Massimo Venturiello (born 4 August 1957) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography Born in Roccadaspide, Province of Salerno, in 1982 Venturiello graduated at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and the same year he made his stage debut in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus directed by Gabriele Lavia. From then, he started an intense theatrical activity, which includes experimental and avant-garde works and a long collaboration with the director Giampiero Solari. Particularly, Venturiello was critically acclaimed for his performances in The Rose Tattoo, alongside Valeria Moriconi, and in Masaniello directed by Armando Pugliese. Also active in films and on television, he is well known for the role of Rudy in Gabriele Salvatores' Marrakech Express.
As a voice actor, Venturiello performed the Italian voice of Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in his first three appearances in the Harry Potter film franchise and as Commissioner James Gordon in Batman Begins. In his animated roles, he dubbed Hades in the 1997 film Hercules and Dr. Phillium Benedict in the 2001 film Recess: School's Out.
Personal life In 2024, Venturiello married the singer Tosca after 21 years of dating.
Filmography Cinema YearTitleRoleNotes1983Where's Picone?1987The FamilyArmandoThe Strangeness of LifeMarioMy First Forty YearsRoberto D'AngeloGood Morning, BabylonDuccio Bonanno1988RorretCarl1989Rosso di seraAlexRebusMiriam’s secretaryMarrakech ExpressRudy1990L'autostopSandro1991The WickedEnrico CarossiBaroccoAttilio Morelli1992Forbidden to MinorsThomas ParkerIn viaggio verso estAlessandro ManettiLia, rispondi1993Caccia alle moscheRoccoL'amore dopoLeone Aloisi1994Una notte che pioveGuido2001Ravanello pallidoClaudio Pignatti2006Our LandAldo Di Santo2025La graziaUgo Romani
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1981I ragazzi di celluloideAllievo C.S.C.TV miniseries1982Il caso MurriFrancesco BonmartiniTV miniseriesL'indizioIl ricattatoreTV miniseries1990AquileAltieriTV series1992Gli anni d'oroNicolaTV seriesAssunta SpinaTV miniseries1993L'ispettore anticrimineGiuseppe AnastasiaTV miniseries2000Giochi pericolosiGabriele LanzaTV miniseriesPrigioniere del cuoreCommissario GiovannettiTV miniseries2001Una lunga notteAlbertoTV film2002Il giovane CasanovaFoscariniTV miniseriesPadriMassimoTV miniseries2006Distretto di PoliziaCesare Carrano1 episode2007Il Capo dei CapiAngelo ManganoTV miniseriesImperium: PompeiiChelidoniusTV film2008Mogli a pezziGianni NeroTV miniseriesInspector De LucaCarneraTV miniseries2009Intelligence – Servizi & segretiColonel Carlo FulgeriTV series2010Il peccato e la vergognaDilmo DurantiRecurring role (season 1)2012Né con te né senza di teGuglielmo CestraTV miniseries2015L'onore e il rispettoDante GiordanoRecurring role (season 4)2016Il sistemaGuido AlcamoRecurring role
Voice work Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1997HerculesHades1999The Tale of Tsar SaltanPrince2001Recess: School's OutDr. Phillium Benedict
Films (Live action, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s)Original actor Ref1985To Live and Die in L.A.Richard ChanceWilliam PetersenA Room with a ViewGeorge EmersonJulian Sands1986The MissionFather John FieldingLiam Neeson1995CasinoLester DiamondJames WoodsJadeDavid CorelliDavid Caruso1996DragonheartSir BowenDennis QuaidGhosts of MississippiByron De La BeckwithJames WoodsEscape from L.A.Snake PlisskenKurt RussellThe Stendhal SyndromeAlfredo GrossiThomas Kretschmann1997The JackalThe JackalBruce Willis1998Les MisérablesJean ValjeanLiam Neeson1999GloriaKevinJeremy NorthamThey Called Them... Brigands!Carmine CroccoEnrico Lo Verso2000Billy ElliotJackie ElliotGary LewisGangster No. 1Freddie MaysDavid Thewlis2003Girl with a Pearl EarringJohannes VermeerColin Firth2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanSirius BlackGary Oldman2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireBatman BeginsJames Gordon2007Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixSirius Black2011Red Riding HoodFather Solomon2013ParanoiaNicholas Wyatt2023The MarvelsEmperor Dro'geGary Lewis2025Captain America: Brave New WorldSeth Voelker / SidewinderGiancarlo EspositoFrankensteinHenrich HarlanderChristoph Waltz
Television (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s)Notes Ref1982Cyborg 009002 Jet LinkMain cast1987Star Wars: DroidsC-3POMain cast1998–1999Hercules: The Animated SeriesHadesMain cast2001–2003House of MouseRecurring role (1st voice)
Television (Live action, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s)NotesOriginal actor Ref1983–1986Knight RiderKITTMain cast (seasons 2–4)William Daniels1996NostromoCharles GouldTV miniseriesColin Firth
Video games (Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1997HerculesHades
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