Francesco Prando

Francesco Prando
Born (1960-02-22) 22 February 1960 (age 64)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1985–present
Children1
Parents
  • Marcello Prando (father)
  • Luciana Durante (mother)
RelativesChecco Durante (grandfather)
Anita Durante (grandmother)
Lelia Durante (aunt)

Francesco Prando (born 22 February 1960) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Prando was born in Rome to actors Marcello Prando [it] and Luciana Durante. His maternal grandparents were actors Checco and Anita Durante.[2] His most long-lived acting role was that of commissioner Carlo Angiò in the Italian TV series Incantesimo, which he played for six years. He also acted in films, such as ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards.

As a voice actor, Prando is renowned for dubbing over the voices of Vince Vaughn, Daniel Craig, Matthew McConaughey, Guy Pearce and Michael Fassbender. He has also dubbed over Luke Perry, Keanu Reeves, Jason Statham, Paul Rudd and many more.[1] Some of his popular dubbing roles include Will Truman (portrayed by Eric McCormack) in the Italian version of Will & Grace.

In Prando's animated roles, he voiced Ned Flanders in the Italian dub of The Simpsons since the 24th episode of the 3rd season, replacing Pino Insegno and Ryoji Kaji in Neon Genesis Evangelion. He also performed the Italian voices of Prince Charming in the Shrek films, Phineas T. Ratchet in Robots, Li Shang in Mulan and many more.[1] He also serves as announcer for the Italian TV channel La7.[1]

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Voice work

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Francesco Prando's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ^ intervista 2012 interview (in Italian)
  3. ^ "L'isola degli smemorati". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  4. ^ "Sulle ali dei gabbiani - L'isola va in città". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  5. ^ "Winx Club - Il segreto del regno perduto". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  6. ^ "Winx Club 3D - Magica avventura". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  7. ^ "44 Gatti: cast e trama". superguidatv.it (in Italian).
  8. ^ "I Simpson - The Simpsons Italian voice cast". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  9. ^ "House of Mouse - Il topoclub". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  10. ^ "AntonioGenna.net presenta: IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI - ZONA TELEFILM: "Like a Dragon: Yakuza"". www.antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-10-25.