Fabrizio Frizzi

Fabrizio Frizzi (; 5 February 1958 – 26 March 2018) was an Italian television presenter and voice actor. He often presented a mixture of variety shows, talent shows and game shows across Italy and he was also known as the Italian voice of Woody from the Toy Story franchise since first until third movie, then Angelo Maggi tooks the role starting from the forth movie.

Early life and career Born in Rome to parents from Bologna, Frizzi began his career in 1980, successfully auditioning to host the children's show Il barattolo for Rai 2 in 1980. He continued in the young people's afternoon slot, firstly with Tandem and later with Pane e marmellata, which he co-hosted with his first wife Rita Dalla Chiesa.

Starting from the early nineties, Frizzi presented several prime-time RAI TV shows, including I fatti vostri, Scommettiamo che...? (the Italian version of Wetten, dass..?), Europa, Europa (with Elisabetta Gardini), the popular Sunday afternoon magazine show Domenica in and several editions of Miss Italia.

Other ventures Frizzi received international attention for dubbing the voice of Sheriff Woody (originally voiced by Tom Hanks), one of the main characters in Pixar's Toy Story film series into Italian, as well a car version of Woody in Cars. He also reprised the role of Woody in television shorts, video games and more. Frizzi also made a guest appearance in the Italian dubbed version of The Simpsons on the episode Pay Pal in which he voiced John Wilkes Booth.

From 1999 to 2001, Frizzi had an acting role as Paolo Bonelli in the RAI television drama series Non lasciamoci più. The show only lasted two seasons.

Personal life Previously married to fellow television presenter Rita dalla Chiesa, ten years his senior, in 2014 Frizzi married his second wife, the nearly 24 years younger TV presenter Carlotta Mantovan, whom he had met during the 2001 auditions for Miss Italia.

He returned to the show to great acclaim in December of the same year. In the early hours of 26 March 2018, he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage that proved to be fatal. He was rushed to the Sant'Andrea Hospital but it was too late to save him and he died. He was 60 years old. His funeral, attended by thousands, was held two days later at the Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto located in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, commonly known as the Chiesa degli artisti, the "Church of the Artists".

The Italian voice of Woody was passed on to voice actor and Frizzi's friend Angelo Maggi in Toy Story 4. The Italian dubbed version of the movie is dedicated to Frizzi.

Voice work Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Video games (Italian dub)

Filmography Non lasciamoci più (1999–2001) – Paolo Bonelli Buona giornata (2012) – Himself