Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyards, Antonutti embraced the acting career, working mainly on stage, especially at the Teatro Stabile di Trieste and at the Teatro Stabile di Genova, in which he often worked under Luigi Squarzina. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Pleasant Nights starring Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida and Ugo Tognazzi. His most notable performance was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film Padre Padrone. and Carlos Saura in El Dorado. He also played Noah in Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.

Antonutti was also regularly employed in the dubbing of foreign films into the Italian language. He was a regular Italian voice actor of Christopher Lee and dubbed him in many of his film roles, which include The Lord of the Rings film franchise, The Hobbit film franchise and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Other actors he dubbed included John Hurt, Omar Sharif, Michael Gambon, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell and Robert Duvall.

Death Antonutti died in Udine on 5 November 2019, at the age of 84, after suffering a long cancer-related illness.

Filmography Cinema

Television

Voice work

Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Video games (Italian dub)