Roberto Pedicini (born 18 January 1962) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography Born in Benevento from humble parents, Pedicini and his family moved to Pescara when he was young. Still a teenager, he made most of his living as a wandering street performer, singing while accompanying himself with the guitar, also working as a radio host. In 1980, he moved to Rome pursuing a career in acting and dubbing. He was soon cast as a voice actor in many roles, while his onscreen acting debut happened 8 years later, in Lamberto Bava's horror cable series Brivido Giallo.
Pedicini is thus best known as a voice dubber, serving as the official Italian voice actor of Kevin Spacey and Jim Carrey; he also regularly dubs Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Temuera Morrison and Ricky Gervais in most of their movies. He has provided voice acting work for the radio industry, TV commercials, film trailers and audiobooks.
Pedicini has dubbed both Sylvester the Cat and the Tasmanian Devil from 1996 until 2022 and has been the official Italian voice of Goofy since 1999 (replacing Vittorio Amandola), as well as dubbing Timon in most of his cartoon appearances, Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hopper in A Bug's Life and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, also voicing Scarpa/Rocko the Burglar in the Italian animated film How the Toys Saved Christmas. He has even dubbed characters in video games.Intervista a ROBERTO PEDICINI (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it (in Italian)
In 1999, Pedicini was awarded a Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing due to his contribution to the Italian-dubbed edition of Woody Allen's film Celebrity, where he provided Kenneth Branagh's dub voice as Lee Simon, and Peter Weir's The Truman Show, having dubbed Jim Carrey in the role of Truman Burbank.
In 2015, Pedicini took part in Jordan Ledy's documentary about the Italian dubbing industry, It's Better in Italian,It's Better in Italian (2015) - IMDB and performed Stanley Kubrick's off-screen voice in S Is for Stanley. Since 2018 he has announced the David di Donatello awards ceremony.
Filmography Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes1987Night ShiftPainterTV series, 2nd episode1988Brivido Giallo: Until DeathLucaTV film1989Brivido Giallo: Dinner with a Vampirea directorTV film2006Father MatthewBonettiTV Series, episode 5x092008The TeacherAlvaro RoncatiTV Series, episode 1x072011Fratelli detectiveFratelli detective - Cast artistico, fiction.mediaset.itnurseTV Series2016Umberto MadiaTV Miniseries
Cinema YearTitleRole(s)2001Alex's boss2006The InquiryAired on Italian television as a miniseries, but released in a shortened theatrical version worldwide: The Inquiry - Alternative versionsVulpes2017I peggioriCommissioner2018Humanism! - A New Comedy
Documentaries YearTitle2014It's Better in ItalianIt's Better in Italian (2015) - IMDB2020All'ombra del microfonoAll'ombra del microfono (2020), di Edoardo Conti - Cinemaitaliano.info
Music videos YearTitleArtist2016La FenicePaul Bryan feat. Roberto Pedicini2018Fabio Rovazzi
Voice work YearTitleRoleNotes1992Gesù, un mondo senza confiniGesù (Jesus)Animated film1996How the Toys Saved ChristmasScarpa2006OlèNarratorComedyReally SSSupercool: Chapter TwoLa tombaHorror film2009PathosVoice-overShort film2015S Is for StanleyIt's Better in Italian (2015) - IMDBStanley KubrickDocumentary21 gradiVoice-overWeb-series2019The Beth Avalanche - In the footsteps of Pietro GianiDocu-filmAdrianHigh commissionerAnimated series2020Essere ColapesceVoice-overShort filmLe reti fantasmaVoice of the SeaDocumentary short2023SafaraVoice-overDocumentary2024Rotta 230 - Ritorno alla Terra dei PadriRino Della Negra, calciatore partigianoDocu-film
Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1991Beauty and the BeastGaston1996The Hunchback of Notre DamePhoebusSpace JamSylvester, Taz1997Armitage III: Poly-MatrixRenè d'AnclaudeThe Swan Princess: Escape from Castle MountainSir Clavius1998A Bug's LifeHopperThe Prince of EgyptMoses, GodThe Lion King II: Simba's PrideTimon Kirikou and the SorceressAdult Kirikou1999Madeline: Lost in ParisUncle HorstHenriMickey's Once Upon a ChristmasGoofy2000An Extremely Goofy MovieThe Adventures of Rocky and BullwinkleBullwinkle J. MooseTitan A.E.Captain Joseph KorsoTweety's High-Flying AdventureSylvester2001Final Fantasy: The Spirits WithinCaptain Gray EdwardsMickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of MouseGoofy2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIPhoebusMickey's House of VillainsGoofy2003Looney Tunes: Back in ActionSylvesterTaz2004Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three MusketeersGoofyTeam America: World PoliceKim Jong IlThe Wonderful World of Puss 'n BootsLucifer (2004 redub)The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. ToadDistrict Attorney (2004 redub)Mickey's Twice Upon a ChristmasGoofy2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitLord Victor Quartermaine2006The Ugly Duckling and Me!RatsoThe WildBlagShark BaitNelsonHappy FeetMemphisBah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes ChristmasSylvester2007Meet the RobinsonsBowler Hat GuyMike "Goob" Yagoobian2008Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaMoto Moto2009A Christmas CarolEbenezer Scrooge2010MegamindMegamind2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Black Bellamy2013Free BirdsJake2016MoanaTui2017The Lego Batman MovieAlfred PennyworthDeepDarcy2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second PartAlfred Pennyworth2021Space Jam: A New LegacySylvesterTaz2022Puss in Boots: The Last WishPapa Bear2023Once Upon a StudioGoofyTimon2024Moana 2Tui
Films (Live action, Italian dub)