Francesco Prando | |
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Born | Rome, Kingdom of Italy | 22 February 1960
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
Children | 1 |
Parents |
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Relatives | Checco Durante (grandfather) Anita Durante (grandmother) Lelia Durante (aunt) |
Francesco Prando (born 22 February 1960) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Biography
Prando was born in Rome to actors Marcello Prando and Luciana Durante. His maternal grandparents were actors Checco and Anita Durante.[2] As a voice actor, Prando is renowned for dubbing over the voices of Luke Perry, Vince Vaughn, Guy Pearce and Matthew McConaughey. He has also dubbed over Keanu Reeves, Daniel Craig, Jason Statham, Paul Rudd, Michael Fassbender and many more. Some of his popular dubbing roles include Will Truman (portrayed by Eric McCormack) in the Italian version of Will & Grace.
In Prando's animated roles, he voiced Ned Flanders in the Italian dub of The Simpsons since Season 4, replacing Pino Insegno. He also performed the Italian voices of Prince Charming in the Shrek films, Phineas T. Ratchet in Robots, Li Shang in Mulan and more.
Filmography
Cinema
- Oltre la notte (1993)
- L'anniversario (1999)
- Another World (2010)
- ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
Television
- La piovra, season 7 - TV Series (1995)
- Don Milani il priore di Barbiana (1997) - TV Film
- Enchantment (2000-2006)
- Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi (2014) - TV Series, 3 episodes
- Squadra mobile - TV Series (2017)
Dubbing roles
Animation
- Ned Flanders in The Simpsons (season 4+), The Simpsons Movie
- Lion-O in ThunderCats
- Winston in 44 Cats
- Prince Charming in Shrek 2, Shrek the Third
- John Rolfe in Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
- Phineas T. Ratchet in Robots
- Wenlock in Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
- Roddy St. James in Flushed Away
- Li Shang in Mulan, Mulan II
- Pongo in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
- Buster Moon in Sing, Sing 2
- Derek Dietl in Monsters vs. Aliens
- King Arthur in Quest for Camelot
- Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes (1996-2006), The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1999 redub)
Live action
- John "Sheriff" Volgecherev in Return to Paradise
- Norman Bates in Psycho (1998 film)
- Lester Long in Clay Pigeons
- Rick Barnes in Domestic Disturbance
- Ricky Slade in Made
- Peter LaFleur in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
- Raji Lowenthal in Be Cool
- Eddie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Gary Grobowski in The Break-Up
- Dave in Couples Retreat
- Ronny Valentine in The Dilemma
- Bob McAllister in The Watch
- Rosie in Lay the Favorite
- Nick Campbell in The Internship
- Alan in A Case of You
- David Wozniak in Delivery Man
- Dan Trunkman in Unfinished Business
- Howell in Hacksaw Ridge
- Hutch Morgan in Fighting with My Family
- Frank Semyon in True Detective
- Roger Sherman Baldwin in Amistad
- Andrew Tyler in U-571
- Steve Edison in The Wedding Planner
- Troy in Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
- Steven Bedalia in Tiptoes
- Jack Lengyel in We Are Marshall
- Connor Mead in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
- Mickey Haller in The Lincoln Lawyer
- Joe Cooper in Killer Joe
- Mark Hanna in The Wolf of Wall Street
- Ward Jansen in The Paperboy
- Mud in Mud
- Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club
- Joseph Cooper in Interstellar
- Arthur Brennan in The Sea of Trees
- Newton Knight in Free State of Jones
- Kenny Wells in Gold
- Walter Padick in The Dark Tower
- John Mason / Baker Dill in Serenity
- Brett in Dating the Enemy
- Ed Exley in L.A. Confidential
- Alexander Hartdegen in The Time Machine
- Aidan McRory in Two Brothers
- Charlie Burns in The Proposition
- Jimmy Starks in First Snow
- Andy Warhol in Factory Girl
- Matthew Thompson in The Hurt Locker
- Roy Clayton in Traitor
- Kendall Duncan in Bedtime Stories
- Alex Hurst in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- Simon in Seeking Justice
- Marion Snow in Lockout
- Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3
- Jonas in Equals
- Evan Birch in Spinning Man
- Robert Furman in The Catcher Was a Spy
- Joe Martin in Domino
- Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210
- Fred Andrews in Riverdale
- Luke Perry in Christmas Vacation '95
- Chris Anderson in Normal Life
- Billy Masterson in The Fifth Element
- Ron Young in Storm
- Wayne Maunder in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Will Truman in Will & Grace
- Sam Field in Borrowed Hearts
- Mason McGuire in Trust Me
- Daniel J. Pierce in Perception
- Grant MacLaren in Travelers
- Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix
- Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds
- Quintus Dias in Centurion
- Brandon Sullivan in Shame
- Edward Fairfax Rochester in Jane Eyre (2011 film)
- Paul in Haywire
- David 8 in Prometheus
- David 8 / Walter 1 in Alien: Covenant
- Macbeth in Macbeth (2015 film)
- Cal Lynch / Aguilar de Nerha in Assassin's Creed
- Tom Sherbourne in The Light Between Oceans
- Cook in Song to Song
- Chad Cutler in Trespass Against Us
- Harry Hole in The Snowman
- Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious
- Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
- Luke Wright in Safe
- Rick Ford in Spy
- Nick Wild in Wild Card
- Arthur Bishop in Mechanic: Resurrection
- Lee Christmas in The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3
- Master Kane in A Kid in King Arthur's Court
- Telford Winter in The Trench
- Ted Hughes in Sylvia
- James Bond in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, No Time to Die
- Guy Crouchback in Sword of Honour
- Joe in Enduring Love
- XXXX in Layer Cake
- Christopher Kelso in Archangel
- Lord Asriel in The Golden Compass
- Joe Scot in Flashbacks of a Fool
- Tuvia Bielski in Defiance
- Jake Lonergan in Cowboys & Aliens
- Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine in The Adventures of Tintin
- Will Atenton / Peter Ward in Dream House
- Benoit Blanc in Knives Out
- Brian Fantana in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
- Josh Lucas in Clueless
- Adam Pearl in I Could Never Be Your Woman
- Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
- Don John in Much Ado About Nothing
- Siddhartha in Little Buddha
- Jack Traven in Speed
- Johnny Smith in Johnny Mnemonic
- Paul Sutton in A Walk in the Clouds
- Eddie Kasalivich in Chain Reaction
- Jjaks Clayton in Feeling Minnesota
- Julian Mercer in Something's Gotta Give
- Henry Torne in Henry's Crime
- John Wall in Generation Um...
- Kai in 47 Ronin
- Evan Webber in Knock Knock
- William Beckham in To the Bone
- William Foster in Replicas
- Keanu Reeves in Always Be My Maybe
- Wayne Campbell in Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2
- John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan
- Steven Hiller in Independence Day
- Robert Clayton Dean in Enemy of the State
- Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia!
- Danny O'Neill in Live Wire
- Mark Sloan in Grey's Anatomy
- Tom Chandler in The Last Ship
- Will Schuester in Glee
- Trip Tucker in Star Trek: Enterprise
- Jim Train in The Safety of Objects
- Paul Stanton in Inhale
- Richard Stoker in Stoker
- Steve Huberbrecht in August: Osage County
- Sean Brenner in Insidious: Chapter 3
- Lawrence Lanpher in Truth
- David Kelly in Dirty Grandpa
- Mark Robertson in The Mountain Between Us
- László Almásy in The English Patient
- Tony Angel in The Good Thief
- Michael Ebbs in The Chumscrubber
- Joe in Land of the Blind
- Stephen Tulloch in Chromophobia
- William Cavendish in The Duchess
- Caius Martius Coriolanus in Coriolanus
- M. Gustave in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Harold Lowe in Titanic
- Kevin Shepherd in 102 Dalmatians
- Nick Easter in Runaway Jury
- Dinky Winks in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
- Shep Wild in Ted 2
- Mobius M. Mobius in Loki
- Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins, The Batman
References
- ↑ "Francesco Prando's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ intervista 2012 interview (in Italian)
External links
- Francesco Prando at IMDb
- Francesco Prando at Anime News Network's encyclopedia