Danilo De Girolamo

Danilo De Girolamo (May 1, 1956 – May 9, 2012) was an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Danilo De Girolamo
Born	(1956-05-01)1 May 1956 Rome, Italy
Died	9 May 2012(2012-05-09) (aged 56) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, dubbing director
Years active	1980–2012

Biography

Born in Rome, De Girolamo began his career in Florence as an actor in the theatre during the 1980s and he participated in events such as Festival dei Due Mondi. He later went on to become a voice dubber. He was best known for voicing Remus Lupin (portrayed by David Thewlis) in the Italian dubbed broadcasts of the Harry Potter saga as well as James Norrington (portrayed by Jack Davenport) in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.^[2] De Girolamo was also a regular dubbing artist for Alan Cumming, Vincent Gallo and Ulrich Tukur.

In his animation roles, De Girolamo voiced Master Crane in the Italian dubs of the first two Kung Fu Panda movies, Delbert Doppler in Treasure Planet, Bear, Treelo, Ray the Sun, Jacques the Beaver, Big Old Bullfrog, Doc Hogg, Jeremiah Tortoise and Jack the Dog in Bear in the Big Blue House, Jeff Fungus in Monsters, Inc., Gurgle in Finding Nemo and he even voiced Guido in various foreign dubbed versions of Cars. For television, he dubbed Gustavo Fring (portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito) in Breaking Bad and Lorne (portrayed by Andy Hallett) in Angel. Other actors, De Girolamo occasionally dubbed included Adam Sandler, Clive Owen, Johnny Depp, Tim Roth, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth and Guy Pearce.

From 2004 until his death in 2012, De Girolamo served as the President of the ANAD, which is a dubbing company based in Italy.

Death

De Girolamo died of a sudden heart attack on 9 May 2012, aged 56.^{[3][clarification needed]}

Dubbing roles

Animation

• Crane in Kung Fu Panda^[4]
• Crane in Kung Fu Panda 2^[5]
• Crane in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (season 1)^[6]
• Gurgle in Finding Nemo
• Bear, Treelo and various characters in Bear in the Big Blue House
• Dash in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea^[7]
• President Hathaway in Monsters vs. Aliens
• Delbert Doppler in Treasure Planet
• King Gator in All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Pain in Hercules: Zero to Hero
• Pain in Hercules: The Animated Series
• Pain / Timothy Q. Mouse in Disney's House of Mouse
• Frugal Lucre in Kim Possible
• Jeff Fungus in Monsters, Inc.
• Martin Benson in Bee Movie
• Guido in Cars (Various foreign dubbed versions)
• Baby Gonzo in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
• Wallace in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Roy in Garfield and Friends
• Dragon in Jane and the Dragon
• Troubadour in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
• Roger Radcliffe (singing voice) in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
• Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest
• Ling (singing voice) in Mulan II
• Rollo in Valiant

Live action

• Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban^[8]
• Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix^[9]
• Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince^[10]
• Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1^[11]
• Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2^[12]
• James Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl^[13]
• James Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest^[14]
• James Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End^[15]
• Fegan Floop in Spy Kids
• Fegan Floop in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
• Fegan Floop in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
• Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad^[16]
• Eli Gold in The Good Wife (Ep. 1-61)
• Loki in Son of the Mask
• Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye
• Lorne in Angel
• Reggie Warrington in The Nutty Professor
• David Langley in Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
• Jerry in Liar Liar
• Bob in Birth
• Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption
• Mitch Roman in Patch Adams
• Roger in Pulp Fiction
• Rex in Airheads
• Hillary in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• Hillary in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
• Mayor R. Brown in Yogi Bear
• Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day
• Patch Quatermain in Johnny English Reborn
• Whitworth in 2 Fast 2 Furious
• Paul Ashworth in Fever Pitch
• Henry Swinton in A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Thomas Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It
• Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost
• Harold Carvey in The Getaway
• Oscar Choice in Armageddon
• Ted Maltin in Jingle All the Way
• Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer
• Bobby Boucher Jr. in The Waterboy
• King Edward VIII in The King's Speech
• Ralph Wyman in Short Cuts
• Ollie Powers in Any Given Sunday
• Dave Goldman in Bye Bye Love
• Nate Pearson in Aliens in the Attic
• Lars Smuntz in Mouse Hunt
• Donnie in Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• Archibald Cunningham in Rob Roy
• Bon Bon / Lt. Víctor in Before Night Falls
• Fra Pavel in The Golden Compass
• Hal L. in Happy Gilmore

References

1. "Danilo De Girolamo's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
2. Intervista a DANILO DE GIROLAMO (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
3. "È morto Danilo De Girolamo, attore, doppiatore, presidente dell'ANAD, fondatore del Nuovo IMAIE". Rbcasting.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
4. "Kung Fu Panda Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
5. "Kung Fu Panda 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
6. "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
7. "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
8. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
9. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
10. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
11. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
12. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
13. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
14. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
15. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
16. "Breaking Bad Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

External links

• Danilo De Girolamo at IMDb
• Danilo De Girolamo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Danilo De Girolamo at Behind The Voice Actors