Daniele Formica

Daniele Formica (10 June 1949 – 1 February 2011) was an Irish-born Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality.

Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in the 1980s as well as his roles in the theatre. He also appeared in the 1980 variety comedy television show A tutto gag.

Biography Born in Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland, the son of Wilson Formica, an Irish violinist of Italian origin and Eugenia Ravasio, an Italian maid, Formica studied at Trinity College, Dublin, then made his stage debut in the early seventies in Rabelais by Jean-Louis Barrault.

In 1973, Formica moved to Italy where he joined the stage company of the Teatro Stabile dell'Aquila with whom he acted in Maschere by Carlo Goldoni; in those years he made his first appearances in films and TV dramas.

Filmography Cinema Cerca di capirmi (1970) Bruciati da cocente passione (1976) Sex Diary (1976) L'amore è un salto di qualità (1977) A Dangerous Toy (1979) Prickly Pears (1980) I'm Getting a Yacht (1980) I carabbimatti (1981) Camera d'albergo (1981) Don't Play with Tigers (1982) Rosso veneziano (1989) Stelle di cartone (1993) Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994) Carogne - Ciro and me (1995) Intolerance (1996) Ladri si nasce (1997) - Film TV Dio c'è (1998) Il piazzista (2007) Pa-ra-da (2008) Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo (2008) L'ultima estate (2009) Tutta colpa della musica (2011)

Dubbing roles Animation Randall Boggs in Monsters, Inc. Gilbert Huph in The Incredibles Dusty Rust-eze in Cars Wesley in Home on the Range Mr. Willerstein in Meet the Robinsons Lofty Thaddeus Worthington in Valiant Mr. Gasket in Robots JP in Pets

Live action Inspector Gadget in Inspector Gadget 2 Sheik Abdul ben Falafel in The Cannonball Run Sheik Abdul ben Falafel in Cannonball Run II Embry Wallis in The Greatest Game Ever Played The Whale in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy