Gino La Monica

Gino La Monica
Born
Luigi La Monica

(1944-03-14) 14 March 1944 (age 80)
Portici, Kingdom of Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1965–present
Spouse
Emanuela Giovannini
​
(m. 2012)​
Children
  • Alessia
  • Carolina

Luigi "Gino" La Monica (born 14 March 1944) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, La Monica started acting in theatre and television in the 1960s, working with directors such as Luchino Visconti, Ettore Giannini, Sandro Bolchi and Anton Giulio Majano.[2][3] He also performed alongside Bud Spencer in the 1977 film Charleston. In 2011 he played the part of Cardinal Altamirano in the international musical play The Mission, inspired from Roland Joffé and Robert Bolt's film of the same name, where he had also previously dubbed Jeremy Irons' role of Father Gabriel in Italian.[4][5]

In 2021, La Monica was cast by Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios to voice Tommaso in the animated film Luca, reprising his role in the Italian-dubbed version.[6]

Gino La Monica is known to the Italian public as a voice dubbing artist, having dubbed over the voices of Christopher Walken, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate and David Hemmings in Deep Red. Other actors dubbed by him include Martin Sheen, Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, Michael Caine, Alan Rickman, Jonathan Pryce, Jeremy Irons and many others.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1977 Charleston Sergeant Roy
2001 The House of Chicken [it] Procuratore
A Lele - Il caso Scieri Medium-length film[7]
2011 Tutta colpa della musica [it]

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1966 Il conte di Montecristo Quarto marinaio TV miniseries
1967 La fiera della vanità Alfiere Stubble TV miniseries
1972 I demoni Satov TV miniseries
1974 Un certo Marconi Sid Ross TV film
1975 Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano Giuseppe Luciani TV miniseries
1979 Il signore di Ballantrae Henry Durie TV miniseries
Il delitto Notarbartolo Marchesano TV miniseries
1980 L'eredità della priora [it] Andrea Guarna TV miniseries
Delitto in piazza Mario Aldara TV miniseries
1997 Caro maestro Gianni Vivaldi TV series
1998–1999 Una donna per amico Professor Conti TV series
2000 Il rumore dei ricordi [it] Giorgio TV miniseries
2002 The Angel's House Franco Manetti TV film
Lo zio d'America Riccardo TV series
2012 Il caso Enzo Tortora - Dove eravamo rimasti? [it] Dall'Ora TV miniseries

Voice work

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2006 I Lunes e la sfera di Lasifer Narrator Animated film [8]
Padre Pio Wojtyla [9]
2007 Partire, Ritornare. In Viaggio con Tahar Ben Jelloun Voice-over Documentary [10]
2015 1200 km di bellezza [11]
2021 Luca Tommaso Animated film (original English voice-over, Italian dub) [12]
Ciao Alberto Additional voices Animated short film [13]

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1967 Asterix the Gaul Narrator
1968 Asterix and Cleopatra
1978 The Lord of the Rings Elrond
1999 Animal Farm Benjamin
2000 Titan A.E. Professor Sam Tucker
2004 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (2004 redub) The Wind in the Willows segment narrator
2006 Over the Hedge Ozzie

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Original actor Ref
1967 The Graduate Benjamin Braddock Dustin Hoffman
1969 John and Mary John
1975 Deep Red Marcus Daly David Hemmings
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village Robert Fulmer Christopher Walken
1980 Flash Gordon Flash Gordon Sam J. Jones
1983 Brainstorm Dr. Michael Brace Christopher Walken
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones Harrison Ford
1986 At Close Range Bradford "Big Brad" Whitewood Christopher Walken
The Mission Father Gabriel Jeremy Irons
1990 Alice Doug Tate William Hurt
1993 True Romance Vincenzo Coccotti Christopher Walken
1995 The Prophecy Gabriel
1995 GoldenEye Alec Trevelyan Sean Bean
1995 Search and Destroy Kim Ulander Christopher Walken
1998 The Prophecy II Gabriel
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Qui-Gon Jinn Liam Neeson
2000 The Prophecy 3: The Ascent Gabriel Christopher Walken
X-Men Robert Kelly Bruce Davison
2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Weatherby Swann Jonathan Pryce
X2 Robert Kelly Bruce Davison
2005 The Brothers Grimm General Vavarin Delatombe Jonathan Pryce
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Weatherby Swann
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2008 The Incredible Hulk Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross William Hurt
2008 Bedtime Stories Martin "Marty" Bronson Jonathan Pryce
2011 Cowboys & Aliens Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde Harrison Ford
2012 Ted Sam J. Jones Sam J. Jones
2015 Ted 2
2016 Captain America: Civil War Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross William Hurt
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Odin actor Sam Neill
The Man Who Invented Christmas John Dickens Jonathan Pryce
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross William Hurt
2019 The Two Popes Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio Jonathan Pryce
2021 Black Widow Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross William Hurt
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Odin actor Sam Neill
2024 Dune: Part Two Emperor Shaddam IV Christopher Walken

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref
1976–1977 Magne Robo Gakeen Narrator Main cast
1985 Story of the Alps: My Annette Dr. Givette Recurring role
1997 Kassai and Luk Narrator Main cast
2007–2009 In the Night Garden...
2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Long Feng Recurring role; Season 2
2009–2015 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Admiral Wullf Yularen Recurring role

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Original actor Ref
1984 The Blood of Others Dieter Bergman TV film Sam Neill

Notes

  1. ^ "Gino La Monica's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "THE MISSION MUSICAL: Cast". themissionmusical.blogspot.com.
  3. ^ Intervista a Luigi "Gino" La Monica | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it on YouTube (in Italian)
  4. ^ "THE MISSION MUSICAL". themissionmusical.blogspot.com.
  5. ^ Intervista a Luigi "Gino" La Monica | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it on YouTube, 15m38s (in Italian)
  6. ^ "Luca". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
  7. ^ "A Lele - Il caso Scieri (2001), di Giulio Reale". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  8. ^ "I Lunes e la sfera di Lasifer". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
  9. ^ "Padre Pio". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  10. ^ "Partire, Ritornare. In viaggio con Tahar Ben Jelloun (2007), di Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
  11. ^ "1200KM DI BELLEZZA". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
  12. ^ "Luca Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  13. ^ End credits