Felipe Di Nardo

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Felipe Di Nardo, born Felipe Di Nardo Stella on April 15, 1949, in São Paulo, Brazil, was a prominent Brazilian actor, voice actor, and dubbing director. He began his artistic career as an actor, performing in theater productions such as Jogo Duplo in 1972 and O Verdugo in 1973, and appearing in several Brazilian films throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, including Os Pankekas e o Calhambeque de Ouro and A Prisão. He transitioned into dubbing around 1976, working at the BKS studio in São Paulo, and over the following decades, his voice became associated with a wide array of characters across animation and live-action series. He also worked as a dubbing director and producer at various points in his career, notably at his own studio, Elenco, and later at BKS.

Di Nardo's extensive voice work in anime, which aired on Brazilian television, includes several of the roles specified by the user. He voiced the character Akdam in the animated adaptation Dragon Slayer. He was also the voice of O Gênio (The Genie) in the classic anime series Hakushon Daimaō. In the series Kaiketsu Zorro, known in Brazil as A Lenda do Zorro, he voiced Tenente Gabriel (Lieutenant Gabriel). His repertoire also included the role of Chefe da Aldeia (Village Chief) in the anime Koguma no Misha.

Beyond these specific roles, Di Nardo contributed his voice to many other notable anime. He was the first voice of Senhor Enma Daioh (King Enma) in the Brazilian dub of Dragon Ball Z and voiced multiple characters in Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin), including Anji Yukyuzan and Hiko Seijuurou. Other credits include roles in Akira, The Rose of Versailles (as Alain de Soisson), and Cyborg 009.

His voice was equally recognizable in Western animation. He was the first voice of Seu Siriguejo (Mr. Krabs) in the Brazilian version of SpongeBob SquarePants and the first voice of the Rei do Crime (Kingpin) in the 1990s Spider-Man animated series. He also voiced Rhinox in Beast Wars: Transformers, Zeca Urubu in The Woody Woodpecker Show, and characters in Hey Arnold! and Mega Man.

Felipe Di Nardo retired from voice acting around 2005, after a career that spanned nearly three decades and left a significant mark on Brazilian dubbing.
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