Mino Caprio facts for kids

Guglielmo "Mino" Caprio (born on November 17, 1955) is a talented Italian actor and voice actor. He is famous for giving his voice to many well-known characters in movies and TV shows, especially cartoons.

About Mino Caprio

Mino Caprio first studied law and even taught it for a while. But his real passion was acting! He started acting and directing plays in the 1970s. In movies and TV, he often played characters like priests or professors.

He is most famous for his amazing voice work. He gives the official Italian voice to many popular characters and actors. For example, he is the voice of Peter Griffin from Family Guy and C-3PO from the Star Wars movies since 1999.

Mino Caprio also voices Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films. He is the Italian voice of Kermit the Frog in all the Muppets movies. Plus, he voices the funny Looney Tunes character Marvin the Martian.

In Italian cartoons, he voiced the main character in Alberto the Wolf. He also played Geppetto in two animated movies about Pinocchio. In 2012, he started voicing Grandpa Simpson in The Simpsons and Professor Farnsworth in Futurama.

Movies and TV Shows

Mino Caprio has acted in several movies and television series. Here are some of them:

Movies

• What's Your Sign? (2014)
• The Big Score (2016)
• La verità sta in cielo (2016)
• My Family Jumble (2017)
• A.N.I.M.A. (2019)
• Shortcut (2020)
• Roma Blues (2023)

Television Series

• Un commissario a Roma (1993)
• Linda e il brigadiere (1998)
• A Good Season (2014)
• May God Help Us (2014)
• One Step from Heaven (2019)
• The Ladies' Paradise (2020)

Voice Acting Work

Mino Caprio has lent his voice to many characters in both original Italian animations and in dubbed versions of foreign shows and movies.

Voices in Italian Cartoons

• Bentornato Pinocchio and Pinocchio (2012 film) - Geppetto
• Alberto the Wolf (season 2) - Alberto the Wolf, Glycerin
• L'eroe dei due mondi - Radetzky
• Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe - Governatore Ramiro Mendez
• Winx Club (seasons 1-5) - Wizgiz
• Teen Days - Giovanni
• 00 - Zero Zero - Il papà
• Treasure Island (2015 TV series) - Squire Trelawney
• Acid Space - Barman
• The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily - Maître Bear

Italian Voices for Foreign Cartoons

Mino Caprio is the Italian voice for many characters you might know!

• Kermit the Frog in many Muppets movies and shows, like The Muppet Movie and Muppets Most Wanted.
• C-3PO in many Star Wars animated shows, including The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels.
• Marvin the Martian in The Looney Tunes Show, Space Jam: A New Legacy, and Looney Tunes Cartoons.
• Petrie in many The Land Before Time movies.
• Pleakley in Lilo & Stitch and its sequels and TV series.
• Myōga in Inuyasha and its movies.
• Puffin in The Swan Princess movies.
• Griffin the Invisible Man in the Hotel Transylvania movies.
• Pain in Hercules (1998 TV series) and Disney's House of Mouse.
• Wheezy in Toy Story 2.
• Peter Griffin and other characters like Abraham Simpson in Family Guy.
• Grampa Simpson (from season 23 onwards) and Professor Farnsworth in The Simpsons.
• Richard Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball.
• Professor Farnsworth (seasons 6-7) in Futurama.
• Smokey and Steamer in The Polar Express.
• Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig.
• Professor Zündapp in Cars 2.
• Bob Belcher in Bob's Burgers (from season 10).
• Brain in Igor.
• Principal Purdy in Mr. Peabody & Sherman.

Voices in Live-Action Movies and TV Shows

Mino Caprio has also provided voices for characters in live-action films and series, both Italian and foreign.

Italian Voices for Foreign Live-Action

• Arthur Weasley in all the Harry Potter movies.
• C-3PO in the Star Wars live-action movies, from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace to Episode IX, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
• Yin Yang in The Expendables film series.
• Franck Eggelhoffer in Father of the Bride movies.
• Marv Merchants in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
• Ted in Ted and Ted 2.
• Crazy Carl in Sonic the Hedgehog.
• Pachacamac in Knuckles.