Roberto Pedicini
Description
Roberto Pedicini is an Italian actor and voice actor, born in Benevento on 18 January 1962. His family moved to Pescara when he was young, and as a teenager, he worked as a street performer, singing and playing guitar, before relocating to Rome in 1980 to pursue acting and dubbing. He began his official career as a voice actor on October 20, 1980.
Pedicini is highly regarded in the Italian dubbing industry, best known as the official Italian voice of actors Kevin Spacey and Jim Carrey. He also regularly dubs Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Temuera Morrison, and Ricky Gervais in most of their films. His voice work spans live-action dubbing, animation, radio, and audiobooks.
In animation, Pedicini has voiced several iconic characters. He was the Italian voice of Sylvester the Cat and the Tasmanian Devil from 1996 until 2022. Since 1999, he has been the official Italian voice of Goofy, succeeding Vittorio Amandola. His other notable animated roles include Timon in most of his cartoon appearances, Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hopper in A Bug's Life, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He also voiced Scarpa in the Italian animated film How the Toys Saved Christmas. In live-action dubbing for television, his roles have included Frank Underwood in House of Cards, the Governor in The Walking Dead, and Roose Bolton in Game of Thrones.
Pedicini's work extends to the Star Wars universe. He provided the Italian voice for Jango Fett and the clone troopers in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Contrary to the example provided, he does not voice Boba Fett in the Star Wars: Visions anime series. Instead, he is the Italian voice of Boba Fett in the live-action series The Mandalorian and its spin-off, The Book of Boba Fett.
Among his notable achievements, Pedicini won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing in 1999 for his work on The Truman Show, dubbing Jim Carrey, and Celebrity, dubbing Kenneth Branagh. He also won the Leggìo d'oro award for best male interpretation in 2008 and again in 2016 as "TV series voice of the year" for House of Cards. In 2015, he participated in the documentary about the Italian dubbing industry, It's Better in Italian, and voiced director Stanley Kubrick in the film S Is for Stanley. Since 2018, he has been the announcer for the David di Donatello awards ceremony.
Pedicini is highly regarded in the Italian dubbing industry, best known as the official Italian voice of actors Kevin Spacey and Jim Carrey. He also regularly dubs Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Temuera Morrison, and Ricky Gervais in most of their films. His voice work spans live-action dubbing, animation, radio, and audiobooks.
In animation, Pedicini has voiced several iconic characters. He was the Italian voice of Sylvester the Cat and the Tasmanian Devil from 1996 until 2022. Since 1999, he has been the official Italian voice of Goofy, succeeding Vittorio Amandola. His other notable animated roles include Timon in most of his cartoon appearances, Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hopper in A Bug's Life, and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He also voiced Scarpa in the Italian animated film How the Toys Saved Christmas. In live-action dubbing for television, his roles have included Frank Underwood in House of Cards, the Governor in The Walking Dead, and Roose Bolton in Game of Thrones.
Pedicini's work extends to the Star Wars universe. He provided the Italian voice for Jango Fett and the clone troopers in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Contrary to the example provided, he does not voice Boba Fett in the Star Wars: Visions anime series. Instead, he is the Italian voice of Boba Fett in the live-action series The Mandalorian and its spin-off, The Book of Boba Fett.
Among his notable achievements, Pedicini won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing in 1999 for his work on The Truman Show, dubbing Jim Carrey, and Celebrity, dubbing Kenneth Branagh. He also won the Leggìo d'oro award for best male interpretation in 2008 and again in 2016 as "TV series voice of the year" for House of Cards. In 2015, he participated in the documentary about the Italian dubbing industry, It's Better in Italian, and voiced director Stanley Kubrick in the film S Is for Stanley. Since 2018, he has been the announcer for the David di Donatello awards ceremony.
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- ItalianAnime overview: Star Wars: Visions