Francesco Pezzulli

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Francesco Pezzulli is an Italian actor and voice actor, born in Naples on 14 May 1973, who is widely recognized for his extensive work in dubbing foreign productions into Italian. He began his career as a child actor in the early 1980s before focusing on voice acting, a field in which he has become one of Italy's most prominent figures. He is also active as a dubbing director.

Pezzulli is best known as the official Italian voice of actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having dubbed nearly all of his performances since the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet. His other notable live-action dubbing roles include Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, and James Van Der Beek as Dawson Leery in Dawson's Creek.

In the realm of animation and anime, Pezzulli has lent his voice to a wide array of characters. He is the Italian voice of the title character Inuyasha in the anime series Inuyasha and its subsequent films. He also voices Crash in the Ice Age film franchise and Elliot in the Open Season films. Among his more recent roles are those specifically mentioned by the user: he voices Josh, also known as Il Fantasma, in the anime series Super Crooks. He plays Saiki Kuniharu, the father of the protagonist, in the ONA series The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened. He also reprises his role as Carl Jenkins from the live-action film in the animated feature Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars.

Pezzulli's career is marked by frequent collaborations with major Italian dubbing studios, bringing to life characters from a vast range of international productions. His work includes providing the Italian voice for Sonic in Wreck-It Ralph and its sequel, Kurz Weber in Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, and numerous characters in The Simpsons over various seasons. His son, Sebastiano Pezzulli, has also followed in his footsteps and become a voice actor.

Throughout his career, Francesco Pezzulli has received several awards for his work. He won the Leggio d'oro award as "Revelation Voice of the Year" in 2004 for dubbing Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. He received another Leggio d'oro for "Best Male Interpretation of the Year" in 2013 for his work on Django Unchained and The Great Gatsby. In 2020, he was awarded the Anello d'Oro for cinema voice for his performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he also received the Premio Internazionale Vincenzo Crocitti in the same year.