Luigi "Gino" La Monica (born 14 March 1944) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Gino La Monica | |
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| Born | Luigi La Monica 14 March 1944 |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1965–present |
| Spouse |
Emanuela Giovannini (m. 2012) |
| Children |
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Biography
editTrained 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 Italian.[4][5]
In 2021, La Monica was cast by Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios to voice Tommaso in the animated film Luca, 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.
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Charleston | Sergeant Roy | |
| 2001 | The House of Chicken | Procuratore | |
| A Lele - Il caso Scieri | Medium-length film[7] | ||
| 2011 | Tutta colpa della musica |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Il conte di Montecristo | Quarto marinaio | TV miniseries |
| 1967 | La fiera della vanità | Alfiere Stubble | TV miniseries |
| 1972 | I demoni | Satov | TV miniseries |
| 1974 | Un certo Marconi | Sid Ross | TV film |
| 1975 | Processo per l'uccisione di Raffaele Sonzogno giornalista romano | Giuseppe Luciani | TV miniseries |
| 1979 | Il signore di Ballantrae | Henry Durie | TV miniseries |
| Il delitto Notarbartolo | Marchesano | TV miniseries | |
| 1980 | L'eredità della priora | Andrea Guarna | TV miniseries |
| Delitto in piazza | Mario Aldara | TV miniseries | |
| 1997 | Caro maestro | Gianni Vivaldi | TV series |
| 1998–1999 | Una donna per amico | Professor Conti | TV series |
| 2000 | Il rumore dei ricordi | Giorgio | TV miniseries |
| 2002 | The Angel's House | Franco Manetti | TV film |
| Lo zio d'America | Riccardo | TV series | |
| 2012 | Il caso Enzo Tortora - Dove eravamo rimasti? | Dall'Ora | TV miniseries |
Voice work
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | I Lunes e la sfera di Lasifer | Narrator | Animated film | [8] |
| Padre Pio | Wojtyla | [9] | ||
| 2007 | Partire, Ritornare. In Viaggio con Tahar Ben Jelloun | Voice-over | Documentary | [10] |
| 2015 | 1200 km di bellezza | [11] | ||
| 2021 | Luca | Tommaso | Animated film (original English voice-over, Italian dub) | [12] |
| Ciao Alberto | Additional voices | Animated short film | [13] |
Dubbing
editFilms (Animation, Italian dub)
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Asterix the Gaul | Narrator | |
| 1968 | Asterix and Cleopatra | ||
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Elrond | |
| 1999 | Animal Farm | Benjamin | |
| 2000 | Titan A.E. | Professor Sam Tucker | |
| 2004 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (2004 redub) | The Wind in the Willows segment narrator | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Ozzie |
Films (Live action, Italian dub)
editTelevision (Animation, Italian dub)
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–1977 | Magne Robo Gakeen | Narrator | Main cast | |
| 1985 | Story of the Alps: My Annette | Dr. Givette | Recurring role | |
| 1997 | Kassai and Luk | Narrator | Main cast | |
| 2007–2009 | In the Night Garden... | |||
| 2008 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Long Feng | Recurring role; Season 2 | |
| 2009–2015 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Admiral Wullf Yularen | Recurring role |
Television (Live action, Italian dub)
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Dieter Bergman | TV film | Sam Neill |
Notes
edit- ^ "Gino La Monica's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ "THE MISSION MUSICAL: Cast". themissionmusical.blogspot.com.
- ^ Intervista a Luigi "Gino" La Monica | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it on YouTube (in Italian)
- ^ "THE MISSION MUSICAL". themissionmusical.blogspot.com.
- ^ Intervista a Luigi "Gino" La Monica | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it on YouTube, 15m38s (in Italian)
- ^ "Luca". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.
- ^ "A Lele - Il caso Scieri (2001), di Giulio Reale". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
- ^ "I Lunes e la sfera di Lasifer". vixvocal.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Padre Pio". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
- ^ "Partire, Ritornare. In viaggio con Tahar Ben Jelloun (2007), di Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini". cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian).
- ^ "1200KM DI BELLEZZA". cinematografo.it (in Italian).
- ^ "Luca Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ End credits
External links
edit- Gino La Monica at IMDb
- Gino La Monica at Anime News Network's encyclopedia