Roberto Chevalier
{{Short description|Italian actor and voice actor (born 1952)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Roberto Chevalier
| image = Amore mio non farmi male (1974) Roberto Chevalier.png
| caption = Chevalier in Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
| birthname = Roberto Chevalier Di Miceli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|14|df=y}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor|dubbing director}}
| yearsactive = 1958–present
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| relatives =
| children = 3, including David Chevalier
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Roberto Chevalier Di Miceli (born 14 May 1952) is an Italian actor and voice actor who is best known for providing the Italian voice of Tom Cruise in most of his movies.{{cite web|url=http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocirc.htm|title=Roberto Chevalier's voice acting and dubbing contributions|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net |date= |accessdate=10 March 2019|language=it}}
Biography
Born in Rome, Chevalier entered his profession as a child actor in the late 1950s and he made his debut acting appearance in the 1958 film Young Husbands. He also reached stardom with his appearances in the 1961 film The Vengeance of Ursus and the 1963 film I terribili 7. Additionally, he portrayed a young David Copperfield in the 1965 television miniseries of the same name. Chevalier also spent five years in Teatro Ghione collaborating with Giorgio Strehler. However, he left due to his father’s death and his mother’s diagnosis with cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.mydreams.it/il-magico-mondo-del-doppiaggio-raccontato-da-roberto-chevalier/|title=Il magico mondo del doppiaggio raccontato da Roberto Chevalier|website=MyDreams.it|date=4 July 2021|accessdate=8 December 2024|language=it}} He continued acting as an adult as he began accepting minor or recurring roles on television by the beginning of the 21st century.
Chevalier is best known as a voice actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIXLa3OtLj0|title=Intervista a ROBERTO CHEVALIER (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it |date=10 January 2012 |via=YouTube|accessdate=March 10, 2019}} He is best known as the official Italian voice of Tom Cruise and has dubbed him in most of his work since the 1986 film Top Gun.{{cite web|url=https://www.sardegnareporter.it/2023/06/il-doppiatore-roberto-chevalier-incontra-tom-cruise-allanteprima-mondiale-di-mission-impossible/541023/|title=Il doppiatore Roberto Chevalier incontra Tom Cruise all'anteprima mondiale di Mission Impossible|website=Sardegna Reporter|date=21 June 2023|accessdate=8 December 2024|language=it}} He is also a regular dub actor of Tom Hanks, Andy García, Dennis Quaid, John Travolta and Kurt Russell.{{cite web|url=https://voci.fm/voci-di-successo/1345-chevalier-doppiaggiodop-cruise.html|title=Roberto Chevalier l'intervista alla voce di Tom Hanks e Tom Cruise|website=Voci.fm|date=21 November 2019|accessdate=8 December 2024|language=it}} Additionally, he has also dubbed Tony Goldwyn, Michael Keaton, James Woods, David Bowie, Christopher Reeve, Jeff Daniels, Michael Biehn as well as dubbing Owen Wilson in his earlier movies.
Some of Chevalier’s character dubbing roles include Cruise's role of Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise (excluding the third film as Cruise is dubbed by Riccardo Rossi), as well as Truman Capote (portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman) in the 2006 film Capote, Ian Malcolm (portrayed by Jeff Goldblum) in the 1993 film Jurassic Park and Hal (portrayed by Bryan Cranston) in the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In Chevalier’s animated roles, he voiced Lucky in the Italian version of One Hundred and One Dalmatians early in his dubbing career, as well as Vicious in the anime series Cowboy Bebop.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiofresh.it/otto-e-mezzo-lintervista-a-roberto-chevalier/|title=Otto e Mezzo: L'intervista a Roberto Chevalier - Radio Fresh|website=Radio Fresh|date=21 January 2021|accessdate=8 December 2024|language=it}}
= Personal life =
Chevalier is the father of the voice actor David Chevalier. His daughters, Arlena and Fiore are also voice dubbers.{{cite web|url=https://www.mydreams.it/intervista-allattore-e-doppiatore-roberto-chevalier/|title=Intervista all'attore e doppiatore Roberto Chevalier|website=MyDreams.it|date=12 July 2022|accessdate=8 December 2024|language=it}}
Filmography
= Cinema =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col"|Notes |
| rowspan=2|1958
|Checchino | |
| The Naked Maja
|The Little Prince | |
| 1959
|Little Boy at Terenzi's |Uncredited |
| 1960
|Rapina al quartiere Ovest | | |
| rowspan=3|1961
|Dario | |
| Pulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra
|Il ragazzo | |
| Scandali al mare
|Charlie | |
| 1963
|I terribili 7 |Fantomas | |
| rowspan=2|1970
|Camillo | |
| Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato
| | |
| 1974
|Amore mio non farmi male |rowspan=2|Marcello Foschini | |
| 1975
|Son tornate a fiorire le rose | |
| 1976
|Paolino Mariani | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col"|Notes |
| 1959
|Il romanzo di un maestro | |TV miniseries |
| 1963
|La cocuzza | |TV film |
| 1964
|Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca |Luigi "Gigino" Balestra |TV miniseries |
| rowspan=2|1965
|Il vecchio e il faro |Giulio |TV miniseries |
| David Copperfield
|David Copperfield (young) |TV miniseries |
| 1967
|I racconti del faro |Giulio |TV miniseries |
| 1971
|E le stelle stanno a guardare |Pat Reedy |TV miniseries |
| 1975
|I killer |Nick |TV film |
| rowspan=2|2000
|Giuseppe |TV miniseries |
| The Wings of Life
|Giuseppe |TV miniseries |
| 2002
|Germana's father |Recurring role (season 3) |
| 2004
| |2 episodes (season 4) |
| rowspan=2|2011
|R.I.S. Roma – Delitti imperfetti |Siniscalchi |1 episode (season 2x10) |
| Che Dio ci aiuti
|collaboratore di Elvira Casalgrande |1 episode (season 1x05) |
| 2018
|Il confine |Salandra |TV miniseries |
Voice work
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col"|Notes |
| 2006–2008
|Narrator |Voice-over |
= Dubbing =
== Films (Animation, Italian dub) ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref |
| 1961
|One Hundred and One Dalmatians |Lucky |
| 1968
|Adult Bambi (1968 redub) |
| 1981
|Tony Belinsky | |
| rowspan=2|1998
|The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue |Narrator | |
| Tekken: The Motion Picture
|Lei Wulong |
| 1999
|South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut |Dr. Gouache |
| 2001
|Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within |General Hein | |
| 2003
|La légende de Parva |Professor Hesse | |
| 2004
|David | |
| 2013
|Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods |rowspan=2|Whis |
| 2015 |
| 2017
|Zachariah | |
== Films (Live action, Italian dub) ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col"|Original actor !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref |
| 1974
|Rudy Keppler | |
| 1976
|Thomas Jerome Newton | |
| rowspan=2|1980
|Richard Collier | |
| Inferno
|Mark Elliott | |
| 1982
| |
| 1983
|Drew Stephens | |
| rowspan=6|1985
|Lawrence Bourne III | |
| Back to the Future
| |
| Perfect
|Adam Lawrence | |
| Plenty
|Mick | |
| Nothing Underneath
|Bob Crane | |
| Phenomena
|Kurt | |
| rowspan=4|1986 |
| Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
|Darren Robinson | |
| Labyrinth
|David Bowie | |
| Heat
|Danny DeMarco | |
| rowspan=3|1987
|Eddie Sanger |rowspan=2|Dennis Quaid | |
| Innerspace
|Lieutenant Tuck Pendleton | |
| Gaby: A True Story
|David |Tony Goldwyn | |
| rowspan=5|1988
|Blaine Bingham |Christopher Reeve | |
| Rain Man
|Charlie Babbitt |Tom Cruise |
| D.O.A.
|Professor Dexter Cornell |Dennis Quaid | |
| Punchline
|Steven Gold |Tom Hanks | |
| The Presidio
|Jay Austin | |
| rowspan=8|1989
|Tom Cruise |
| Tango & Cash
|Gabriel Cash |Kurt Russell | |
| Weekend at Bernie's
|Richard Parker | |
| Look Who's Talking
|James Ubriacco |rowspan=2|John Travolta |
| The Experts
|Travis | |
| True Believer
|Eddie Dodd | |
| The 'Burbs
|Ray Peterson |Tom Hanks | |
| The Tall Guy
|Dexter King | |
| rowspan=9|1990
|Jack Faulkner |Dennis Quaid | |
| Sibling Rivalry
|Nicholas Meany | |
| Look Who's Talking Too
|James Ubriacco |John Travolta |
| Days of Thunder
|Cole Trickle |Tom Cruise |
| Navy SEALs
|Lieutenant James Curran | |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities
|Sherman McCoy |Tom Hanks | |
| The Godfather Part III
|{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/ilpadrino3.htm|title= The Godfather Part III Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |accessdate=2024-12-15}} |
| Pretty Woman
|David Morse | |
| Arachnophobia
|Dr. Ross Jennings | |
| rowspan=4|1991
|Lieutenant John Moss |James Woods | |
| Eyes of an Angel
|Bobby |rowspan=2|John Travolta | |
| Shout
|Jack Cabe | |
| Backdraft
|Brian McCaffrey | |
| rowspan=8|1992
|Older Mike Marshall |rowspan=2|Tom Hanks | |
| A League of Their Own
|Jimmy Dugan | |
| Kuffs
|Ted Bukovsky |Tony Goldwyn | |
| Split Second
|Dick Durkin | |
| Far and Away
|Joseph Donnelly |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise | |
| A Few Good Men
|Daniel Kaffee | |
| Nervous Ticks
|York Daley |Bill Pullman | |
| Hero
|John Bubber |Andy García | |
| rowspan=10|1993
|Jeff Goldblum |
| Undercover Blues
|Jefferson Blue |rowspan=2|Dennis Quaid | |
| Wilder Napalm
|Wallace Foudroyant | |
| Look Who's Talking Now!
|James Ubriacco |John Travolta |
| Sleepless in Seattle
|Sam Baldwin |rowspan=2|Tom Hanks |
| Philadelphia
|Andrew Beckett |
| The Pelican Brief
|Fletcher Coal |Tony Goldwyn | |
| Indecent Proposal
|David Murphy | |
| The Firm
|Tom Cruise | |
| Alive
|Antonio Balbi | |
| rowspan=2|1994
|Tomas Leon | |
| Interview with the Vampire
|Tom Cruise | |
| rowspan=5|1995
|Eddie Bichon |Dennis Quaid | |
| The Net
|Jack Devlin | |
| Cutthroat Island
|William Shaw | |
| Apollo 13
|Tom Hanks |
| Magic in the Water
|Jack Black |Mark Harmon | |
| rowspan=8|1996
|Sean Casey |Andy García | |
| Muppet Treasure Island |
| Mission: Impossible
|rowspan=2|Tom Cruise |
| Jerry Maguire
|Jerry Maguire | |
| Multiplicity
|Doug Kinney | |
| Fly Away Home
|Thomas Alden |Jeff Daniels | |
| Bottle Rocket
|Dignan |rowspan=2|Owen Wilson | |
| The Cable Guy
|Robin's Date | |
| rowspan=4|1997
|Simon Bishop | |
| Mr. Wrong
|Whitman Crawford |Bill Pullman | |
| Kiss the Girls
|Dr. William Rudolph |Tony Goldwyn | |
| In & Out
|Cameron Drake | |
| rowspan=5|1998
|Close Encounters of the Third Kind |Roy Neary (1998 redub) | |
| You've Got Mail
|Joe Fox |Tom Hanks |
| U.S. Marshals
|Deputy Cosmo Renfro | |
| Desperate Measures
|Frank Conner |Andy García | |
| Deep Impact
|Dr. Gus Partenza | |
| rowspan=3|1999
|Gate Guard | |
| Magnolia
|Frank T.J. Mackey |Tom Cruise | |
| The Green Mile
|Paul Edgecomb |Tom Hanks |
| rowspan=5|2000
|Arnie Metzger |Dennis Quaid | |
| Mission: Impossible 2
|Ethan Hunt |Tom Cruise |
| What Planet Are You From?
|Perry Gordon |rowspan=2|Greg Kinnear | |
| Loser
|Edward Alcott | |
| Beethoven's 3rd
|Richard Newton | |
| rowspan=3|2001
|David Aames |Tom Cruise |
| The Unsaid
|Michael Hunter |Andy García | |
| Beethoven's 4th
|Richard Newton |Judge Reinhold | |
| rowspan=6|2002
|Greg Kinnear | |
| Abandon
|Dr. David Schaffer |Tony Goldwyn | |
| Minority Report
|John Anderton |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise | |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember
|Tom Cruise | |
| Clockstoppers
|Henry Gates |Michael Biehn | |
| Enough
|Robbie | |
| rowspan=2|2003
|Martin Raikes |Michael Keaton | |
| The Last Samurai
|Captain Nathan Algren |Tom Cruise |
| rowspan=5|2004
|Mike Delmarco |Andy García | |
| Imaginary Heroes
|Ben Travis |Jeff Daniels | |
| Ladder 49
|Mike Kennedy |John Travolta | |
| Collateral
|Vincent |Tom Cruise | |
| The Grudge
|Peter Kirk |Bill Pullman | |
| rowspan=6|2005
|Joe Cleeman | |
| The Lazarus Child
|Jack Heywood |rowspan=2|Andy García | |
| The Lost City
|Fico Fellove | |
| Yours, Mine & Ours
|Frank Beardsley |Dennis Quaid | |
| Capote |
| Slow Burn
|Ford Cole |Ray Liotta | |
| rowspan=6|2006
|Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby |Jean Girard |
| The Da Vinci Code
|Tom Hanks |
| The Last Time
|Ted Riker |Michael Keaton | |
| Unknown
|Broken Nose / Richard McCain |rowspan=2|Greg Kinnear | |
| Little Miss Sunshine
|Richard Hoover | |
| The Prestige
|David Bowie | |
| rowspan=3|2007
|Senator Jasper Irving |Tom Cruise | |
| The Air I Breathe
|Fingers |Andy García | |
| Feast of Love
|Bradley Smith |Greg Kinnear | |
| rowspan=2|2008
|Les Grossman |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise |
| Valkyrie |
| rowspan=3|2009
|Vincenzo Roccara Squarcialupi Brancaleon |Andy García |
| The Invention of Lying
|Jim |Philip Seymour Hoffman | |
| Angels & Demons
|Robert Langdon |Tom Hanks |
| rowspan=3|2010
|Roy Miller / Matthew Knight |Tom Cruise | |
| The Other Guys
|Captain Gene Mauch |Michael Keaton | |
| The Switch
|Leonard |Jeff Goldblum | |
| rowspan=5|2011
|Richard Reddy |Greg Kinnear | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
|Ethan Hunt |Tom Cruise |
| J. Edgar
|Inspector Schell | |
| Larry Crowne
|Larry Crowne |Tom Hanks | |
| The Smurfs
|Henri | |
| rowspan=3|2012
|Stacee Jaxx |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise | |
| Jack Reacher |
| The Dream Team
|Commentator |Laurent Biras | |
| 2013
|Jack Harper |Tom Cruise | |
| rowspan=3|2014
|Detective Brolin |Andy García | |
| Edge of Tomorrow
|Major William Cage |Tom Cruise | |
| John Wick
|Avi | |
| rowspan=4|2015
|Jeremy Northam | |
| Going Clear
|Tom Cruise |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise | |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
|Ethan Hunt |
| Club Life
|William Taylor | |
| rowspan=5|2016
|Alan Clay |rowspan=2|Tom Hanks | |
| Inferno
|Robert Langdon |
| In a Valley of Violence
|Clyde Martin |John Travolta | |
| Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
|Jack Reacher |Tom Cruise |
| The Belko Experiment
|Barry Norris |Tony Goldwyn | |
| rowspan=3|2017
|Nick Morton |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise |
| American Made
| |
| The Hitman's Bodyguard
|Moreno | |
| 2018
|Mission: Impossible – Fallout |Ethan Hunt |Tom Cruise |
| 2019
|Odd |Mats Blomgren | |
| 2020
|Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd |Tom Hanks | |
| 2022
|Pete "Maverick" Mitchell |rowspan=2|Tom Cruise |
| rowspan=2|2023
|Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One |Ethan Hunt |
| Retribution
|Anders Muller |Matthew Modine | |
== Television (Animation, Italian dub) ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref |
| 1980
|Casshern |Main cast | |
| 1999–2000
|Vicious |Main cast |
| 2000–2004
|Various characters |Recurring role (seasons 1–4) | |
| 2002
|The Christmas Orange |Lenny |TV film | |
| rowspan=3|2002–present
|rowspan=3|Futurama |Robot Devil |Recurring role (season 6+) |
| Yancy Fry Sr.
|1 episode (season 4x07) |
| Various characters
|Recurring role (season 4+) |
| 2007–2008
|Hisoka Morow |Main cast | |
== Television (Live action, Italian dub) ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col"|Original actor !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref |
| 1984–1988
|Larry Dallas |Recurring role (seasons 1–6) | |
| 1988
|The Great Escape II: The Untold Story |TV film | |
| 1991
|Scott Barnes |TV film | |
| 1991
|John Philip Dumas |Main cast (season 1) | |
| 1993
|Trouble Boy #1 |1 episode (season 1, episode 2) | |
| 1993
|Nico "Nick" Bonetti |Main cast | |
| 1994
|Matt Coler |TV film | |
| 1999
|Joseph Michael Kirkland |TV film | |
| 2003
|Gavin Mitchell |3 episodes (season 9) | |
| 2004–2008
|Hal |Main cast |
| 2005
|John Travolta |1 episode (season 1, episode 1) |John Travolta | |
| 2010
|Narrator |TV miniseries |Tom Hanks | |
| 2010–2011
|Main cast |
References
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External links
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