Vittorio De Angelis

Vittorio De Angelis
Born(1962-09-20)20 September 1962
Rome, Italy
Died11 June 2015(2015-06-11) (aged 52)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • dialogue writer
  • dubbing director
Years active1983–2015
FatherManlio De Angelis
RelativesEleonora De Angelis (sister)
Gualtiero De Angelis (grandfather)
Enrico De Angelis (uncle)
Massimiliano Virgilii (cousin)

Vittorio De Angelis (20 September 1962 – 11 June 2015) was an Italian voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Rome, De Angelis was the son of voice actor Manlio De Angelis and the grandson of voice actor Gualtiero De Angelis. He began his voice acting career at 21 years of age and one of his first major roles was dubbing the voice of Prince Eric in the Italian dub of The Little Mermaid and I.M. Weasel in the Italian dub of I Am Weasel. He was also best known for voicing Joey Tribbiani (portrayed by Matt LeBlanc) in the Italian-Language dubbed version of Friends and the spin-off Joey as well as voicing Geordi La Forge (portrayed by LeVar Burton) in the Italian-Language dubbed version of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[2]

De Angelis was the occasional voice actor of Cary Elwes, Kevin James and Matt LeBlanc. Some of the actors he dubbed in their most famous films included Billy Crudup in Big Fish, Val Kilmer in Tombstone and Stephen Dorff in Blade. He also dubbed Steve Zahn, Scott Speedman, Brendan Fraser and Ethan Hawke in some of their films.

Death

De Angelis died of a heart attack in Rome on June 11, 2015, at the age of 52.[3] He was survived by his father Manlio as well as his sister Eleonora (who is also a voice actress).[4]

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Vittorio De Angelis' voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ^ Intervista a VITTORIO DE ANGELIS (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  3. ^ "È morto Vittorio De Angelis, doppiatore di Eric de La Sirenetta". Ascolti Tv (in Italian). June 11, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "Friends Reunion, Eleonora De Angelis voce di Rachel: "Mi manca mio fratello, doppiava Joey"" (in Italian). Fanpage. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ^ "The Little Mermaid Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  6. ^ "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  7. ^ "Friends Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  8. ^ "Joey Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  9. ^ "Star Trek: The Next Generation Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  10. ^ "Star Trek Generations Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  11. ^ "Star Trek: First Contact Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  12. ^ "Star Trek: Insurrection Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  13. ^ "Star Trek: Nemesis Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 2019-04-11.