Claudio Santamaria

Claudio Santamaria Ferraro (born 22 July 1974) is an Italian actor. In 2016, he was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Actor award for portraying the superhero Enzo "Jeeg" Ceccotti in They Call Me Jeeg.

Claudio Santamaria
Santamaria in 2008
Born	Claudio Santamaria Ferraro (1974-07-22) 22 July 1974 (age 51) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

Career

His cinema debut came in 1997, with Leonardo Pieraccioni's Fuochi d'artificio. His first important film roles are in Gabriele Muccino's first film Ecco fatto, and in the films Marco Risi's L'ultimo capodanno and Bernardo Bertolucci's L'assedio.

He played the terrorist Carlos in Casino Royale. He was also the voice of Christian Bale in the Italian version of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and the voice of Eric Bana in Munich.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Fireworks	Er Banana
	Dead Train	Andrea	Short film
1998	Kaputt Mundi	Cristiano Carucci
	Besieged	Agostino
	Ecco fatto	Pietro "Piterone" Ristuccia
1999	The Building	Gianni	Short film
2000	Almost Blue	Simone Martini
2001	The Last Kiss	Paolo
	The Son's Room	Dive shop salesman	Cameo appearance
	Amarsi può darsi	Davide
2002	Appuntamento al buio	Thief	Short film
	Paz!	Pentothal
	Life as It Comes	Marco
2003	Past Perfect	Andrea
	The Soul's Place	Mario
2004	The Card Player	Carlo Sturni
	Agata and the Storm	Nico/Arturo
2005	But When Do the Girls Get Here?	Nick
	Romanzo Criminale	Bruno "Il Dandi" De Magistris
	Melissa P.	Museum keeper	Cameo appearance
2006	Casino Royale	Carlos
	Il quarto sesso	Jesus	Short film
2007	Apnea	Paolo
	Fine pena mai	Antonio Perrone
2008	Birdwatchers	Roberto
	Aspettando il sole	Toni
2009	The Case of Unfaithful Klara	Luca Castelli
2010	Kiss Me Again	Paolo
	600 Kilos d'Or Pur	Enzo
2011	Drifters	Bruno
	Terraferma	Revenue officer	Cameo appearance
	The First on the List	Pino Masi
2012	Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood	Max Flamini
2013	È stata lei	Nicola	Short film
2014	Greenery Will Bloom Again	The Major
	The Lego Movie	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)	Italian voice-over
	Il venditore di medicine	Bruno Donati
2015	They Call Me Jeeg	Enzo Ceccotti / Jeeg
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)	Italian voice-over
	PIIGS	Narrator	Italian voice-over
	Ugly Nasty People	Il Papero
2018	Forgive Us Our Debts	Guido
2019	Tutto il mio folle amore	Willi
	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Bruce Wayne/Batman (voice)	Italian voice-over
2020	The Best Years	Riccardo Morozzi
2021	Freaks Out	Fulvio
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Mario	Italian dubbing
	My Summer with the Shark	Antonio Di Santi
	Elf Me	Ciocca
2025	Madly	Eros
TBA	In the Hand of Dante	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Ama il tuo nemico	Ernesto	Television film
2007	Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu	Rino Gaetano	Miniseries
2010	Le cose che restano	Andrea	Miniseries
2014	Non è mai troppo tardi	Alberto Manzi	Miniseries
2015–2018	È arrivata la felicità	Orlando Mieli	Main role
2022	Christian	Matteo	Main role

Dubbing roles

• The Dark Knight Trilogy of Christopher Nolan films:
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Munich (2005)

Animation

Year	Title	Voice	Notes
2014	The LEGO Movie	Batman
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Batman
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Batman
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Mario

Video games

Year	Title	Voice	Notes
2005	Batman Begins	Batman

External links

• Official website
• Claudio Santamaria at IMDb