Luca Dal Fabbro Explained

Luca Dal Fabbro
Birth Date:	1 January 1951
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Yearsactive:	1969–present
Children:	1
Father:	Nino Dal Fabbro
Mother:	Vanna Polverosi

Luca Dal Fabbro (born 1 January 1951) is an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Rome, Dal Fabbro is the son of actors Nino Dal Fabbro and Vanna Polverosi. As a theatre actor, Dal Fabbro has worked with directors such as Dacia Maraini, Vittorio Gassman, Elio Petri, Andrzej Wajda, and Giorgio Albertazzi, also directing some plays himself. He even acted in some Italian TV shows and had a role in Mario Monicelli's 1976 film Caro Michele.

Dal Fabbro contributes to voicing characters in cartoons, TV commercials, and more content, also providing voice acting work for the radio industry. He is well known for serving as the Italian-dubbed voice of Steve Buscemi and providing the voice of the character Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz in the Italian-language version of the animated series Phineas and Ferb. Since 2003, Dal Fabbro has voiced Piglet in the Italian dub of the Winnie the Pooh franchise. He has also dubbed other actors such as William H. Macy, Bruno Kirby, Joe Pantoliano and others.

In the English-dubbed version of Matteo Garrone's 2019 film, Pinocchio, Dal Fabbro performed the voices of all three characters portrayed by Davide Marotta: the Talking Cricket, the Pantalone marionette, and one of the rabbits.^[2]

Dal Fabbro has one son, Paolo, who also works as a voice actor. He has worked for Dubbing Brothers, CDC Sefit Group, LaBibi.it and other dubbing studios in Italy.

Filmography

• (1974)^[3]
• Ritratto di donna velata - TV miniseries, 1st episode (1975)
• Extra - TV miniseries (1976)^[4]
• Patatine di contorno (1976)^[5]
• Caro Michele (1976)
• Edipo re (1977)^[6]
• Con gli occhi dell'occidente - TV miniseries (1979)^[7]
• , episode L'uomo della sabbia - TV film (1981)
• George Sand - TV miniseries (1981)^[8]
• La professione della signora Warren - TV play (1981)^[9]
• All'ombra del microfono - documentary (2020)^[10]

Voice work

Animated roles

• The Fisherman in Pinocchio (2012 film)
• Mackero in
• Smug in

Dubbing

• Multiple roles in the Italian dub of the Garfield prime time specials: Jon Arbuckle in Here Comes Garfield, Garfield on the Town, Garfield's Halloween Adventure, Garfield in Paradise, Garfield Goes Hollywood, Garfield's Thanksgiving, Garfield's Babes and Bullets, Garfield's Feline Fantasies, stray cat in Garfield on the Town, Herbie in Garfield Goes Hollywood, professor O'Felix in Garfield's Babes and Bullets, French waiter in Garfield's Feline Fantasies^[11]
• Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb,^[12] Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and Doofenshmirtz-2 in
• Piglet in A Very Merry Pooh Year, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Winnie the Pooh, My Friends Tigger & Pooh
• Jaq in , Jaq (Speaking voice) in
• Indian in A Town Called Panic (2nd dub), A Town Called Panic (film)
• Various characters in Urusei Yatsura^[13]
• Gil Gunderson (season 18 and on), Tom Wolfe and accountant (episode 34x19) in The Simpsons^[14]
• Charlie and Harry Grant in Candy Candy
• Stretch in ^[15]
• Frank in The Rescuers Down Under
• Goyan in Pretty Cure Splash Star
• Chum in Finding Nemo
• Charles in Hello! Sandybell (1st dub)^[16]
• Ryuusuke Damon in Space Battleship Yamato III^[17]
• Roger M. Klotz in Doug
• Kipper's Dad in Kipper
• Baxter Bevel in Rolie Polie Olie
• Munk in Happily N'Ever After
• Splatter in Thomas and the Magic Railroad
• Madonaldo in Maya & Miguel
• The Willie Brothers in Home on the Range
• Cuppa Joe in
• Mr. Lunt in VeggieTales
• Wags the Dog in The Wiggles
• Bertie in
• Ichabeezer in VeggieTales in the House
• Excalibur in Soul Eater
• Rikdo Koshi in Excel Saga
• Ms. Aki in Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
• Wildcat in TaleSpin
• Jim E. Lovelock in Dominion: Tank Police
• Frank in The Rescuers Down Under
• Witch Doctor in George of the Jungle (2007 TV series)
• Randall Boggs in Monsters University

Live action roles

• Federico Fellini in La verità su La dolce vita^[18]

Dubbing

• The Talking Cricket, the Pantalone Marionette and Rabbit #1 in Pinocchio (2019 film, English dub)
• Steve Bolander in American Graffiti^[19]
• Gator Lerner in Platoon
• Golikov in The Beast
• Valentin Arregui in Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Captain Frye in The Rock
• Hidlick in The Brothers Grimm
• Simeon in The Truman Show^[20]
• Bob Zmuda in Man on the Moon
• Deputy Clinton Pell in Mississippi Burning
• Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in National Lampoon's Animal House^[21]
• Pip in Bear in the Big Blue House^[22]
• David "Dave" Veltri in The Wedding Singer
• Sweet Eddy in The Mask
• Steve Brady (1st voice) in Sex and the City
• Quark (Season 7) in
• Bucky in G-Force
• Ben Stevenson in The Gregory Hines Show
• Dr. Noseworthy in Shorts (2009 film)
• César in Dante 01
• Victor Pascow in Pet Sematary
• Romero in ,
• Ephialtes in 300
• George Franco in I Think I Love My Wife
• Ed Furillo in City Slickers
• Donny in The Big Lebowski
• Jijii in Ichi the Killer
• Lutorious in The Eagle (2011 film)
• Nigel Gruff in The Replacements (film)
• Harlan Rook in The Dead Pool

Video games

• Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and Doofenshmirtz-2 in Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension

Work as a dubbing director

• Bear in the Big Blue House
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
• The Chamber
• Y Tu Mamá También
• Lampião e Maria Bonita (1st dub)
• Canterbury's Law
• Don't Blame Me
• The Wedding Singer
• Best Men
• Happily N'Ever After
• Walk the Line
• Reunion
• Patch Adams
• Waking Life
• Harriet the Spy
• Haunted
• North Country
• The Last of the Mohicans^[23]
• Kangaroo Jack
• Dangerous Game
• ChalkZone

Notes and References

1. Web site: Luca Dal Fabbro's dubbing contributions. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
2. [Matteo Garrone]
3. Web site: Sceneggiati 1973-1975. teche.rai.it. it.
4. Web site: Sceneggiati 1975-1977. teche.rai.it. it.
5. A stage performance of Arnold Wesker's Chips with Everything hosted on Italian television at RAI, see Web site: Teatro 1976-1977. teche.rai.it. it.
6. A stage performance of Sophocles's Oedipus Rex hosted on Italian television at RAI, directed by Vittorio Gassman, see Web site: Teatro 1976-1977. it.
7. Web site: Sceneggiati 1978-1980. teche.rai.it. it.
8. Directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, see Web site: Sceneggiati 1980-1982. teche.rai.it. it.
9. A stage performance of George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession hosted on Italian television at RAI, directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, see Web site: Teatro 1981. teche.rai.it. it.
10. https://www.cinemaitaliano.info/allombradelmicrofono All'ombra del microfono (2020), di Edoardo Conti - Cinemaitaliano.info
11. Web site: Garfield Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net.
12. Web site: Phineas and Ferb Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
13. Web site: Urusei Yatsura (known in Italy as "Lamù, la ragazza dello spazio") Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . it.
14. Web site: The Simpsons Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . it.
15. Web site: Casper: A Spirited Beginning Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
16. Web site: Hello! Sandybell Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
17. Web site: Space Battleship Yamato Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
18. Web site: La verità su La dolce vita. cinematografo.it. it.
19. Web site: American Graffiti Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
20. Web site: The Truman Show Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
21. Web site: National Lampoon's Animal House Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
22. Web site: Bear in the Big Blue House Italian dubbing cast. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.
23. Web site: The Last of the Mohicans Italian staff. Antoniogenna.net . 2011-11-21.