| Stefano De Sando | |
| Birth Name: | Giuseppe De Sando |
| Birth Date: | 31 July 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Pizzo, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1979–present |
Giuseppe "Stefano" De Sando (born 31 July 1954) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Born in Pizzo Calabro, De Sando began his acting career during the mid-1970s, when he was mentored on stage by Vittorio Gassman.[2] [3] He later made several appearances on film and television, acting in Alberto Negrin's docudrama Mussolini and I and working multiple times with director Lamberto Bava. In 2007 he played the role of Apuleius in Giulio Base's (2007).[4] De Sando is well known as a voice dubber as he is the official Italian voice of Robert De Niro,[5] dubbing over him for the first time in The Mission, later taking on the role definitively since Ferruccio Amendola’s death in 2001. Other actors De Sando dubs include James Gandolfini, Ciarán Hinds, Ben Kingsley, John Goodman and many more.[6]
Some of De Sando’s popular character dubbing roles include Walter White (portrayed by Bryan Cranston) in Breaking Bad, Tony Soprano (portrayed by James Gandolfini) in The Sopranos and Théoden (portrayed by Bernard Hill) in The Lord of the Rings film franchise. His animated dubbing roles include Clayton in Tarzan, Don Lino in Shark Tale, Buck Strickland in King of the Hill and various characters in The Simpsons.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Atsalut pader | Mutilato | [7] | |
| 1986 | Il ragazzo del Pony Express | Ospite Cena | [8] | |
| 1989 | Scugnizzi | Prison Director | [9] | |
| 1995 | Carogne - Ciro and Me | |||
| 1997 | Gli inaffidabili | Rino | [10] | |
| Ma Shamal - Ritorno al deserto | ||||
| 2001 | Blek Giek | Ferrante | [11] | |
| 2002 | Kidnapped | Police Inspector | Alternate edit of Rabid Dogs | |
| 2019 | A mano disarmata | General Bertelli | [12] | |
| 2020 | D.N.A. - Decisamente non adatti | Rodomonti | [13] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | La bisbetica domata | TV play[14] | ||
| 1985 | Mussolini and I | Dino Grandi | TV miniseries | |
| Caccia al ladro d'autore | Pino | TV miniseries | ||
| 1986 | Strada senza uscita | TV miniseries | ||
| 1987–1988 | Night Shift | Argentini | TV series | |
| 1988 | Until Death | Maresciallo | TV film[15] | |
| 1989 | School of Fear | Vice Principal | TV film[16] | |
| Rally | TV miniseries | |||
| 1990 | Non aprite all'uomo nero | TV film | ||
| 1991 | L'ispettore Sarti | Casolato | TV series (season 1; episode 3) | |
| 1992 | Pronto soccorso | Enzo's father | 4 episodes (season 2) | |
| 1998 | Una donna per amico | Alessio Beltrami | 2 episodes (season 1)[17] | |
| 2001 | Il maresciallo Rocca | Rocco Cafiero | 2 episodes (season 3)[18] | |
| 2002 | Valeria medico legale | 1 episode (season 2)[19] | ||
| Commesse | User | 1 episode (season 2) | ||
| Amici miei | TV play | |||
| 2003 | Enchantment | Augusto Conti | 4 episodes (season 6) | |
| 2004 | Elisa di Rivombrosa | Giovanni Conforti | 4 episodes (season 1) | |
| 2007 | Appuleius | TV film | ||
| 2008 | Quo vadis, baby? | TV miniseries[20] | ||
| 2010 | Two Cheaters and a Half | TV miniseries | ||
| 2014 | Lobby Girls | TV web-series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe | Captain Gonzalo Narvaez | Animated film |
| 2011 | L'era legale | Narrator | Voice-over[21] |
| 2012 | Pinocchio | The Ringmaster | Animated film |
| 2016 | L'uomo che non cambiò la storia | Narrator | Voice-over[22] |
| 2022 | Dante | Voice-over |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Farewell to Nostradamus | Douglas | ||
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Aaron | [23] | |
| King James | [24] | |||
| Mulan | General Li | [25] | ||
| 1999 | Tarzan | Clayton | [26] | |
| The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Count von Count | |||
| 2001 | Spirited Away | Kamaji | ||
| 2003 | The Jungle Book 2 | Shere Khan | [27] | |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Don Lino | [28] | |
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Zugor | ||
| Chicken Little | Melvin | |||
| Once Upon a Halloween | Cauldron | |||
| 2006 | The Wild | Stan | ||
| 2007 | Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure | Edgar Crook | ||
| 2008 | Makunga | [29] | ||
| Bolt | Vinnie | |||
| The Tale of Despereaux | Botticelli Remorso | |||
| Captain Matthius | ||||
| 2010 | Metal Beak | |||
| 2013 | Monsters University | Professor Derek Knight | ||
| Escape from Planet Earth | General William T. Shanker | |||
| 2014 | Blade Ranger | [30] | ||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Fluke | ||
| Rock Dog | Fleetwood Yak | [31] | ||
| 2017 | Richard the Stork | Don Corvoleone | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Chief | [32] | |
| 2019 | Arctic Dogs | Otto Von Walrus | ||
| 2021 | The Addams Family 2 | Dr. Rupert Crewried | ||
| 2023 | Migration | Uncle Dan |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–1993 | The Addams Family | Gomez Addams | Main cast | ||
| 1994–present | The Simpsons | 1 episode (season 4) | [34] | ||
| Recurring role (seasons 33+) | |||||
| Various characters | Recurring role | ||||
| 1997–1998 | Spawn | Jason Wynn | Recurring role | ||
| 2001–2008 | Evil Con Carne | Hector Con Carne | Main cast | ||
| 2002–2004 | Grim & Evil | Recurring role | [35] | ||
| 2003–2017 | King of the Hill | Buck Strickland | Recurring role (seasons 1–6, 8–9) | [36] | |
| 2005 | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | Johnny Fiama | TV film | ||
| 2006–2016 | Family Guy | James Woods | Recurring role (seasons 4–14) | [37] | |
| 2007–2011 | Legend of the Dragon | The Zodiac Master | Main cast | ||
| 2008 | Armitage III | Gordon | TV series | ||
| 2015–2020 | BoJack Horseman | Lenny Turteltaub | Recurring role | [38] | |
| 2016–2018 | Vendel | Recurring role |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Undertow | Lyle Yates | TV film | Charles Dance | |
| 2001–2008 | The Sopranos | Tony Soprano | Main cast | James Gandolfini | [39] |
| 2005 | Shadows in the Sun | Andrew Benton | TV film | John Rhys-Davies | |
| 2006 | Jean-Marie Villot | TV film | José María Blanco | ||
| 2008–2013 | Breaking Bad | Walter White | Main cast | Bryan Cranston | [40] |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Robert De Niro | 1 episode (season 5x12) | Robert De Niro | |
| 2015 | The Eichmann Show | Leo Hurwitz | TV film | Anthony LaPaglia | |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | Walter White | 2 episodes (season 6) | Bryan Cranston | |