Sergio Fiorentini

Sergio Fiorentini
Born(1934-07-29)29 July 1934
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died11 December 2014(2014-12-11) (aged 80)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1960–2014
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
SpouseEliana Lupo
ChildrenMaurizio Fiorentini

Sergio Fiorentini (29 July 1934 – 11 December 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Fiorentini was best known for his portrayal of characters in Italian crime dramas and films as well as dubbing Gene Hackman in a majority of his films and Rafiki in the Italian version of The Lion King film series.

Biography

Sergio Fiorentini was born in Rome on 29 July 1934. He started his career on stage in the 1960s, and since the early 1970s he began an intense career as a character actor, being often cast in roles of inspectors, police commissioners and men in uniform in poliziotteschi and in crime films and TV-series, such as A Special Cop in Action and Distretto di Polizia.[2] He most notably portrayed Alfio Cacciapuoti in Il maresciallo Rocca opposite Gigi Proietti.

Fiorentini was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber.[3] He was the official Italian voice actor of Gene Hackman. This was a role he shared with his colleague Renato Mori. Other actors he dubbed included Eli Wallach and Jack Warden as well as Bill Cosby, Burt Young, Tony Burton, Max von Sydow, Tom Wilkinson, Charles Durning, Patrick McGoohan, Bud Spencer, James Doohan, Mel Brooks and he also voiced Benny Hill in the Italian dubbed version of The Benny Hill Show.[4] In Fiorentini's animated voice roles, he dubbed Rafiki in The Lion King franchise. Other roles include Bumblelion in The Wuzzles, Alm-Onji in Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Trigger in Robin Hood, Br'er Bear, Pete in Trombone Trouble and Walt Disney speaking about fire and water.

Personal life

Fiorentini was the father of voice actor Maurizio Fiorentini (born 1963) and he was married to actress Eliana Lupo (who was 27 years younger than him) until his death in 2014.[citation needed]

Death

Fiorentini died in Rome after battling an illness on the evening of 11 December 2014, at the age of 80.[5][6]

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Sergio Fiorentini's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Sergio Fiorentini". MYmovies. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  4. ^ Intervista a SERGIO FIORENTINI (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  5. ^ "È morto Sergio Fiorentini, addio al brigadiere Cacciapuoti". La Repubblica. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. ^ Redazione Online (12 December 2014). "Cinema: morto l'attore e doppiatore Sergio Fiorentini". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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