| Danilo De Girolamo | |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1980–2012 |
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 and worked as a regular dubbing artist for Alan Cumming, Vincent Gallo, Matthew Modine and Ulrich Tukur. Other actors De Girolamo occasionally dubbed included Adam Sandler, Clive Owen, Johnny Depp, Tim Roth, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth and Guy Pearce.[1]
De Girolamo 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. For television, he dubbed Gustavo Fring (portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito) in Breaking Bad and Lorne (portrayed by Andy Hallett) in Angel. In De Girolamo's animated roles, he gave his voice to Master Crane in the Italian dubs of the first two Kung Fu Panda movies, Delbert Doppler in Treasure Planet, Bear, Treelo and various other characters in Bear in the Big Blue House, Fungus in Monsters, Inc., Gurgle in Finding Nemo and he also voiced Guido in various foreign dubbed versions of Cars.[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. As a dubbing director, he directed the dubbed versions of television shows such as Dirty Sexy Money, Hannah Montana and animated shows such as Phineas and Ferb.[3]
De Girolamo died of a sudden heart attack on 9 May 2012, eight days after his 56th birthday.[4]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | King Gator | ||
| 1992 | Hexxus | |||
| 2000 | Dash | [5] | ||
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Fungus | [6] | |
| Waking Life | Caveh Zahedi | |||
| 2002 | The Princess and the Pea | King Laird | ||
| Treasure Planet | Dr. Delbert Doppler | [7] | ||
| 2003 | Roger Radcliffe (singing voice) | |||
| Castle in the Sky | Muska | |||
| Finding Nemo | Gurgle | [8] | ||
| 2004 | Troubadour | |||
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Cyril Proudbottom | |||
| Persnikitty | ||||
| Mulan II | Ling (singing voice) | |||
| 2005 | Wallace | |||
| Valiant | Rollo | |||
| 2006 | Cars | Guido (various foreign dubbed versions) | ||
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Martin Benson | [9] | |
| Lissi and the Wild Emperor | Father-in-Law | |||
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Crane | [10] | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Narrator | |||
| Bolt | Professor | |||
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | President Hathaway | ||
| A Town Called Panic | Simon | |||
| Astro Boy | Mr. Squirt | |||
| 2010 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Dr. Griffiths | ||
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Crane | [11] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–1994 | Garfield and Friends | Roy | Recurring role | ||
| 1990 | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Baby Gonzo | TV film | [23] | |
| 1998–1999 | Hercules: The Animated Series | Pain | Recurring role | [24] | |
| 1999 | Teletubbies | Bear | 1 episode (season 1, episode 11) | ||
| 2000–2002 | Mike, Lu & Og | Spiney Porcupine | Recurring role | ||
| 2001–2004 | House of Mouse | Pain | Recurring role | [25] | |
| Timothy Q. Mouse | |||||
| 2001–2006 | Bear in the Big Blue House | Bear | Main cast | [26] | |
| Treelo | |||||
| Various characters | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Magic User's Club | Katsuhito Kubo | Recurring role | ||
| 2003–2005 | Gals! | Nakanishi | Recurring role | ||
| 2003–2007 | Kim Possible | Frugal Lucre | Recurring role | [27] | |
| 2004 | Gowap | Gowap | Main cast | ||
| 2006–2009 | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends | Mr. Mantis | Recurring role | ||
| 2007–2008 | Jane and the Dragon | Dragon | Main cast | ||
| 2008 | Armitage III | Coroner | Recurring role | ||
| 2011–2012 | Crane | Recurring role (season 1) | [28] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Annie | Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan | TV film | Alan Cumming | |
| 2000 | Early Edition | Chuck Fishman | Main cast | Fisher Stevens | |
| 2004–2007 | Angel | Lorne | Recurring role (season 2–5) | Andy Hallett | |
| 2005 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | TV miniseries | David Tennant | |
| 2005–2011 | Desperate Housewives | Paul Young | Main cast | Mark Moses | |
| 2010–2012 | The Good Wife | Eli Gold | Main cast (season 1–3) | Alan Cumming | |
| Breaking Bad | Gustavo "Gus" Fring | Recurring role (season 2–4) | Giancarlo Esposito | [29] |