Luca Biagini Explained

Luca Biagini (born 3 October 1949) is an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Active in theatre, cinema and television since the 1970s, he is also known for dubbing over the voices of actors such as Hugo Weaving in The Lord of the Rings film series, Michael Keaton in Batman and Spotlight, Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket, J.K. Simmons in Whiplash, Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys, Ed Harris in The Hours, Colin Firth, John Malkovich and Kevin Kline in most of their performances.

In 2010, he became the new official voice of Hugh Laurie in House, after the death of his former dubber Sergio Di Stefano.

He also gave his voice to animated characters such as Tigger from Winnie the Pooh since 1999, Sebastian St. Clair in BoJack Horseman, Jake from The Rescuers Down Under and the Rat from Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1977	Sahara Cross	Louis	[2]
1980			[3]
1981			[4]
1982	Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere		[5]
1997	Il più lungo giorno	Giovanni Campana	[6]
1999	Un anno in campagna	Il conte	[7]
2003	The Cruelest Day	General Carmine Fiore	[8]
2004	Ecuba	Talthybius	[9]
2006		Craig Meisel / Narrator
		Vito	[10]
2011	Women vs. Men	Ringo	Episode "Beatles"[11]
2012	Voci in nero	The Announcer	Documentary[12]
2013	Bologna 2 agosto... I giorni della collera	Prof. Massimo Salera	[13]
	Un'insolita vendemmia	Gabriele	[14]
2017		Comandante Cafieri	[15]
2019	La vacanza	Arturo	[16]

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1966	Il conte di Montecristo	Quarto marinaio	TV miniseries
1967	La fiera della vanità	Alfiere Stubble	TV miniseries
1972	I demoni	Satov	TV miniseries
1974	Un certo Marconi	Sid Ross	TV film
1975	Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano	Giuseppe Luciani	TV miniseries
1979	Il signore di Ballantrae	Henry Durie	TV miniseries
	Il delitto Notarbartolo	Marchesano	TV miniseries
1980	L'eredità della priora	Andrea Guarna	TV miniseries
	Delitto in piazza	Mario Aldara	TV miniseries
1997	Caro maestro	Gianni Vivaldi	TV series
1998–1999	Una donna per amico	Professor Conti	TV series
2000	Il rumore dei ricordi	Giorgio	TV miniseries
2002	The Angel's House	Franco Manetti	TV film
	Lo zio d'America	Riccardo	TV series
2012	Il caso Enzo Tortora - Dove eravamo rimasti?	Dall'Ora	TV miniseries
2013			TV miniseries
	La Madonna del Parto	Bishop	TV documentary
2015	Solo per amore	Giovanni Fiore	TV series[17]
2022	Sopravvissuti	Armando Leone	TV series[18]

Voice work

• Diderot in Lucky and Zorba - Animated film (1998)^[19]
• Narrator in Kiss Me Lorena (2005),^[20] L'amore al tempo del precariato - TV series (2015)^[21]
• Alain-Fournier in (2012) - TV miniseries^[22]
• Riccardo Corsaris in Gorlach: The Legend of Cordelia (2016) - Medium-length film^[23]
• Voice-over in Mirabile visione: Inferno - documentary (2022)^[24]

Dubbing roles

Animation

• Elton John, Declan Desmond (episode 18.13), Steve Mobbs, Moe's Bar Rag and Victor Kleskow in The Simpsons^[25]
• Jake in The Rescuers Down Under
• Tigger in Winnie the Pooh (since 1999)
• Kent Mansley in The Iron Giant
• Rameses II in The Prince of Egypt
• Principal Shepherd (season 13+), Jonathan, Rod Serling and Bill Murray in Family Guy^[26]
• Mark Griff in Stanley
• Clair in BoJack Horseman
• Qwerty in VeggieTales
• Percy Polie in Rolie Polie Olie
• Arty Smartypants in Between the Lions
• Whitey in Flushed Away
• Jack the Dog in Bear in the Big Blue House
• Ray Liotta in Bee Movie
• Henry the Green Engine Thomas and the Magic Railroad
• Andy in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series
• Papa Q. Bear in The Berenstain Bears
• The Wicked King in Sarah Lee Jones and the Magic Village
• Zartog in Space Chimps
• Jack in Blue's Clues
• Papu in Oobi
• Andre in The Tale of Despereaux
• Rat in Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Grimble in
• Clyde in Wreck-It Ralph
• Prince John in
• Leonardo da Vinci in Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Live action

• Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman, The Flash^[27]
• Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1999 redub)
• Gregory House in House (seasons 7–8)
• Elrond in The Lord of the Rings
• Walter V. Robinson in Spotlight
• Private/Sergeant Cowboy in Full Metal Jacket
• Terence Fletcher in Whiplash
• James Cole in 12 Monkeys
• Richard "Richie" Brown in The Hours
• Wally the Great in The Wiggles Movie
• Geoffrey Clifton in The English Patient
• Harry Hart / Galahad in
• Cyrus Grissom in Con Air
• John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich
• Humma Kavula in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Galbatorix in Eragon
• Osbourne Cox in Burn After Reading
• Lucien Laurin in Secretariat
• Quentin Turnbull in Jonah Hex
• Marvin Boggs in Red
• Donald Vidrine in Deepwater Horizon
• Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell in Dave
• Alvin in No Strings Attached
• Quintus in Fallout
• Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice^[28]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luca Biagini's dubbing contributions . Antoniogenna.net . 24 August 2018.
2. Web site: Sahara Cross (1977). archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
3. Web site: Sbamm!. cinematografo.it. it.
4. Web site: Teste di quoio (1981). cinematografo.it. it.
5. Web site: Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (1982). archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. it.
6. Web site: Il più lungo giorno. comingsoon.it. it.
7. Web site: Un anno in campagna (1999). cinematografo.it. it.
8. Web site: Ilaria Alpi - Il Più Crudele dei Giorni. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
9. Web site: Ecuba. cinematografo.it. it.
10. Web site: Per Non Dimenticarti. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
11. Web site: Femmine Contro Maschi. it. cinemaitaliano.info.
12. Web site: Voci in nERo. L’Emilia-Romagna nelle pagine del noir (2012), Riccardo Marchesini. it. cinemaitaliano.info.
13. Web site: Bologna 2 Agosto... I Giorni Della Collera (2013). it. cinematografo.it.
14. Web site: UN'INSOLITA VENDEMMIA. cinematografo.it. it.
15. Web site: Metti Una Notte (2017), di Cosimo Messeri. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
16. Web site: La Vacanza (2019), di Enrico Iannaccone. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
17. Web site: Solo per amore 2: tutto sulla prima puntata della fiction. Francesca Canino. panorama.it. it. 11 May 2017.
18. Web site: Sopravvissuti (2022), di Carmine Elia. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
19. Web site: La gabbianella e il gatto. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
20. Web site: Kiss Me Lorena. filmitalia.org. it.
21. Web site: L'amore al tempo del precariato. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
22. Web site: Zodiaco - Il libro perduto. repubblica.it. it.
23. Web site: Gorlach: The Legend of Cordelia (2016), di Fabio Cento. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
24. Web site: Mirabile Visione: Inferno (2022), di Matteo Gagliardi. cinemaitaliano.info. it.
25. Web site: I Simpson. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
26. Web site: I Griffin. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
27. Web site: The Flash. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
28. Web site: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.