Michele Gammino (born 16 June 1941) is an Italian actor, voice actor and television presenter.
Biography Born in Rome to parents who originated from Palermo, Gammino began his career during the early 1970s. For his work on Italian television, Gammino has become famous on a number of occasions but mostly as presenter of Giochi senza frontiere, the Italian edition of Jeux sans frontières, which he co-hosted with Ettore Andenna and Milly Carlucci between 1979 and 1982. He also commentated for Italy at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Gammino continued to act for television, he provided newly restored voices in a series of Italian films which include Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna, Carabinieri 7, Una donna per amico, Linda e il brigadiere, Un medico in famiglia and the third season of I Cesaroni.
Gammino is probably best known in Italy for his roles in dubbing films into the Italian language. He is the primary Italian voice actor of Harrison Ford and Steven Seagal. He has even dubbed over 40 characters in films portrayed by actors such as Kevin Costner, Bill Murray, Jack Nicholson, Chevy Chase, Chazz Palminteri and Bob Hoskins. He also performed the Italian voice of James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill which both starred Timothy Dalton as Bond.
In Gammino's animated roles, he dubbed the voices of Nando in Asterix and Cleopatra and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in The Pagemaster. He also became the new voice of Morbo in Futurama after the death of Sandro Sardone in 2009.Intervista a MICHELE GAMMINO (2011) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it In the Disney period, he dubbed speaker of Goofy's shorts, Spyrus in the 2nd edition of the VHS Superstar Goofy and Walt Disney talking about action.
Since 2008, Gammino has been a presenter on Rai Radio 2.
Personal life Gammino has two sons, Roberto, who is a voice actor, and Giampaolo, who is a dubbing director. His niece Letizia Scifoni is also a voice actress.
Filmography Cinema YearTitleRole(s) Notes1971Confessions of a Police CaptainGamminoIn Prison Awaiting TrialDon Paolo1972The Sicilian CheckmateLicata1973Un ufficiale non si arrendeCaptain Baisi1974Commissariato di notturnaBrigadiere FrascàProfessore venga accompagnato dai suoi genitoriProfessor Romanazzi1975The Virgin WifeGianfranco ArrighiniSilent ActionLuigi Caprara1976Confessions of a Lady CopCecèCoedsProfessor FinocchiaroSchool DaysBaron Fifì Cacciapupolo1977Taxi GirlWalterThe Nurse on a Military TourPiras GavinoThe Virgo, the Taurus and the CapricornRaffaele1978The Soldier with Great ManeuversGianluca Capretti1981Desirable TeacherProfessor Celani1982Giovani, belle... probabilmente riccheGabriele1995Mollo tuttoFranco Sola2001Se lo fai sono guaiCarlo Nascimbene2008Un'estate al mare2012Young EuropeAlberto Marziani2013Stay Away from MeUncredited2017Mr. HappinessRappresentante Sponsor
Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes1998Le ragazze di piazza di SpagnaRaffaeleRecurring roleUna donna per amico2005Il veterinarioGualtiero VolterraTV miniseries2008CarabinieriMarcello Dei CasatiRecurring role (season 8)2009The CesaronisCarlotta’s father1 episode (season 3x01)2012L'onore e il rispettoCupola Boss4 episode (season 3)
Voice work YearTitleRole(s) Notes1970NarratorVoice-over1972The Adventures of PinocchioMangiafuocoAnimated film1982The Haunted HouseGaetanoVoice-over2004Mani puliteVoice-overDocumentary2010Attraverso lo specchioVoice-overDocumentary2023Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps and Beans 2Terence HillVideo game2024Degnità: aforismi, massime, postulati di una vitaNarrator ("Nocera Terinese" segment)Short film
Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1968Asterix and CleopatraNando 1978Watership DownCaptain Holly 1982The Secret of NIMHFarmer Fitzgibbons1991Rock-a-DoodleChanticleer1994The PagemasterDr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde1995MemoriesNirasaki1996All Dogs Go to Heaven 2Red2004Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru NuiTuraga Dume2006PaprikaToshimi Konakawa2011Arthur ChristmasMalcolm Claus2014The Lego MoviePa Cop2019The Secret Life of Pets 2RoosterLady and the TrampIssac2020Alien XmasSanta Claus2022LightyearEmperor Zurg / Older Buzz
Films (Live action, Italian dub)