Oreste Rizzini

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Oreste Rizzini
Born(1940-03-27)27 March 1940
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died18 March 2008(2008-03-18) (aged 67)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • radio host
  • author
  • adapter
  • dubbing director
  • stage director
Years active1960–2008
Spouse(s)Viviana Toniolo (divorced)
Fiorina Piscopo
Children2

Oreste Rizzini (27 March 1940 – 18 March 2008) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Milan, Rizzini began his career as a stage actor in the early 1960s, working alongside figures such as Vittorio Gassman,[1] Mariangela Melato[2] and Luca Ronconi,[3] also acting in television and working for the radio industry, where he came to establish himself as a performer, impressionist, host and author.[4]

As a voice actor, Rizzini was well known for dubbing the voice of Michael Douglas in many of his films, also providing the Italian voices of Bill Murray in the Ghostbusters films, Danny Trejo in Spy Kids, Paul Hogan in almost all his roles and Michael Caine, Gene Hackman and Rade Šerbedžija in some of their films. In animation, he voiced King Randor and Skeletor in the Italian dub of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as well as Lord Farquaad in Shrek.[5] He also performed and served as a voice director for Guido Manuli's animated film about Giuseppe Garibaldi, L'eroe dei due mondi, co-written with Maurizio Nichetti and released in 1994,[6] the same year he narrated the documentary film Succede un Quarantotto or Italy After the War.[7][8]

Rizzini also had a brief yet successful experience as a stage director, with the play Dottor sale in zucca e mister lupo mannaro, written by Paola Bedinelli.[9]

Death

Rizzini died of stomach cancer in Rome on 18 March 2008, nine days shy of his 68th birthday.[10] He was later interred in a cemetery in Capalbio.

Filmography

Film

Television

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Riccardo III (1967-1968) - Teatro Stabile" (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Canto e controcanto".
  3. ^ "Misura per misura - Luca Ronconi" (in Italian).
  4. ^ Gerardo Di Cola. Intervista ad Oreste Rizzini (2007) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it (in Italian). Event occurs at 9 min 31 sec.
  5. ^ "Oreste Rizzini's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. ^ "L'eroe dei due mondi". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  7. ^ Italy After the War - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - The New York Times
  8. ^ Italy After the War Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Italy After the War
  9. ^ "La società teatrale - Corti teatrali". Hystrio (3): 131. September 2007.
  10. ^ "È morto l'attore e doppiatore Oreste Rizzini". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Noistottus (1987) - Fabio Vannini, Piero D'Onofrio". allmovie.com.
  12. ^ "Succede un quarantotto (1993) - Nicla Caracciolo, Valerio Marino". allmovie.com.
  13. ^ "La rentrée (2001)". archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it (in Italian).
  14. ^ Directed by Luigi Squarzina, "1971-1972". teche.rai.it.
  15. ^ Directed by Giulio Bosetti and Ottavio Spadaro, "Teatro 1973-1974".
  16. ^ Davide Longoni. "Nella città vampira - Drammi Gotici".