Roberto Draghetti Explained

Roberto Draghetti (24 August 1960 – 24 July 2020) was an Italian voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Rome and the older brother of actress and voice actress Francesca Draghetti, he started his career as a theatre actor in 1980 and became a voice actor and dubber ten years later. He performed the Italian-dubbed voices of Jamie Foxx, Noah Emmerich, Terry Crews and Idris Elba in some of their roles; other actors Draghetti dubbed included Mickey Rourke, Djimon Hounsou, Tyler Perry, Tyrese Gibson, Ray Stevenson and more.

Draghetti also worked in animation, giving his voice to many animated characters as well, which includes Knut in Winx Club and the Italian-dubbed voices of Maurice in the Madagascar franchise, Stoick the Vast in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, Chef Hatchet in Total Drama, Eddy in Ed, Edd n Eddy and various characters in The Simpsons.

Death

Draghetti died in Rome of a sudden heart attack on 24 July 2020, one month before his 60th birthday.^[2] He was survived by his daughter, Malvina.

Voice work

Animation

• Knut (1st voice) in Winx Club^[3]
• Gypsy in ^[4]
• Max in [it]^[5]
• Drosselmeier in [it]^[6]
• Capo/Primo Ufficiale dei Pirati (First Mate of the Pirates) in ,^{[7] [8]}
• Vitrio in ^[9]

Live action

• Radio announcer in Red Like the Sky^[10]

Dubbing

Animation

• Stoick the Vast in How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, , DreamWorks Dragons
• Maurice in Madagascar, , , The Penguins of Madagascar
• Starscream in , ,
• Sam Sheepdog and other characters in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (since 1995)^[11]
• Humphrey the Bear and Devil Pluto in Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse^[12]
• Chernabog in Disney's House of Mouse and Mickey's House of Villains (dialogue only)
• Officer Earl Devereaux in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
• Fat Tony (season 3-31), Lenny Leonard (season 8), Snake Jailbird (seasons 14-31), Superintendent Chalmers (seasons 17-31), narrator (episode 9.14), Tom Petty, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Tab Spangler, Rob Reiner, the colonel (ep. 18.5) and other roles in The Simpsons^[13]
• Charles Manson, John Postum, Panda, Rod Stewart and Chief Running Pinto in South Park (first Italian dub)^[14]
• Greg Corbin, Rusty Smith and Hulk Hogan in American Dad!
• Ebaloo, Karacka and Jude Heartphilia in Fairy Tale
• Kruncha, Hutchins and Nadakhan in Ninjago
• Jorgun and Balimbow in Gurren Lagann
• The Evil Manta and Da Shrimp in The Little Mermaid (TV series)
• Caterpillar and Benny the Cab in Disney's House of Mouse
• Lion and Louie the Mountain Lion in Mickey Mouse Works
• Billy Stumps and Gunther's father in
• Devil and Devil's Echo in Lissi und der wilde Kaiser
• Eddy in Ed, Edd n Eddy
• Experiment 627 in
• Cyborg in Teen Titans (seasons 1-4)
• Terry Kimple in The Cleveland Show
• Dim in A Bug's Life
• Spike in Flushed Away
• Great Counselor Otomo in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• Master Thundering Rhino in Kung Fu Panda 2
• Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3
• Timandahaf in Asterix and the Vikings
• Marcel in Rio
• Ay in Mr. Peabody & Sherman
• Alley in
• Ben in Pocahontas
• Gavin in
• Ted in Finding Nemo
• Chef Hatchet in Total Drama
• James in The Princess and the Frog
• Bela in Hotel Transylvania 2
• Buster in
• Skeeter Valentine in Doug's 1st Movie
• Frank in The Ugly Duckling and Me!
• Cash in The Fox and the Hound 2
• Captain Typho in Star Wars: Clone Wars
• Russian Bear in Sing
• Rookery in The Little Vampire 3D
• Sauron in The Lego Batman Movie
• Lucky in The Nut Job
• Stabbington brothers in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
• Tenzin in The Legend of Korra
• Maxum Man in Sidekick
• Brutish Guard in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Bad Bill in Rango
• Prince Darkos in Arthur and the Invisibles
• Gyu Oh in Inuyasha (season 4 ep 13)
• Joe Tabootie in ChalkZone

Live action

• Robert Epps in Transformers, ,
• Robbie Robertson in Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3
• Mark Casey in Taken, Taken 2, Taken 3
• Volstagg in Thor, ,
• Hale Caesar in The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3
• Ben Grimm / Thing in Fantastic Four,
• Jim Paxton in Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Marv in Sin City,
• Guy in Ted, Ted 2
• Dean 'MF' Jones in Horrible Bosses, Horrible Bosses 2
• Heinrich, Franco and Nakatomi (Guard) in Die Hard
• Ronald Pokelwalt, Prisoner 96G522 Carmen 'Chico' Guerra and Freakie in Oz (TV series)
• Charlie Bernard and Mr. Zisman in Alias
• Drew Bundini Brown in Ali
• Max Durocher in Collateral
• Henry Purcell in Stealth
• Sykes in Jarhead
• Ricardo Tubbs in Miami Vice
• Curtis Taylor Jr. in Dreamgirls
• Ronald Fleury in The Kingdom
• Nick Rice in Law Abiding Citizen
• Nathaniel Ayers in The Soloist
• Darryl Johnson in Due Date
• Vincent Downs in Sleepless
• Art in Project Power
• Vernon in Serving Sara
• Big Black Jack Latimore in Norbit
• Darrell in Harsh Times
• Agent 91 in Get Smart
• Louis Coltrane / Marlon in The Truman Show
• Charles Clusters in Windtalkers
• Gordo Hersch in Frequency
• Francis Tierney Jr. in Pride and Glory
• Bill in Fair Game
• Agustin Ramos / Moscow in Money Heist
• Ajihad in Eragon
• Arthur Koehler in J. Edgar
• Billy in Once Upon a Time in Mexico
• Dáin II Ironfoot in
• Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Frank Nitti in Road to Perdition
• Happy Jack Mulraney in Gangs of New York
• Hugh Stamp in
• Jack Arons in Bridge to Terabithia
• Jack Bruno in Race to Witch Mountain
• Jeff in Dancer in the Dark
• Jonah Hex in Jonah Hex
• Juan in Moonlight
• King Ricou in Aquaman
• Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men
• Professor James Arnold in
• Roger Dearly in 101 Dalmatians
• Toby Jay Wadenah in The Pledge
• Tom Chaney in True Grit
• Trumpkin in
• Wiglaf in Beowulf

Video games

• Fairburne in Sniper Elite V2, Sniper Elite 3, Sniper Elite 4
• Celebrimbor in
• Dick Marcinko in Rogue Warrior
• Keats in Folklore
• General Chase in Fallout 3
• Malcolm in Unreal Tournament 3
• Garrosh Malogrido in World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm
• Jack Vincent in
• Soldier 76 in Overwatch
• Mr. Braun in Steins;Gate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roberto Draghetti's dubbing contributions. Antoniogenna.net . 24 July 2020.
2. Web site: Roberto Draghetti: il doppiatore che ha lavorato a ONE PIECE Stampede ci lascia a 59 anni. anime.everyeye.it. 24 July 2020. 24 July 2020.
3. Web site: Winx Club. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
4. Web site: Bentornato Pinocchio. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
5. Web site: Sissi: The Young Empress - End titles. it.
6. Web site: Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina in Il mistero delle note rapite. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
7. Web site: Leo Da Vinci. vixvocal.it. it.
8. Web site: Leo Da Vinci: Missione Monna Lisa. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
9. Web site: Trash - La leggenda della piramide magica. Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net. it.
10. End titles
11. Web site: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Italian voice cast. antoniogenna.net. it.
12. Web site: it . House of Mouse - Il Topoclub (House of Mouse Italian voice cast . Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
13. Web site: I Simpson - The Simpsons Italian voice cast. antoniogenna.net.
14. Web site: South Park Italian voice cast. antoniogenna.net. it.