Giancarlo Giannini
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-01 (82 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
Albatross
as Vito
(2025)
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finchè capita
as Sé stesso
(2024)
Cabrini
as Pope Leo XIII
(2023)
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Police Chief
(2023)
(2022)
Duetto
as Gino
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2021)
I Fratelli De Filippo
as Eduardo Scarpetta
(2021)
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
as Sé stesso
(2021)
Gianni Schicchi
as Buoso Donati
(2021)
Hugo in Argentina
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
Starman
as Se stesso
(2019)
De sable et de feu
as Talleyrand
(2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Professor Eduardo Amaldi
(2018)
Magical Nights
as Leandro Saponaro
(2018)
(2018)
Diminuta
as Marco Aurelio
(2018)
Prigioniero della mia libertà
as Ispettore Spaccini
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Gianluca Moretti
(2017)
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
as Narratore (voice)
(2017)
Love Pret-a-porte
as Giorgio's father
(2017)
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
as Catarella
(2017)
Nobili bugie
as Franco
(2017)
(2017)
Stanotte a Venezia
as Carlo Goldoni
(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)
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
(2015)
(2015)
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
(2015)
(2014)
The First Line
as Petros
(2014)
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Voice
(2013)
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
as Nikita
(2013)
Eurotrapped
as Don Ferracane
(2013)
Un angelo all'inferno
as Pietro Bardelli
(2012)
Omamamia
as Lorenzo
(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)
Il sangue e la rosa
as Cardinal Rospigliosi
(2008)
Bastardi
as Il gatto
(2008)
Io non dimentico
as Salvatore Conticello
(2007)
Milan – Palermo: The Return
as Turi Leofonte
(2007)
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
(2006)
Casino Royale
as Mathis
(2006)
The Maidens' Conspiracy
as The Emperor
(2006)
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
(2006)
Salvatore. Questa è la vita
as Timpaliscia
(2005)
Shadows in the Sun
as Father Moretti
(2005)
(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)
Incantato
as Cesare Balocchi
(2003)
Five Moons Plaza
as Branco
(2003)
3 Women
as David
(2003)
Francesca and Nunziata
as Giordano Montorsi
(2003)
Forever
as Giovanni
(2002)
Darkness
as Albert Rua
(2002)
Amnèsia
as Xavier (voice)
(2002)
Joshua
as The Pope
(2002)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
as Flavio Carboni
(2002)
Ciao America
as Zi' Felice
(2002)
(2002)
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
as Eugenio
(2001)
Hannibal
as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
(2001)
CQ
as Enzo
(2001)
Momo
as Presidente (voice)
(2001)
(2001)
The Whole Shebang
as Pop Bazinni
(2001)
A Long Long Long Night of Love
as Marcello
(2000)
A Night with Sabrina Love
as Leonardo
(2000)
Viper
as Guastamacchia
(1999)
Milonga
as Commissario
(1999)
Terra bruciata
as Macrì
(1999)
Sweet Idleness
as Count Nencini
(1999)
No Deposit, No Return
as Cesena
(1998)
The Dinner
as il professore
(1998)
La stanza dello Scirocco
as Marchese di Acquafurata
(1997)
Mimic
as Manny
(1997)
Heaven Before I Die
as Thief
(1997)
Ultimo Bersaglio
as Leo Steiner
(1997)
Vacation in Hell
as Ortega
(1996)
La lupa
as Padre Angiolino
(1996)
Palermo – Milan One Way
as Turi Leofonte
(1996)
Celluloide
as Sergio Amidei
(1996)
Elective Affinities
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
La frontiera
as Von Zirkenitz
(1996)
Más allá del jardín
as Bernardo
(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)
Life with the Kids
as Adriano Setti
(1990)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self
(1990)
Dark Illness
as Giuseppe Marchi
(1990)
The Amusements of Private Life
as Charles Renard
(1990)
In The Rose Garden
as Tramontano
(1989)
New York Stories
as Claudio
(1989)
Blood Red
as Sebastian Collogero
(1989)
Time to Kill
as Il Maggiore
(1989)
'o Re
as re Francesco II di Borbone
(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)
Lovers and Liars
as Guido Massacesi
(1979)
Life Is Beautiful
as Antonio Murillo
(1979)
Good News
as L'Innominato
(1978)
Blood Feud
as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
(1978)
A Night Full of Rain
as Paolo
(1976)
The Innocent
as Tullio Hermil
(1975)
Seven Beauties
as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
(1975)
Midnight Pleasures
as Gino Benacio
(1974)
Swept Away
as Gennarino Carunchio
(1974)
The Murri Affair
as Tullio Murri
(1974)
The Beast
as Nino Patrovita
(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)
Love and Anarchy
as Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
(1973)
The Sensual Man
as Paolo Castorini
(1973)
It Was I
as Biagio Solise
(1972)
Indian Summer
as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
(1972)
The Seduction of Mimi
as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
(1972)
Hector the Mighty
as Ulisse, il drittone
(1972)
Don Camillo and the Contestants
as fratello di "Veleno"
(1971)
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
as Inspector Tellini
(1971)
My Father Monsignor
as Oreste
(1971)
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
as Il neoammogliato
(1971)
One Way Ticket
as Weber
(1971)
(1970)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Fabio
(1970)
(1970)
La promessa
as Leonidik
(1970)
Una macchia rosa
as Giancarlo
(1969)
The Betrayal
as Hans Ruppert
(1969)
The Sisters
as Dario
(1968)
Anzio
as Pvt. Cellini
(1967)
Arabella
as Saverio
(1967)
Tonight I'll Throw Me
as Carlo Timidoni
(1967)
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Paolo Randi
(1967)
The Criminals of the Metropolis
as Gerard Lemaire
(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