Daniele Formica
Daniele Formica | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 10, 1949 Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland |
| Died | February 1, 2011 (aged 61) Bassano del Grappa, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright. |
| Years active | 1973-2011 |
| Spouse |
Ombretta Bertuzzi (m. 1990) |
Daniele Formica (June 10, 1949 – February 1, 2011) was an Irish–Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality.[1]
Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in the 1980s as well as his roles in the theatre.[2] He also appeared in the 1980 variety comedy television show A tutto gag.
Biography
Born in Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland, the son of Wilson Formica, an Irish violinist and Eugenia Ravasio, an Italian maid, Formica studied at Trinity College, Dublin, then made his stage debut in the early seventies in Rabelais by Jean-Louis Barrault.[3]
In 1973 he moved to Italy where he joined the stage company of the Teatro Stabile dell'Aquila with whom he acted in Maschere by Carlo Goldoni; in those years he made his first appearances in films and TV dramas.[3] He obtained his major successes in the 1980s, taking part to a number of important TV shows, then, from the 1990s, he focused on theatre.[4]
As a voice actor, Formica made several voice acting appearances in at least three Pixar films. He voiced Randall Boggs in the Italian dubbed version of Monsters, Inc. as well as Gilbert Huph in the Italian dubbed version of The Incredibles.
Death
On February 1st 2011, Formica died in Bassano del Grappa in Veneto at age 61 of pancreatic cancer.[4]
Filmography
Cinema
- Cerca di capirmi (1970)
- Bruciati da cocente passione (1976)
- Sex Diary (1976)
- L'amore è un salto di qualità (1977)
- A Dangerous Toy (1979)
- Prickly Pears (1980)
- I'm Getting a Yacht (1980)
- I carabbimatti (1981)
- Camera d'albergo (1981)
- Don't Play with Tigers (1982)
- Rosso veneziano (1989)
- Stelle di cartone (1993)
- Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
- Carogne - Ciro and me (1995)
- Intolerance (1996)
- Ladri si nasce (1997) - Film TV
- Dio c'è (1998)
- Il piazzista (2007)
- Pa-ra-da (2008)
- Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo (2008)
- L'ultima estate (2009)
- Tutta colpa della musica (2011)
Dubbing roles
Animation
- Randall Boggs in Monsters, Inc.
- Gilbert Huph in The Incredibles
- Dusty Rust-eze in Cars
- Wesley in Home on the Range
- Mr. Willerstein in Meet the Robinsons
- Lofty Thaddeus Worthington in Valiant
- Mr. Gasket in Robots
- JP in Pets
Live action
- Inspector Gadget in Inspector Gadget 2
- Sheik Abdul ben Falafel in The Cannonball Run
- Sheik Abdul ben Falafel in Cannonball Run II
- Embry Wallis in The Greatest Game Ever Played
- The Whale in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
References
- ^ "Daniele Formica's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Daniele Formica". MYmovies. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Morto l'attore Daniele Formica". Tgcom. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Morto l'attore e regista Daniele Formica". Corriere della Sera. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
External links
- Daniele Formica at IMDb
- Daniele Formica at AllMovie
- Daniele Formica at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Daniele Formica discography at Discogs
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1949 births
- 2011 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- 20th-century Irish male actors
- 21st-century Irish male actors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- 21st-century Italian male actors
- Irish male film actors
- Irish male stage actors
- Irish male television actors
- Irish male voice actors
- Irish theatre directors
- Irish dramatists and playwrights
- Irish television personalities
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male stage actors
- Italian male television actors
- Italian male voice actors
- Italian theatre directors
- Italian dramatists and playwrights
- Italian television personalities
- Italian people of Irish descent
- People from Drogheda
- People from Bassano del Grappa
- Deaths from cancer in Italy
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Irish emigrants to Italy