Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born 30 August 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, television presenter and comedian.
Since 1986, Insegno has been a member of the comedy quartet Premiata Ditta and he also found success presenting a variety of television shows across Italy and dubbing characters in Italian.
Biography Born in Rome, Insegno is the first-born son of Armando Insegno and Romana Di Lorenzo, who was the sister of the actors Maurizio Arena and Rossana Di Lorenzo. He began his career in 1981 and then eventually in 1986, he became a member of Premiata Ditta alongside Roberto Ciufoli, Francesca Draghetti and Tiziana Foschi. The group performed a variety of comedy sketches on stage, television, and film, most notably the 1995 film . Insegno also appeared in the music video for the song by Gemelli Diversi on their second album 4x4.
Between the early and mid-2000s, he was one of four presenters of Premiata Teleditta alongside his three colleagues. In 2010, for Rai 1, he hosted the show Insegnami a sognare and from 2010 to 2013, the Italian version of the French-Canadian game show Action Réaction. He also presented shows for Mediaset.
Insegno is recognised as a voice dubber. He serves as the official Italian voice of Will Ferrell, having dubbed him in a majority of his films. He also dubbed Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Sacha Baron Cohen in some of their movies. He is well known for voicing Stan Smith in the first 20 seasons of the Italian-Language version of American Dad and he performed the Italian voices of Diego in the Ice Age film series, John Smith in Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Chick Hicks in Cars and Cars 3, The Magic Mirror in the Shrek movies, and also dubbed several characters in The Simpsons.PINO INSEGNO e il DOPPIAGGIO (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
Personal life Insegno is the older brother of actor Claudio Insegno. From his first marriage to actress Roberta Lanfranchi, Insegno has two sons, Matteo and Francesco. He also has two other sons, Alessandro and Valerio, with his second and current wife Alessia Navarro.
Filmography Cinema YearTitleRole(s) Notes1983Escape from the Bronx1984In punta di piediDiscotheque guitarist1985Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza palloneCarlo VaccaA me mi piaceFireman1988I giorni randagiAndrea1989Le finte biondeRaging Dull1995L'assassino è quello con le scarpe giallePino2003The Angels of BorsellinoAgostino Catalano2008Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cieloExtramarcio2010Alta infedeltàFilippoFrom the Waist UpSuperintendent Ciarnò2013Una notte agli studiosPadre Marras2017Ovunque tu saraiGiordano's father2022(Im)perfetti criminaliLeader of the Nighthawks
Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes2000The SquadDarioTV film2006Lo zio d'AmericaAlfonsoTV series2007Quelli dell'intervalloMathematics Professor1 episode2008Vita da paparazzoGinoTV miniseries2018Un posto al sole Emanuele Roversi1 episode
Voice work Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1984Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindKurotowa1995PocahontasJohn Smith1998Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World2000Princes and PrincessesBoy2001ShrekMagic Mirror2002Ice AgeDiego2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasSinbad2004Shrek 2Magic Mirror2006Ice Age: The MeltdownDiegoCarsChick HicksAsterix and the VikingsObelixOpen SeasonBoogCharlotte's WebElwyn the Crow2007RatatouilleTV narrator2008Open Season 2Boog2009Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursDiegoThe Princess and the FrogLouis2010Open Season 3BoogTangledThe Stabbington BrothersSpace DogsKazbek Shrek Forever AfterMagic Mirror2011RioRafaelRangoElgin2012Ice Age: Continental DriftDiegoThe Suicide ShopMishima Tuvache2013Justin and the Knights of ValourMelquiades / KaroliusLegends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnAppraiserFree BirdsRanger2014The Nut JobPercy "King" DimpleweedRio 2RafaelThe Lego MovieLord BusinessPrincess MononokeJigo (2014 redub)2015Open Season: Scared SillyBoogStrange MagicBog KingMiss HokusaiHokusai / TetsuzōThe Boy and the BeastKumatetsu2016TrollsKing PeppyStorksHunterIce Age: Collision CourseDiegoSingBig Daddy2017Cars 3Chick HicksMazinger Z: InfinityCommander2018Sherlock GnomesRonnieIsle of DogsSpots2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second PartLord BusinessThe Addams FamilyGomez Addams2020Trolls World TourKing PeppyScoob!Dick DastardlyEarwig and the WitchMandrake2021The Addams Family 2Gomez AddamsTom and JerrySpike
Films (Live action, Italian dub)