Carlo Sabatini (actor)
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- Actor
- voice actor
Carlo Sabatini | |
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 Sabatini in 1990 | |
| Born | 7 April 1932 |
| Died | 10 April 2020 (aged 88) |
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| Years active | 1954–2020 |
| Children | Gabriele Sabatini |
Carlo Sabatini (7 April 1932 – 10 April 2020) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Personal life and death
Born in Rome on 7 April 1932, he began his career in theatre, film, and television in the 1950s. He got his first film role in the historical melodrama Senso, directed by Luchino Visconti, who also hired him to dub Alain Delon's Italian voice as Tancredi Falconeri in The Leopard[1] and with whom he also worked on stage.[2] Through the years, Sabatini acted in multiple films and TV shows directed by Anton Giulio Majano, Vittorio Sindoni[3][4] and Leandro Castellani.[5] He was also cast in a few international productions, most notably John Moore's 2006 film The Omen (a remake of Richard Donner's film of the same name) where Sabatini portrayed Cardinal Fabretti.[6]
As a voice actor, Sabatini mainly dubbed voices for Italian-dubbed editions of foreign films. In Sabatini’s character dubbing roles, he famously dubbed over the voice of Magneto (portrayed by Ian McKellen) in the X-Men film franchise as well as Morgan Freeman’s role as "Red" in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption,[6] while on television he dubbed Josiah Bartlet (portrayed by Martin Sheen) in The West Wing and Philip Banks (portrayed by James Avery) in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.[6] The many actors he dubbed included Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Lee, and Kris Kristofferson; he also voiced Chilkoot in the Italian dub of the animated Disney film Brother Bear 2.[6]
Sabatini was the father of voice actor Gabriele Sabatini.[6]
Sabatini died in Rome on 10 April 2020, three days after his 88th birthday.[6][7][8]
Selected filmography
Film
- Senso (1954) - A soldier[6]
- The Rebel Gladiators (1963) - Settimio (as Carlo Delmi)[9]
- Boccaccio '70 (1970) - Cameo[6]
- Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) - McCallum[10]
- Strangled Lives (1996) - Commissioner[11]
- The Omen (2006) - Cardinal Fabretti[6]
Television
- I fuochi di San Giovanni - TV play (1966) - Georg[12]
- I promessi sposi - TV miniseries (1967) [6]
- La pietà di novembre - TV play (1968) - Riccardo, Luca's brother[13]
- Il corsaro - TV play (1971) - Captain, Jones[14]
- Marco Visconti - TV series (1975) - Azzone Visconti
- Un delitto perbene - TV miniseries (1977)[15]
- La gatta (1978) - André
- Il sottoscritto Giuseppe Donati all'alta corte di giustizia - TV film (1983)
- Una fredda mattina di maggio - TV film (1990)[4]
- Una donna per amico - TV series, 1 episode (1998) - Camilla's father[6]
- Soraya - TV miniseries (2003)
- Pope John Paul II - TV miniseries (2005) - Master of Ceremonies
