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3Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942 in La Spezia, Italy) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
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5He first studied electronics before choosing acting, mostly on stage and television until his film career started in 1965. He's worked with famous Italian directors such as Dino Risi, Franco Zeffirelli, Creator/LuchinoVisconti, Tinto Brass and Mario Monicelli.
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7His collaborations with Lina Wertmüller were decisive in getting him known internationally. He has appeared in a number of American productions since, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'', Miguel Manzano in ''Film/ManOnFire'' and [=MI6=] operative René Mathis in the first two Film/JamesBond films of Creator/DanielCraig, ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''. He also played Robert in Creator/RainerWernerFassbinder's ''Lili Marleen'' and Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV in ''Series/FrankHerbertsDune''.
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9He has dubbed Creator/JackNicholson in ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Film/Batman1989'', and he is the regular Italian dubber of Creator/AlPacino.
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11He was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor for his role in ''Film/SevenBeauties'' in 1976.

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