Sandro Iovino | |
Birthname: | Alessandro Iovino |
Birth Date: | 26 August 1939 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Occupation: | Actor, voice actor |
Yearsactive: | 1968-present |
Alessandro "Sandro" Iovino (born 26 August 1939) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Born in Rome with a career spanning over 50 years, Iovino started out as a television and stage actor in the late 1960s. On stage, he starred in theatre adaptions of William Shakespeare's plays such as Julius Caesar. As a voice actor, Iovino is typically known for dubbing villainous characters, most notably Mr. Burns in the Italian-Language version of The Simpsons.
Other dubbing roles Iovino is known for include J. Jonah Jameson (portrayed by J.K. Simmons) in the Italian-Language version of the Spider-Man film series and Windom Earle (portrayed by Kenneth Welsh) in the Italian-Language version of Twin Peaks. Among the actors Iovino dubs include Rutger Hauer, F. Murray Abraham, Terence Stamp, Donald Sutherland, Sam Shepard, Paul Freeman, Steven Berkoff and since the death of Sergio Rossi in 1998, he has dubbed Leslie Nielsen in most of his films.
In the Disney period, he dubbed Foxy Loxy in Chicken Little and Walt Disney talking about Donald Duck.