Giancarlo Giannini
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-01 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Giancarlo Giannini
Biography
Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and dubber.
Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. In 1971, he appeared in E le stelle stanno a guardare, a television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down.
In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which is unusual in that his performance was given entirely in Italian. He dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of both The Shining and Batman; he is the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. He has also appeared in A Walk in the Clouds and Man on Fire.
Giannini's best-known starring roles have been in films directed by Lina Wertmuller. In addition to Swept Away and Seven Beauties, he also appeared in The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata.
He played the role of the protective father, Alberto Aragón, in A Walk in the Clouds in 1995. He played the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries. In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness.
Perhaps his best-known recent role is as French agent René Mathis in the 21st and 22nd James Bond films, Casino Royale and the sequel, Quantum of Solace.
Giannini has a son, Adriano Giannini, who is also an actor and dubber.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Albatross
as Vito
(2025)
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finchè capita
as Sé stesso
(2025)
(2024)
Cabrini
as Pope Leo XIII
(2023)
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Police Chief
(2023)
(2022)
Duetto
as Gino
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
I Fratelli De Filippo
as Eduardo Scarpetta
(2021)
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
as Sé stesso
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
Gianni Schicchi
as Buoso Donati
(2021)
Hugo in Argentina
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
Starman
as Se stesso
(2019)
Sand and Fire
as Talleyrand
(2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Professor Eduardo Amaldi
(2018)
Diminuta
as Marco Aurelio
(2018)
Magical Nights
as Leandro Saponaro
(2018)
(2018)
Prigioniero della mia libertà
as Ispettore Spaccini
(2017)
Love Pret-a-porte
as Giorgio's father
(2017)
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
as Catarella
(2017)
Nobili bugie
as Franco
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Gianluca Moretti
(2017)
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
as Narratore (voice)
(2017)
Stanotte a Venezia
as Carlo Goldoni
(2017)
(2016)
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(2016)
On Air: Storia di Un Successo
as Presidente
(2016)
Il ragazzo della Giudecca
as Giudice Mangrella
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
(2015)
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
The First Line
as Petros
(2014)
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Voice
(2013)
Un angelo all'inferno
as Pietro Bardelli
(2013)
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
as Nikita
(2013)
Eurotrapped
as Don Ferracane
(2012)
Omamamia
as Lorenzo
(2012)
(2011)
First Happiness
as Ettore
(2010)
(2009)
I Will Return
as Borghi
(2009)
La bella società
as Dott. Guarrasi
(2008)
Quantum of Solace
as Mathis
(2008)
Bastardi
as Il gatto
(2008)
Io non dimentico
as Salvatore Conticello
(2008)
Il sangue e la rosa
as Cardinal Rospigliosi
(2008)
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
as Benedetto Diveri
(2007)
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
(2007)
Milan – Palermo: The Return
as Turi Leofonte
(2006)
Casino Royale
as Mathis
(2006)
The Maidens' Conspiracy
as The Emperor
(2006)
Salvatore. Questa è la vita
as Timpaliscia
(2006)
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Shadows in the Sun
as Father Moretti
(2005)
(2005)
Raul - Right to Kill
as Giudice Porfirio
(2004)
Man on Fire
as Miguel Manzano
(2004)
13 at a Table
as Giulio
(2003)
My House in Umbria
as Inspector Girotti
(2003)
Five Moons Plaza
as Branco
(2003)
Incantato
as Cesare Balocchi
(2003)
3 Women
as David
(2003)
Francesca and Nunziata
as Giordano Montorsi
(2003)
Forever
as Giovanni
(2002)
Darkness
as Albert Rua
(2002)
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
as Eugenio
(2002)
Amnèsia
as Xavier (voice)
(2002)
Joshua
as The Pope
(2002)
(2002)
Ciao America
as Zi' Felice
(2002)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
as Flavio Carboni
(2001)
(2001)
CQ
as Enzo
(2001)
Hannibal
as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
(2001)
The Whole Shebang
as Pop Bazinni
(2001)
A Long Long Long Night of Love
as Marcello
(2001)
Momo
as Presidente (voice)
(2000)
Viper
as Guastamacchia
(2000)
A Night with Sabrina Love
as Leonardo
(1999)
Terra bruciata
as Macrì
(1999)
Milonga
as Commissario
(1999)
No Deposit, No Return
as Cesena
(1999)
Sweet Idleness
as Count Nencini
(1998)
The Dinner
as il professore
(1998)
La stanza dello Scirocco
as Marchese di Acquafurata
(1997)
Heaven Before I Die
as Thief
(1997)
Mimic
as Manny
(1997)
Ultimo Bersaglio
as Leo Steiner
(1997)
Vacation in Hell
as Ortega
(1996)
La frontiera
as Von Zirkenitz
(1996)
Más allá del jardín
as Bernardo
(1996)
Elective Affinities
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Celluloide
as Sergio Amidei
(1996)
Palermo – Milan One Way
as Turi Leofonte
(1996)
La lupa
as Padre Angiolino
(1996)
New York Crossing
as Enzo
(1996)
(1995)
A Walk in the Clouds
as Alberto Aragón
(1995)
Like Two Crocodiles
as Pietro Fraschini
(1994)
Jacob
as Laban
(1994)
Black as the Heart
as Valentino Bruio
(1993)
Giovanni Falcone
as Paolo Borsellino
(1992)
Once Upon a Crime
as Inspector Bonnard
(1990)
Dark Illness
as Giuseppe Marchi
(1990)
Life with the Kids
as Adriano Setti
(1990)
In The Rose Garden
as Tramontano
(1990)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self
(1990)
The Amusements of Private Life
as Charles Renard
(1989)
Blood Red
as Sebastian Collogero
(1989)
'o Re
as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
(1989)
New York Stories
as Claudio
(1989)
Time to Kill
as Il Maggiore
(1989)
Brown Bread Sandwiches
as Alberto
(1989)
The Sleazy Uncle
as Riccardo
(1988)
Snack Bar Budapest
as Avvocato
(1987)
I picari
as Guzmán de Alfarache
(1987)
Ternosecco
as Domenico
(1986)
Saving Grace
as Abalardi
(1985)
Fever Pitch
as Charley
(1985)
(1984)
American Dreamer
as Victor Marchand
(1984)
Where's Picone?
as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
(1982)
My Darling, My Dearest
as Gennarino Laganà
(1981)
Lili Marleen
as Robert
(1979)
Life Is Beautiful
as Antonio Murillo
(1979)
Good News
as L'Innominato
(1979)
Lovers and Liars
as Guido Massacesi
(1978)
A Night Full of Rain
as Paolo
(1978)
Blood Feud
as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
(1976)
The Innocent
as Tullio Hermil
(1975)
Midnight Pleasures
as Gino Benacio
(1975)
Seven Beauties
as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
(1974)
The Murri Affair
as Tullio Murri
(1974)
The Beast
as Nino Patrovita
(1974)
Swept Away
as Gennarino Carunchio
(1973)
How Funny Can Sex Be?
as Domenico ('Signora sono le 8') / Cesaretto ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico ('Non è mai troppo tardi') / Lello ('Viaggio di nozze') / Giansiro ('Torna piccina mia') / The Donor ('Lavoratore italiano all'estero') / Michele Maccò ('La vendetta') / Saturnino ('Un amore difficile') / Dottor Bianchi ('L'ospite')
(1973)
The Sensual Man
as Paolo Castorini
(1973)
It Was I
as Biagio Solise
(1973)
Love and Anarchy
as Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
(1972)
Don Camillo and the Contestants
as fratello di "Veleno"
(1972)
The Seduction of Mimi
as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
(1972)
Indian Summer
as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
(1972)
Hector the Mighty
as Ulisse, il drittone
(1971)
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
as Il neoammogliato
(1971)
One Way Ticket
as Weber
(1971)
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
as Inspector Tellini
(1971)
My Father Monsignor
as Oreste
(1971)
(1970)
La promessa
as Leonidik
(1970)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Fabio
(1970)
(1970)
Una macchia rosa
as Giancarlo
(1969)
The Sisters
as Dario
(1969)
The Betrayal
as Hans Ruppert
(1968)
Anzio
as Pvt. Cellini
(1967)
Tonight I'll Throw Me
as Carlo Timidoni
(1967)
The Criminals of the Metropolis
as Gerard Lemaire
(1967)
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Paolo Randi
(1967)
Arabella
as Saverio
(1966)
Rita the Mosquito
as Paolo Randi
(1965)
Libido
as Christian
Crew
(2013)
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
Director
(1992)
Toys
Prop Designer
(1987)
Ternosecco
Director
(1982)
My Darling, My Dearest
Writer
(1979)
Good News
Producer
(1975)
Seven Beauties
Producer