Fabrizio Mazzotta
Description
Fabrizio Mazzotta is an Italian voice actor and dialogue writer, born in Monza, Italy, on 1 December 1963. He began his career in the entertainment industry at a very young age in the 1970s and has remained active in dubbing for over five decades. His voice is recognized for its distinctive, raspy quality and a natural rhotacism, which has made him a perfect fit for loud, zany, and comedic characters.
Mazzotta's extensive career is primarily focused on dubbing foreign animation into Italian. Among his most prominent and long-standing roles are Krusty the Clown in The Simpsons, the Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs franchise, and Pinky from Pinky and the Brain. He has also voiced a wide array of characters in anime, a field in which he is considered one of the leading adapters. His anime roles include Eros in Little Pollon, P-Chan and Sasuke in Ranma ½, Jaken in Inuyasha, and various characters in Urusei Yatsura. His work on specific series mentioned includes providing the voice of Carrot in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, Banta Arai in UFO Robo Grendizer (in the second dub), and Marcel in The Perrine Story. He is also the voice of Ryo-Ohki in the various Italian dubs of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise, including Magical Project S. In the film Crusher Joe: The Movie, he voiced the character Ricky, and in Hello Kitty's Animation Theater, he was the voice of Batzumaru.
Beyond performing, Fabrizio Mazzotta has made significant contributions behind the scenes as a dialogue writer and dubbing director. He has adapted Italian scripts for numerous live-action TV series such as Saved by the Bell, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Party of Five. In the realm of anime, he directed the Italian dubbing for films like Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and the series Mawaru Penguindrum. He is also a comic book writer, having contributed stories and dialogue for publications featuring characters like Mickey Mouse, Lupo Alberto, and Cattivik. Mazzotta is an active member of ADAM Italia, an association dedicated to opposing censorship in anime and preserving the integrity of foreign works for the Italian audience.
Mazzotta's extensive career is primarily focused on dubbing foreign animation into Italian. Among his most prominent and long-standing roles are Krusty the Clown in The Simpsons, the Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs franchise, and Pinky from Pinky and the Brain. He has also voiced a wide array of characters in anime, a field in which he is considered one of the leading adapters. His anime roles include Eros in Little Pollon, P-Chan and Sasuke in Ranma ½, Jaken in Inuyasha, and various characters in Urusei Yatsura. His work on specific series mentioned includes providing the voice of Carrot in The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, Banta Arai in UFO Robo Grendizer (in the second dub), and Marcel in The Perrine Story. He is also the voice of Ryo-Ohki in the various Italian dubs of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise, including Magical Project S. In the film Crusher Joe: The Movie, he voiced the character Ricky, and in Hello Kitty's Animation Theater, he was the voice of Batzumaru.
Beyond performing, Fabrizio Mazzotta has made significant contributions behind the scenes as a dialogue writer and dubbing director. He has adapted Italian scripts for numerous live-action TV series such as Saved by the Bell, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Party of Five. In the realm of anime, he directed the Italian dubbing for films like Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone and the series Mawaru Penguindrum. He is also a comic book writer, having contributed stories and dialogue for publications featuring characters like Mickey Mouse, Lupo Alberto, and Cattivik. Mazzotta is an active member of ADAM Italia, an association dedicated to opposing censorship in anime and preserving the integrity of foreign works for the Italian audience.
All Characters
- ItalianAnime overview: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
- ItalianAnime overview: Magical Project S
- ItalianAnime overview: UFO Robo Grendizer
- ItalianAnime overview: Crusher Joe: The Movie
- ItalianAnime overview: The Perrine Story
- ItalianAnime overview: Hello Kitty's Animation Theater
- ItalianAnime overview: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- ItalianAnime overview: Tenchi Muyo!
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies
- ItalianAnime overview: Ranma ½: Nihao My Concubine
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
- ItalianAnime overview: Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
- ItalianAnime overview: Gatchaman
- ItalianAnime overview: Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki
- ItalianAnime overview: New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
- ItalianAnime overview: Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
- ItalianAnime overview: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
- ItalianAnime overview: Tenchi Forever!: The Movie
- ItalianAnime overview: Tenchi The Movie 2 - The Daughter of Darkness
- ItalianAnime overview: InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
- ItalianAnime overview: Tenchi the Movie - Tenchi Muyo in Love
- ItalianAnime overview: Inuyasha
- ItalianAnime overview: Urusei Yatsura
- ItalianAnime overview: Urusei Yatsura
- ItalianAnime overview: Urusei Yatsura
- ItalianAnime overview: Urusei Yatsura
- ItalianAnime overview: Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi