Renato Cecchetto

Renato Cecchetto
Born(1951-10-28)28 October 1951
Adria, Italy
Died23 January 2022(2022-01-23) (aged 70)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1980–2022

Renato Cecchetto (28 October 1951 – 23 January 2022) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

In the 1970s, Cecchetto attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his career working with film directors like Mario Monicelli and Carlo Vanzina.

Cecchetto was best known as a voice actor, who gave his voice to Shrek in the Italian dub of the Shrek franchise[1] and to nearly all the Disney Pixar characters originally voiced by John Ratzenberger, including Hamm from the Toy Story film series and Mack from the Cars film series. Additionally, Cecchetto served as the voice of Meow Meow Fuzzyface in the Italian dub of BoJack Horseman and from seasons 12 to 19, he was the Italian voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, replacing Luciano Marchitiello.

In Cecchetto's live action roles, he dubbed over the voices of John Candy as the title character in Uncle Buck, Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood in Barb Wire and Jeffrey Tambor as Sid Garner in The Hangover film trilogy.[2]

Death

Cecchetto died of complications from injuries sustained in a scooter accident at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome on 23 January 2022, at the age of 70.[3]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1981 Guys and Dolls in the Suburbs Walter
Fracchia the Fanatic DIGOS' Chief
1982 Pierino colpisce ancora Dr. Paoletti
Roma dalla finestra
Grog Caputo
All My Friends Part 2 Augusto Verdirame
The Female Bodyguard The Jeweler
Buona come il pane Gaston
1983 The Story of Piera Male nurse
The Pool Hustlers Giovanni
1984 Ladies & Gentlemen
1985 Fatto su misura
1986 The Carabinieri Lieutenant Urban Security Guard
Italian Fast Food Director
1987 L'estate sta finendo Prete
1988 Animali metropolitani Oscar Innocenzi
Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo Luciano’s friend
1990 Fantozzi to the Rescue Judge
1991 Abbronzatissimi Osvaldo
1992 Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations Filippo
Persone perbene
1993 Abbronzatissimi 2 - Un anno dopo Mr. Boccioni
1994 Prestazione straordinaria Ernesto

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1977 Il bagno
1980 Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto Calascibetta TV miniseries
1983 Bebawi - Il delitto di via Lazio TV miniseries
1984 La piovra Achille Bordonaro TV miniseries
I racconti del maresciallo Gerente Motel TV miniseries
1986 La piovra 2 Achille Bordonaro TV miniseries
1987 Cinque storie inquietanti TV miniseries
1988 Una lepre con la faccia di bambina Ragioniere Clerici TV miniseries
1989 Oggi ho vinto anch'io Vittorio TV film
1990 Non aprite all'uomo nero TV film
1994 Sì, ti voglio bene TV miniseries
In fondo al cuore TV miniseries
1998 Anni '50 Concierge TV miniseries
Come quando fuori piove Bernardo TV film
2005 Le voyage de Louisa TV film

Voice work

Year Title Role(s) Notes
2002 Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe Capo Cachicco Animated film

Dubbing

Film (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1995 Toy Story Hamm [4]
1998 A Bug's Life P.T. Flea [5]
1999 Toy Story 2 Hamm [6]
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [7]
2001 Monsters, Inc. The Abominable Snowman [8]
Shrek Shrek [9]
2004 Finding Nemo School of Moonfish [10]
The Lion King 1½ Uncle Max [11]
Shrek 2 Shrek [12]
Shrek 4-D
2006 Cars Mack [13]
Hamm Truck
The Abominable Snowplow
P.T. Flea Car
2007 Shrek the Third Shrek [14]
Ratatouille Mustafa [15]
2008 WALL-E John [16]
2009 Up Tom [17]
2010 Shrek Forever After Shrek [18]
Toy Story 3 Hamm [19]
2011 Cars 2 Mack [20]
Hawaiian Vacation Hamm
Small Fry
2012 Partysaurus Rex
2013 Monsters University The Abominable Snowman [21]
2014 Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods Humerus
The Boxtrolls Mr. Trout
2015 Inside Out Fritz [22]
The Good Dinosaur Earl [23]
2016 Finding Dory Bill [24]
2017 The Breadwinner Razaq
Cars 3 Mack [25]
Coco Juan Ortodoncia [26]
2018 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion Obelix
2019 Toy Story 4 Hamm [27]
Klaus Aksel Ellingboe
2020 Onward Fennwick [28]

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Original actor Ref
1989 Uncle Buck Buck Russell John Candy [29]
1990 Darkman Pauly Mazzuchelli Nicholas Worth
1991 Problem Child 2 Smith Paul Willson
1994 The Mask Detective Doyle Jim Doughan [30]
1996 Barb Wire Axel Hood Temuera Morrison
1997 Marquise Gros René Patrick Timsit
1999 Fantasia 2000 James Levine James Levine [31]
2001 Vanilla Sky Thomas Tipp Timothy Spall
2002 Big Fat Liar Marcus Duncan Russell Hornsby
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Maurice Woodruff Stephen Fry
Ocean's Twelve Ian Nicholas McNally / Matsui Robbie Coltrane
2007 Balls of Fury Ernie Rodriguez George Lopez
2009 Dragonball Evolution Mr. Kingery Julian Sedgwick
The Hangover Sid Garner Jeffrey Tambor [32]
2011 The Hangover Part II [33]
2013 The Hangover Part III [34]
2015 Ip Man 3 Fat Po Kent Cheng
2016 Catfight Dr. Jones Dylan Baker
2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin Rupert Richard McCabe
Pitch Perfect 3 Fergus Hobart John Lithgow
2018 Gotti Bartholomew Boriello Leo Rossi

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref
1983–2006 Dr. Slump Suppaman Recurring role (1st edition)
1995 Camp Candy John Candy Main cast
2003 Pigs Next Door Phil Main cast
2007 Shrek the Halls Shrek TV special
Vampiyan Kids Franken 1 episode (season 1x08)
2010 Scared Shrekless Shrek TV special
2010–2012 The Penguins of Madagascar Commissioner McSlade 4 episodes
2013–2014 Monsters vs. Aliens Coverton Main cast
2014–2022 Family Guy Cleveland Brown Recurring role (seasons 12–19) [35]
2015–2018 BoJack Horseman Meow Meow Fuzzyface Recurring role (seasons 1–5) [36]
2015–2019 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Glossaryck Main cast (seasons 1–4)
2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance The Gourmand / skekAyuk 1 episode
2019–2021 Amphibia Mayor Fredrick Toadstool Recurring role (seasons 1–2)
2020 Forky Asks a Question Hamm Main cast
2021–2022 Monsters at Work The Abominable Snowman Recurring role (seasons 1) [37]

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Original actor Ref
1983–1988 St. Elsewhere Dr. Elliot Axelrod Main cast (2nd voice) Stephen Furst
1985 Emerald Point N.A.S. Jack Warren Main cast Charles Frank
1990–1991 Out of This World Beano Froelich Main cast Joe Alaskey
2003 Alias Anthony Russek 3 episodes (season 1) Miguel Sandoval
2017 Gotham Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg 5 episodes Michael Cerveris

Video games (Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1997 Outlaws Bob Graham
1998 Grim Fandango Manny Calavera
Grim Fandango Manny Calavera
A Bug's Life P.T. Flea
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith Kyle Katarn
2002 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Charlie Sidjan
2003 Finding Nemo School of Moonfish
2006 Cars Mack
2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Clone troopers
2013 Disney Infinity Hamm
2017 Cars 3: Driven to Win Mack

References

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