Roberto Chevalier

Roberto Chevalier Di Miceli (born 14 May 1952) is an Italian actor and voice actor who is best known for providing the Italian voice of Tom Cruise in most of his movies.^[1]

Roberto Chevalier
Chevalier in Amore mio non farmi male (1974)
Born	Roberto Chevalier Di Miceli (1952-05-14) 14 May 1952 (age 73) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor voice actor dubbing director
Years active	1958–present
Children	3, including David Chevalier

Biography

Born in Rome, Chevalier entered his profession as a child actor in the late 1950s and he made his debut acting appearance in the 1958 film Young Husbands. He also reached stardom with his appearances in the 1961 film The Vengeance of Ursus and the 1963 film I terribili 7. Additionally, he portrayed a young David Copperfield in the 1965 television miniseries of the same name. Chevalier also spent five years in Teatro Ghione collaborating with Giorgio Strehler. However, he left due to his father’s death and his mother’s diagnosis with cancer.^[2] He continued acting as an adult as he began accepting minor or recurring roles on television by the beginning of the 21st century.

Chevalier is best known as a voice actor.^[3] He is best known as the official Italian voice of Tom Cruise and has dubbed him in most of his work since the 1986 film Top Gun.^[4] He is also a regular dub actor of Tom Hanks, Andy García, Dennis Quaid, John Travolta and Kurt Russell.^[5] Additionally, he has also dubbed Tony Goldwyn, Michael Keaton, James Woods, David Bowie, Christopher Reeve, Jeff Daniels, Michael Biehn as well as dubbing Owen Wilson in his earlier movies.

Some of Chevalier’s character dubbing roles include Cruise's role of Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible franchise (excluding the third film as Cruise is dubbed by Riccardo Rossi), as well as Truman Capote (portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman) in the 2006 film Capote, Ian Malcolm (portrayed by Jeff Goldblum) in the 1993 film Jurassic Park and Hal (portrayed by Bryan Cranston) in the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In Chevalier’s animated roles, he voiced Lucky in the Italian version of One Hundred and One Dalmatians early in his dubbing career, as well as Vicious in the anime series Cowboy Bebop.^[6]

Personal life

Chevalier is the father of the voice actor David Chevalier. His daughters, Arlena and Fiore are also voice dubbers.^[7]

Filmography

Cinema

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Young Husbands	Checchino
	The Naked Maja	The Little Prince
1959	My Wife's Enemy	Little Boy at Terenzi's	Uncredited
1960	Rapina al quartiere Ovest
1961	The Vengeance of Ursus	Dario
	Pulcinella, cetrulo di Acerra	Il ragazzo
	Scandali al mare	Charlie
1963	I terribili 7	Fantomas
1970	A Girl Called Jules	Camillo
	Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato
1974	Amore mio non farmi male	Marcello Foschini
1975	Son tornate a fiorire le rose
1976	For Love of Cesarina	Paolino Mariani

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Il romanzo di un maestro		TV miniseries
1963	La cocuzza		TV film
1964	Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca	Luigi "Gigino" Balestra	TV miniseries
1965	Il vecchio e il faro	Giulio	TV miniseries
	David Copperfield	David Copperfield (young)	TV miniseries
1967	I racconti del faro	Giulio	TV miniseries
1971	E le stelle stanno a guardare	Pat Reedy	TV miniseries
1975	I killer	Nick	TV film
2000	Padre Pio: Miracle Man	Giuseppe	TV miniseries
	The Wings of Life	Giuseppe	TV miniseries
2002	Distretto di Polizia	Germana's father	Recurring role (season 3)
2004	Un medico in famiglia		2 episodes (season 4)
2011	R.I.S. Roma – Delitti imperfetti	Siniscalchi	1 episode (season 2x10)
	Che Dio ci aiuti	collaboratore di Elvira Casalgrande	1 episode (season 1x05)
2018	Il confine	Salandra	TV miniseries

Voice work

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2008	Raccontami	Narrator	Voice-over

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Ref
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Lucky	[8]
1968	Bambi	Adult Bambi (1968 redub)	[9]
1981	American Pop	Tony Belinsky
1998	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue	Narrator
	Tekken: The Motion Picture	Lei Wulong	[10]
1999	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Dr. Gouache	[11]
2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	General Hein
2003	La légende de Parva	Professor Hesse
2004	Steamboy	David
2013	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Whis	[12]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'		[13]
2017	The Star	Zachariah

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Original actor	Ref
1974	The Front Page	Rudy Keppler	Jon Korkes
1976	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Thomas Jerome Newton	David Bowie
1980	Somewhere in Time	Richard Collier	Christopher Reeve
	Inferno	Mark Elliott	Leigh McCloskey
1982	Missing	Frank Teruggi	Joe Regalbuto
1983	Silkwood	Drew Stephens	Kurt Russell
1985	Volunteers	Lawrence Bourne III	Tom Hanks
	Back to the Future	Dave McFly	Marc McClure
	Perfect	Adam Lawrence	John Travolta
	Plenty	Mick	Sting
	Nothing Underneath	Bob Crane	Tom Schanley
	Phenomena	Kurt	Michele Soavi
1986	Top Gun	Pete "Maverick" Mitchell	Tom Cruise	[14]
	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Darren Robinson	Tony Goldwyn
	Labyrinth	Jareth	David Bowie
	Heat	Danny DeMarco	Neill Barry
1987	Suspect	Eddie Sanger	Dennis Quaid
	Innerspace	Lieutenant Tuck Pendleton
	Gaby: A True Story	David	Tony Goldwyn
1988	Switching Channels	Blaine Bingham	Christopher Reeve
	Rain Man	Charlie Babbitt	Tom Cruise	[15]
	D.O.A.	Professor Dexter Cornell	Dennis Quaid
	Punchline	Steven Gold	Tom Hanks
	The Presidio	Jay Austin	Mark Harmon
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Ron Kovic	Tom Cruise	[16]
	Tango & Cash	Gabriel Cash	Kurt Russell
	Weekend at Bernie's	Richard Parker	Jonathan Silverman
	Look Who's Talking	James Ubriacco	John Travolta	[17]
	The Experts	Travis
	True Believer	Eddie Dodd	James Woods
	The 'Burbs	Ray Peterson	Tom Hanks
	The Tall Guy	Dexter King	Jeff Goldblum
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Jack Faulkner	Dennis Quaid
	Sibling Rivalry	Nicholas Meany	Bill Pullman
	Look Who's Talking Too	James Ubriacco	John Travolta	[18]
	Days of Thunder	Cole Trickle	Tom Cruise	[19]
	Navy SEALs	Lieutenant James Curran	Michael Biehn
	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Sherman McCoy	Tom Hanks
	The Godfather Part III	Vincent Corleone	Andy García	[20]
	Pretty Woman	David Morse	Alex Hyde-White
	Arachnophobia	Dr. Ross Jennings	Jeff Daniels
1991	The Hard Way	Lieutenant John Moss	James Woods
	Eyes of an Angel	Bobby	John Travolta
	Shout	Jack Cabe
	Backdraft	Brian McCaffrey	William Baldwin
1992	Radio Flyer	Older Mike Marshall	Tom Hanks
	A League of Their Own	Jimmy Dugan
	Kuffs	Ted Bukovsky	Tony Goldwyn
	Split Second	Dick Durkin	Alastair Duncan
	Far and Away	Joseph Donnelly	Tom Cruise
	A Few Good Men	Daniel Kaffee
	Nervous Ticks	York Daley	Bill Pullman
	Hero	John Bubber	Andy García
1993	Jurassic Park	Ian Malcolm	Jeff Goldblum	[21]
	Undercover Blues	Jefferson Blue	Dennis Quaid
	Wilder Napalm	Wallace Foudroyant
	Look Who's Talking Now!	James Ubriacco	John Travolta	[22]
	Sleepless in Seattle	Sam Baldwin	Tom Hanks	[23]
	Philadelphia	Andrew Beckett		[24]
	The Pelican Brief	Fletcher Coal	Tony Goldwyn
	Indecent Proposal	David Murphy	Woody Harrelson
	The Firm	Mitch McDeere	Tom Cruise
	Alive	Antonio Balbi	Vincent Spano
1994	The Specialist	Tomas Leon	Eric Roberts
	Interview with the Vampire	Lestat de Lioncourt	Tom Cruise
1995	Something to Talk About	Eddie Bichon	Dennis Quaid
	The Net	Jack Devlin	Jeremy Northam
	Cutthroat Island	William Shaw	Matthew Modine
	Apollo 13	Jim Lovell	Tom Hanks	[25]
	Magic in the Water	Jack Black	Mark Harmon
1996	Night Falls on Manhattan	Sean Casey	Andy García
	Muppet Treasure Island	Billy Bones	Billy Connolly	[26]
	Mission: Impossible	Ethan Hunt	Tom Cruise	[27]
	Jerry Maguire	Jerry Maguire
	Multiplicity	Doug Kinney	Michael Keaton
	Fly Away Home	Thomas Alden	Jeff Daniels
	Bottle Rocket	Dignan	Owen Wilson
	The Cable Guy	Robin's Date
1997	As Good as It Gets	Simon Bishop	Greg Kinnear
	Mr. Wrong	Whitman Crawford	Bill Pullman
	Kiss the Girls	Dr. William Rudolph	Tony Goldwyn
	In & Out	Cameron Drake	Matt Dillon
1998	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Roy Neary (1998 redub)	Richard Dreyfuss
	You've Got Mail	Joe Fox	Tom Hanks	[28]
	U.S. Marshals	Deputy Cosmo Renfro	Joe Pantoliano
	Desperate Measures	Frank Conner	Andy García
	Deep Impact	Dr. Gus Partenza	Jon Favreau
1999	Muppets from Space	Gate Guard	Ray Liotta
	Magnolia	Frank T.J. Mackey	Tom Cruise
	The Green Mile	Paul Edgecomb	Tom Hanks	[29]
2000	Traffic	Arnie Metzger	Dennis Quaid
	Mission: Impossible 2	Ethan Hunt	Tom Cruise	[30]
	What Planet Are You From?	Perry Gordon	Greg Kinnear
	Loser	Edward Alcott
	Beethoven's 3rd	Richard Newton	Judge Reinhold
2001	Vanilla Sky	David Aames	Tom Cruise	[31]
	The Unsaid	Michael Hunter	Andy García
	Beethoven's 4th	Richard Newton	Judge Reinhold
2002	Auto Focus	Bob Crane	Greg Kinnear
	Abandon	Dr. David Schaffer	Tony Goldwyn
	Minority Report	John Anderton	Tom Cruise
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Tom Cruise
	Clockstoppers	Henry Gates	Michael Biehn
	Enough	Robbie	Noah Wyle
2003	Quicksand	Martin Raikes	Michael Keaton
	The Last Samurai	Captain Nathan Algren	Tom Cruise	[32]
2004	Twisted	Mike Delmarco	Andy García
	Imaginary Heroes	Ben Travis	Jeff Daniels
	Ladder 49	Mike Kennedy	John Travolta
	Collateral	Vincent	Tom Cruise
	The Grudge	Peter Kirk	Bill Pullman
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Joe Cleeman	Richard Burgi
	The Lazarus Child	Jack Heywood	Andy García
	The Lost City	Fico Fellove
	Yours, Mine & Ours	Frank Beardsley	Dennis Quaid
	Capote	Truman Capote	Philip Seymour Hoffman	[33]
	Slow Burn	Ford Cole	Ray Liotta
2006	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Jean Girard	Sacha Baron Cohen	[34]
	The Da Vinci Code	Robert Langdon	Tom Hanks	[35]
	The Last Time	Ted Riker	Michael Keaton
	Unknown	Broken Nose / Richard McCain	Greg Kinnear
	Little Miss Sunshine	Richard Hoover
	The Prestige	Nikola Tesla	David Bowie
2007	Lions for Lambs	Senator Jasper Irving	Tom Cruise
	The Air I Breathe	Fingers	Andy García
	Feast of Love	Bradley Smith	Greg Kinnear
2008	Tropic Thunder	Les Grossman	Tom Cruise	[36]
	Valkyrie	Claus von Stauffenberg		[37]
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Vincenzo Roccara Squarcialupi Brancaleon	Andy García	[38]
	The Invention of Lying	Jim	Philip Seymour Hoffman
	Angels & Demons	Robert Langdon	Tom Hanks	[39]
2010	Knight and Day	Roy Miller / Matthew Knight	Tom Cruise
	The Other Guys	Captain Gene Mauch	Michael Keaton
	The Switch	Leonard	Jeff Goldblum
2011	I Don't Know How She Does It	Richard Reddy	Greg Kinnear
	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Ethan Hunt	Tom Cruise	[40]
	J. Edgar	Inspector Schell	Christian Clemenson
	Larry Crowne	Larry Crowne	Tom Hanks
	The Smurfs	Henri	Tim Gunn
2012	Rock of Ages	Stacee Jaxx	Tom Cruise
	Jack Reacher	Jack Reacher		[41]
	The Dream Team	Commentator	Laurent Biras
2013	Oblivion	Jack Harper	Tom Cruise
2014	Let's Be Cops	Detective Brolin	Andy García
	Edge of Tomorrow	Major William Cage	Tom Cruise
	John Wick	Avi	Dean Winters
2015	The Man Who Knew Infinity	Bertrand Russell	Jeremy Northam
	Going Clear	Tom Cruise	Tom Cruise
	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Ethan Hunt		[42]
	Club Life	William Taylor	Al Sapienza
2016	A Hologram for the King	Alan Clay	Tom Hanks
	Inferno	Robert Langdon		[43]
	In a Valley of Violence	Clyde Martin	John Travolta
	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Jack Reacher	Tom Cruise	[44]
	The Belko Experiment	Barry Norris	Tony Goldwyn
2017	The Mummy	Nick Morton	Tom Cruise	[45]
	American Made	Barry Seal
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Moreno	Barry Atsma
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Ethan Hunt	Tom Cruise	[46]
2019	Midsommar	Odd	Mats Blomgren
2020	News of the World	Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd	Tom Hanks
2022	Top Gun: Maverick	Pete "Maverick" Mitchell	Tom Cruise	[47]
2023	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Ethan Hunt		[48]
	Retribution	Anders Muller	Matthew Modine

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref
1980	Casshan	Casshern	Main cast
1999–2000	Cowboy Bebop	Vicious	Main cast	[49]
2000–2004	South Park	Various characters	Recurring role (seasons 1–4)
2002	The Christmas Orange	Lenny	TV film
2002–present	Futurama	Robot Devil	Recurring role (season 6+)	[50]
		Yancy Fry Sr.	1 episode (season 4x07)
		Various characters	Recurring role (season 4+)
2007–2008	Hunter × Hunter	Hisoka Morow	Main cast

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Original actor	Ref
1984–1988	Three's Company	Larry Dallas	Recurring role (seasons 1–6)	Richard Kline
1988	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Major John Dodge	TV film	Christopher Reeve
1991	Chains of Gold	Scott Barnes	TV film	John Travolta
1991	Extralarge	John Philip Dumas	Main cast (season 1)	Philip Michael Thomas
1993	Fallen Angels	Trouble Boy #1	1 episode (season 1, episode 2)	Tom Hanks
1993	Tequila and Bonetti	Nico "Nick" Bonetti	Main cast	Jack Scalia
1994	Next Door	Matt Coler	TV film	James Woods
1999	Swing Vote	Joseph Michael Kirkland	TV film	Andy García
2003	Friends	Gavin Mitchell	3 episodes (season 9)	Dermot Mulroney
2004–2008	Malcolm in the Middle	Hal	Main cast	Bryan Cranston	[51]
2005	Fat Actress	John Travolta	1 episode (season 1, episode 1)	John Travolta
2010	The Pacific	Narrator	TV miniseries	Tom Hanks
2010–2011	Stargate Universe	Nicholas Rush	Main cast	Robert Carlyle	[52]