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Omero Antonutti
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Antonutti in 1994
Born (1935-08-03)3 August 1935
Basiliano, Italy
Died 5 November 2019(2019-11-05) (aged 84)
Udine, Italy
Occupation Actor, voice actor
Years active 1966–2019

Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyards Antonutti embraced the acting career, working mainly on stage, especially at the Teatro Stabile di Trieste and at the Teatro Stabile di Genova, in which he often worked under Luigi Squarzina. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Pleasant Nights starring Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida and Ugo Tognazzi. His most notable performance was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film Padre Padrone. In Spain, he worked with Víctor Erice in El Sur, and Carlos Saura in El Dorado. He also played Noah in Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.

Antonutti was also regularly employed in the dubbing of foreign films into the Italian language. He was the official Italian voice actor of Christopher Lee and dubbed many of his film roles, which include The Lord of the Rings film franchise, The Hobbit film franchise and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Other actors he dubbed included John Hurt, Omar Sharif, Michael Gambon, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell and Robert Duvall.

Death

Antonutti died in Udine on 5 November 2019, at the age of 84, after suffering a long cancer-related illness.

Filmography

Cinema

  • Pleasant Nights (1966) – Il Capitano
  • Black Market of Love (1966) – Lemaire
  • Processo per direttissima (1974) – il commissario Messina
  • The Sunday Woman (1975) – Benito
  • Padre Padrone (1977) – Efisio Ledda
  • Alexander the Great (1980) – Alexandros
  • The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) – Galvano
  • Grog (1982) – Enrico
  • The South (1983) – Agustín Arenas
  • Quartetto Basileus (1983) – Diego
  • Il disertore (1983) – Don Coi
  • Kaos (1984) – Luigi Pirandello
  • Good Morning, Babylon (1987) – Bonanno
  • El Dorado (1988) – Lope de Aguirre
  • The Witches' Sabbath (1988) – Medico condotto
  • Bankomatt (1989) – Ernesto Soldini
  • Sandino (1990) – Don Gregorio Sandino
  • Una storia semplice (1991) – Father Cricco
  • Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (1992) – Padilla
  • The Fencing Master (1992) – Don Jaime Astarloa
  • Farinelli (1994) – Nicola Porpora
  • Un eroe borghese (1995) – Michele Sindona
  • The Border (1996) – Simeone
  • Tierra del fuego (2000)
  • The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002) – Roberto Calvi
  • Napoleon and Me (2006) – Master Fontanelli
  • The Girl by the Lake (2007) – Mario's father
  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008) – Ludovico Salducci
  • Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012) – Giuseppe Saragat
  • Welcome Mr. President (2013) – General Secretary Ranieri
  • Burning Love (2015) – Leonardo's grandfather
  • Hammamet (2020) – Craxi's father (posthumous release)

Television

  • The Life of Verdi (1982)
  • El rey y la reina (1986)
  • Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)
  • Il Pirata: Marco Pantani (2007)

Dubbing roles

Animation

  • Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie
  • Mr. Rzykruski in Frankenweenie
  • Noah in Noah's Ark
  • Number 1 in 9
  • Narrator in The Man Who Planted Trees

Live action

Video games

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Omero Antonutti para niños

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