Natale Ciravolo
Description
Natale Ciravolo is an Italian voice actor born in Campobello di Mazara, Sicily, on October 18, 1950. He is widely recognized for his extensive and versatile career, which spans live-action dubbing for film and television, as well as voice work for animation and video games. He has been a member of the ADC Group council in Milan and won the prestigious Leggio d'oro award in July 2004 for best voice in a television series.
Ciravolo has lent his voice to a vast array of characters in Italian-dubbed anime, demonstrating a particular talent for authoritative figures, mentors, villains, and narrators. His role as the narrator is a recurring theme in his career, with credits including the educational series Seimei no Kagaku Micro Patrol, the fantasy epic Record of Lodoss War: La saga dei cavalieri, and the classic Nadia - Il mistero della pietra azzurra. He is also the narrator and the voice of Toshiro in the various Italian editions of Capitan Harlock.
Among his most prominent recent roles is King Bosse, the powerful and complex father of the protagonist, in the acclaimed series Ranking of Kings. In the film King of Thorn, he voiced Ivan Coral Vega, a key character in the sci-fi survival story. He portrayed the character Saito in the anime film Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan. His work also includes the role of Dott. Hasuki in the OVA series God Bless Dancougar, the historical figure Oda Nobunaga in Spirit Warrior, and Ammiraglio Red, the primary antagonist in the OVA Submarine 707R.
His extensive anime filmography features many other significant roles across several decades. He is the voice of Seijūrō Hiko in Kenshin - Samurai vagabondo, General Hakuro in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Soichiro Takagi in Highschool of the Dead. He has also voiced characters in long-running series such as One Piece (Don Accino, Spandine) and Saint Seiya (Vander Guraad). His work extends to newer series as well, with roles in Overlord IV, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and the film My Hero Academia: You're Next.
In addition to his anime work, Ciravolo is a prominent voice in video games, known to a generation of players for his performances as Zeus in the God of War series, Leo Galante in Mafia II and Mafia III, William Miles in several Assassin's Creed titles, and Imperius in Diablo III. His live-action dubbing is equally renowned, particularly as the long-standing Italian voice of Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. and of William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series.
Ciravolo has lent his voice to a vast array of characters in Italian-dubbed anime, demonstrating a particular talent for authoritative figures, mentors, villains, and narrators. His role as the narrator is a recurring theme in his career, with credits including the educational series Seimei no Kagaku Micro Patrol, the fantasy epic Record of Lodoss War: La saga dei cavalieri, and the classic Nadia - Il mistero della pietra azzurra. He is also the narrator and the voice of Toshiro in the various Italian editions of Capitan Harlock.
Among his most prominent recent roles is King Bosse, the powerful and complex father of the protagonist, in the acclaimed series Ranking of Kings. In the film King of Thorn, he voiced Ivan Coral Vega, a key character in the sci-fi survival story. He portrayed the character Saito in the anime film Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan. His work also includes the role of Dott. Hasuki in the OVA series God Bless Dancougar, the historical figure Oda Nobunaga in Spirit Warrior, and Ammiraglio Red, the primary antagonist in the OVA Submarine 707R.
His extensive anime filmography features many other significant roles across several decades. He is the voice of Seijūrō Hiko in Kenshin - Samurai vagabondo, General Hakuro in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Soichiro Takagi in Highschool of the Dead. He has also voiced characters in long-running series such as One Piece (Don Accino, Spandine) and Saint Seiya (Vander Guraad). His work extends to newer series as well, with roles in Overlord IV, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and the film My Hero Academia: You're Next.
In addition to his anime work, Ciravolo is a prominent voice in video games, known to a generation of players for his performances as Zeus in the God of War series, Leo Galante in Mafia II and Mafia III, William Miles in several Assassin's Creed titles, and Imperius in Diablo III. His live-action dubbing is equally renowned, particularly as the long-standing Italian voice of Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. and of William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series.
All Characters
- ItalianAnime overview: Ranking of Kings
- ItalianAnime overview: King of Thorn
- ItalianAnime overview: Seimei no Kagaku Micro Patrol
- ItalianAnime overview: Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan
- ItalianAnime overview: God Bless Dancougar
- ItalianAnime overview: Spirit Warrior
- ItalianAnime overview: Submarine 707R