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Sergio Fiorentini

{{short description|Italian actor (1934–2014)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sergio Fiorentini

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|7|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|12|11|1934|7|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor|dubbing director}}

| years_active = 1960–2014

| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| spouse = Eliana Lupo

| children = Maurizio Fiorentini

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Sergio Fiorentini (29 July 1934 – 11 December 2014) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Fiorentini was best known for his portrayal of characters in Italian crime dramas and films as well as dubbing Gene Hackman in a majority of his films and Rafiki in the Italian version of The Lion King film series.

Biography

Sergio Fiorentini was born in Rome on 29 July 1934. He started his career on stage in the 1960s, and since the early 1970s he began an intense career as a character actor, being often cast in roles of inspectors, police commissioners and men in uniform in poliziotteschi and in crime films and TV-series, such as A Special Cop in Action and Distretto di Polizia.{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=58307 |title=Sergio Fiorentini |author= |publisher=MYmovies |date= |access-date= 1 June 2019}} He most notably portrayed Alfio Cacciapuoti in Il maresciallo Rocca opposite Gigi Proietti.

Fiorentini was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber.[https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/speciali/cronologia.htm Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970] (in Italian) He was the official Italian voice actor of Gene Hackman. This was a role he shared with his colleague Renato Mori. Other actors he dubbed included Eli Wallach and Jack Warden as well as Bill Cosby, Burt Young, Tony Burton, Max von Sydow, Tom Wilkinson, Charles Durning, Patrick McGoohan, Bud Spencer, James Doohan, Mel Brooks and he also voiced Benny Hill in the Italian dubbed version of The Benny Hill Show.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcrCiPlcZF4 Intervista a SERGIO FIORENTINI (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it] In Fiorentini's animated voice roles, he dubbed Rafiki in The Lion King franchise. Other roles include Bumblelion in The Wuzzles, Alm-Onji in Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Trigger in Robin Hood, Br'er Bear, Pete in Trombone Trouble and Walt Disney speaking about fire and water.{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocisfio.htm|title=Sergio Fiorentini's voice acting and dubbing contributions|website=Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net |date= |accessdate=1 October 2018|language=it}}

=Personal life=

Fiorentini was the father of voice actor Maurizio Fiorentini (born 1963) and he was married to actress Eliana Lupo (who was 27 years younger than him) until his death in 2014.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

Death

Fiorentini died in Rome after battling an illness on the evening of 11 December 2014, at the age of 80.{{cite news|title=È morto Sergio Fiorentini, addio al brigadiere Cacciapuoti|url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2014/12/12/news/morto_sergio_fiorentini-102696201/?ref=HREC1-1|access-date=12 December 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=12 December 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Redazione Online|title=Cinema: morto l'attore e doppiatore Sergio Fiorentini|url=http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/14_dicembre_12/cinema-morto-l-attore-doppiatore-sergio-fiorentini-030e9c42-81e4-11e4-bed6-46aba69bf220.shtml|access-date=12 December 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=12 December 2014}}

Filmography

=Cinema=

=Television=

Dubbing roles

=Animation=

  • Rafiki in The Lion King{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/ilreleone.htm |title=The Lion King Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • Rafiki in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/ilreleone2.htm |title=The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • Rafiki in The Lion King 1½{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/ilreleone3.htm |title=The Lion King 1½ Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • Rafiki in Timon & Pumbaa{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/anim/timonepumbaa.htm |title=Timon & Pumbaa Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • Trigger in Robin Hood{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/robinhood.htm |title=Robin Hood Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • Bumblelion in The Wuzzles{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/anim/wuzzles.htm |title=The Wuzzles Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • Narrator in Treasure Planet{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/zlaformica.htm |title=Antz Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2019-06-03}}
  • General Mandible in Antz{{cite web|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film/zlaformica.htm |title=Antz Italian voice cast|publisher=Antoniogenna.net |date= |access-date=2020-05-29}}
  • Yar in Dinosaur
  • Alm-Onji in Heidi, Girl of the Alps
  • Shazzan in Shazzan
  • Julius Caesar in Asterix Conquers America
  • General Woundwort in Watership Down
  • Jarol in Fire and Ice
  • Br'er Bear in Song of the South (1973 redub)
  • Kotaro Azuma in Casshan
  • Count Lazare d'Cagliostro in The Castle of Cagliostro

=Live action=

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0278523}}
  • {{anime News Network|people|26146}}
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Category:1934 births

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Category:Male actors from Rome

Category:Italian male film actors

Category:Italian male stage actors

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Category:20th-century Italian male actors

Category:21st-century Italian male actors