| Pino Insegno | |
| Birth Name: | Giuseppe Insegno |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1981–present |
| Relatives: | Claudio Insegno (brother) |
| Children: | 4 |
| Spouse: | |
Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born 30 August 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, television presenter and comedian.[1]
Since 1986, Insegno has been a member of the comedy quartet Premiata Ditta and he also found success dubbing characters into the Italian language and presenting a variety of television shows across Italy.
Born in Rome, Insegno began his career in 1981 and then eventually in 1986, he became a member of Premiata Ditta alongside Roberto Ciufoli, Francesca Draghetti and Tiziana Foschi. The group performed a variety of comedy sketches on stage, television, and film, most notably the 1995 film Italian: L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle.[2] Insegno also appeared in the music video for the song Italian: Tu stasera non esci by Gemelli Diversi on their second album 4x4.
Between the early and mid-2000s, he was one of four presenters of Premiata Teleditta alongside his three colleagues. In 2010, he presented the show Insegnami a sognare and from 2010 to 2013, he presented the Italian version of the French-Canadian game show Action Réaction. He presented these shows for Rai 1. He also presented shows for Mediaset in the past.[3]
Insegno is recognised as a voice actor and dubber. He serves as the official Italian voice of Will Ferrell, having dubbed him in a majority of his films. He also dubbed Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Sacha Baron Cohen in some of their movies. He is well known for voicing Stan Smith in the Italian-Language version of American Dad and he performed the Italian voices of Diego in the Ice Age film series, John Smith in Pocahontas and , Chick Hicks in Cars and Cars 3, The Magic Mirror in the Shrek movies, and he also dubbed several characters in The Simpsons.[4]
Insegno is the older brother of the voice actor Claudio Insegno. From his first marriage to the actress Roberta Lanfranchi, Insegno had two children. He had another two with his second and current wife Alessia Navarro.
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Escape from the Bronx | |||
| 1984 | In punta di piedi | Discotech guitarist | ||
| 1985 | Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone | Carlo Vacca | ||
| A me mi piace | Fireman | |||
| 1988 | I giorni randagi | Andrea | ||
| 1989 | Le finte bionde | Raging Dull | ||
| 1995 | L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle | Pino | ||
| 2003 | The Angels of Borsellino | Agostino Catalano | ||
| 2008 | Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo | Extramarcio | ||
| 2010 | Alta infedeltà | Filippo | ||
| From the Waist Up | Superintendent Ciarnò | |||
| 2013 | Una notte agli studios | Padre Marras | ||
| 2017 | Ovunque tu sarai | Giordano’s father | ||
| 2022 | (Im)perfetti criminali | Leader of the Nighthawks |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Squad | Dario | TV film | |
| 2006 | Lo zio d'America | Alfonso | TV series | |
| 2007 | Quelli dell'intervallo | Mathematics Professor | 1 episode | |
| 2008 | Vita da paparazzo | Gino | TV miniseries | |
| 2018 | Un posto al sole | Emanuele Roversi | 1 episode |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Pocahontas | John Smith | |
| 1998 | |||
| 2000 | Princes and Princesses | Boy | |
| 2001 | Shrek | Magic Mirror | |
| 2002 | Ice Age | Diego | |
| 2003 | Sinbad | ||
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Magic Mirror | |
| 2006 | Diego | ||
| Cars | Chick Hicks | ||
| Asterix and the Vikings | Obelix | ||
| Open Season | Boog | ||
| Charlotte's Web | Elwyn the Crow | ||
| 2007 | Ratatouille | TV narrator | |
| 2008 | Open Season 2 | Boog | |
| 2009 | Diego | ||
| The Princess and the Frog | Louis | ||
| 2010 | Open Season 3 | Boog | |
| Tangled | The Stabbington Brothers | ||
| Space Dogs | Kazbek | ||
| Shrek Forever After | Magic Mirror | ||
| 2011 | Rio | Rafael | |
| Rango | Elgin | ||
| 2012 | Diego | ||
| The Suicide Shop | Mishima Tuvache | ||
| 2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Melquiades / Karolius | |
| Appraiser | |||
| Free Birds | Ranger | ||
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Percy "King" Dimpleweed | |
| Rio 2 | Rafael | ||
| The Lego Movie | Lord Business | ||
| Princess Mononoke | Jigo (2014 redub) | ||
| 2015 | Boog | ||
| Strange Magic | Bog King | ||
| Miss Hokusai | Hokusai / Tetsuzō | ||
| The Boy and the Beast | Kumatetsu | ||
| 2016 | Trolls | King Peppy | |
| Storks | Hunter | ||
| Diego | |||
| Sing | Big Daddy | ||
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Chick Hicks | |
| Commander | |||
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Ronnie | |
| Isle of Dogs | Spots | ||
| 2019 | Lord Business | ||
| The Addams Family | Gomez Addams | ||
| 2020 | Trolls World Tour | King Peppy | |
| Scoob! | Dick Dastardly | ||
| Earwig and the Witch | Mandrake | ||
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Gomez Addams | |
| Tom & Jerry | Spike |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Nicky Holiday | Charles Grodin | |
| 1985 | Pale Rider | Josh LaHood | Chris Penn | |
| 1986 | Caravaggio | Ranuccio | Sean Bean | |
| Three Amigos | Ned Nederlander | Martin Short | ||
| Platoon | Junior | Reggie Johnson | ||
| 1989 | Dan Jordan | Danny Hassel | ||
| 1990 | Why Me? | Gus Cardinale | Christopher Lambert | |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | Tom Killian | Kevin Dunn | ||
| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho | Scott Favor | Keanu Reeves | |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Brian | Tony Slattery | |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful | Gus DeMarco | Matt Dillon | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Dogberry | Michael Keaton | ||
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Julian Gitche | Keanu Reeves | ||
| Fire in the Sky | David Whitlock | Peter Berg | ||
| 1994 | I.Q. | Ed Walters | Tim Robbins | |
| 1995 | Rough Magic | Alex Ross | Russell Crowe | |
| Tommy Boy | Thomas "Tommy" Callahan III | Chris Farley | ||
| The American President | Lewis Rothschild | Michael J. Fox | ||
| 12 Monkeys | Jeffrey Goines | Brad Pitt | ||
| Destiny Turns on the Radio | Julian Goddard | Dylan McDermott | ||
| Stonewall | La Miranda | Guillermo Díaz | ||
| 1996 | City Hall | Kevin Calhoun | John Cusack | |
| Black Sheep | Mike Donnelly | Chris Farley | ||
| Moebius | Edmundo | Horacio Roca | ||
| 1997 | Deceiver | Detective Phillip Braxton | Chris Penn | |
| The Informant | Sean Pius "Gingy" McAnally | Anthony Brophy | ||
| The Full Monty | Dave Horsfall | Mark Addy | ||
| Anna Karenina | Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin | Alfred Molina | ||
| Maurice | Glenn Plummer | |||
| 1998 | 54 | Steve Rubell | Mike Myers | |
| Buffalo '66 | Bookie | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Dr. Dolittle | Lucky | Norm Macdonald | ||
| Ronin | Spence | Sean Bean | ||
| The Object of My Affection | Vince McBride | John Pankow | ||
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Herger | Dennis Storhøi | |
| 2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | The Great Gazoo | Alan Cumming | |
| The Family Man | Cash | Don Cheadle | ||
| Scary Movie | Doofy Gilmore / The Killer | Dave Sheridan | ||
| 2001 | Zoolander | Jacobim Mugatu | Will Ferrell | |
| Aragorn | Viggo Mortensen | |||
| Dr. Dolittle 2 | Lucky | Norm Macdonald | ||
| Kate & Leopold | Stuart Besser | Liev Schreiber | ||
| Just Visiting | Andre | Christian Clavier | ||
| Ali | Muhammad Ali | Will Smith | ||
| Original Sin | Walter Downs / Billy / Mephisto | Thomas Jane | ||
| Shaolin Soccer | Fung / Golden Leg | Ng Man-tat | ||
| 2002 | Aragorn | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Ali G Indahouse | Ali G | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| 2003 | Aragorn | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Elf | Buddy Hobbs | Will Ferrell | ||
| The Matrix Reloaded | Link | Harold Perrineau | ||
| The Matrix Revolutions | ||||
| Duplex | Narrator | Danny DeVito | ||
| Le Divorce | Yves | Romain Duris | ||
| The Return | Father | Konstantin Lavronenko | ||
| 2004 | Crash | Sergeant John Ryan | Matt Dillon | |
| Alexander | Nearchus | Denis Conway | ||
| Starsky & Hutch | Big Earl Drennan | Will Ferrell | ||
| Ron Burgundy | ||||
| Melinda and Melinda | Hobie | |||
| The Merchant of Venice | Prince of Morocco | David Harewood | ||
| Ray | Ray Charles Robinson | Jamie Foxx | ||
| Hidalgo | Frank Hopkins | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Jersey Girl | Will Smith | Will Smith | ||
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Peter Sellers | Geoffrey Rush | ||
| Flight of the Phoenix | A.J. | Tyrese Gibson | ||
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Chazz Reinhold | Will Ferrell | |
| Bewitched | Jack Wyatt | |||
| The Producers | Franz Liebkind | |||
| A History of Violence | Joey Cusack / Tom Stall | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Seven Swords | Chu Zhaonan | Donnie Yen | ||
| 2006 | Alatriste | Captain Diego Alatriste | Viggo Mortensen | |
| Stranger than Fiction | Harold Crick | Will Ferrell | ||
| Ricky Bobby | ||||
| Borat | Borat Sagdiyev | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| The Departed | Sean Dignam | Mark Wahlberg | ||
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito Montiel | Robert Downey Jr. | ||
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Andy Hanson | Philip Seymour Hoffman | |
| Blades of Glory | Chazz Michael Michaels | Will Ferrell | ||
| Spider-Man 3 | Flint Marko / Sandman | Thomas Haden Church | ||
| American Gangster | Frank Lucas | Denzel Washington | ||
| Across the Universe | Jo-Jo | Martin Luther McCoy | ||
| Eastern Promises | Nikolai Luzhin | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Goodbye Bafana | Nelson Mandela | Dennis Haysbert | ||
| The Godfather Part II | Vito Corleone (2007 redub) | Robert De Niro | ||
| The Hunting Party | Duck | Terrence Howard | ||
| Epic Movie | Borat Sagdiyev | Danny Jacobs | ||
| Like Stars on Earth | Ram Shankar Nikumbh | Aamir Khan | ||
| 2008 | Semi-Pro | Jackie Moon | Will Ferrell | |
| Step Brothers | Brennan Huff | |||
| Appaloosa | Everett Hitch | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Inkheart | Capricorn | Andy Serkis | ||
| The Happening | Elliot Moore | Mark Wahlberg | ||
| Max Payne | Max Payne | |||
| Changeling | Detective Lester Ybarra | Michael Kelly | ||
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Manuel | Cheech Marin | ||
| 2009 | The Road | Man | Viggo Mortensen | |
| Armored | Mickey "Mike" Cochrane | Matt Dillon | ||
| Brüno | Brüno Gehard | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| Land of the Lost | Dr. Rick Marshall | Will Ferrell | ||
| Victor Creed / Sabretooth | Liev Schreiber | |||
| Taking Woodstock | Betty von Vilma | |||
| Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | Indiana Jones (2009 redub) | Harrison Ford | ||
| Kahmunrah | Hank Azaria | |||
| Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | Andrew Jack | ||
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Allen Gamble | Will Ferrell | |
| Valentine's Day | Alfonso | George Lopez | ||
| Burke & Hare | William Hare | Andy Serkis | ||
| Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | Mark Addy | ||
| The A-Team | Bosco "B.A." Baracus | Quinton Jackson | ||
| Every Day | Ned Freed | Liev Schreiber | ||
| Salt | Theodore "Ted" Winter / Nikolai Tarkovsky | |||
| Date Night | Holbrooke Grant | Mark Wahlberg | ||
| 2011 | A Dangerous Method | Sigmund Freud | Viggo Mortensen | |
| The Adjustment Bureau | Charlie Traynor | Michael Kelly | ||
| Hugo | Inspector Gustave Dasté | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| Professor Moriarty | Jared Harris | |||
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | Andy Serkis | ||
| 2012 | The Iceman | Richard Kuklinski | Michael Shannon | |
| Get the Gringo | Richard 'The Gringo' Johnson | Mel Gibson | ||
| The Campaign | Cam Brady | Will Ferrell | ||
| The Internship | Kevin | |||
| The Man with the Iron Fists | Blacksmith | RZA | ||
| The Hunger Games | Cinna | Lenny Kravitz | ||
| Chronicle | Richard Detmer | Michael Kelly | ||
| Django Unchained | Django Freeman | Jamie Foxx | ||
| The Dictator | Admiral-General Haffaz Aladeen, Efawadh | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| Les Misérables | M. Thénardier | |||
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard | Rhys Ifans | ||
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Bobby Lincoln | Liev Schreiber | ||
| On the Road | Old Bull Lee | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| 2013 | Ron Burgundy | Will Ferrell | ||
| Man of Steel | Steve Lombard | Michael Kelly | ||
| The Last Days on Mars | Vincent Campbell | Liev Schreiber | ||
| The Butler | Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
| Fading Gigolo | Dovi | |||
| Cinna | Lenny Kravitz | |||
| The Devil's Violinist | Urbani | Jared Harris | ||
| White House Down | James Sawyer | Jamie Foxx | ||
| The Art of the Steal | Nicky Calhoun | Matt Dillon | ||
| 2014 | The Two Faces of January | Chester MacFarland | Viggo Mortensen | |
| Pawn Sacrifice | Boris Spassky | Liev Schreiber | ||
| The Expendables 3 | Doctor "Doc" Death | Wesley Snipes | ||
| The Lego Movie | The Man Upstairs | Will Ferrell | ||
| Dwight McCarthy | Josh Brolin | |||
| A Million Ways to Die in the West | Django Freeman | Jamie Foxx | ||
| She's Funny That Way | Seth Gilbert | Rhys Ifans | ||
| Do Not Disturb | Michel Leproux | Christian Clavier | ||
| 2015 | Freeheld | Dane Wells | Michael Shannon | |
| Poltergeist | Carrigan Burke | Jared Harris | ||
| Pixels | Eddie "The Fireblaster" Plant | Peter Dinklage | ||
| The Revenant | Andrew Henry | Domhnall Gleeson | ||
| Get Hard | James King | Will Ferrell | ||
| Daddy's Home | Brad Whitaker | |||
| Superfast! | Vin Serento | Dale Pavinski | ||
| A Perfect Day | Mambrú | Benicio del Toro | ||
| Spotlight | Martin Baron | Liev Schreiber | ||
| Max | Raymond "Ray" Wincott | Thomas Haden Church | ||
| Spy | Aldo | Peter Serafinowicz | ||
| 2016 | The 5th Wave | Colonel Alexander Vosch | Liev Schreiber | |
| Elvis & Nixon | Elvis Presley | Michael Shannon | ||
| Loving | Grey Villet | |||
| Grimsby | Kyle Alan "Nobby" Butcher | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Time | |||
| Zoolander 2 | Jacobim Mugatu | Will Ferrell | ||
| Silent Wolf | Donnie Yen | |||
| Captain Fantastic | Ben Cash | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Allied | Frank Heslop | Jared Harris | ||
| The Birth of a Nation | Hark Turner | Colman Domingo | ||
| 2017 | The House | Scott Johansen | Will Ferrell | |
| Daddy's Home 2 | Brad Whitaker | |||
| Baby Driver | Leon 'Bats' Jefferson III | Jamie Foxx | ||
| The Shape of Water | Richard Strickland | Michael Shannon | ||
| The Current War | George Westinghouse | |||
| Naked | Reginald Swope | Dennis Haysbert | ||
| 2018 | Den of Thieves | Enson Levoux | 50 Cent | |
| Green Book | Tony Lip | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| Robin Hood | Little John | Jamie Foxx | ||
| Eitri | Peter Dinklage | |||
| Holmes & Watson | Sherlock Holmes | Will Ferrell | ||
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Ray Foster | Mike Myers | ||
| 12 Strong | Hal Spencer | Michael Shannon | ||
| Deadpool 2 | Nathan Summers / Cable | Josh Brolin | ||
| BlacKkKlansman | Chief Bridges | Robert John Burke | ||
| I Feel Pretty | Really Tan Dude | Dave Attell | ||
| 2019 | A Rainy Day in New York | Roland Pollard | Liev Schreiber | |
| Knives Out | Walt Thrombey | Michael Shannon | ||
| The Man Upstairs | Will Ferrell | |||
| Will Ferrell | ||||
| Zeroville | Rondell | |||
| Dolemite Is My Name | D'Urville Martin | Wesley Snipes | ||
| 2020 | Downhill | Pete Stanton | Will Ferrell | |
| Lars Erickssong | ||||
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Abbie Hoffman | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Borat Sagdiyev | |||
| Falling | John | Viggo Mortensen | ||
| The High Note | Max | Bill Pullman | ||
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Talk Show Host | Liev Schreiber | |
| Flint Marko / Sandman | Thomas Haden Church | |||
| 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Saul Tenser | Viggo Mortensen | |
| Day Shift | Bud Jablonski | Jamie Foxx | ||
| Knives Out | The White Death | Michael Shannon | ||
| Amsterdam | Henry Norcross | |||
| Dampyr | Gorka | David Morrissey | ||
| Spirited | Ebenezer Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Present | Will Ferrell | ||
| 2023 | Asteroid City | J.J. Kellogg | Liev Schreiber | |
| Barbie | CEO of Mattel | Will Ferrell |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1999 | The Simpsons | Ned Flanders | Recurring role (season 3) | ||
| Moe Szyslak | Recurring role (season 8) | ||||
| 2000–2004 | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Freaky Fred | Recurring role | ||
| 2001 | Second Star to the Left | Archie | TV film | ||
| 2005–present | American Dad! | Stan Smith | Main cast | ||
| 2011–2018 | The Little Prince | The Snake | Main cast | ||
| 2016 | Bordertown | El Coyote | Recurring role | ||
| 2018–2020 | King Peppy | Recurring role |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The George McKenna Story | George J. McKenna III | TV film | Denzel Washington | ||
| 1990 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Steve Lacey | Main cast | Shea Farrell | ||
| 1995 | Citizen X | Viktor Burakov | TV film | Stephen Rea | ||
| 2006–2010 | 30 Rock | Tracy Jordan | Main cast (seasons 1–3) | Tracy Morgan | ||
| 2013–2014 | Downton Abbey | Anthony Foyle, Viscount Gillingham | 12 episodes | Tom Cullen | ||
| 2013–2019 | Game of Thrones | Tormund Giantsbane | 33 episodes | Kristofer Hivju | ||
| 2013–2020 | Ray Donovan | Raymond "Ray" Donovan | Main cast | Liev Schreiber | ||
| 2014 | True Detective | Martin "Marty" Hart | Main cast (season 1) | Woody Harrelson | ||
| 2014–2020 | Power | Kanan Stark | Main cast | 50 Cent | ||
| 2015 | The Player | Mr. Isaiah Johnson | Main cast | Wesley Snipes | ||
| 2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | John Beatty | TV film | Michael Shannon | ||
| Room 104 | Nathan | 1 episode | ||||
| 2018–2021 | Britannia | Aulus Plautius | Main cast | David Morrissey | ||
| 2019 | Waco | Gary Noesner | TV miniseries | Michael Shannon | ||
| The Spy | Eli Cohen | TV miniseries | Sacha Baron Cohen | |||
| 2021 | The Shrink Next Door | Martin "Marty" Markowitz | TV miniseries | Will Ferrell |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Aragorn | ||
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 2006 | Cars | Chick Hicks | ||
| 2010 | Heavy Rain | Ethan Mars | ||
| 2012 | Chen Stormstout | |||
| 2017 | Chick Hicks |