | ||
1981 | Tales of Ordinary Madness | Charles Serking | Ben Gazzara | |
1982 | Author! Author! | Ivan Travalian | Al Pacino | |
1983 | Danton | Georges Danton | Gérard Depardieu | |
Twilight Zone: The Movie | John Valentine | John Lithgow | ||
1987 | The Last Emperor | Puyi | John Lone | |
Wall Street | Gordon Gekko | Michael Douglas | ||
1989 | Batman | Jack Napier / Joker | Jack Nicholson | |
Maggio musicale | Pier Francesco Ferraioli | Malcolm McDowell | ||
1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Richard Roma | Al Pacino | |
Hoffa | Jimmy Hoffa | Jack Nicholson | ||
Scent of a Woman | Frank Slade | Al Pacino | ||
1993 | Carlito's Way | Carlito Brigante | ||
1994 | Swimming with Sharks | Buddy Ackerman | Kevin Spacey | |
The Santa Clause | Scott Calvin | Tim Allen | ||
The Madness of King George | King George III | Nigel Hawthorne | ||
1995 | The American President | Andrew Shepherd | Michael Douglas | |
Heat | Vincent Hanna | Al Pacino | ||
Richard III | Richard III | Ian McKellen | ||
1996 | City Hall | Mayor John Pappas | Al Pacino | |
Looking for Richard | Richard III | |||
1997 | Donnie Brasco | Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero | ||
The Devil's Advocate | John Milton / Satan | |||
1998 | Gunslinger's Revenge | Johnny Lowen | Harvey Keitel | |
1999 | Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar | Obelix | Gérard Depardieu | |
Excellent Cadavers | Giovanni Falcone | Chazz Palminteri | ||
The Insider | Lowell Bergman | Al Pacino | ||
Any Given Sunday | Tony D'Amato | |||
2001 | The Pledge | Jerry Black | Jack Nicholson | |
Viper | Leone | Harvey Keitel | ||
How Harry Became a Tree | Harry Maloney | Colm Meaney | ||
Witches to the North | Gallio De Dominicis | Paul Sorvino | ||
2002 | Amnèsia | Xavier | Juanjo Puigcorbé | |
Callas Forever | Larry Kelly | Jeremy Irons | ||
Insomnia | Will Dormer | Al Pacino | ||
Simone | Viktor Taransky | |||
2003 | The Recruit | Walter Burke | ||
Gigli | Starkman | |||
Something's Gotta Give | Harry Sanborn | Jack Nicholson | ||
2004 | Evilenko | Andrei Chikatilo | Malcolm McDowell | |
The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | Al Pacino | ||
2006 | The Departed | Frank Costello | Jack Nicholson | |
2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Willy Bank | Al Pacino | |
2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Gordon Gekko | Michael Douglas | |
2011 | The First Man | Cemetery Guard | Michel Crémades | |
2012 | Stand Up Guys | Val | Al Pacino | |
2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Marvin Schwarz | ||
The Irishman | Jimmy Hoffa | |||
2020 | Creators: The Past | Lord Kanaff | Marc Fiorini | |
2021 | House of Gucci | Aldo Gucci | Al Pacino |
Television (Live action, Italian dub)
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
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1997 | Nostromo | Dr. Monygham | TV miniseries | Albert Finney | |
1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantès | TV miniseries | Gérard Depardieu | |
2000 | Piovuto dal cielo | Cesare Palmieri | TV miniseries | Ben Gazzara | |
2002 | Napoléon | Joseph Fouché | TV miniseries | Gérard Depardieu | |
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace | Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli | TV film | Ed Asner | ||
2007 | War and Peace | Prince Bolkonsky | TV miniseries | Malcolm McDowell | |
2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Jack Kevorkian | TV film | Al Pacino | |
2013 | Phil Spector | Phil Spector | TV film | ||
2018 | Paterno | Joe Paterno | TV film | ||
2020–2023 | Hunters | Meyer Offerman / Wilhelm Zuchs | Main cast |
Video games (Italian dub)
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Raul Menendez |
Documentaries (Italian dub)
Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | Jeremy Irons | |
2016 | Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story | Narrator | F. Murray Abraham |
Awards and nominations
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Nominations |
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N/A | 1 | |
6 | 5 | |
6 | 6 |
Academy Awards
Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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1977 | Best Actor | Seven Beauties | Nominated |
David di Donatello
Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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1984 | Best Actor | Where's Picone? | Won |
1989 | 'O Re | Nominated | |
1990 | Dark Illness | Nominated | |
1994 | Best Supporting Actor | Giovanni Falcone | Nominated |
1995 | Like Two Crocodiles | Won | |
1996 | Best Actor | Palermo - Milan One Way | Nominated |
Celluloide | Won | ||
2000 | Golden Plate | N/A | Won |
2002 | Best Actor | I Love You Eugenio | Won |
2003 | Best Supporting Actor | Incantato | Nominated |
Nastro d'Argento
Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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1971 | Best Supporting Actor | The Pizza Triangle | Nominated |
1974 | Best Actor | The Sensual Man | Nominated |
Love and Anarchy | Won | ||
1984 | Where's Picone? | Nominated | |
1989 | 'O Re | Nominated | |
1991 | Best Supporting Actor | The Amusements of Private Life | Nominated |
Best Actor | Dark Illness | Nominated | |
1994 | Best Male Dubbing | Carlito's Way | Won |
1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Dinner | Won |
Best Actor | The Room of the Scirocco | Won | |
2001 | Best Supporting Actor | Hannibal | Won |
Film festivals
Festival | Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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Cannes Film Festival | 1973 | Best Actor | Love and Anarchy | Won |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2003 | Legend Award | N/A | Won |
Giffoni Film Festival | 2013 | François Truffaut Award | N/A | Won |
Kineo Awards | 2008 | Best Actor | Milano Palermo - Il ritorno | Nominated |
Locarno Festival | 2014 | Excellence Award | N/A | Won |
Los Angeles Italia Film Festival | 1999 | Outstanding Achievement in Film | N/A | Won |
Milan Film Festival | 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | N/A | Won |
Newport Beach Film Festival | Best Actor | I Love You Eugenio | Won | |
Primavera del Cinema Italiano Festival | 2009 | Career Award | N/A | Won |
San Sebastián International Film Festival | 1973 | Best Actor | Sono stato io | Won |
Taormina Film Fest | 1989 | Career Charybdis | N/A | Won |
2001 | Taormina Arte Award | N/A | Won | |
2007 | N/A | Won | ||
Viareggio EuropaCinema | 1998 | Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence | N/A | Won |
Other awards
Institution | Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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Ciak D'Oro | 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Like Two Crocodiles | Won |
Fangoria Chainsaw Award | 2002 | Hannibal | Nominated | |
Flaiano Prize | Career Award for Cinema | N/A | Won | |
Giffoni Film Festival | 2013 | François Truffaut Award | N/A | Won |
Globo D'Oro | 1974 | Best Actor | Sono stato io | Won |
1989 | 'O Re | Won | ||
1997 | The Border | Nominated | ||
1999 | Milonga | Won | ||
2010 | Career Award | N/A | Won |
Honours
Grand Officer (2nd Class), Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2003)
Knight Grand Cross (1st Class), Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2007)