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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 (born August 3, 1935 – died November 5, 2019) was a talented Italian actor. He was famous for acting in movies and plays. He was also known for lending his voice to many characters in foreign films, especially as the Italian voice of the famous actor Christopher Lee.

About Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti was born in a town called Basiliano, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Before becoming an actor, he worked in places where ships are built or repaired, called shipyards.

He loved acting and spent most of his career on stage, performing in many plays. He worked a lot at important theaters in Italy, like the Teatro Stabile di Trieste and the Teatro Stabile di Genova. He often worked with a director named Luigi Squarzina.

Omero Antonutti started acting in movies in 1966. His first film was Pleasant Nights. One of his most famous roles was in the movie Padre Padrone, made by the Taviani brothers. He also worked with Spanish directors like Víctor Erice in El Sur and Carlos Saura in El Dorado. He even played Noah in the TV show Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.

Besides acting, Antonutti was a very busy voice actor. He was the official Italian voice for Christopher Lee. This meant he dubbed many of Christopher Lee's famous roles into Italian. These included characters in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, and even Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He also lent his voice to other actors like John Hurt, Omar Sharif, and Robert Duvall.

His Final Years

Omero Antonutti passed away in Udine, Italy, on November 5, 2019. He was 84 years old and had been sick for a long time with cancer.

Movies Omero Antonutti Acted In

  • Pleasant Nights (1966)
  • Black Market of Love (1966)
  • Processo per direttissima (1974)
  • The Sunday Woman (1975)
  • Padre Padrone (1977)
  • Alexander the Great (1980)
  • The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
  • Grog (1982)
  • The South (1983)
  • Quartetto Basileus (1983)
  • Il disertore (1983)
  • Kaos (1984)
  • Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
  • El Dorado (1988)
  • The Witches' Sabbath (1988)
  • Bankomatt (1989)
  • Sandino (1990)
  • Una storia semplice (1991)
  • Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (1992)
  • The Fencing Master (1992)
  • Farinelli (1994)
  • Un eroe borghese (1995)
  • The Border (1996)
  • Tierra del fuego (2000)
  • The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)
  • Napoleon and Me (2006)
  • The Girl by the Lake (2007)
  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
  • Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012)
  • Welcome Mr. President (2013)
  • Burning Love (2015)
  • Hammamet (2020)

Television Shows

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

Voice Acting Roles

Omero Antonutti was famous for his voice acting, which is called dubbing. This means he would speak the Italian lines for characters originally played by other actors in foreign films or cartoons.

Animated Movies

  • 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 Movies

Video Games

See also

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