Giuseppe "Stefano" De Sando (born 31 July 1954) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography Born in Pizzo Calabro, De Sando began his acting career during the mid-1970s, when he was mentored on stage by Vittorio Gassman. He later made several appearances on film and television, acting in Alberto Negrin's docudrama Mussolini and I and working multiple times with director Lamberto Bava. In 2007 he played the role of Apuleius in Giulio Base's Imperium: Pompeii (2007). De Sando is well known as a voice dubber as he is the official Italian voice of Robert De Niro, dubbing over him for the first time in The Mission, later taking on the role definitively since Ferruccio Amendola’s death in 2001. Other actors De Sando dubs include James Gandolfini, Ciarán Hinds, Ben Kingsley, John Goodman and many more.Intervista a STEFANO DE SANDO (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
Some of De Sando’s popular character dubbing roles include Walter White (portrayed by Bryan Cranston) in Breaking Bad, Tony Soprano (portrayed by James Gandolfini) in The Sopranos and Théoden (portrayed by Bernard Hill) in The Lord of the Rings film franchise. His animated dubbing roles include Clayton in Tarzan, Don Lino in Shark Tale, Buck Strickland in King of the Hill and various characters in The Simpsons.
Filmography Cinema YearTitleRoleNotes1979Atsalut paderMutilato1986Il ragazzo del Pony ExpressDinner host1989Street KidsPrison director1995Carogne - Ciro and Me1997Gli inaffidabiliRinoMa Shamal - Ritorno al deserto2001Blek GiekFerrante2002KidnappedPolice InspectorAlternate edit of Rabid Dogs2019A mano disarmataGeneral Bertelli2020D.N.A. - Decisamente non adattiRodomonti
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1982La bisbetica domataTV playA performance of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew streamed on Italian television at RAI, 1985Mussolini and IDino GrandiTV miniseriesCaccia al ladro d'autorePinoTV miniseries1986Strada senza uscitaTV miniseries1987–1988Night ShiftArgentiniTV series1988Until DeathMarescialloTV film, part of the horror cable series Brivido Giallo, 1989School of FearVice PrincipalTV filmFilm credits, RallyTV miniseries1990Non aprite all'uomo neroTV film1991L'ispettore SartiCasolatoTV series (season 1; episode 3)1992Pronto soccorsoEnzo's father4 episodes (season 2)1998Una donna per amicoAlessio Beltrami2 episodes (season 1)2001Il maresciallo RoccaRocco Cafiero2 episodes (season 3)2002Valeria medico legale1 episode (season 2)CommesseUser1 episode (season 2)Amici mieiTV play2003EnchantmentAugusto Conti4 episodes (season 6)2004Elisa di RivombrosaGiovanni Conforti4 episodes (season 1)2007Imperium: PompeiiAppuleiusTV film2008Quo vadis, baby?TV miniseries2010Two Cheaters and a HalfTV miniseries2014Lobby GirlsTV web-series
Voice work YearTitleRoleNotes2002Johan Padan a la descoverta de le AmericheCaptain Gonzalo NarvaezAnimated film2003Chi ha paura?...ProsecutionAnimated film2011L'era legaleNarratorVoice-over2012PinocchioThe RingmasterAnimated film2016L'uomo che non cambiò la storiaNarratorVoice-over2020Captain T - La Condanna della ConsuetudineVoice-overShort film2022NarratorVoice-over
Dubbing Films (Animation, Italian dub) YearTitleRole(s) Ref1995Farewell to NostradamusDouglas1998The Prince of EgyptAaronPocahontas II: Journey to a New WorldKing JamesMulanGeneral Li1999TarzanClaytonThe Adventures of Elmo in GrouchlandCount von Count2001Spirited AwayKamaji2003The Jungle Book 2Shere Khan2004Shark TaleDon Lino2005Tarzan IIZugorChicken LittleMelvinOnce Upon a HalloweenCauldron2006The WildStan2007Go West! A Lucky Luke AdventureEdgar Crook2008Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaMakungaBoltVinnieIgorDr. GlickensteinThe Tale of DespereauxBotticelli RemorsoDead Space: DownfallCaptain Matthius2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMetal Beak2013Monsters UniversityProfessor Derek KnightEscape from Planet EarthGeneral William T. Shanker2014Planes: Fire & RescueBlade Ranger2016Finding DoryFlukeRock DogFleetwood Yak2017Richard the StorkDon Corvoleone2018Isle of DogsChief2019Arctic DogsOtto Von Walrus2021The Addams Family 2Dr. Rupert Crewried2023MigrationUncle Dan
Films (Live action, Italian dub)