Massimo Venturiello

Massimo Venturiello
Born (1957-08-04) 4 August 1957 (age 67)
Roccadaspide, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • theatre director
Years active1982–present
Spouse
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(m. 2024)​

Massimo Venturiello (born 4 August 1957) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Roccadaspide, Province of Salerno, in 1982 Venturiello graduated at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of dramatic Arts in Rome and the same year he made his stage debut in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus directed by Gabriele Lavia.[2] From then, he started an intense theatrical activity, which includes experimental and avant-garde works and a long collaboration with the director Giampiero Solari.[2] Particularly, Venturiello was critically acclaimed for his performances in The Rose Tattoo, alongside Valeria Moriconi, and in Masaniello directed by Armando Pugliese.[2] Also active in films and on television, he is well known for the role of Rudy in Gabriele Salvatores' Marrakech Express.[2]

As a voice actor, Venturiello performed the Italian voice of Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in his first three appearances in the Harry Potter film franchise and as Commissioner James Gordon in Batman Begins. In his animated roles, he dubbed Hades in the 1997 film Hercules and Dr. Phillium Benedict in the 2001 film Recess: School's Out.

Personal life

In 2024, Venturiello married the singer Tosca after 21 years of dating.[3]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Where's Picone?
1987 The Family Armando
The Strangeness of Life Mario
My First Forty Years Roberto D'Angelo
Good Morning, Babylon Duccio Bonanno
1988 Rorret Carl
1989 Rosso di sera Alex
Rebus Miriam’s secretary
Marrakech Express Rudy
1990 L'autostop Sandro
1991 The Wicked Enrico Carossi
Barocco Attilio Morelli
1992 Forbidden to Minors Thomas Parker
In viaggio verso est Alessandro Manetti
Lia, rispondi
1993 Caccia alle mosche Rocco
L'amore dopo Leone Aloisi
1994 Una notte che piove Guido
2001 Ravanello pallido Claudio Pignatti
2006 Our Land Aldo Di Santo

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 I ragazzi di celluloide Allievo C.S.C. TV miniseries
1982 Il caso Murri Francesco Bonmartini TV miniseries
L'indizio Il ricattatore TV miniseries
1990 Aquile Altieri TV series
1992 Gli anni d'oro Nicola TV series
Assunta Spina TV miniseries
1993 L'ispettore anticrimine Giuseppe Anastasia TV miniseries
2000 Giochi pericolosi Gabriele Lanza TV miniseries
Prigioniere del cuore Commissario Giovannetti TV miniseries
2001 Una lunga notte Alberto TV film
2002 Il giovane Casanova Foscarini TV miniseries
Padri Massimo TV miniseries
2006 Distretto di Polizia Cesare Carrano 1 episode
2007 Il Capo dei Capi Angelo Mangano TV miniseries
Imperium: Pompeii Chelidonius TV film
2008 Mogli a pezzi Gianni Nero TV miniseries
Inspector De Luca Carnera TV miniseries
2009 Intelligence – Servizi & segreti Colonel Carlo Fulgeri TV series
2010 Il peccato e la vergogna Dilmo Duranti Recurring role (season 1)
2012 Né con te né senza di te Guglielmo Cestra TV miniseries
2015 L'onore e il rispetto Dante Giordano Recurring role (season 4)
2016 Il sistema Guido Alcamo Recurring role

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1997 Hercules Hades [4]
1999 The Tale of Tsar Saltan Prince
2001 Recess: School's Out Dr. Phillium Benedict [5]

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Original actor Ref
1985 To Live and Die in L.A. Richard Chance William Petersen
A Room with a View George Emerson Julian Sands
1986 The Mission Father John Fielding Liam Neeson
1995 Casino Lester Diamond James Woods
Jade David Corelli David Caruso
1996 Dragonheart Sir Bowen Dennis Quaid
Ghosts of Mississippi Byron De La Beckwith James Woods
Escape from L.A. Snake Plissken Kurt Russell
The Stendhal Syndrome Alfredo Grossi Thomas Kretschmann
1997 The Jackal The Jackal Bruce Willis
1998 Les Misérables Jean Valjean Liam Neeson
1999 Gloria Kevin Jeremy Northam
They Called Them... Brigands! Carmine Crocco Enrico Lo Verso
2000 Billy Elliot Jackie Elliot Gary Lewis
Gangster No. 1 Freddie Mays David Thewlis
2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer Colin Firth
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Sirius Black Gary Oldman [6]
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [7]
Batman Begins James Gordon [8]
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sirius Black [9]
2011 Red Riding Hood Father Solomon
2013 Paranoia Nicholas Wyatt
2023 The Marvels Emperor Dro'ge Gary Lewis

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref
1982 Cyborg 009 002 Jet Link Main cast
1987 Star Wars: Droids C-3PO Main cast [10]
1998–1999 Hercules: The Animated Series Hades Main cast [11]
2001–2003 House of Mouse Recurring role (1st voice) [12]

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Original actor Ref
1983–1986 Knight Rider KITT Main cast (seasons 2–4) William Daniels [13]
1996 Nostromo Charles Gould TV miniseries Colin Firth

Video games (Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1997 Hercules Hades [14]

References

  1. ^ "Massimo Venturiello's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884402697.
  3. ^ "La cantante Tosca si è sposata, ecco le foto del matrimonio". Mediaset (in Italian). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Hercules Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Recess: School's Out Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Batman Begins Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Star Wars: Droids Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Hercules: The Animated Series Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. ^ "House of Mouse Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Knight Rider Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Hercules Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.