Marco Balzarotti is an esteemed Italian voice actor, born in Magenta, Italy, on 2 March 1961, with a career spanning over four decades since he began in 1982. He launched his professional journey after graduating from the CTA (Centro Teatro Attivo) in Milan. Balzarotti is widely recognized for his prolific work in dubbing, providing the Italian voices for a vast array of characters in anime, animated series, films, and video games, and has worked with studios such as Merak Film.

Balzarotti is celebrated for several signature roles that have defined his career. He is the definitive Italian voice of Bruce Wayne and his superhero alter ego Batman, having dubbed the character in a multitude of animated series starting from the 1992 classic Batman: The Animated Series, through to numerous subsequent shows and films like Batman: Gotham Knight. He has also voiced Batman extensively in the acclaimed Batman: Arkham video game series, a performance that earned him the award for Best Voice Actor in a Video Game at the Voci nell'Ombra festival in 2015. Beyond the Dark Knight, he is renowned for being the voice of Mamoru Chiba, also known as Tuxedo Mask, in the Italian adaptation of Sailor Moon, and for voicing the character Dragon Shiryu in the various installments of Saint Seiya. His vocal talents also brought to life the iconic villain Dio Brando in the 1990s OVA adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

His extensive body of work in anime and animation encompasses a wide range of notable roles across numerous popular series. This includes characters such as Ginew, Shu, and Bardack in the Dragon Ball franchise, and Asuma Sarutobi in Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden. He has voiced multiple characters in the world of One Piece, including Aokiji and Spandam, and has been the voice of Drago in the various Bakugan series. He has also contributed to series such as My Hero Academia (as Kurogiri and Wolfram), Detective Conan (as Sango Yokomizo), and provided the Italian voice for Optimus Prime in Transformers: Animated and Transformers: Prime. In addition to these, his extensive filmography includes roles in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Pokémon films as Arceus, and Sword Art Online as Heathcliff and Akihiko Kayaba, demonstrating the breadth of his work in the industry.

Beyond his work in animation, Marco Balzarotti's career has also been marked by significant contributions to live-action dubbing, video games, and other media. He is well-known for voicing Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series and its related films. His voice is also prominent in the gaming world, with credits including Arcturus Mengsk and Zeratul in StarCraft, and multiple roles in the Skylanders franchise. Outside of traditional dubbing, he has worked as a speaker for documentaries and commercials, served as a voice narrator for the Aquarium of Genoa, and was the station voice for the children's television channel Boomerang from 2015 to 2017.