Gino La Monica
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- Actor
- voice actor
- dubbing director
Gino La Monica | |
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| Born | Luigi La Monica 14 March 1944 |
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| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse |
Emanuela Giovannini (m. 2012) |
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Luigi "Gino" La Monica (born 14 March 1944) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, La Monica started acting in theatre and television in the 1960s, working with directors such as Luchino Visconti, Ettore Giannini, Sandro Bolchi and Anton Giulio Majano.[2][3] He also performed alongside Bud Spencer in the 1977 film Charleston. In 2011 he played the part of Cardinal Altamirano in the international musical play The Mission, inspired from Roland Joffé and Robert Bolt's film of the same name, where he had also previously dubbed Jeremy Irons' role of Father Gabriel in the Italian post-synchronized version.[4][5]
In 2021, La Monica was cast by Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios to voice Tommaso in the animated film Luca, also reprising his role in the Italian-dubbed version.[6]
Gino La Monica is known to the Italian public as a voice dubbing artist, having dubbed over the voices of Christopher Walken, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Richard Gere, Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate and David Hemmings in Deep Red. Other actors dubbed by him include Martin Sheen, Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, Michael Caine, Alan Rickman, Jonathan Pryce, Jeremy Irons and many others.
