Pino Insegno
Pino Insegno | |
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Born | Giuseppe Insegno 30 August 1959 |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Spouses | Roberta Lanfranchi
(m. 1997; div. 2007)Alessia Navarro (m. 2012) |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Claudio Insegno (brother) Rossana Di Lorenzo (aunt) Maurizio Arena (uncle) |
Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born 30 August 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, television presenter and comedian.[1]
Since 1986, Insegno 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
[edit]Born in Rome, Insegno is the first-born son of Armando Insegno and Romana Di Lorenzo, who was the sister of the actors Maurizio Arena and Rossana Di Lorenzo.[2][3] He 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 performed a variety of comedy sketches on stage, television, and film, most notably the 1995 film L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle.[4] 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 presented these shows for Rai 1. He also presented shows for Mediaset in the past.[5]
Insegno is recognised as a voice actor and dubber. 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.[6] He is well known for voicing Stan Smith in the Italian-Language version of American Dad and he performed the Italian voices of Diego in the Ice Age film series, John Smith in Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Chick Hicks in Cars and Cars 3, The Magic Mirror in the Shrek movies, and he also dubbed several characters in The Simpsons.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Insegno is the older brother of the voice actor Claudio Insegno. From his first marriage to the actress Roberta Lanfranchi, Insegno has two sons, Francesco and Matteo. He also has another two sons, Alessandro and Valerio, with his second and current wife Alessia Navarro.[8][9]
Filmography
[edit]Cinema
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1983 | Escape from the Bronx | ||
1984 | In punta di piedi | Discotech guitarist | |
1985 | Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone | Carlo Vacca | |
A me mi piace | Fireman | ||
1988 | I giorni randagi | Andrea | |
1989 | Le finte bionde | Raging Dull | |
1995 | L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle | Pino | |
2003 | The Angels of Borsellino | Agostino Catalano | |
2008 | Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo | Extramarcio | |
2010 | Alta infedeltà | Filippo | |
From the Waist Up | Superintendent Ciarnò | ||
2013 | Una notte agli studios | Padre Marras | |
2017 | Ovunque tu sarai | Giordano’s father | |
2022 | (Im)perfetti criminali | Leader of the Nighthawks |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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2000 | The Squad | Dario | TV film |
2006 | Lo zio d'America | Alfonso | TV series |
2007 | Quelli dell'intervallo | Mathematics Professor | 1 episode |
2008 | Vita da paparazzo | Gino | TV miniseries |
2018 | Un posto al sole | Emanuele Roversi | 1 episode |
Voice work
[edit]Dubbing
[edit]Films (Animation, Italian dub)
[edit]Films (Live action, Italian dub)
[edit]Television (Animation, Italian dub)
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Ref |
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1993–1999 | The Simpsons | Ned Flanders | Recurring role (season 3) | [33] |
Moe Szyslak | Recurring role (season 8) | |||
2000–2004 | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Freaky Fred | Recurring role | [34] |
2001 | Second Star to the Left | Archie | TV film | |
2005–present | American Dad! | Stan Smith | Main cast | [35] |
2011–2018 | The Little Prince | The Snake | Main cast | |
2016 | Bordertown | El Coyote | Recurring role | [36] |
2018–2020 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | King Peppy | Recurring role |
Television (Live action, Italian dub)
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
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1986 | The George McKenna Story | George J. McKenna III | TV film | Denzel Washington | |
1990 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Steve Lacey | Main cast | Shea Farrell | |
1995 | Citizen X | Viktor Burakov | TV film | Stephen Rea | |
2006–2010 | 30 Rock | Tracy Jordan | Main cast (seasons 1–3) | Tracy Morgan | |
2013–2014 | Downton Abbey | Anthony Foyle, Viscount Gillingham | 12 episodes | Tom Cullen | |
2013–2019 | Game of Thrones | Tormund Giantsbane | 33 episodes | Kristofer Hivju | |
2013–2020 | Ray Donovan | Raymond "Ray" Donovan | Main cast | Liev Schreiber | |
2014 | True Detective | Martin "Marty" Hart | Main cast (season 1) | Woody Harrelson | |
2014–2020 | Power | Kanan Stark | Main cast | 50 Cent | |
2015 | The Player | Mr. Isaiah Johnson | Main cast | Wesley Snipes | |
2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | John Beatty | TV film | Michael Shannon | |
Room 104 | Nathan | 1 episode | |||
2018–2021 | Britannia | Aulus Plautius | Main cast | David Morrissey | |
2019 | Waco | Gary Noesner | TV miniseries | Michael Shannon | |
The Spy | Eli Cohen | TV miniseries | Sacha Baron Cohen | ||
2021 | The Shrink Next Door | Martin "Marty" Markowitz | TV miniseries | Will Ferrell |
Video games (Italian dub)
[edit]Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
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2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Aragorn | |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||
2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | ||
2006 | Cars | Chick Hicks | |
2010 | Heavy Rain | Ethan Mars | |
2012 | World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria | Chen Stormstout | |
2017 | Cars 3: Driven to Win | Chick Hicks |
References
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- ^ "Pino Insegno, chi erano i genitori: la carriera e la vita privata". Donna Glamour (in Italian). 17 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "Pino Insegno". MYmovies. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Pino Insegno - Attore - Biografia e Filmographia - Ecodelcinema". ecodelcinema.com. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Pino Insegno, tra Lazio e doppiaggio, ecco chi è il conduttore che piace a Giorgia Meloni". La Repubblica (in Italian). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ PINO INSEGNO e il DOPPIAGGIO (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
- ^ "PINO INSEGNO: ETÀ, EX MOGLIE, DOVE VIVE, STUDI, FIGLI, NUOVA COMPAGNA". IlMaggioNews (in Italian). 7 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "Chi è la moglie di Pino Insegno: curiosità e vita privata su Alessia Navarro". Trend Online (in Italian). 12 May 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "Pocahontas Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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- ^ "Shrek 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Ice Age: The Meltdown Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Cars Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Open Season Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Open Season 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Open Season 3 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Shrek Forever After Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Rio Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Ice Age: Continental Drift Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Rio 2 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "The Lego Movie Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Open Season: Scared Silly Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Trolls Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Ice Age: Collision Course Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Sing Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Cars 3 Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Trolls World Tour Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "The Simpsons Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Courage the Cowardly Dog Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "American Dad! Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Bordertown Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
External links
[edit]Media related to Pino Insegno at Wikimedia Commons
- Pino Insegno at IMDb
- Pino Insegno at AllMovie
- Pino Insegno discography at Discogs
- Pino Insegno at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Pino Insegno at Behind The Voice Actors
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Rome
- Mass media people from Rome
- Comedians from Rome
- Italian male voice actors
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male stage actors
- Italian male television actors
- Italian male comedians
- Italian television presenters
- Italian voice directors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- 21st-century Italian male actors
- 20th-century Italian comedians
- 21st-century Italian comedians