Rodolfo Bianchi is an Italian actor, voice actor, dubbing director, and dialogist, born in Rome on September 1, 1952. His career spans theatre, television, and extensive work in film dubbing, where he has lent his voice to numerous acclaimed international actors such as Gérard Depardieu, Jeff Bridges, Stellan Skarsgård, and Chuck Norris, the latter for whom he is the official Italian voice. He is also widely recognized as the Italian voice of John Locke in the television series Lost.

Within the realm of anime and animation, Bianchi is most renowned for his long-standing association with the character of Inspector Koichi Zenigata in the Lupin III franchise. He began dubbing the role in 1992 and, following the death of Enzo Consoli in 2007, became the definitive Italian voice of the character. His extensive work as Zenigata covers a vast majority of the series' specials and films from the mid-1990s onward, including titles such as Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus, Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure, Lupin III: Island of Assassins, Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo, Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar, Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody, Lupin III: Green vs Red, Lupin III: The Last Job, Lupin III: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid, Lupin III vs. Detective Conan The Movie, Lupin the Third: Part 5, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone, and the 3D CG film Lupin III: The First.

Beyond his iconic role in Lupin III, Bianchi's anime voice credits include Shenron in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', Denken in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and a role in Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron. He has also worked as a dubbing director on projects such as the anime series I cavalieri di Mon. His contributions to the craft have been recognized with industry accolades, including the prize for best dubbing direction at the International Dubbing Grand Prix for films like The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Hateful Eight, as well as the Leggio d'oro for his direction on the film Youth.