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Tonino Accolla
Italian voice actor (1949–2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antonino "Tonino" Accolla (6 April 1949 – 14 July 2013) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1] He was a well-known voice dubber, with the public mainly identifying him as the Italian voice of actor Eddie Murphy and the animated character Homer Simpson.[2]
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Accolla was born in Syracuse, Italy. He began his career in the early 1970s acting in theatre, film and radio shows, making one of his earliest prominent dubbing contributions in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Accolla was notable for providing the Italian voice of Eddie Murphy in all his live-action roles (until 2009), as well as the animated character Homer Simpson in the Italian version of The Simpsons (until his death in 2013).[2] Other actors he dubbed over were Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hanks, Mickey Rourke, Ralph Fiennes, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, O. J. Simpson, Bill Paxton, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lambert and Billy Crystal in a select number of their films. In 1991, he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing for his dubbing of Kenneth Branagh in the film Henry V.
He also served as the Italian voice of Timon in the animated film The Lion King, Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc. and Mushu in Mulan II and House of Mouse.
As a dubbing director, Accolla directed the dubbed versions for several episodes of The Simpsons as well as films such as The Silence of the Lambs, Borat, The Island, Avatar and more.
Personal life
Accolla was the father of the voice actor Lorenzo Accolla and he was also the uncle of the voice actress Natalia Accolla.[3]
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Death
Accolla died on 14 July 2013, aged 64, after suffering a long illness.[4] The voice of Homer Simpson was passed on to voice actor and comedian Massimo Lopez.
Filmography
Cinema
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1974 | L'eredità dello zio buonanima | Franco’s son | |
| 2003 | Opopomoz | Astarotte (voice) | Animated film |
| 2007 | Hidden Love | Gentleman caller | |
| 2008 | Sandrine in the Rain | Cameo |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Napoleone a Sant'Elena | Lucien Bonaparte | TV miniseries |
| 1973 | La famiglia Barrett | Settimo Barrett | TV play[5] |
| 1974 | Sotto il placido Don | Mombelli | TV miniseries |
| 1975 | Tommaso d'Aquino | Aimone | TV film |
| 1977 | Lo scandalo della Banca Romana | Alberto Lanti | TV miniseries |
| 1977 | Giovanni Episcopo | Young man | TV play[6] |
| 1979 | Tre ore dopo le nozze | Actor | TV play[7] |
| Antonio e Cleopatra | Eros | ||
| La grande rabbia di Philipp Hotz | Porter | TV play[8] | |
| 1982 | Le tre capitali | Muratorello | TV film |
| 1989 | Tornerai | TV miniseries | |
| 1991 | Tiramolla Adventures | Tiramolla (voice) | Animated series |
| 2001 | Il maresciallo Rocca | Mai | 2 episodes (season 3) |
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Dubbing (in Italian)
Films
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| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Russell Donovan | Bill Bixby | |
| 1979 | Alien | Gilbert Kane | John Hurt | Director’s cut |
| Apocalypse Now | Kilgore's Gunner | James Keane | ||
| More American Graffiti | Lance Harris | John Lansing | ||
| The Castle of Cagliostro | Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Makio Inoue (voice) | Hayao Miyazaki animated film | |
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | Paul Curtis | David McCallum | |
| Fame | Montgomery MacNeil | Paul McCrane | ||
| 1981 | Taps | Alex Dwyer | Sean Penn | |
| Endless Love | Keith Butterfield | James Spader | ||
| Swan Lake | Prince Siegfried | Taro Shigaki (voice) | Kimio Yabuki animated film | |
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Reggie Hammond | Eddie Murphy | [9] |
| The Thing | Windows | Thomas G. Waites | ||
| 1983 | Trading Places | Billy Ray Valentine | Eddie Murphy | [10] |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Mr. Dark | Jonathan Pryce | ||
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Various roles | Eric Idle | ||
| Terms of Endearment | Flap Horton | Jeff Daniels | ||
| Flashdance | Richie Blazek | Kyle T. Heffner | ||
| Risky Business | Joel Goodsen | Tom Cruise | ||
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Jed Eckert | Patrick Swayze | |
| Reckless | Johnny Rourke | Aidan Quinn | ||
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Charlie Moran | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Cinderella '80 | Mizio / Prince Eugenio | Pierre Cosso | ||
| Beverly Hills Cop | Axel Foley | Eddie Murphy | [11] | |
| Best Defense | T.M. Landry | |||
| Harry & Son | Howard Keach | Robby Benson | ||
| Splash | Allen Bauer | Tom Hanks | ||
| Dune | Paul Atreides | Kyle MacLachlan | ||
| 1985 | Clue | Wadsworth | Tim Curry | |
| Cocoon | Jack Bonner | Steve Guttenberg | ||
| The Breakfast Club | John Bender | Judd Nelson | ||
| 1986 | 9½ Weeks | John Gray | Mickey Rourke | |
| Power | Arnold Billings | Denzel Washington | ||
| The Golden Child | Chandler Jarrell | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Heartburn | Richard | Jeff Daniels | ||
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | David Bradley | Tom Hanks | ||
| The Money Pit | Walter Fielding | |||
| Pretty in Pink | Steff McKee | James Spader | ||
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Garth Volbeck | Charlie Sheen | ||
| The Venetian Woman | Jules | Jason Connery | ||
| The Great Mouse Detective | Citizen | |||
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Axel Foley | Eddie Murphy | [12] |
| Eddie Murphy Raw | Eddie Murphy | |||
| Angel Heart | Harry Angel | Mickey Rourke | ||
| A Prayer for the Dying | Martin Fallon | |||
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Davide Lattes | Rupert Everett | ||
| Bad Taste | Derek | Peter Jackson | ||
| Robert | ||||
| Dragnet | Pep Streebek | Tom Hanks | ||
| The Sicilian | Salvatore Giuliano | Christopher Lambert | ||
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Owen Mooney | Dylan Baker | ||
| Three Men and a Baby | Michael Kellam | Steve Guttenberg | ||
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Detective Nordberg | O. J. Simpson | |
| Coming to America | Prince Akeem Joffer | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Randy Watson | ||||
| Saul | ||||
| Clarence | ||||
| Bye Bye Baby | Marcello | Jason Connery | ||
| Working Girl | Bob Speck | Kevin Spacey | ||
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Scott Turner | Tom Hanks | |
| Major League | Willie Mays Hayes | Wesley Snipes | ||
| Parenthood | Nathan Huffner | Rick Moranis | ||
| Harlem Nights | Vernest "Quick" Brown | Eddie Murphy | ||
| When Harry Met Sally... | Harry Burns | Billy Crystal | ||
| Wild Orchid | James Wheeler | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Miss Firecracker | Delmount Williams | Tim Robbins | ||
| Henry V | King Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Frank Baker | Beau Bridges | ||
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Carter Hayes / James Danforth | Michael Keaton | |
| Another 48 Hrs. | Reggie Hammond | Eddie Murphy | [13] | |
| The Exorcist III | James Venamun / The Gemini Killer | Brad Dourif | ||
| Joe Versus the Volcano | Joe Banks | Tom Hanks | ||
| Desperate Hours | Michael Bosworth | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Bad Influence | Alex | Rob Lowe | ||
| Come See the Paradise | Jack McGurn | Dennis Quaid | ||
| Blue Steel | Eugene Hunt | Ron Silver | ||
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Roden | Dan Butler | [14] |
| Miggs | Stuard Rudin | |||
| Officer Murray | Brent Hinkley | |||
| Dead Again | Mike Church, Roman Strauss | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| City Slickers | Mitch Robbins | Billy Crystal | ||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Leonardo | Brian Tochi | ||
| Grand Canyon | Mack | Kevin Kline | ||
| The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Detective Nordberg | O. J. Simpson | ||
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | Kenneth Branagh | |
| The Player | Larry Levy | Peter Gallagher | ||
| The Distinguished Gentleman | Thomas Jefferson Johnson | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Boomerang | Marcus Graham | |||
| Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | Alvaro Harana | Benicio del Toro | ||
| White Men Can't Jump | Sidney "Syd" Deane | Wesley Snipes | ||
| Mr. Saturday Night | Buddy Young Jr. | Billy Crystal | ||
| Max and Jérémie | Jérémie Kolachowsky | Christopher Lambert | ||
| Wayne's World | Benjamin Kane | Rob Lowe | ||
| Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | John Turturro | ||
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Arojaz | Kario Salem | ||
| Alien 3 | Robert Morse | Danny Webb | ||
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | Mr. Jigsaw | Tim Curry | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Father Wolfgang | Thomas Gottschalk | ||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Leonardo | Brian Tochi | ||
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Stuart Dunmeyer | Pierce Brosnan | ||
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Dexter Hayman | Rowan Atkinson | ||
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Axel Foley | Eddie Murphy | [15] |
| Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ace Ventura | Jim Carrey | ||
| True Lies | Simon | Bill Paxton | ||
| Three Colours: Red | Michel | Marc Autheman | ||
| Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | Detective Nordberg | O. J. Simpson | ||
| Trapped in Paradise | Bill Firpo | Nicolas Cage | ||
| Highlander III: The Sorcerer | Connor MacLeod | Christopher Lambert | ||
| Drop Zone | Pete Nessip | Wesley Snipes | ||
| Léon: The Professional | Norman Stansfield | Gary Oldman | ||
| The Lion King | Timon | Nathan Lane (voice) | Animated film[16] | |
| Asterix Conquers America | Asterix | Craig Charles (voice) | Animated comedy film | |
| Speed | Maurice | Glenn Plummer | ||
| Cameraman | Todd Gordon | |||
| Angie | Noel | Stephen Rea | ||
| Prêt-à-Porter | Milo O'Brannigan | |||
| Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne | John Cusack | ||
| Little Indian, Big City | Stéphane Marchadot | Thierry Lhermitte | ||
| Bad Girls | Josh McCoy | Dermot Mulroney | ||
| 1995 | Strange Days | Lenny Nero | Ralph Fiennes | |
| Nine Months | Samuel Faulkner | Hugh Grant | ||
| Vampire in Brooklyn | Maximillian / Preacher Pauly / Guido | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Ace Ventura | Jim Carrey | ||
| Kiss of Death | Junior "Little Junior" Brown | Nicolas Cage | ||
| Braveheart | Robert the Bruce | Angus Macfadyen | ||
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Mercutio | Harold Perrineau | |
| That Thing You Do! | Amos White | Tom Hanks | ||
| Looking for Richard | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| The Evening Star | Jerry Bruckner | Bill Paxton | ||
| The Nutty Professor | Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Cletus Klump / Anna Pearl Jensen-Klump / Ida Mae Jensen / Ernie Klump Sr. / Lance Perkins | Eddie Murphy | [17] | |
| Crash | James Ballard | James Spader | ||
| Down Periscope | Stanley "Spots" Sylvesterson | Jonathan Penner | ||
| Dunston Checks In | Lord Rutledge | Rupert Everett | ||
| Independence Day | President Thomas J. Whitmore | Bill Pullman | ||
| Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | John Turturro | ||
| The Crucible | John Hale | Rob Campbell | ||
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Oscar Hopkins | Ralph Fiennes | |
| Metro | Scott Roper | Eddie Murphy | ||
| The Fifth Element | Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg | Gary Oldman | ||
| 'Til There Was You | Nick Dawkan | Dylan McDermott | ||
| Traveller | Bokky | Bill Paxton | ||
| Titanic | Brock Lovett | |||
| Alien Resurrection | Larry Purvis | Leland Orser | ||
| Speed 2: Cruise Control | Alex Shaw | Jason Patric | ||
| 1998 | Simon Birch | Joe Wenteworth (adult) | Jim Carrey | |
| The Thin Red Line | John Gaff | John Cusack | ||
| The Red Violin | Frederick Pope | Jason Flemyng | ||
| Holy Man | G | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Dr. Dolittle | Dr. John Dolittle | [18] | ||
| Goat | Phyllis Katz | |||
| There's Something About Mary | Ted Stroehmann | Ben Stiller | ||
| Gunslinger's Revenge | Jack Sikora | David Bowie | ||
| Practical Magic | Jimmy Angelov | Goran Višnjić | ||
| Coppia omicida | Domenico | Thomas Kretschmann | ||
| 1999 | Life | Rayford "Ray" Gibson | Eddie Murphy | |
| Bowfinger | Kit Ramsey / Jiff Ramsey | |||
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Cletus Klump / Anna Pearl Jensen-Klump / Ida Mae Jensen / Ernie Klump Sr. / Lance Perkins | [19] | |
| Get Carter | Cyrus Paice | Mickey Rourke | ||
| The Cell | Carl Rudolph Stargher | Vincent D'Onofrio | ||
| Me, Myself & Irene | Charlie Baileygates / Hank Evans | Jim Carrey | ||
| Little Nicky | Nicky | Adam Sandler | ||
| Rules of Engagement | Mark Biggs | Guy Pearce | ||
| Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | John Diehl | ||
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Dr. John Dolittle | Eddie Murphy | [20] |
| Monsters, Inc. | Mike Wazowski | Billy Crystal (voice) | Animated comedy film[21] | |
| One Night at McCool's | Carl | Paul Reiser | ||
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Pumpkin Escobar | Tracy Morgan | ||
| Planet of the Apes | General Thade | Tim Roth | ||
| Human Nature | Puff | Rhys Ifans | ||
| Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Mushu | Mark Moseley (voice) | Animated film | |
| 2002 | Showtime | Trey Sellars | Eddie Murphy | |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Pluto Nash, Rex Crater | |||
| I Spy | Kelly Robinson | |||
| Spider | Dennis "Spider" Cleg | Ralph Fiennes | ||
| Mike's New Car | Mike Wazowski | Billy Crystal (voice) | Animated short film | |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Bruce Nolan | Jim Carrey | |
| Daddy Day Care | Charlie Hinton | Eddie Murphy | ||
| The Haunted Mansion | Jim Evers | |||
| Ghosts of the Abyss | Bill Paxton | Bill Paxton | ||
| The Last Samurai | Colonel Bagley | Tony Goldwyn | ||
| 2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | White Goodman | Ben Stiller | |
| The Machinist | Trevor Reznik | Christian Bale | ||
| The Lion King 1½ | Timon | Nathan Lane (voice) | Animated film[22] | |
| Mulan II | Mushu | Mark Moseley (voice) | Animated film[23] | |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Marco Racin | Elijah Alexander | |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | James "Thunder" Early | Eddie Murphy | |
| Dr. Dolittle 3 | Cogburn the Rooster | Paulo Costanzo | ||
| The Pink Panther | Nigel Boswell | Clive Owen | ||
| Asterix and the Vikings | Cacofonix | Jess Harnell (voice) | Animated film | |
| Narrator | Jeff Bennett (voice) | |||
| Cars | Mike Car | Billy Crystal (voice) | ||
| Shark Bait | Pierre | |||
| 2007 | Norbit | Norbit Albert Rice, Rasputia Latimore, Mr. Wong | Eddie Murphy | |
| Virgin Territory | Gerbino Della Ratta | Tim Roth | ||
| The Simpsons Movie | Homer Simpson | Dan Castellaneta (voice) | Animated comedy film[24] | |
| Fat Tony | Joe Mantegna (voice) | |||
| Epic Movie | Harry Beaver | Katt Williams | ||
| Noah's Ark | King Sabu | Oscar Cheda (voice) | Animated comedy film | |
| 2008 | Meet Dave | Eddie Murphy | Dave Ming Chang, The Captain (Number 1) | |
| 2009 | Imagine That | Evan Danielson | ||
| Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | Hector | Michael Mittermeier (voice) | Partly animated film from books by Knister | |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Machine Hayabusa | Ryu | Animated TV series, recurring role | Norio Wakamoto (voice) | ||
| 1979–1987 | M*A*S*H | Maxwell Q. Klinger | Recurring role | Jamie Farr | ||
| 1981–1982 | The Smurfs | Papa Smurf | Animated TV series, main cast (3rd voice) | Don Messick (voice) | [25] | |
| 1982 | Festival of Family Classics | Various characters | Animated TV series | Various actors | [26] | |
| Oliver Twist | Bill Sikes | TV film | Tim Curry | |||
| Marco Polo | Prince Chinkin | TV miniseries | Junichi Ishida | |||
| Isabelle of Paris | Andrea | Main cast | Osamu Ichikawa (voice) | |||
| 1982–1987 | Happy Days | Roger Phillips | Recurring role | Ted McGinley | ||
| 1983–1989 | Simon & Simon | A.J. Simon | Main cast | Jameson Parker | ||
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Eric Avigdor | TV miniseries | Pierre Malet | ||
| 1985 | North and South | Orry Main | TV miniseries | Patrick Swayze | ||
| Baila Comigo | Joaquim Seixas Miranda | Main cast | Tony Ramos | |||
| 1990 | A Season of Giants | Michelangelo | TV miniseries | Mark Frankel | ||
| 1991 | Young Catherine | Count Grigory Orlov | TV miniseries | |||
| 1991–2013 | The Simpsons | Homer Simpson | Animated TV series, main cast (seasons 1–23) | Dan Castellaneta (voice) | [27] | |
| Grampa Simpson (young) | ||||||
| Various characters | Various actors | |||||
| 1996–2000 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ace Ventura | Animated TV series, lead role | Michael Daingerfield (voice) | ||
| 1998–2003 | Mad About You | Paul Buchman | Main cast (seasons 1–6) | Paul Reiser | ||
| 2001–2002 | House of Mouse | Mushu | Animated TV series, 9 episodes | Mark Moseley (voice) | [28] |
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