Angelo Nicotra

Born in Rome and the youngest son of the actors Antonio Nicotra and Mariannina Libassi, Nicotra began his career as a child actor with short roles in the 1952 film Genoese Dragnet and the 1953 film Good Folk's Sunday. He continued acting on screen as an adult portraying the protagonist's colleague in the 1982 film The Haunted House. Additionally, he made at least one appearance in the television shows Il maresciallo Rocca and Carabinieri.^[2]

Nicotra was best known as a voice actor, dubbing films, television shows and video games into the Italian language.^[3] He became the official Italian voice of Morgan Freeman after Renato Mori stepped down from the role in 2011. He also dubbed over the voices of Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey Tambor, Brendan Gleeson, Paul Guilfoyle, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins and other actors in much of their content. Some of his character roles include Ben Parker (performed by Cliff Robertson) in the Spider-Man trilogy, Ratchet (performed by Robert Foxworth) in the Transformers film series and Reuben Tishkoff (performed by Elliott Gould) in the Ocean's film series.^[4]

In Nicotra's animated roles, he performed the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Italian dubbed version of the Toy Story film franchise since first until forth movie, then Gerolamo Alchieri took the role when it happens on the fifth movie, as well as the Italian voice of Gonzo in The Muppets from 1979 until 2021.^[5] He also dubbed Brain in Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain as well as Dr. Zoidberg in the last 19 episodes of the seventh season of Futurama following the death of Claudio Fattoretto in 2013. Additionally, Nicotra replaced Massimo Corvo as the Italian voice of Pete from 2011 until 2021 when Paolo Marchese took on the role.

Nicotra was the younger brother of the television director Giancarlo Nicotra. He had one daughter, Barbara from his marriage to the actress Olimpia Di Nardo. From his marriage to Fiorella Fiorini, he had one son, Francesco, who is also a voice actor.^[6]

Nicotra died in Rome on 8 March 2024 at 75.^[7]