Giorgio Lopez should not be confused with George Lopez.
| Giorgio Lopez | |
| Birth Date: | 1947 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1969–2021 |
| Relatives: | Massimo Lopez (brother) |
Giorgio Lopez (16 February 1947 – 10 August 2021) was an Italian actor, voice actor, and theatre director.[1]
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 of Danny DeVito, John Cleese, also regularly voicing 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 , 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.
Lopez was the father of voice actors Gabriele and Andrea Lopez. He was also the older brother of actor and Trio member Massimo Lopez.
After being ill with cardiopathy and diabetes, Lopez died in Rome on the morning of 10 August 2021, at the age of 74.[4] [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Minor | |||
| 1985 | Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone | American Soccer Commentator |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Mother Courage and Her Two Children | TV play[6] | ||
| 1971 | Julius Caesar | Dardanius | TV play[7] | |
| September 8th | Mario Badoglio | TV play[8] | ||
| 1975 | La contessa Lara | Journalist | TV miniseries | |
| As You Like It | Oliver | TV play[9] | ||
| 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) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Pinocchio | Alidoro | Animated film | |
| 2016 | Narrator | Comedy/Drama[10] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Baby Herman | [11] | |
| The Land Before Time | Narrator | |||
| 1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Itchy Itchiford | [12] | |
| 1990 | Roller Coaster Rabbit | Baby Herman | ||
| Genie | ||||
| 1992 | Root | |||
| Cool World | Dr. Vincent "Vegas Vinnie" Whiskers | |||
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Mayor of Halloween Town | [13] | |
| 1994 | A Troll in Central Park | Llort | ||
| The Swan Princess | Lord Rogers | [14] | ||
| The Pagemaster | Adventure | [15] | ||
| 1995 | Balto | Boris Goosinov | ||
| Pocahontas | Kekata | [16] | ||
| Memories | Oomaeda | |||
| 1997 | Lord Rogers | [17] | ||
| Chipollino | Tomato | |||
| Princess Mononoke | Jigo | |||
| 1998 | Lord Rogers | [18] | ||
| 1999 | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Scrooge McDuck | [19] | |
| Jimbo Kearn | ||||
| Lord Cucuface | ||||
| 2000 | Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders | Lester | ||
| Jean-Claude | ||||
| 2001 | Ooblar | |||
| Dr. Sid | ||||
| The Trumpet of the Swan | Father | |||
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Colonel Radcliffe Thornberry | ||
| Eight Crazy Nights | Whitey Duvall | |||
| 2003 | Lil' Lightning | |||
| Emir Al-Qadir II | ||||
| 2004 | Steamboy | Lloyd Steam | ||
| Shrek 2 | King Harold | [20] | ||
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | Scrooge McDuck | [21] | ||
| 2005 | Pinocchio 3000 | Mayor Scamboli | ||
| Valiant | Felix | |||
| Chicken Little | Buck "Ace" Cluck | |||
| Reverend Clement Hedges | ||||
| 2006 | Open Season | McSquizzy | [22] | |
| Flushed Away | Pegleg | |||
| Paprika | Dr. Toratarō Shima | |||
| Hui Buh: The Goofy Ghost | Castellan | |||
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | King Harold | [23] | |
| 2008 | Open Season 2 | McSquizzy | [24] | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Dr. Elefun | ||
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | King Harold | [25] | |
| Open Season 3 | McSquizzy | [26] | ||
| 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 | [27] | |
| The Boxtrolls | Boulanger | |||
| Coconut, the Little Dragon | Grandpa George | |||
| Song of the Sea | The Great Seanachaí | |||
| 2015 | Dr. Briefs | |||
| A Warrior's Tail | The King | |||
| 2016 | Trolls | King Gristle Sr. | [28] | |
| 2021 | Secret Magic Control Agency | The King |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Pumping Iron | Narrator | Charles Gaines | ||
| 1984 | Phillippe d'Arnot | Ian Holm | |||
| The Karate Kid | Mr. Miyagi | Pat Morita | [29] | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | [30] | ||
| 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 | [31] | ||
| 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 | [32] | |
| 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 | [33] | |
| Hoffa | Bobby Ciaro | [34] | |||
| 1993 | 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 | [35] | ||
| Junior | Dr. Larry Arbogast | Danny DeVito | [36] | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | [37] | ||
| Narrator | |||||
| Mars Attacks! | Rude Gambler | ||||
| Sleepers | Danny Snyder | Dustin Hoffman | [38] | ||
| 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 | [39] | ||
| 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 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 | |||
| 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 | Alex's father | John Cleese | |||
| Anything Else | Harvey Wexler | Danny DeVito | |||
| Big Fish | Amos Calloway | [40] | |||
| 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 | [41] | ||
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Critic | [42] | |||
| 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 | [43] | |||
| Unknown | Bound Man / Brockman | Joe Pantoliano | |||
| The Illusionist | Josef Fischer | Eddie Marsan | |||
| 2007 | The Good Night | Mel | Danny DeVito | ||
| 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 | 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 | [44] | |||
| 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 | [45] | |
| Eddie Gilpin | |||||
| Marriage Story | Frank | Wallace Shawn | |||
| Into the Labyrinth | Dr. Green | Dustin Hoffman | |||
| 2020 | Rifkin's Festival | Mort Rifkin | Wallace Shawn |
| 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 | [46] | |
| 1996 | Animaniacs | Ivan Bloski | 2 episodes | [47] | |
| Professor Otto von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeyer | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Mickey Mouse Works | Scrooge McDuck | Recurring role | ||
| 1999–2013 | Futurama | Scruffy Scruffington | Recurring role (seasons 4x18, 6–7) | [48] | |
| 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 | Luong Lao Shi | Main cast | |||
| 2015–2018 | Mickey Mouse | Scrooge McDuck | Recurring role |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 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 | [49] | |
| 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 | [50] | |
| 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 | [51] | |
| 2021 | Luck | Chester "Ace" Bernstein | Main cast | Dustin Hoffman |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Chicken Little | Buck "Ace" Cluck | ||
| 2010 | Fable III | Jasper |