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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 1, 1942
Place of Birth
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Also Known As
- John Charlie Johns
- جانکارلو جانینی
Giancarlo Giannini
1.3 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Giannini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Baracoa
2025
0.0
Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì
2025
5.0
Vito
Albatross
2025
9.8
Sé stesso
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita
2025
7.8
Pope Eugene IV.
Rise of the Raven
2025
7.9
Pope Leo XIII
Cabrini
2024
0.0
Senza malizia
2023
6.3
Police Chief
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
4.9
Dino De Gregorio
The Great Game
2022
6.0
Gino
Duetto
2022
Credits
Baracoa
2025
0.0
Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì
2025
0.0
Albatross
as Vito
2025
5.0
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita
as Sé stesso
2025
9.8
Rise of the Raven
as Pope Eugene IV.
2025
7.8
Cabrini
as Pope Leo XIII
2024
7.9
Senza malizia
2023
0.0
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Police Chief
2023
6.3
The Great Game
as Dino De Gregorio
2022
4.9
Duetto
as Gino
2022
6.0
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
as Self
2022
5.5
Buon Lavoro
2022
4.0
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
9.5
I Fratelli De Filippo
as Eduardo Scarpetta
2021
7.2
Gianni Schicchi
as Buoso Donati
2021
6.2
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
as Sé stesso
2021
7.0
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Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
0.0
Hugo in Argentina
as Narrator (voice)
2021
10.0
Leonardo
as Verrocchio
2021
7.3
Starman
as Se stesso
2020
7.2
Sand and Fire
as Talleyrand
2019
5.8
Catch-22
as Marcello
2019
7.4
Magical Nights
as Leandro Saponaro
2018
6.1
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
as Self
2018
9.0
Diminuta
as Marco Aurelio
2018
0.0
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Professor Eduardo Amaldi
2018
6.2
Prigioniero della mia libertà
as Ispettore Spaccini
2018
2.0
A Family Tale
as Gian Pietro Liegi
2018
6.0
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
as Narratore (voice)
2017
6.3
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
as Catarella
2017
6.5
The Neighborhood
as Gianluca Moretti
2017
3.2
Stanotte a Venezia
as Carlo Goldoni
2017
10.0
Nobili bugie
as Franco
2017
5.3
Love Pret-a-porte
as Giorgio's father
2017
4.5
The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples
as Principe
2017
0.0
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
7.3
The Boy from Giudecca
as Giudice Mangrella
2016
5.2
On Air: Storia di Un Successo
as Presidente
2016
4.9
Astrosamantha
2016
6.6
🎬
Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan
as Principe
2016
0.0
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
as Himself
2015
0.0
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
2015
6.3
🎬
Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders
as Principe
2015
8.0
Stanotte a...
as Se stesso
2015
9.2
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
0.0
The First Line
as Petros
2014
6.0
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Voice
2014
0.0
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
as Nikita
2013
4.0
Eurotrapped
as Don Ferracane
2013
3.5
Un angelo all'inferno
as Pietro Bardelli
2013
4.3
Omamamia
as Lorenzo
2012
4.4
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
2012
0.0
Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina
as Narratore (voice)
2012
0.0
First Happiness
as Ettore
2011
0.0
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
as Self
2010
6.2
I Will Return
as Borghi
2009
3.3
La bella società
as Dott. Guarrasi
2009
4.4
Quantum of Solace
as Mathis
2008
6.3
Il sangue e la rosa
as Cardinal Rospigliosi
2008
6.8
Il sangue e la rosa
as Cardinale Eugenio Rospigliosi
2008
7.0
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
as Benedetto Diveri
2008
0.0
Io non dimentico
as Salvatore Conticello
2008
3.7
Bastardi
as Il gatto
2008
0.0
Milan – Palermo: The Return
as Turi Leofonte
2007
5.8
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
2007
6.1
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
2006
6.0
Casino Royale
as Mathis
2006
7.6
Salvatore. Questa è la vita
as Timpaliscia
2006
7.0
L'onore e il rispetto
as Don Giuseppe Bastianelli
2006
7.3
The Maidens' Conspiracy
as The Emperor
2006
4.0
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self
2005
6.7
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
as Self
2005
7.8
Shadows in the Sun
as Father Moretti
2005
6.2
Raul - Right to Kill
as Giudice Porfirio
2005
0.0
Le cinque giornate di Milano
as Carlo Cattaneo
2004
0.0
13 at a Table
as Giulio
2004
6.3
Man on Fire
as Miguel Manzano
2004
7.5
Forever
as Giovanni
2003
5.0
3 Women
as David
2003
0.0
My House in Umbria
as Inspector Girotti
2003
6.0
Five Moons Plaza
as Branco
2003
5.5
Incantato
as Cesare Balocchi
2003
6.4
Francesca and Nunziata
as Giordano Montorsi
2003
7.5
Darkness
as Albert Rua
2002
5.6
Dracula's Kiss
as Dr. Enrico Valenzi
2002
6.0
Joshua
as The Pope
2002
6.4
Amnèsia
as Xavier (voice)
2002
5.5
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
as Flavio Carboni
2002
6.1
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
as Eugenio
2002
7.0
Il consiglio d'Egitto
as Narrator (voice)
2002
5.0
Ciao America
as Zi' Felice
2002
10.0
Momo
as Presidente (voice)
2001
7.1
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
as Self
2001
6.7
CQ
as Enzo
2001
5.9
A Long Long Long Night of Love
as Marcello
2001
5.0
The Whole Shebang
as Pop Bazinni
2001
4.8
Hannibal
as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
2001
6.8
Frank Herbert's Dune
as Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV
2000
6.8
A Night with Sabrina Love
as Leonardo
2000
5.8
Viper
as Guastamacchia
2000
2.5
Terra bruciata
as Macrì
1999
5.1
Milonga
as Commissario
1999
0.0
Sweet Idleness
as Count Nencini
1999
7.0
No Deposit, No Return
as Cesena
1999
6.0
La stanza dello Scirocco
as Marchese di Acquafurata
1998
8.5
The Dinner
as Professore
1998
6.9
Vacation in Hell
as Ortega
1997
6.0
Mimic
as Manny
1997
6.1
Ultimo bersaglio
as Leo Steiner
1997
0.0
Heaven Before I Die
as Thief
1997
4.0
Más allá del jardín
as Bernardo
1996
4.6
New York Crossing
as Enzo
1996
1.0
La lupa
as Padre Angiolino
1996
5.3
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
6.0
La frontiera
as Von Zirkenitz
1996
0.0
Elective Affinities
as Narrator (voice)
1996
5.9
Palermo – Milan One Way
as Turi Leofonte
1996
6.2
Celluloide
as Sergio Amidei
1996
6.6
The marshal Rocca
as Benedetto
1996
7.9
A Walk in the Clouds
as Alberto Aragón
1995
7.4
Like Two Crocodiles
as Pietro Fraschini
1995
7.6
Jacob
as Laban
1994
6.5
Black as the Heart
as Valentino Bruio
1994
0.0
Giovanni Falcone
as Paolo Borsellino
1993
7.2
Colpo di coda
as Professeur
1993
0.0
Once Upon a Crime
as Inspector Bonnard
1992
5.7
Life with the Kids
as Adriano Setti
1991
0.0
The Amusements of Private Life
as Charles Renard
1990
3.0
In The Rose Garden
as Tramontano
1990
3.0
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self
1990
6.7
Dark Illness
as Giuseppe Marchi
1990
4.8
Life with the Kids
as Adriano Setti
1990
4.1
The Sleazy Uncle
as Riccardo
1989
5.0
Time to Kill
as Il Maggiore
1989
4.9
Brown Bread Sandwiches
as Alberto
1989
2.0
Blood Red
as Sebastian Collogero
1989
4.6
New York Stories
as Claudio
1989
6.2
'o Re
as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
1989
7.2
Snack Bar Budapest
as Avvocato
1988
4.7
I picari
as Guzmán de Alfarache
1987
5.5
Ternosecco
as Domenico
1987
3.8
Saving Grace
as Abalardi
1986
6.1
Sins
as Marcello D'itri
1986
7.2
Fever Pitch
as Charley
1985
3.4
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
as Self
1985
0.0
American Dreamer
as Victor Marchand
1984
6.2
Where's Picone?
as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
1984
6.6
My Darling, My Dearest
as Gennarino Laganà
1982
0.0
Lili Marleen
as Robert
1981
6.4
Life Is Beautiful
as Antonio Murillo
1979
6.8
Good News
as L'Innominato
1979
6.1
Lovers and Liars
as Guido Massacesi
1979
3.9
Blood Feud
as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
1978
6.5
A Night Full of Rain
as Paolo
1978
5.0
The Innocent
as Tullio Hermil
1976
6.8
Seven Beauties
as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
1975
7.4
Midnight Pleasures
as Gino Benacio
1975
5.7
Swept Away
as Gennarino Carunchio
1974
7.4
The Murri Affair
as Tullio Murri
1974
6.6
The Beast
as Nino Patrovita
1974
6.9
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
5.7
The Sensual Man
as Paolo Castorini
1973
5.7
It Was I
as Biagio Solise
1973
5.0
Love and Anarchy
as Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
1973
7.7
Indian Summer
as Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
1972
7.5
Don Camillo and the Contestants
as fratello di "Veleno"
1972
5.4
The Seduction of Mimi
as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
1972
7.1
Hector the Mighty
as Ulisse, il drittone
1972
5.0
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
as Inspector Tellini
1971
6.1
One Way Ticket
as Weber
1971
4.7
My Father Monsignor
as Oreste
1971
6.0
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
as Il neoammogliato
1971
5.1
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
as Walter Merighi
1971
2.3
La promessa
as Leonidik
1970
0.0
Una macchia rosa
as Giancarlo
1970
0.0
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
as Nello
1970
7.3
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Fabio
1970
6.9
The Sisters
as Dario
1969
3.8
The Betrayal
as Hans Ruppert
1969
5.2
Anzio
as Pvt. Cellini
1968
5.6
Arabella
as Saverio
1967
7.0
Tonight I'll Throw Me
as Carlo Timidoni
1967
4.9
Don't Sting the Mosquito
as Paolo Randi
1967
3.5
The Criminals of the Metropolis
as Gerard Lemaire
1967
3.0
Rita the Mosquito
as Paolo Randi
1966
5.4
David Copperfield
as David Copperfield
1965
0.0
Libido
as Christian
1965
6.2