Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti
Antonutti in 1994
Born(1935-08-03)3 August 1935
Basiliano, Kingdom of Italy
Died5 November 2019(2019-11-05) (aged 84)
Udine, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1966–2019

Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Biography

Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyards, Antonutti embraced the acting career, working mainly on stage, especially at the Teatro Stabile di Trieste and at the Teatro Stabile di Genova, in which he often worked under Luigi Squarzina.[2][3] He made his film debut in the 1966 film Pleasant Nights starring Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida and Ugo Tognazzi. His most notable performance was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film Padre Padrone.[4][2] In Spain, he worked with Víctor Erice in El Sur,[5] and Carlos Saura in El Dorado.[6] He also played Noah in Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.[7]

Antonutti was also regularly employed in the dubbing of foreign films into the Italian language. He was a regular Italian voice actor of Christopher Lee and dubbed him in many of his film roles, which include The Lord of the Rings film franchise, The Hobbit film franchise and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Other actors he dubbed included John Hurt, Omar Sharif, Michael Gambon, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell and Robert Duvall.

Death

Antonutti died in Udine on 5 November 2019, at the age of 84, after suffering a long cancer-related illness.[8]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Pleasant Nights Il Capitano
Black Market of Love Lemaire
1974 Kidnap Bonsanti
Italy: Year One Altro comunista
Processo per direttissima Il commissario Messina
1975 The Sunday Woman Benito
1977 Padre Padrone Efisio Ledda
1979 The Truth on the Savolta Affair Savolta
1980 Alexander the Great Alexandros
1981 The Homeless One Alfredo Bossi
1982 The Night of the Shooting Stars Galvano Galvani
Grog Enrico Manzi
1983 Notturno Schwabe
Basileus Quartet Diego
The South Agustín Arenas
The Deserter Don Coi
1984 Kaos Luigi Pirandello Segment: "Colloquio con la madre"
1985 Golfo de Vizcaya Lucas
1987 Good Morning, Babylon Bonanno
Rumbo norte Sam
1988 The Witches' Sabbath Medico condotto
El Dorado Lope de Aguirre
1989 Bankomatt Ernesto Soldini
1990 Doblones de a ocho Ulpiano
Sandino Don Gregorio Sandino
1991 A Simple Story Father Cricco
Solitud Gaietà
1992 The Fencing Master Don Jaime Astarloa
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé Padilla
A Passing Season Antonio's father
1993 The Greek Labyrinth Bardón [9]
1994 Farinelli Nicola Porpora
1995 Un eroe borghese Michele Sindona
Non ci sono più
1996 The Border Simeone
1997 Bajo bandera Padre Bruno
La traduzione Short film
La terza luna Elio Sorani
1998 You Laugh
2000 Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo Barsanti
Tierra del Fuego
2002 The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair Roberto Calvi
2006 Napoleon and Me Master Fontanelli
2007 The Girl by the Lake Mario's father
2008 Miracle at St. Anna Ludovico Salducci
2010 Habibi Short film
2012 Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Giuseppe Saragat
2013 Welcome Mr. President General Secretary Ranieri
2015 Burning Love Leonardo's grandfather
2020 Hammamet Craxi's father Posthumous release

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1969 Il drago TV film
1970 Una delle ultime sere del carnevale Sior Momolo TV film
1973 ESP Jaap Ensing TV miniseries
1974 Carlo Gozzi Francesco Bartoli TV film
1978 Le mani sporche Karsky TV miniseries
1979 Vestire gli ignudi Emilio Grotti TV film
1980 Quaderno proibito Michele Cossati TV miniseries
1982 The Life of Verdi Carlo Verdi TV miniseries
1983 Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani Il padre 1 episode (season 1, episode 7)
1984 Mio figlio non sa leggere Ugo TV miniseries
1985 Los pazos de Ulloa Don Pedro TV miniseries
1986 El rey y la reina Rómulo TV film
1991 Così è (se vi pare) Signor Ponza TV film
1993 König der letzten Tage Bernhard Knipperdolling TV miniseries
1994 Genesis: The Creation and the Flood Noah TV film
1996 Dopo la tempesta Giacomo Renzi TV film
1997 Fatima Father Luís TV film
1998 La casa bruciata Ferreira Gomez TV film
1999 Pepe Carvalho Petar Grusin 1 episode (season 1, episode 8)
Ombre Vania Wolkoff TV miniseries
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale Thomas TV film
El secreto de la porcelana TV miniseries
2000 Come quando fuori piove Ugo Jessich TV miniseries
Maria, figlia del suo figlio TV film
2001 Senza confini Prefetto Piazza TV film
Klaras Hochzeit Enrico Sabatini TV film
2004 The Homicide Squad Malatesta TV miniseries
2005 Sacco e Vanzetti The Priest TV film
2007 Il Pirata: Marco Pantani Ridolfi TV film
2008 Rebecca, la prima moglie Andrew TV miniseries

Voice work

Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Secret of the Old Woods Vento Matteo Voice-over[10]
1997 Life Is Beautiful Narrator Voice-over[11]
2001 The Profession of Arms Voice-over
2003 Remember Me, My Love Voice-over
2011 Tormenti - Film disegnato [it] Voice-over[12]

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1987 The Man Who Planted Trees Narrator
2007 The Simpsons Movie Russ Cargill [13]
Noah's Ark God [14]
2009 9 Number 1 [15]
2012 Frankenweenie Mr. Rzykruski [16]

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Original actor Ref
1982 That Night in Varennes Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne Jean-Louis Barrault
1988 Another Woman Marion Post's father John Houseman
1992 The Accompanist Charles Brice Richard Bohringer
1993 Paris Trout Paris Trout Dennis Hopper
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Walter Robert Duvall
1995 Viva San Isidro Pepe Gongora Andrés Pardaye
1996 City Hall Paul Zapatti Anthony Franciosa
1997 The Education of Little Tree Granpa James Cromwell
1998 Tale of the Mummy Sir Richard Turkel Christopher Lee
1999 Sleepy Hollow Burgomaster [17]
The Straight Story Alvin Straight Richard Farnsworth [18]
Lyle Straight Harry Dean Stanton
2000 Space Cowboys Bob Gerson James Cromwell
Shiner Frank Spedding Martin Landau
My Dog Skip Adult Willie Harry Connick Jr.
2001 The Knights of the Quest Delfinello da Coverzano F. Murray Abraham
Amélie Narrator André Dussollier
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Saruman Christopher Lee [19]
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [20]
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [21]
Open Range Bluebonnet "Boss" Spearman Robert Duvall
Cold Mountain Reverend Monroe Donald Sutherland
Monsieur Ibrahim Monsieur Ibrahim Omar Sharif
2004 Pontormo – Un amore eretico Pontormo Joe Mantegna
National Treasure John Adams Gates Christopher Plummer
Kill Bill: Volume 2 Esteban Vihaio Michael Parks
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Count Dooku Christopher Lee [22]
V for Vendetta Adam Sutler John Hurt [23]
2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Narrator
Scary Movie 4 James Earl Jones
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Mr. Bauby Sr. Max von Sydow
3:10 to Yuma Byron McElroy Peter Fonda
Epic Movie Narrator Roscoe Lee Browne
One Hundred Nails Monsignore Michele Zattara
2008 City of Ember Sul Martin Landau
Fool's Gold Nigel Honeycutt Donald Sutherland
10,000 BC Narrator Omar Sharif
Australia Kipling Flynn Jack Thompson
2009 The White Ribbon Narrator Ernst Jacobi
2010 The King's Speech King George V Michael Gambon [24]
2011 This Must Be the Place Alois Lange Heinz Lieven
Season of the Witch Cardinal D'Ambroise Christopher Lee [25]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Henrik Vanger Christopher Plummer [26]
The Cardboard Village Il Sacrestano Rutger Hauer
2012 Dark Shadows Silas Clarney Christopher Lee [27]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Saruman [28]
Haute Cuisine The President Jean d'Ormesson
2013 See You Tomorrow Mario Palagonia Burt Young
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Saruman Christopher Lee [29]

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Notes Original actor Ref
1999 RKO 281 William Randolph Hearst TV film James Cromwell
2003 I ragazzi della via Pál János Gál TV miniseries Mario Adorf

Video games (Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Saruman [30]
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age [31]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Omero Antonutti: il veterano Antonutti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. ^ Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. A – L (in Italian). Vol. 3. Gremese Editore. p. 29. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  4. ^ Rich, Frank (16 January 1978). "Cinema: Wild Child". TIME Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008.
  5. ^ Canby, Vincent (15 January 1988). "Film: "El Sur", from Spain". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Canby, Vincent (22 May 1988). ""Patty" launches a major star". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Omero Antonutti". MYmovies. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Morto l'attore Omero Antonutti". ANSA. 5 November 2019.
  9. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 325. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  10. ^ Antonutti also dubs Mario Maniago in the role of a forest ranger, "Il segreto del bosco vecchio". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
  11. ^ "La vita è bella". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
  12. ^ "Tormenti". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  13. ^ "The Simpsons Movie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Noah's Ark Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  15. ^ "9 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Frankenweenie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  17. ^ "Sleepy Hollow Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  18. ^ "The Straight Story Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  19. ^ "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  20. ^ "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  21. ^ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  22. ^ "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  23. ^ "V for Vendetta Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  24. ^ "The King's Speech Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Season of the Witch Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  26. ^ "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  27. ^ "Dark Shadows Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  28. ^ "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  29. ^ "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  30. ^ "The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  31. ^ "The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

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