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Adalberto Maria Merli

Italian actor and voice actor

Adalberto Maria Merli (born 14 January 1938) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Filmography
  • 3 Dubbing roles
    • 3.1 Animation
    • 3.2 Live action
    • 3.3 Video games
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Biography

Born in Rome, Merli is active on film and television and he has appeared in over 27 films since 1965. He had his breakout role in the 1968 RAI television series La freccia nera. After some further television success through the TV series Le terre di Sacramento and E le stelle stanno a guardare Merli made his film debut in the 1971 Miklós Jancsó's drama film La tecnica e il rito, then he became quite active in films of "poliziottesco" or political genre, often in leading roles.

Merli is also active as a voice actor. He is known for having dubbed over the voices of Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, David Carradine, Brian Cox, Malcolm McDowell and Michael Caine in some of their films. In his Italian dubbed animation roles, he voiced James P. Sullivan in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles, The Spirit of the West in Rango, and Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove.

Filmography

  • Roma (1972) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
  • The H*led Hooker (1972) - Claudio Santini
  • La prima notte di quiete (1972) - Gerardo Favani
  • Black Holiday (1973) - Franco Rossini
  • Flatfoot (1973) - Police Commissioner Tab*i
  • Processo per direttissima (1974) - Brigadiere Pendicò
  • La femme aux bottes rouges (1974) - Man
  • Peur sur la ville (1975) - Pierre Valdeck / Minos
  • Faccia di spia (1975) - Captain Felix Ramos
  • Le Gang (1977) - Manu
  • Per questa notte (1977) - Ossorio
  • Sciopèn (1982) - Andrea Serano
  • Cento giorni a Palermo (1984) - Mafioso
  • Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) - Cesare Molteni (uncredited)
  • L'orchestre rouge (1989) - Berg
  • Duel of Hearts (1991, TV Movie) - Grimaldi
  • State Secret (1995) - Ermes Ravida
  • Stupor mundi (1997) - The Pope
  • The Dinner (1998) - Bricco
  • Crimine contro crimine (1998) - Monzi
  • The Card Player (2004) - Police Commissioner

Dubbing roles

Animation

  • Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove
  • James P. Sullivan in Monsters, Inc.
  • James P. Sullivan in Mike's New Car
  • Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles
  • Sulley Car in Cars
  • Spirit of the West in Rango

Live action

  • Frankie Dunn in Million Dollar Baby
  • Agamemnon in Troy
  • Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Christof in The Truman Show
  • Eric "Rick" Masters in To Live and Die in L.A.
  • The Big Man in Dogville
  • Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange
  • Bill in Kill Bill: Volume 1
  • Bill in Kill Bill: Volume 2
  • Dušan Gavrić in The Peacemaker
  • Jonathan Lansdale in The Hand
  • Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Mark Hunter in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
  • Ed Crane in The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Lieutenant Riker in The Secret of the Sahara
  • Sam Quint in Black Moon Rising
  • Stephen Malley in Lions for Lambs
  • Harman Sullivan in Charley Varrick
  • Jack Sclavino in Live Free or Die Hard
  • Harry Bailey in Getting Straight
  • Veteran Gangster in Gangster No. 1
  • Sam Lawson in Too Late the Hero
  • Thomas Fowler in The Quiet American
  • Joaquin Manero in The Morning After

Video games

  • Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles
  • Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer

References

    External links

    Media related to Adalberto Maria Merli at Wikimedia Commons

    • Adalberto Maria Merli at IMDb
    • Adalberto Maria Merli at AllMovie