Giorgio Lopez

Not to be confused with George Lopez.

Giorgio Lopez (16 February 1947 – 10 August 2021) was an Italian actor, voice actor, and theatre director.^[1]

Giorgio Lopez
Born	(1947-02-16)16 February 1947 Naples, Italy
Died	10 August 2021(2021-08-10) (aged 74) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor voice actor theatre director playwright dialogue adapter dubbing director
Years active	1969–2021
Children	Gabriele Andrea
Relatives	Massimo Lopez (brother)

Biography

Born in Naples, Lopez began his career during the late 1960s. Remembered for his work as a stage actor,^[2] director and playwright, he was also widely known as a voice actor, being the official Italian voice dubber of Danny DeVito, John Cleese, also regularly dubbing Dustin Hoffman since the death of Ferruccio Amendola in 2001.^[3]

Lopez had also dubbed the voices of characters portrayed by Groucho Marx, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Michael Jeter, Pat Morita and Bob Hoskins. His character roles include Garrick Ollivander (portrayed by John Hurt) in the Harry Potter films, Geoffrey Butler (portrayed by Joseph Marcell) in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Mr. Miyagi (portrayed by Pat Morita) in The Karate Kid.

Some of Lopez’s animated roles include King Harold in the Shrek movies, Gene in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Baby Herman as a grown-up in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, J. Audubon Woodlore in Hooked Bear, Bootle Beetle in named character short and The Greener Yard in the 1991 redubbing, Scrooge McDuck from 1996 until 2020, replacing Gigi Angelillo, and many characters in Matt Groening's Futurama (of which Lopez served as a dubbing director and dialogue writer for the Italian-dubbed version) and The Simpsons.

From 2005 to 2011 Lopez directed his brother Massimo in the theatre one-man-show Ciao Frankie (Goodbye, Frankie), dedicated to Frank Sinatra, featuring songs, gags and impressions, which was also performed at the Colony Theatre in Miami.

Personal life

Lopez was the father of voice actors Gabriele and Andrea Lopez. He was also the older brother of actor and Trio member Massimo Lopez.

Death

Ill with cardiopathy and diabetes,^[4] Lopez died in Rome on the morning of 10 August 2021, at the age of 74.^[5][6]

Filmography

Cinema

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Minor
1985	Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone	American Soccer Commentator
2012	Pinocchio	Alidoro (voice)	Animated film
2016	Fräulein - Una fiaba d'inverno [it]	Narrator (voice)	Comedy/Drama[7]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Mother Courage and Her Two Children		TV play[8]
1971	Julius Caesar	Dardanius	TV play[9]
	September 8th	Mario Badoglio	TV play[10]
1975	La contessa Lara	Journalist	TV miniseries
	As You Like It	Oliver	TV play[11]
1976	Il garofano rosso	Pelagrua	TV miniseries
1980	Gioco di morte	Castro	TV film
1998	Professione fantasma	Commissario Salvi	TV series
2002	Don Matteo	Coroner	TV series, 1 episode (season 3, episode 10)
2013	Le straordinarie avventure di Jules Verne [it]	De L'Ennui' (voice)	Animated series[12]

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Ref
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Baby Herman	[13]
	The Land Before Time	Narrator
1989	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Itchy Itchiford	[14]
1990	Roller Coaster Rabbit	Baby Herman
	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Genie
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Root
	Cool World	Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Mayor of Halloween Town	[15]
1994	A Troll in Central Park	Llort
	The Swan Princess	Lord Rogers	[16]
	The Pagemaster	Adventure	[17]
1995	Balto	Boris Goosinov
	Pocahontas	Kekata	[18]
	Memories	Oomaeda
1997	The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain	Lord Rogers	[19]
	Chipollino	Tomato
	Princess Mononoke	Jigo
1998	The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure	Lord Rogers	[20]
1999	Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas	Scrooge McDuck	[21]
	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Jimbo Kearn
	Madeline: Lost in Paris	Lord Cucuface
2000	Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders	Lester
	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	Jean-Claude
2001	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Ooblar
	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Dr. Sid
	The Trumpet of the Swan	Father
2002	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Colonel Radcliffe Thornberry
	Eight Crazy Nights	Whitey Duvall
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure	Lil' Lightning
	El Cid: The Legend	Emir Al-Qadir II
2004	Steamboy	Lloyd Steam
	Shrek 2	King Harold	[22]
	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Scrooge McDuck	[23]
2005	Pinocchio 3000	Mayor Scamboli
	Valiant	Felix
	Chicken Little	Buck "Ace" Cluck
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Reverend Clement Hedges
2006	Open Season	McSquizzy	[24]
	Flushed Away	Pegleg
	Paprika	Dr. Toratarō Shima
	Hui Buh: The Goofy Ghost	Castellan
2007	Shrek the Third	King Harold	[25]
2008	Open Season 2	McSquizzy	[26]
2009	Astro Boy	Dr. Elefun
2010	Shrek Forever After	King Harold	[27]
	Open Season 3	McSquizzy	[28]
	Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic	Alighiero di Bellincione
		Richard I
	A Cat in Paris	Victor Costa
2011	Arthur Christmas	Grandsanta
2012	Zarafa	Malaterre
2013	Free Birds	Leatherbeak
	The House of Magic	Lawrence Savile
	Justin and the Knights of Valour	Braulio
2014	The Lego Movie	Albus Dumbledore	[29]
	The Boxtrolls	Boulanger
	Coconut, the Little Dragon	Grandpa George
	Song of the Sea	The Great Seanachaí
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Dr. Briefs
	A Warrior's Tail	The King
2016	Trolls	King Gristle Sr.	[30]
2021	Secret Magic Control Agency	The King

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Original actor	Ref
1977	Pumping Iron	Narrator	Charles Gaines
1984	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Phillippe d'Arnot	Ian Holm
	The Karate Kid	Mr. Miyagi	Pat Morita	[31]
1985	Head Office	Frank Steadman	Danny DeVito
	Silverado	Sheriff Langston	John Cleese
	National Lampoon's European Vacation	Kent Winkdale	John Astin
	The Goonies	Irving Walsh	Keith Walker
	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Sergei T. Podovsky	Steven Berkoff
1986	The Name of the Rose	Ubertino of Casale	William Hickey
	Sweet Liberty	Stanley Gould	Bob Hoskins
	The Karate Kid Part II	Mr. Miyagi	Pat Morita	[32]
	Little Shop of Horrors	Wink Wilkinson	John Candy
	Three Amigos	Morty	Jon Lovitz
1987	Throw Momma from the Train	Owen Lift	Danny DeVito
1988	A Fish Called Wanda	Archie Leach	John Cleese
	Twins	Vincent Benedict	Danny DeVito	[33]
	Short Circuit 2	Oscar Baldwin	Jack Weston
	My Stepmother Is an Alien	Lucas Budlong	Joseph Maher
	Funny Farm	Michael Sinclair
	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Baron Munchausen	John Neville
	Mississippi Burning	Ray Stuckey	Gailard Sartain
	Die Hard	Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi	James Shigeta
1989	The Karate Kid Part III	Mr. Miyagi	Pat Morita	[34]
	Physical Evidence	James Nicks	Ned Beatty
	When Harry Met Sally...	Gary	Kyle T. Heffner
	Miss Firecracker	Mac Sam	Scott Glenn
	The January Man	Eamon Flynn	Rod Steiger
	Driving Miss Daisy	Boolie Werthan	Dan Aykroyd
1990	The Cocoanuts	Mr. Hammer (1990 dubbing)	Groucho Marx
	Animal Crackers	Captain Spaulding (1990 dubbing)
	Monkey Business	Groucho (1990 dubbing)
	A Day at the Races	Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (1990 redub)
	Room Service	Gordon Miller (1990 dubbing)
	At the Circus	J. Cheever Loophole (1990 redub)
	Go West	S. Quentin Quale (1990 redub)
	A Girl in Every Port	Benny Linn (1990 dubbing)
	Cadillac Man	Jack "Little Jack" Turgeon	Paul Guilfoyle
1991	Other People's Money	Lawrence Garfield	Danny DeVito
	Nothing but Trouble	Alvin "J.P" Valkenheiser	Dan Aykroyd
		Bobo
1992	Batman Returns	Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin	Danny DeVito	[35]
	Hoffa	Bobby Ciaro		[36]
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Father Ignatius	Michael Jeter
	Jack the Bear	John Leary	Danny DeVito
	Body of Evidence	Robert Garrett	Joe Mantegna
	The Man Without a Face	Dr. Lionel Talbot	Zach Grenier
1994	Star Trek Generations	Montgomery "Scotty" Scott	James Doohan
	The Next Karate Kid	Mr. Miyagi	Pat Morita	[37]
	Junior	Dr. Larry Arbogast	Danny DeVito	[38]
	Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	Dr. Eisendrath	Earl Boen
	Drop Zone	Earl Leedy	Michael Jeter
	Baby's Day Out	Edgar "Eddie" Mauser	Joe Mantegna
	True Lies	Albert "Gib" Gibson	Tom Arnold
	Léon: The Professional	Tony	Danny Aiello
	There Goes My Baby	Pop	Seymour Cassel
1995	Nine Months	Marty Dwyer	Tom Arnold
	Braveheart	Robert de Brus	Ian Bannen
	The Quick and the Dead	Horace	Pat Hingle
1996	Spy Hard	The Director	Charles Durning
	Matilda	Harry Wormwood	Danny DeVito	[39]
		Narrator
	Mars Attacks!	Rude Gambler
	Sleepers	Danny Snyder	Dustin Hoffman	[40]
	North Star	Reno	Burt Young
	Up Close & Personal	Dan Duarte	Miguel Sandoval
1997	Fierce Creatures	Rollo Lee	John Cleese
	L.A. Confidential	Sid Hudgens	Danny DeVito	[41]
	The Rainmaker	Deck Shifflet
	Wag the Dog	Stanley Motss	Dustin Hoffman
	Alien Resurrection	Dr. Mason Wren	J. E. Freeman
	The Sweet Hereafter	Mitchell Stephens	Ian Holm
1998	Living Out Loud	Pat Francato	Danny DeVito
	Cousin Bette	Cesar Crevel	Bob Hoskins
	Paulie	Ignacio	Cheech Marin
	Dr. Dolittle	Dr. Gene Reiss	Richard Schiff
		Dr. Sam Litvack	Steven Gilborn
		Male Pigeon	Garry Shandling
	The Siege	Frank Haddad	Tony Shalhoub
1999	Man on the Moon	George Shapiro	Danny DeVito
	King Cobra	Nick "Hash" Hashimoto	Pat Morita
	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	The Conscience	Dustin Hoffman
	Big Daddy	Arthur Brooks	Josh Mostel
	The World Is Not Enough	R	John Cleese
	The Green Mile	Eduard "Del" Delacroix	Michael Jeter
	Random Hearts	Dick Montoya	Paul Guilfoyle
	Double Jeopardy	Bobby	Jay Brazeau
	The Bachelor	Roy O'Dell	Hal Holbrook
	Bicentennial Man	Dennis Mansky	Stephen Root
2000	Rules of Engagement	Ambassador Mourain	Ben Kingsley
	Drowning Mona	Wyatt Rash	Danny DeVito
	Esther Kahn	Nathan Quellen	Ian Holm
	Bless the Child	Reverend Grissom
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Pappy O'Daniel	Charles Durning
	Mission: Impossible 2	Dr. Vladimir Nekhorvich	Rade Šerbedžija
	The Gift	Gerald Weems	Michael Jeter
	Taxi 2	Edmond Bertineau	Jean-Christophe Bouvet
	Playing Mona Lisa	Bernie Goldstein	Elliott Gould
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Garrick Ollivander	John Hurt
	From Hell	Sir William Gull	Ian Holm
	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Max Fairbanks	Danny DeVito
	Heist	Mickey Bergman
	Thirteen Ghosts	Cyrus Kriticos	F. Murray Abraham
	Session 9	Bill Griggs	Paul Guilfoyle
	Rat Race	Donald P. Sinclair	John Cleese
	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	George Bond	Wallace Shawn
	The Tailor of Panama	Harry Pendel	Geoffrey Rush
	America's Sweethearts	Wellness Guide	Alan Arkin
2002	Moonlight Mile	Ben Floss	Dustin Hoffman
	Die Another Day	Q	John Cleese
	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	James
	Spider-Man	Dr. Mendel Stromm	Ron Perkins
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Danny DeVito	Danny DeVito
	City by the Sea	Reg Duffy	George Dzundza
	Returner	Dr. Brown	Dean Harrington
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Alex's father	John Cleese
	Anything Else	Harvey Wexler	Danny DeVito
	Big Fish	Amos Calloway		[42]
	Levity	Mr. Aguilar	Manuel Aránguiz
	Luther	Johann von Staupitz	Bruno Ganz
	Duplex	Herman	Wallace Shawn
	Confidence	Winston "The King" King	Dustin Hoffman
	Runaway Jury	Wendell Rohr
	Open Range	Percy	Michael Jeter
	Taxi 3	Gérard Gibert	Bernard Farcy
	Peter Pan	Mr. Smee	Richard Briers
2004	Hellboy	Trevor Bruttenholm	John Hurt
	Christmas in Love	Brad La Guardia	Danny DeVito
	Vanity Fair	Sir Pitt Crawley the Elder	Bob Hoskins
	Meet the Fockers	Bernie Focker	Dustin Hoffman	[43]
	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Critic		[44]
	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Various roles (2004 redub)	John Cleese
	Around the World in 80 Days	Grizzled Sergeant
	Melinda and Melinda	Sy	Wallace Shawn
	The Bridesmaid	Gérard Courtois	Bernard Le Coq
	Christmas with the Kranks	Officer Salino	Cheech Marin
2005	Dreamer	Pop Crane	Kris Kristofferson
	The Lost City	Meyer Lansky	Dustin Hoffman
	Stay	Dr. Leon Patterson	Bob Hoskins
	Where the Truth Lies	Sally Sanmarco	Maury Chaykin
	Transamerica	Calvin Many Goats	Graham Greene
	Missing	Andrew Babcock (2005 redub)	Richard Bradford
2006	Miss Potter	Rupert Potter	Bill Paterson
	O Jerusalem	David Ben-Gurion	Ian Holm
	Spymate	Kiro Sensei	Pat Morita
	Even Money	Walter	Danny DeVito
	Relative Strangers	Frank Menure
	10 Items or Less	Big D
	Deck the Halls	Buddy Hall
	Man About Town	Dr. Primkin	John Cleese
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Giuseppe Baldini	Dustin Hoffman
	The Holiday	Dustin Hoffman
	Stranger than Fiction	Professor Jules Hilbert		[45]
	Unknown	Bound Man / Brockman	Joe Pantoliano
	The Illusionist	Josef Fischer	Eddie Marsan
2007	The Good Night	Mel	Danny DeVito
	Reno 911!: Miami	District Attorney
	Nobel Son	George Gastner
	Charlie Wilson's War	Clarence "Doc" Long	Ned Beatty
	Taxi 4	Gérard Gibert	Bernard Farcy
	Spider-Man 3	Captain George Stacy	James Cromwell
	Becoming Jane	George Austen
	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Edward Magorium	Dustin Hoffman
	Battle in Seattle	Dr. Meric	Rade Šerbedžija
	The Godfather	Peter Clemenza (2007 redub)	Richard S. Castellano
2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Trevor Bruttenholm	John Hurt
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Charles Dreyfus	John Cleese
	Sherlock Holmes	Captain Tanner	Clive Russell
	House Broken	Tom Cathkart	Danny DeVito
	Solitary Man	Jimmy Marino
	Surrogates	Older Canter	James Cromwell
	Race to Witch Mountain	Dr. Donald Harlan	Garry Marshall
2010	Barney's Version	Izzy Panofsky	Dustin Hoffman
	Little Fockers	Bernie Focker		[46]
	When in Rome	Al Russo	Danny DeVito
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Garrick Ollivander	John Hurt
	Furry Vengeance	Dr. Christian Burr	Wallace Shawn
	Made in Dagenham	Albert Passingham	Bob Hoskins
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Garrick Ollivander	John Hurt
	Melancholia	Dexter
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Control
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Gustav Fiers / Gentleman	Michael Massee
	The Dream Team	Foucher	André Penvern
2013	Admission	Clarence	Wallace Shawn
	Snowpiercer	Gilliam	John Hurt
	Only Lovers Left Alive	Christopher Marlowe
	The Lone Ranger	Chief Big Bear	Saginaw Grant
2014	Interstellar	Donald	John Lithgow
	Chef	Riva	Dustin Hoffman
	The Cobbler	Abraham Simkin
	Boychoir	Anton Carvelle
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Gustav Fiers / Gentleman	Michael Massee
2015	The Program	Bob Hamman	Dustin Hoffman
2016	Wiener-Dog	Dave Schmerz	Danny DeVito
	Café Society	Marty Dorfman	Ken Stott
2017	The Meyerowitz Stories	Harold Meyerowitz	Dustin Hoffman
2018	The Favourite	Sidney Godolphin	James Smith
2019	Dumbo	Max Medici	Danny DeVito	[47]
	Jumanji: The Next Level	Eddie Gilpin
	Marriage Story	Frank	Wallace Shawn
	Into the Labyrinth	Dr. Green	Dustin Hoffman
2020	Rifkin's Festival	Mort Rifkin	Wallace Shawn

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref
1973–1974	Emergency +4	Roy DeSoto	Main cast
1988	Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears	Ranger Smith	TV film
1990	Yogi's Treasure Hunt		Main cast
1992	Raw Toonage	Scrooge McDuck	Guest role
1995	Gargoyles	Travis Marshall	Guest role
1995–2021	The Simpsons	Various characters	Recurring role	[48]
1996	Animaniacs	Ivan Bloski	2 episodes	[49]
		Professor Otto von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeyer
1999–2000	Mickey Mouse Works	Scrooge McDuck	Recurring role
1999–2013	Futurama	Scruffy Scruffington	Recurring role (seasons 4x18, 6–7)	[50]
		Various characters	Recurring role
2000–2002	Teacher's Pet	Pretty Boy	Main cast
2000–2005	South Park	Jimbo Kearn	Recurring role (seasons 1–4)
2001	The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo	Weerd	Recurring role
2001–2003	House of Mouse	Scrooge McDuck	Recurring role
2005–2006	King Arthur's Disasters	King Arthur	Main cast
2005–2009	American Dragon: Jake Long	Luong Lao Shi	Main cast
2015–2018	Mickey Mouse	Scrooge McDuck	Recurring role

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Original actor	Ref
1990	Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride	Vincent Dominici	TV miniseries	Burt Young
1991	Twin Peaks	Dr. Lawrence Jacoby	Recurring role	Russ Tamblyn
1992	Zorro	Sergeant Garcia	Main role (1992 redub)	Henry Calvin
1993–1996	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Geoffrey Butler	Main cast	Joseph Marcell	[51]
1994–2003	Friends	David	4 episodes	Hank Azaria
		Mr. Heckles	4 episodes	Larry Hankin
		Steve	2 episodes	Jon Lovitz
1996	The Sunshine Boys	Al Lewis	TV film	Woody Allen
2000	The Last of the Blonde Bombshells	Patrick	TV film	Ian Holm
2007	Full of It	Principal Marcus Hayes	TV film	Derek McGrath
2008–2019	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Frank Reynolds	Main cast (seasons 2–13)	Danny DeVito	[52]
2011	Neverland	Mr. Smee	TV miniseries	Bob Hoskins
2012	The Confession	Priest	TV webseries	John Hurt
2015	The Last Panthers	Tom Kendle	Main cast
2018–2021	Young Sheldon	Dr. John Sturgis	Recurring role (seasons 1–3)	Wallace Shawn	[53]
2021	Luck	Chester "Ace" Bernstein	Main cast	Dustin Hoffman

Video games (Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Ref
2005	Chicken Little	Buck "Ace" Cluck
2010	Fable III	Jasper