Luciano De Ambrosis

Luciano De Ambrosis (born 28 March 1937) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography De Ambrosis was born in Turin, the youngest of four siblings. His father worked for the Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat. He made his film debut at only five years old, playing the lead role in Vittorio De Sica's acclaimed film The Children Are Watching Us. He went on to play the protagonist in many other films through the next six years.

He acted infrequently on-camera afterwards but maintains a successful career as voice actor. He is the regular dubbing voice for Burt Reynolds, James Caan and Dennis Farina. He also dubs Albert Finney, Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, John Mahoney, Nick Nolte, Frank Langella, Brian Cox and since 1994, he voiced Sean Connery in most of his films after the death of Pino Locchi. His son Massimo De Ambrosis is also a voice actor.

He lives and works in Rome.

Filmography Cinema The Children Are Watching Us (1943) L'angelo del miracolo (1945) Casello N. 3 (1945) La vita semplice (1946) Senza famiglia (1946) Ritorno al nido (1946) Heart and Soul (1948) Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950) VIP my Brother Superman (1968) - voice The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971) - voice, uncredited L'Aretino nei suoi ragionamenti sulle cortigiane, le maritate e... i cornuti contenti (1972) Torso (1973) They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four (1973) - voice, uncredited

Dubbing roles Animation The King in Arthur and the Invisibles The King in Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard The Toad in Flushed Away Rama in The Jungle Book King Dymas in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Cera’s father in The Land Before Time Fred's father in Big Hero 6 Bigwig in Watership Down Mr. Pricklepants in Toy Story 4 King Jihl in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Live action Jonathan E. in Rollerball Mike Locken in The Killer Elite Tommy Korman in Honeymoon in Vegas Frank Colton in Bulletproof Paul Sheldon in Misery Walter Hobbs in Elf Frank Athearn in Comes a Horseman Robert DeGuerin in Eraser Spud Spaldoni in Dick Tracy Freebie in Freebie and the Bean Eddie Dohun in A Bridge Too Far Bankie Como in Men of Respect Clell Hazard in Gardens of Stone President of the United States in Get Smart Bo Darville in Smokey and the Bandit Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard Ernie Mullins in Breaking In Walker in Lucky Lady David Fowler in The Man Who Loved Women Walter Burns in Mystery, Alaska Jack Horner in Boogie Nights John L. Sullivan IV in Switching Channels Joey Pistella in The Crew King Konreid in In the Name of the King Martin Crane in Frasier (seasons 1-5) Perry White in Superman Perry White in Superman II Perry White in Superman III King Arthur in First Knight Robert "Mac" MacDougal in Entrapment Paul in Playing by Heart William Forrester in Finding Forrester King Richard in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves