Sergio Di Stefano

Sergio Di Stefano (5 July 1939 – 17 September 2010) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography In the 1960s, Di Stefano attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his acting career on stage and on television. In 1970, he contributed voice acting work to Pino Zac's animated feature film based on Italo Calvino's The Nonexistent Knight, while the following year he played the role of Jack Reedy in the television miniseries E le stelle stanno a guardare. During the same period he also began a career as a voice dubbing artist and became well known for giving his voice to actors like John Malkovich, Jeff Bridges, Alan Rickman, William Hurt and especially Hugh Laurie as Gregory House in the first six seasons of House and Jonathan Frakes as William Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Di Stefano was also noted for dubbing Christopher Lambert, Christopher Reeve, Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum and Robert Englund in some of their performances. In his animated roles, he gave his voice to characters in several Italian dubbed anime productions. Additionally, he voiced Johnny Bravo in the Italian dub of Johnny Bravo as well as Barkis Bittern in the Italian dub of Corpse Bride and Dr. Cockroach in the Italian dub of Monsters vs Aliens.

Death Di Stefano died of a heart attack on 17 September 2010 at the age of 71. After his death, his colleague Luca Biagini became the new voice dubber of Hugh Laurie in the remaining seasons of House.

Filmography

Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Video games (Italian dub)