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Italian actor (1956–2012) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Danilo De Girolamo (1 May 1956 – 9 May 2012) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Born in Rome, De Girolamo began his career in Florence as an actor in the theatre during the 1980s and he participated in events such as Festival dei Due Mondi. He later went on to become a voice dubber. He was best known for voicing Remus Lupin (portrayed by David Thewlis) in the Italian dubbed broadcasts of the Harry Potter saga as well as James Norrington (portrayed by Jack Davenport) in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.[1] De Girolamo was also a regular dubbing artist for Alan Cumming, Vincent Gallo and Ulrich Tukur.[2]
In his animation roles, De Girolamo voiced Master Crane in the Italian dubs of the first two Kung Fu Panda movies, Delbert Doppler in Treasure Planet, Bear, Treelo, Ray the Sun, Jacques the Beaver, Big Old Bullfrog, Doc Hogg, Jeremiah Tortoise and Jack the Dog in Bear in the Big Blue House, Jeff Fungus in Monsters, Inc., Gurgle in Finding Nemo and he even voiced Guido in various foreign dubbed versions of Cars. For television, he dubbed Gustavo Fring (portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito) in Breaking Bad and Lorne (portrayed by Andy Hallett) in Angel. Other actors, De Girolamo occasionally dubbed included Adam Sandler, Clive Owen, Johnny Depp, Tim Roth, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth and Guy Pearce.[2]
From 2004 until his death in 2012, De Girolamo served as the President of the ANAD, which is a dubbing company based in Italy.
De Girolamo died of a sudden heart attack on 9 May 2012, aged 56.[3][clarification needed]
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