Giancarlo Giannini
Date of birth: 1942-08-01
Place of birth: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Charlie Johns, جانکارلو جانینی
Biography
Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and dubber. Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. In 1971, he appeared in E le stelle stanno a guardare, a television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down. In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which is unusual in that his performance was given entirely in Italian. He dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of both The Shining and Batman; he is the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. He has also appeared in A Walk in the Clouds and Man on Fire. Giannini's best-known starring roles have been in films directed by Lina Wertmuller. In addition to Swept Away and Seven Beauties, he also appeared in The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata. He played the role of the protective father, Alberto Aragón, in A Walk in the Clouds in 1995. He played the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries. In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness. Perhaps his best-known recent role is as French agent René Mathis in the 21st and 22nd James Bond films, Casino Royale and the sequel, Quantum of Solace. Giannini has a son, Adriano Giannini, who is also an actor and dubber. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Giannini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Lili Marleen
1981-01-14
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Je
Jacob
1994-12-04
Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds
Quantum of Solace
2008-10-29
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pur
The Innocent
1976-05-18
Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990-09-10
Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident.
Five Moons Plaza
2003-05-09
Just the night before his retirement District Attorney Saracini is given a film showing the kidnappi
Mimic
1997-08-22
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epid
Darkness
2002-10-11
A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy ol
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970-01-02
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
The Whole Shebang
2001-02-11
On a mission to save his family's fireworks business, a man becomes distracted after he falls in lov
Raul - Right to Kill
2005-04-15
In a fascist Rome anxiously awaiting Hitler's visit, Raul is a young man not aligned with the regim
I Fratelli De Filippo
2021-12-13
The story of the De Filippo brothers, children of Eduardo Scarpetta.
Man on Fire
2004-04-23
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl
Hannibal
2001-02-08
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in di
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971-08-12
Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies
A Walk in the Clouds
1995-05-27
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their
Once Upon a Crime
1992-03-06
On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married coupl
CQ
2001-05-12
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own person
Anzio
1968-07-24
American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to
Casino Royale
2006-11-14
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker g
Palermo – Milan One Way
1996-02-02
A mob accountant accepts to be witness for the prosecution at a trial involving Mafia higher-ups. Se
Milan – Palermo: The Return
2007-11-23
Turi Leofonte is released from prison after eleven years and asks for the surviving members of his o
My House in Umbria
2003-05-25
Emily Delahunty is an eccentric British romance novelist who lives in Umbria in central Italy. One d
One Way Ticket
1971-05-26
After a bank robbery gone wrong, a crook goes on the run across Belgium to escape the police, clear
La lupa
1996-09-16
She was tall, dark and thin, with a proud and voluptuous bust. They called her "The she-wolf" becaus
Seven Beauties
1975-12-20
Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
2017-11-16
Pee is a cute little worker bear. Pupù, on the other hand, is a greedy and chubby little bird while
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
2021-10-20
Necessarily far from the spotlights, Monica Vitti shines in a light intact to the eyes of spectators
Swept Away
1974-12-18
A spoiled rich woman and a brutish Communist deckhand become stranded alone on a desert island after
La bella società
2009-05-21
New York Crossing
1996-12-12
A family reunion is disrupted by possibly the real Santa Claus collapsing in Penn Station - minor mi
Indian Summer
1972-10-18
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini
Love and Anarchy
1973-02-23
Set in Fascist Italy before the outbreak of World War II, the story centers on Tunin, a farmer turne
Gianni Schicchi
2021-11-28
Relatives of a recently deceased wealthy man enlist the help of a wise man to help them inherit the
The Sensual Man
1973-10-24
The Catanese baron Paolo Castorini leaves the closed Sicilian environment and moves to Rome where he
The Maidens' Conspiracy
2006-04-07
Constantinople, 1401. The emperor of Byzantium asks the famous knight Tirant lo Blanc to free the ci
The Criminals of the Metropolis
1967-01-01
A group of drug dealers clashes with the police several times between December 28th and New Year's E
American Dreamer
1984-10-26
American housewife Cathy Palmer loses her memory on a trip to Paris after being hit by a car. She wa
Snack Bar Budapest
1988-09-22
While his girlfriend recovers from a medical procedure, a corrupt lawyer becomes entranced by the gr
The Murri Affair
1974-09-28
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reacti
Time to Kill
1989-09-10
During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert af
13 at a Table
2004-11-12
Giulio, a divorced middle-aged man, returns to the family villa in Tuscany where he spent his childh
New York Stories
1989-03-10
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-tal
Tonight I'll Throw Me
1967-11-03
Summer Late sixties, Want to sing, Of Sun. Of golden skin from tanning. Of endless beaches. And rela
Blood Feud
1978-12-21
In pre-World War II Sicily, just as the fascists come to power, two men fall in love with the same w
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970-01-18
Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love tr
Elective Affinities
1996-05-17
After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of th
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
2002-03-07
A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican an
Like Two Crocodiles
1995-03-31
A successful Italian man living in Paris returns to Italy to exact financial revenge upon his cruel
Incantato
2003-01-24
Rome, 1929. The Pope's tailor sends his only son, 35-year-old virgin Nello, to more liberal Bologna
Where's Picone?
1984-01-12
During a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 1980s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who
Il consiglio d'Egitto
2002-01-01
The Beast
1974-08-12
An experienced truck-driver is forced to become assistant to a young Sicilian driver. The Beast, the
Saving Grace
1986-05-02
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the ou
I picari
1987-12-18
The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
Midnight Pleasures
1975-02-19
Tina is on trial for the murder of her lover, Gino. The violent nature of their relationship, reveal
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996-09-13
After a big car accident, caused by his brother Valerio, Antonio is mentally-ill, fallen to a childl
Senza malizia
2023-07-05
Celluloide
1996-01-26
June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odd
Lovers and Liars
1979-01-05
An American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.
A Night Full of Rain
1978-01-17
Lizzy, a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo. Then finds she c
A Night with Sabrina Love
2000-06-08
When he wins a contest, seventeen-year-old Daniel Montero gets to spend a night in Buenos Aires with
Milonga
1999-04-09
A celebrity is murdered in broad daylight in the streets of Rome. Behind the murder lies a much more
Forever
2003-09-25
Giovanni is a criminal lawyer who is successful both at work and with women, despite a happy marriag
How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973-12-19
How Funny Can Sex Be? is an nine-episode anthology film about love, sex and marriage in contemporary
Fever Pitch
1985-11-22
An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry — organized gambling.
Blood Red
1989-08-18
Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industria
Terra bruciata
1999-11-26
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
2002-01-18
Duetto
2022-09-29
Duetto takes place in 1965 and tells the story of 18-year-old Cora, a Brazilian from an Italian fami
Dark Illness
1990-02-22
After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.
The Sleazy Uncle
1989-10-27
A businessman has trouble reuniting with his roguish con-artist uncle, especially when the uncle pro
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
2013-05-31
Elderly Italian who immigrated to Canada after killing a famous soccer player in a car accident must
Ternosecco
1987-01-16
On a hot summer night, Raffaele, the elderly manager of a Neapolitan counter-lot, is brutally strang
Cabrini
2024-03-07
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime,
Rita the Mosquito
1966-09-30
Rita, a vivacious co-ed is in love with her music teacher, a man who leads a double life - bespectac
I Will Return
2009-06-05
Anna, owner of an electro-mechanical factory, has an affair with her best friend Lisa's husband, hun
Life with the Kids
1990-02-01
The story of one man dealing with an unexpected series of events, discovering his youth once again i
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023-05-11
Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things
Eurotrapped
2013-02-28
AmeriQua is the story of a lazy recent graduate, Charlie (Bobby Kennedy), whose rich parents cut him
Francesca and Nunziata
2003-01-01
At the beginning of the century, in Italy, a wealthy woman Francesca (Loren), adopts a poor little g
Don't Sting the Mosquito
1967-03-24
Rita, a vivacious co-ed flees her boarding school with her music teacher, who is also engaged to her
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
2007-09-10
The Seduction of Mimi
1972-02-19
Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his liveli
Il sangue e la rosa
2008-09-02
Omamamia
2012-11-01
Where shall we put grandma? Her permanently anxious and stressed daughter, Marie, knows exactly wher
Giovanni Falcone
1993-10-08
The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthou
'o Re
1989-01-27
One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Na
My Father Monsignor
1971-05-25
Against the backdrop of the Unification of Italy, two men have the dream of being recognized by thei
A Long Long Long Night of Love
2001-02-23
Reporter Marcello has a brief encounter with Irene while waiting for a train. A young woman who has
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
1971-02-25
During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of
Heaven Before I Die
1997-01-01
Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that a
Brown Bread Sandwiches
1989-09-09
A 1957 period piece about Italian immigrants in Toronto.
Hector the Mighty
1972-01-06
A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal com
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022-08-31
The documentary relates the decisive moments, the turning points and the rollercoaster ride of a bri
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021-10-15
Good News
1979-11-24
A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens
Stanotte a Venezia
2017-06-13
The Sisters
1969-09-08
Faced with a broken marriage, a woman decides to try to rekindle incestuous relationship with her yo
Life Is Beautiful
1979-12-21
Antonio is a retired aviator in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta which violently suppres
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010-09-01
The Dinner
1998-09-03
An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015-04-01
"History is not just what you read in books, history often reveals itself with its extraordinary sco
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971-01-22
A hooker, mother of two, leaves her abusing husband for a young boxer. On the street she gets assaul
We Are Cinema
2021-12-16
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
Joshua
2002-04-19
When Joshua moves to the outskirts of Auburn, he awakens the curiosity of the sleepy town. They don’
Behind the White Glasses
2015-09-21
It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and g
Shadows in the Sun
2005-05-12
An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural
A Beautiful Vacation
2006-12-23
This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It feat
Astrosamantha
2016-03-01
On Air: Storia di Un Successo
2016-03-31
In an alternation of stories from the past and present of Marco Mazzoli, radio DJ and creator of Lo
3 Women
2003-09-12
It is the story of three women in three different places: Turin, Paris and Luxembourg City. Stefania
Más allá del jardín
1996-12-20
Palmira, a woman belonging to the Sevillian aristocracy, as well known for her decrepitude and hypoc
Un angelo all'inferno
2013-02-08
Pietro, a wealthy construction engineer who’s a widow, remarried with Cristina. Francesca has an aff
La promessa
1970-06-23
Marat, Lika and Leonidik, survivors of the atrocities of World War II, meet up by chanche and start
Love Pret-a-porte
2017-03-16
Giorgio urgently needs to find a job but his only chance is in a Fashion House in Rome so he to pret
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
2016-10-10
Set against the backdrop of 'the beautiful game', Black and White Stripes tells the epic story of It
The Neighborhood
2017-08-18
A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kid
La stanza dello Scirocco
1998-10-25
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
2017-09-08
After losing his farm during the floods of 1953, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his soc
The Amusements of Private Life
1990-11-09
Italian-French costume dramedy that takes place in France in the end of 18th Century during the Fren
Momo
2001-12-21
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends
The Betrayal
1969-01-24
A seductive and ruthless spy in the service of Germany steals state secrets- including the formula f
Nobili bugie
2017-04-24
In the 1940s Italy, a ruined noble family agrees to hide a Jewish family from the Nazis in exchange
Don Camillo and the Contestants
1972-03-29
Mayor Peppone might very well lose the elections and Don Camillo makes sure that the mayor's delinqu
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005-09-03
A documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmma
Viper
2000-05-11
Viper is the nickname Leone, a blacksmith in a small Sicilian village, gave to his wife, who ran off
My Darling, My Dearest
1982-04-03
Gennarino Laganà is a poor Sicilian who struggles with menial jobs to support his family, while his
It Was I
1973-03-15
A humble Milanese window-cleaner with dreams of magazine and TV fame accuses himself of the murder o
The First Line
2014-11-27
Two Athenian attorneys pursue litigation for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. As the bronze stat
Io non dimentico
2008-01-07
In the 1970s, Angela flees from her Neapolitan base, wanting to leave ugly memories behind and rebui
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985-01-01
A documentary about the Italian cinema as art form and industry.
Ciao America
2002-01-01
Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Bo
Prigioniero della mia libertà
2018-05-31
Alejandro Torres, a young architect, lives a quiet life with his family until the day he is unjustly
In The Rose Garden
1990-09-01
An advertiser who lives in Milan learns from a former teacher that his mother is dying. He leaves im
Diminuta
2018-10-03
After his father dies, Italian-born saxophone player Cristiano finds a new life in Brazil as an insu
Vacation in Hell
1997-12-31
Italian man unknowingly becomes a drug mule and gets arrested in Thailand. He is sent to tough priso
Magical Nights
2018-11-08
Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina o
Black as the Heart
1994-01-05
Lawyer Valentino Bruio goes to the "Sun City" bar for a meeting and on leaving the club he meets Ray
Arabella
1967-11-29
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015-09-21
A documentary about the Italian director Sergio Corbucci.
First Happiness
2011-07-25
Five patients suffering from serious mental disorders, after therapy carried out at the mental healt
Sweet Idleness
1999-03-31
This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known
Bastardi
2008-01-04
The families Iuvara and Patene are bound by a common inherited hatred, which is further deepened whe
Sand and Fire
2019-09-18
Set between 1802 and 1818, it is the epic true story of a Spanish army officer and genius conspirato
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018-10-21
This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian
No Deposit, No Return
1999-02-19
Francesco Cesena, a middle-aged policeman, while carrying out a routine operation, is involved in a
Una macchia rosa
1970-04-17
A photographer comes back to Italy after a trip to India and struggles to adjust to his new life.
Starman
2020-05-01
Luca Parmitano is the first italian astronaut to perform an extravehicular activity, currently part
Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders
2015-06-20
The prince, played by actor Giancarlo Giannini, is very hospitable and welcomes the two tourists to
Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan
2016-01-11
The prince goes to the city, Milan, to meet a mysterious lady who turns out to be his niece. Travell
Caruso presents: The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples
2017-01-13
Giancarlo Giannini in his now usual role as the Prince of Soragna, a small town in the lower Po Vall
Libido
1965-08-12
A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their wives, where he is plagu
Il ragazzo della Giudecca
2016-05-12
The life of singer Carmelo Zappulla is disrupted by the testimony of a repentant who accuses him of
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005-05-24
A documentary on the making of the 2004 film "Man on Fire," mixing movie clips, behind-the-scenes sh
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014-10-16
The documentary starts from the sanctification of Pope Giovanni XXIII and Pope Giovanni Paolo II and
La frontiera
1996-09-04
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001-08-21
Several aspects of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Hannibal (2001) are examined through interviews with t
Amnèsia
2002-03-15
On the Spanish island of Ibiza, porn filmmaker Sandro and Angelino, the manager of a beachside water
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018-06-22
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic
Hugo in Argentina
2021-09-05
A promising Italian cartoonist lands in Buenos Aires in 1950, with the dream of reaching the United
Buon Lavoro
2022-06-07
Albatross
2025-07-03
Two friends at opposite ends of the political spectrum, destined for a completely different future a
Ultimo Bersaglio
1997-06-13
Salvatore. Questa è la vita
2006-10-31
Salvatore is a young orphan, living in Sicily with his little sister and his grandmother; after loos
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita
2025-05-05
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
2012-11-01
Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì
2025-09-29
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
2008-03-03