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Pino Insegno
File:Pino Insegno .jpg
Insegno at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2008
Born
Giuseppe Insegno

(1959-08-30) August 30, 1959 (age 65)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor, dubbing director, comedian, television presenter
Years active1981-present
Spouse(s)
Roberta Lanfranchi
(m. 1997; div. 2007)

Alessia Navarro
(m. 2012)
Children3
RelativesClaudio Insegno (brother)

Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born August 30, 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter. Since 1986, he 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.

Biography

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 often performed a huge variety of comedy sketches on stage, television and film. Most notably the 1995 film L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle.[1] Insegno also appeared in the music video for the song 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 had been presenting these shows for Rai 1. He also presented shows for Mediaset in the past.[2]

Insegno is also recognised as a voice actor and dubber.[3] 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 even performed the Italian voices of Diego in the Ice Age film series, John Smith in Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, The Magic Mirror in the Shrek movies and he also dubbed several characters in The Simpsons.

Personal Life

From Insegno's first marriage to actress Roberta Lanfranchi, he had two children as well as a third with his second and current wife Alessia Navarro. He is the older brother of voice actor Claudio Insegno.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Pino Insegno". MYmovies. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Pino Insegno - Attore - Biografia e Filmographia - Ecodelcinema". ecodelcinema.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Pino Insegno's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 8 October 2018.