Carlo Sabatini (actor)

Carlo Sabatini
Sabatini in 1990
Born(1932-04-07)7 April 1932
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died10 April 2020(2020-04-10) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1954–2020
ChildrenGabriele Sabatini

Carlo Sabatini (7 April 1932 – 10 April 2020) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Rome on April 7, 1932, he began his career in theatre, film, and television in the 1950s. He got his first film role in the historical melodrama Senso, directed by Luchino Visconti, who also hired him to dub Alain Delon's Italian voice as Tancredi Falconeri in The Leopard[1] and with whom he also worked on stage.[2] Through the years, Sabatini acted in multiple films and TV shows directed by Anton Giulio Majano, Vittorio Sindoni[3][4] and Leandro Castellani.[5] He was also cast in a few international productions, most notably John Moore's 2006 film The Omen (a remake of Richard Donner's film of the same name) where Sabatini portrayed Cardinal Fabretti.[6]

As a voice actor, Sabatini mainly dubbed voices for Italian-dubbed editions of foreign films. In Sabatini’s character dubbing roles, he famously dubbed over the voice of Magneto (portrayed by Ian McKellen) in the X-Men film franchise as well as Morgan Freeman’s role as "Red" in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption,[6] while on television he dubbed Josiah Bartlet (portrayed by Martin Sheen) in The West Wing and Philip Banks (portrayed by James Avery) in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.[6] The many actors he dubbed included Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Lee, and Kris Kristofferson; he also voiced Chilkoot in the Italian dub of the animated Disney film Brother Bear 2.[6]

Personal life

Sabatini was the father of voice actor Gabriele Sabatini.[6]

Death

Sabatini died in Rome on 10 April 2020 just three days after his 88th birthday.[6][7][8]

Selected filmography

Cinema

Television

  • I fuochi di San Giovanni - TV play (1966) - Georg[11]
  • La pietà di novembre - TV play (1968) - Riccardo, Luca's brother[12]
  • Il corsaro - TV play (1971) - Captain, Jones[13]
  • Marco Visconti - TV series (1975) - Azzone Visconti
  • Un delitto perbene - TV miniseries (1977)[14]
  • La gatta (1978) - André
  • Il sottoscritto Giuseppe Donati all'alta corte di giustizia - TV film (1983)
  • Una fredda mattina di maggio - TV film (1990)[4]
  • Una donna per amico - TV series, 1 episode (1998) - Camilla's father[6]
  • Soraya [it] - TV miniseries (2003)
  • Pope John Paul II - TV miniseries (2005) - Master of Ceremonies

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Il gattopardo". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
  2. ^ "La stagione teatrale a Roma". Il dramma [it] (in Italian) (374–375): 99. November–December 1967.
  3. ^ "RIDENDO E SCHERZANDO". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
  4. ^ a b "Una fredda mattina di maggio (1990)". archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian).
  5. ^ "La signora è stata violentata (1973)". archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian).
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Carlo Sabatini". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  7. ^ "Carlo Sabatini, morto il doppiatore di Morgan Freeman e Ian McKellen". Movieplayer (in Italian). 11 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Morto Carlo Sabatini, addio al doppiatore di Ian McKellen". La Scimmia Pensa (in Italian). 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ "SACCO E VANZETTI". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
  10. ^ "Vite strozzate (1996)". archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian).
  11. ^ "Teatro 1966-1967". teche.rai.it (in Italian).
  12. ^ "Teatro 1968-1969". teche.rai.it (in Italian).
  13. ^ "Teatro 1970-1971". teche.rai.it (in Italian).
  14. ^ "Sceneggiati e fiction 1975-1977". teche.rai.it (in Italian).

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