Luciano De Ambrosis

Luciano De Ambrosis
De Ambrosis in The Children Are Watching Us (1943)
Born (1937-03-28) 28 March 1937 (age 87)
Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dubbing director
Years active1942–present
ChildrenMassimo De Ambrosis

Luciano De Ambrosis (born 28 March 1937) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

De Ambrosis was born in Turin, the youngest of four siblings. His father worked for the Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat. He made his film debut at only five years old, playing the lead role in Vittorio De Sica's acclaimed film The Children Are Watching Us. He went on to play the protagonist in many other films through the next six years.

He acted infrequently on-camera afterwards but maintains a successful career as voice actor.[2] He is the regular dubbing voice for Burt Reynolds, James Caan and Dennis Farina. He also dubs Albert Finney, Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, John Mahoney, Nick Nolte, Frank Langella, Brian Cox and since 1994, he voiced Sean Connery in most of his films after the death of Pino Locchi.[3] His son Massimo De Ambrosis is also a voice actor.

He lives and works in Rome.

Filmography

Cinema

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Luciano De Ambrosis' dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  3. ^ Intervista a LUCIANO DE AMBROSIS (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it

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