Adalberto Maria Merli

Born in Rome, Merli is active on film and television and he has appeared in over 27 films since 1965. He had his breakout role in the 1968 RAI television series La freccia nera.^[1] After some further television success through the TV series Le terre di Sacramento and E le stelle stanno a guardare Merli made his film debut in the 1971 Miklós Jancsó's drama film La tecnica e il rito, then he became quite active in films of "poliziottesco" or political genre, often in leading roles.^[1]

Merli is also active as a voice actor.^[2] He is known for having dubbed over the voices of Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, David Carradine, Brian Cox, Malcolm McDowell and Michael Caine in some of their films. In his Italian dubbed animation roles, he voiced James P. Sullivan in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles, The Spirit of the West in Rango, and Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove.^[1][3]

From Merli's relationship with the Swedish actress Eva Axén, he has one daughter, Euridice Axen, born in 1980. Euridice holds her mother’s surname.^[4]

• Roma (1972) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
• The Hassled Hooker (1972) - Claudio Santini
• Indian Summer (1972) - Gerardo Favani
• Black Holiday (1973) - Franco Rossini
• Flatfoot (1973) - Police Commissioner Tabassi
• Processo per direttissima (1974) - Brigadiere Pendicò
• La femme aux bottes rouges (1974) - Man
• Peur sur la ville (1975) - Pierre Valdeck / Minos
• Faccia di spia (1975) - Captain Felix Ramos
• Le Gang (1977) - Manu
• Per questa notte (1977) - Ossorio
• Sciopèn (1982) - Andrea Serano
• Cento giorni a Palermo (1984) - Mafioso
• Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) - Cesare Molteni (uncredited)
• L'orchestre rouge (1989) - Berg
• Duel of Hearts (1991, TV Movie) - Grimaldi
• State Secret (1995) - Ermes Ravida
• Stupor mundi (1997) - The Pope
• The Dinner (1998) - Bricco
• Crimine contro crimine (1998) - Monzi
• The Card Player (2004) - Police Commissioner