| Tonino Accolla | |
| Birth Name: | Antonio Accolla |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Syracuse, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1973–2013 |
| Children: | Lorenzo Accolla |
| Relatives: | Natalia Accolla (niece) |
Antonio "Tonino" Accolla (6 April 1949 – 14 July 2013) was an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]
Accolla was born in Syracuse, Italy. He began his career in the early 1970s acting in theatre, film and radio shows, making his very first dubbing contribution in the 1975 film The Apple Dumpling Gang and making one of his earliest prominent dubbing contribution in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Accolla was notable for providing the Italian voice of Eddie Murphy in all his live-action roles until 2009.[2] Other actors he dubbed over are Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hanks, Mickey Rourke, Ralph Fiennes, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, O. J. Simpson, Bill Paxton, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lambert and Billy Crystal in a select number of their films.
In Accolla's animated roles, he was known for dubbing over the voice of Homer Simpson in the animated sitcom The Simpsons until his death in 2013. He also served as the Italian voice of Timon in the animated film The Lion King, Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc. and Mushu in Mulan II and House of Mouse.
As a dubbing director, Accolla directed the dubbed versions for several episodes of The Simpsons as well as films such as Borat, The Island, Avatar and more. In 1991, he received the Nastro d'Argento for his dubbing of Kenneth Branagh in the film Henry V.
Accolla was the father of the voice actor Lorenzo Accolla and he was also the uncle of the voice actress Natalia Accolla.[3]
Accolla died on 14 July 2013, aged 64, after suffering a long illness.[4] The voice of Homer Simpson was passed on to voice actor and comedian Massimo Lopez.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | L'eredità dello zio buonanima | Franco’s son | ||
| 2007 | Hidden Love | Gentleman caller | ||
| 2008 | Sandrine in the Rain | Cameo |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Napoleone a Sant'Elena | Lucien Bonaparte | TV miniseries | |
| 1973 | La famiglia Barrett | TV play | ||
| 1974 | Sotto il placido Don | Mombelli | TV miniseries | |
| 1975 | Tommaso d'Aquino | Aimone | TV film | |
| 1977 | Lo scandalo della Banca Romana | Alberto Lanti | TV miniseries | |
| 1977 | Giovanni Episcopo | TV play | ||
| 1979 | La grande rabbia di Philipp Hotz | TV play | ||
| 1979 | Tre ore dopo le nozze | TV play | ||
| 1979 | Antonio e Cleopatra | TV play | ||
| 1982 | Le tre capitali | Muratorello | TV film | |
| 1989 | Tornerai | TV miniseries | ||
| 2001 | Il maresciallo Rocca | Mai | 2 episodes (season 3) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Tiramolla Adventures | Tiramolla | Animated series | |
| 2003 | Opopomoz | Astarotte | Animated film |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Castle of Cagliostro | Goemon Ishikawa XIII | ||
| 1981 | Swan Lake | Prince Siegfried | ||
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Citizen | ||
| 1994 | The Lion King | Timon | [5] | |
| Asterix Conquers America | Asterix | |||
| 2001 | Mushu | |||
| Monsters, Inc. | Mike Wazowski | [6] | ||
| 2002 | Mike's New Car | |||
| 2004 | Mulan II | Mushu | [7] | |
| The Lion King 1½ | Timon | [8] | ||
| 2006 | Asterix and the Vikings | Cacofonix | ||
| Narrator | ||||
| Cars | Mike Car | |||
| Shark Bait | Pierre | |||
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Homer Simpson | [9] | |
| Fat Tony | ||||
| Noah's Ark | King Sabu | |||
| 2009 | Hector |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Russell Donovan | Bill Bixby | |
| 1979 | Alien | Gilbert Kane (Director’s cut) | John Hurt | |
| Apocalypse Now | Kilgore's Gunner | James Keane | ||
| More American Graffiti | Lance Harris | John Lansing | ||
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | Paul Curtis | David McCallum | |
| Fame | Montgomery MacNeil | Paul McCrane | ||
| 1981 | Taps | Alex Dwyer | Sean Penn | |
| Endless Love | Keith Butterfield | James Spader | ||
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. | Reggie Hammond | Eddie Murphy | [10] |
| The Thing | Windows | Thomas G. Waites | ||
| 1983 | Trading Places | Billy Ray Valentine | Eddie Murphy | [11] |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Mr. Dark | Jonathan Pryce | ||
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Various roles | Eric Idle | ||
| Terms of Endearment | Flap Horton | Jeff Daniels | ||
| Flashdance | Richie Blazek | Kyle T. Heffner | ||
| Risky Business | Joel Goodsen | Tom Cruise | ||
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Jed Eckert | Patrick Swayze | |
| Reckless | Johnny Rourke | Aidan Quinn | ||
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Charlie Moran | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Cinderella '80 | Mizio / Prince Eugenio | Pierre Cosso | ||
| Beverly Hills Cop | Axel Foley | Eddie Murphy | [12] | |
| Best Defense | T.M. Landry | |||
| Harry & Son | Howard Keach | Robby Benson | ||
| Splash | Allen Bauer | Tom Hanks | ||
| Dune | Paul Atreides | Kyle MacLachlan | ||
| 1985 | Clue | Wadsworth | Tim Curry | |
| Cocoon | Jack Bonner | Steve Guttenberg | ||
| The Breakfast Club | John Bender | Judd Nelson | ||
| 1986 | 9½ Weeks | John Gray | Mickey Rourke | |
| Power | Arnold Billings | Denzel Washington | ||
| The Golden Child | Chandler Jarrell | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Heartburn | Richard | Jeff Daniels | ||
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | David Bradley | Tom Hanks | ||
| The Money Pit | Walter Fielding | |||
| Pretty in Pink | Steff McKee | James Spader | ||
| Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Garth Volbeck | Charlie Sheen | ||
| The Venetian Woman | Jules | Jason Connery | ||
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Axel Foley | Eddie Murphy | [13] |
| Eddie Murphy Raw | Eddie Murphy | |||
| Angel Heart | Harry Angel | Mickey Rourke | ||
| A Prayer for the Dying | Martin Fallon | |||
| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Davide Lattes | Rupert Everett | ||
| Bad Taste | Derek | Peter Jackson | ||
| Robert | ||||
| Dragnet | Pep Streebek | Tom Hanks | ||
| The Sicilian | Salvatore Giuliano | Christopher Lambert | ||
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Owen Mooney | Dylan Baker | ||
| Three Men and a Baby | Michael Kellam | Steve Guttenberg | ||
| 1988 | Detective Nordberg | O. J. Simpson | ||
| Coming to America | Prince Akeem Joffer | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Randy Watson | ||||
| Saul | ||||
| Clarence | ||||
| Bye Bye Baby | Marcello | Jason Connery | ||
| Working Girl | Bob Speck | Kevin Spacey | ||
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Scott Turner | Tom Hanks | |
| Major League | Willie Mays Hayes | Wesley Snipes | ||
| Parenthood | Nathan Huffner | Rick Moranis | ||
| Harlem Nights | Vernest "Quick" Brown | Eddie Murphy | ||
| When Harry Met Sally... | Harry Burns | Billy Crystal | ||
| Wild Orchid | James Wheeler | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Miss Firecracker | Delmount Williams | Tim Robbins | ||
| Henry V | King Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Frank Baker | Beau Bridges | ||
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Carter Hayes / James Danforth | Michael Keaton | |
| Another 48 Hrs. | Reggie Hammond | Eddie Murphy | [14] | |
| The Exorcist III | James Venamun / The Gemini Killer | Brad Dourif | ||
| Joe Versus the Volcano | Joe Banks | Tom Hanks | ||
| Desperate Hours | Michael Bosworth | Mickey Rourke | ||
| Bad Influence | Alex | Rob Lowe | ||
| Come See the Paradise | Jack McGurn | Dennis Quaid | ||
| Blue Steel | Eugene Hunt | Ron Silver | ||
| 1991 | Dead Again | Mike Church | Kenneth Branagh | |
| Roman Strauss | ||||
| City Slickers | Mitch Robbins | Billy Crystal | ||
| Leonardo | Brian Tochi | |||
| Grand Canyon | Mack | Kevin Kline | ||
| Detective Nordberg | O. J. Simpson | |||
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Andrew Benson | Kenneth Branagh | |
| The Player | Larry Levy | Peter Gallagher | ||
| The Distinguished Gentleman | Thomas Jefferson Johnson | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Boomerang | Marcus Graham | |||
| Alvaro Harana | Benicio del Toro | |||
| White Men Can't Jump | Sidney "Syd" Deane | Wesley Snipes | ||
| Mr. Saturday Night | Buddy Young Jr. | Billy Crystal | ||
| Max and Jérémie | Jérémie Kolachowsky | Christopher Lambert | ||
| Wayne's World | Benjamin Kane | Rob Lowe | ||
| Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | John Turturro | ||
| Arojaz | Kario Salem | |||
| Alien 3 | Robert Morse | Danny Webb | ||
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | Mr. Jigsaw | Tim Curry | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| Father Wolfgang | Thomas Gottschalk | |||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Leonardo | Brian Tochi | ||
| Mrs. Doubtfire | Stuart Dunmeyer | Pierce Brosnan | ||
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Dexter Hayman | Rowan Atkinson | ||
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III | Axel Foley | Eddie Murphy | [15] |
| Ace Ventura | Jim Carrey | |||
| True Lies | Simon | Bill Paxton | ||
| Michel | Marc Autheman | |||
| Detective Nordberg | O. J. Simpson | |||
| Trapped in Paradise | Bill Firpo | Nicolas Cage | ||
| Connor MacLeod | Christopher Lambert | |||
| Drop Zone | Pete Nessip | Wesley Snipes | ||
| Norman Stansfield | Gary Oldman | |||
| Speed | Maurice | Glenn Plummer | ||
| Cameraman | Todd Gordon | |||
| Angie | Noel | Stephen Rea | ||
| Prêt-à-Porter | Milo O'Brannigan | |||
| Bullets Over Broadway | David Shayne | John Cusack | ||
| Little Indian, Big City | Stéphane Marchadot | Thierry Lhermitte | ||
| Bad Girls | Josh McCoy | Dermot Mulroney | ||
| 1995 | Strange Days | Lenny Nero | Ralph Fiennes | |
| Nine Months | Samuel Faulkner | Hugh Grant | ||
| Vampire in Brooklyn | Maximillian | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Preacher Pauly | ||||
| Guido | ||||
| Ace Ventura | Jim Carrey | |||
| Kiss of Death | Junior "Little Junior" Brown | Nicolas Cage | ||
| Braveheart | Robert the Bruce | Angus Macfadyen | ||
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Mercutio | Harold Perrineau | |
| That Thing You Do! | Amos White | Tom Hanks | ||
| Looking for Richard | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| The Evening Star | Jerry Bruckner | Bill Paxton | ||
| The Nutty Professor | Sherman Klump | Eddie Murphy | [16] | |
| Buddy Love | ||||
| Cletus Klump | ||||
| Anna Pearl Jensen-Klump | ||||
| Ida Mae Jensen | ||||
| Ernie Klump Sr. | ||||
| Lance Perkins | ||||
| Crash | James Ballard | James Spader | ||
| Down Periscope | Stanley "Spots" Sylvesterson | Jonathan Penner | ||
| Dunston Checks In | Lord Rutledge | Rupert Everett | ||
| Independence Day | President Thomas J. Whitmore | Bill Pullman | ||
| Brain Donors | Roland T. Flakfizer | John Turturro | ||
| The Crucible | John Hale | Rob Campbell | ||
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Oscar Hopkins | Ralph Fiennes | |
| Metro | Scott Roper | Eddie Murphy | ||
| The Fifth Element | Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg | Gary Oldman | ||
| 'Til There Was You | Nick Dawkan | Dylan McDermott | ||
| Traveller | Bokky | Bill Paxton | ||
| Titanic | Brock Lovett | |||
| Alien Resurrection | Larry Purvis | Leland Orser | ||
| Alex Shaw | Jason Patric | |||
| 1998 | Simon Birch | Joe Wenteworth (adult) | Jim Carrey | |
| The Thin Red Line | John Gaff | John Cusack | ||
| The Red Violin | Frederick Pope | Jason Flemyng | ||
| Holy Man | G | Eddie Murphy | ||
| Dr. Dolittle | Dr. John Dolittle | [17] | ||
| Goat | Phyllis Katz | |||
| There's Something About Mary | Ted Stroehmann | Ben Stiller | ||
| Gunslinger's Revenge | Jack Sikora | David Bowie | ||
| Practical Magic | Jimmy Angelov | Goran Višnjić | ||
| Coppia omicida | Domenico | Thomas Kretschmann | ||
| 1999 | Life | Rayford "Ray" Gibson | Eddie Murphy | |
| Bowfinger | Kit Ramsey | |||
| Jiff Ramsey | ||||
| 2000 | Sherman Klump | [18] | ||
| Buddy Love | ||||
| Cletus Klump | ||||
| Anna Pearl Jensen-Klump | ||||
| Ida Mae Jensen | ||||
| Ernie Klump Sr. | ||||
| Lance Perkins | ||||
| Get Carter | Cyrus Paice | Mickey Rourke | ||
| The Cell | Carl Rudolph Stargher | Vincent D'Onofrio | ||
| Me, Myself & Irene | Charlie Baileygates | Jim Carrey | ||
| Hank Evans | ||||
| Little Nicky | Nicky | Adam Sandler | ||
| Rules of Engagement | Mark Biggs | Guy Pearce | ||
| Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | John Diehl | ||
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Dr. John Dolittle | Eddie Murphy | [19] |
| One Night at McCool's | Carl | Paul Reiser | ||
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Pumpkin Escobar | Tracy Morgan | ||
| Planet of the Apes | General Thade | Tim Roth | ||
| Human Nature | Puff | Rhys Ifans | ||
| 2002 | Showtime | Trey Sellars | Eddie Murphy | |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Pluto Nash | |||
| Rex Crater | ||||
| I Spy | Kelly Robinson | |||
| Spider | Dennis "Spider" Cleg | Ralph Fiennes | ||
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Bruce Nolan | Jim Carrey | |
| Daddy Day Care | Charlie Hinton | Eddie Murphy | ||
| The Haunted Mansion | Jim Evers | |||
| Ghosts of the Abyss | Bill Paxton | Bill Paxton | ||
| The Last Samurai | Colonel Bagley | Tony Goldwyn | ||
| 2004 | White Goodman | Ben Stiller | ||
| The Machinist | Trevor Reznik | Christian Bale | ||
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Marco Racin | Elijah Alexander | |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | James "Thunder" Early | Eddie Murphy | |
| Dr. Dolittle 3 | Cogburn the Rooster | Paulo Costanzo | ||
| The Pink Panther | Nigel Boswell | Clive Owen | ||
| 2007 | Norbit | Norbit Albert Rice | Eddie Murphy | |
| Rasputia Latimore | ||||
| Mr. Wong | ||||
| Virgin Territory | Gerbino Della Ratta | Tim Roth | ||
| Epic Movie | Harry Beaver | Katt Williams | ||
| 2008 | Meet Dave | Dave Ming Chang | Eddie Murphy | |
| The Captain (Number 1) | ||||
| 2009 | Imagine That | Evan Danielson |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Machine Hayabusa | Ryu | Recurring role | ||
| 1981–1982 | The Smurfs | Papa Smurf | Main cast (3rd voice) | ||
| 1982 | Isabelle of Paris | Andrea | Main cast | ||
| 1991–2013 | The Simpsons | Homer Simpson | Main cast (seasons 1–23) | [20] | |
| Grampa Simpson (young) | |||||
| Various characters | |||||
| 1996–2000 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Ace Ventura | Main cast | ||
| 2001–2002 | House of Mouse | Mushu | 9 episodes | [21] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–1987 | M*A*S*H | Maxwell Q. Klinger | Recurring role | Jamie Farr | ||
| 1982 | Oliver Twist | Bill Sikes | TV film | Tim Curry | ||
| Marco Polo | Prince Chinkin | TV miniseries | Junichi Ishida | |||
| 1982–1987 | Happy Days | Roger Phillips | Recurring role | Ted McGinley | ||
| 1983–1989 | Simon & Simon | A.J. Simon | Main cast | Jameson Parker | ||
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Eric Avigdor | TV miniseries | Pierre Malet | ||
| 1985 | North and South | Orry Main | TV miniseries | Patrick Swayze | ||
| Baila Comigo | Joaquim Seixas Miranda | Main cast | Tony Ramos | |||
| 1990 | A Season of Giants | Michelangelo | TV miniseries | Mark Frankel | ||
| 1991 | Young Catherine | Count Grigory Orlov | TV miniseries | |||
| 1998–2003 | Mad About You | Paul Buchman | Main cast (seasons 1–6) | Paul Reiser |