Francesco Pannofino

Italian actor and voice actor
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1985–presentSpouse(s)Emanuela Rossi (m. ?–2006)
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(m. 2011)​
Children1RelativesLino Pannofino (brother)

Francesco Pannofino (born 14 November 1958) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Pieve di Teco, Pannofino's parents originated from Locorotondo. Sometime after 1972, he and his family moved to Rome. In 1978, while waiting for a bus to take him to university so that he could undergo an algebra exam, Pannofino heard the sound of gunshots coming from a street nearby: what he heard was in fact Aldo Moro being kidnapped;[2] he would later write a song based on those events, Il sequestro di stato (i.e. State abduction),[3] which appears in the soundtrack of Felice Farina's 2014 film Patria featuring him in the main role.

Pannofino began his career as a theatre actor somewhen between the late 1970s and the early 1980s and as a screen actor in the mid-90s, appearing in many films and television programs through the years;[4] these include Giovanni Falcone – L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra, in which he portrayed real life gangster Tommaso Buscetta, and Night Bus, starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Valerio Mastandrea, as well as the TV film Imperium: Pompeii.[5] He is especially known for the role of frustrated TV director René Ferretti in the satirical TV series Boris, also contributing to the soundtrack with his own song Ciak (Italian onomatopeia indicating the clapperboard used to demand action while filming).[6] Pannofino is considered to be one of the most representative dubbers in the fifth generation of Italian voice actors[6] and has dubbed a great number of characters in Italian.[7] He is the official voice actor of George Clooney and Denzel Washington. Other actors he often or occasionally dubs include Kurt Russell, Wesley Snipes, Mickey Rourke, Dan Aykroyd, Antonio Banderas, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone, Michael Madsen, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Kevin Spacey (mainly dubbed by Roberto Pedicini). Pannofino performed the Italian voices of characters such as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter franchise (which includes narrating the official audiobooks), the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Gil Grissom in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Budd in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2, Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump, The Red Guy in Cow and Chicken/I Am Weasel and many more.[8]

Personal life

Pannofino is married to actress Emanuela Rossi, with whom he has made several collaborations. Together, they have one son, Andrea. They briefly divorced in 2006 but they eventually remarried in 2011. Pannofino's brother Lino is a dialogue writer.

Filmography

Cinema

  • Croce e delizia [it] (1995)
  • That's Life (1998)
  • Free the Fish (2000)
  • Fatti della banda della Magliana [it] (2005)
  • Night Bus (2007)
  • Lessons in Chocolate (2007)
  • This Night Is Still Ours (2008)
  • Pinocchio (2008)
  • L'uomo fiammifero [it] (2009)
  • Different from Whom? (2009)
  • Just Married (2009)
  • Me and Marilyn (2009)
  • Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio [it] (2010)
  • Men vs. Women (2010)
  • Boris: The Film (2011)
  • Faccio un salto all'Avana [it] (2011)
  • Poker Generation [it] (2012)
  • Workers - Pronti a tutto [it] (2012)
  • Operazione vacanze [it] (2012)
  • L'arbitro (2013)
  • Il pretore [it] (2014)
  • Ogni maledetto Natale [it] (2014)
  • Patria [it] (2014)
  • Le frise ignoranti [it] (2015)
  • Burning Love (2015)
  • Solo [it] (2016)
  • My Father Jack [it] (2016)
  • L'uomo che comprò la Luna [it] (2018)
  • The Match (2019)
  • A mano disarmata [it][9]
  • Nati 2 volte [it] (2019)[10]
  • La banda dei tre [it] (2019)
  • Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione [it] (2020)
  • Si muore solo da vivi [it] (2020)[11]
  • Uomini da marciapiede [it] (2022)[12]
  • Lo sposo indeciso che non poteva o forse non voleva più uscire dal bagno [it] (2023)
  • La guerra del Tiburtino III (2023)[13]
  • Gli addestratori [it] (2024)[14]

Television

  • Linda e il brigadiere - TV series, season 3, episode 2 (1998)
  • Una donna per amico – TV series (2001)
  • La squadra – TV series, 9 episodes (2001)
  • Judas - TV film (2001)
  • Carabinieri – TV series, season 5, episode 1 (2002)
  • Distretto di Polizia – TV series, episode 5, season 8 (2005)
  • Try again teacher! – TV series, season 1, episode 1 and 3 (2005)
  • Questa è la mia terra – TV series (2006)
  • Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra [it] – TV miniseries (2006)
  • Imperium: Pompeii - TV miniseries (2007)
  • Piloti - TV series, season 1, episode 5 (2007)
  • Il generale Dalla Chiesa [it] – TV minisereies (2007)
  • Boris – TV series (2007-2010, 2022)
  • Pinocchio – TV miniseries (2008)
  • Un caso di coscienza – TV series, 6 episodes (2009-2010)
  • I Cesaroni – TV series (2009-2012)
  • Un medico in famiglia – TV series, 1 episode (2009)
  • La nuova squadra – TV series (2011)
  • Camera Café [it] – TV series, 1 episode (2011)
  • Nero Wolfe [it] – TV series (2012)
  • Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung – TV film (2012)
  • Una notte da paura [it] - TV film (2012)
  • Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno [it] – TV miniseries (2013)
  • La farfalla granata – TV film (2013)
  • Romolo + Giuly: La guerra mondiale italiana [it] – TV series (2018)[15]
  • Inspector Coliandro – TV series, season 7, episode 1 (2018)
  • Enrico Piaggio - Un sogno italiano [it] - TV film (2019)
  • Ostaggi (film) [it] – TV film (2021)
  • No Activity - Niente da segnalare [it] – TV series (2024)

Voice work

Live action roles

  • Narrator in Via Veneto Set – documentary (2006),[16] Zero - Inchiesta sull'11 settembre [it] – documentary (2007), Coincidenze – short film (2010), La vita è arte. Renato Guttuso, l'artista e il suo tempo – documentary (2011),[17] Padre Pio costruttore di misericordia – documentary (2016),[18] Meraviglie – documentary series (2018-2022),[19] Io, Leonardo [it],[20] Being With Refugees – documentary (2020), Vaccari – documentary (2020),[21] Dentro il Quirinale - Il palazzo degli italiani – documentary (2020),[22] La Divina Commedia VR: l'Inferno, un Viaggio Immersivo – short film (2022),[23] Il tempio della velocità – documentary (2022)[24]
  • Guido Picelli in Il ribelle [it] – documentary (2011)[25]
  • Rasputin in Rasputin - La verità supera la leggenda (2011)[26]
  • Clown in Cuore di clown – short film (2011)[27]
  • Marshal in Toilet [it] (2022)[28]

Italian-dubbed roles

Animated roles

  • Mustafà/Wolf and Tenebrone in Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina in Il mistero delle note rapite [it] (English title: Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: the Mystery of the Stolen Notes)
  • Rospoleon in Yaya e Lennie - The Walking Liberty[29]
  • Maccabeo in Hanukkah - La festa delle luci
  • Gufo (Owl) in Lupo racconta la SMA[30]

Italian-dubbed roles

Video games

References

  1. ^ "Francesco Pannofino's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ Adinolfi intervista Pannofino (René) su Boris on YouTube
  3. ^ "Francesco Pannofino canta "Sequestro di Stato"" (in Italian). March 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "Francesco Pannofino". MYmovies. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Francesco Pannofino – Attore – Biografia e Filmographia – Ecodelcinema". ecodelcinema.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Francesco Pannofino" (in Italian).
  7. ^ FRANCESCO PANNOFINO e IL DOPPIAGGIO (2013) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  8. ^ "Pannofino racconta Harry Potter per Audible: "Con la voce devi rapire l'attenzione"" (in Italian). wired.it. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  9. ^ "A mano disarmata". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  10. ^ "Nati 2 volte". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  11. ^ "Si muore solo da vivi". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  12. ^ "Uomini da marciapiede". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  13. ^ "La guerra del Tiburtino III". mymovies.it (in Italian).
  14. ^ "Gli addestratori". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  15. ^ "Il teaser FOX di Romolo + Giuly: la guerra mondiale italiana". 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Via Veneto Set". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  17. ^ "La Vita e' Arte. Renato Guttuso, l'Artista e il suo Tempo". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  18. ^ "Padre Pio".
  19. ^ "Meraviglie". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
  20. ^ "Io, Leonardo". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  21. ^ "Vaccari". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  22. ^ "Dentro il Quirinale - Il palazzo degli italiani". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  23. ^ "La Divina Commedia VR: L'Inferno, un Viaggio Immersivo". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  24. ^ "Il Tempio della Velocita'". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  25. ^ "Il ribelle". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
  26. ^ "Rasputin - La verità supera la leggenda". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  27. ^ "Cuore di clown". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
  28. ^ "Toilet". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
  29. ^ "Yaya e Lennie - The Walking Liberty". mymovies.it (in Italian).
  30. ^ "Lupo racconta la SMA".

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