Carlo Sabatini (actor)


Carlo Sabatini was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Rome, Sabatini began his career on film and television during the 1950s but he is perhaps best known as a voice actor. The many actors he dubbed included Ian McKellen, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Lee, Kris Kristofferson, Alain Delon, Paul Newman, John Mahoney, Robert Duvall, Leonard Nimoy, and Marlon Brando.
In Sabatini’s character dubbing roles, he famously dubbed over the voice of Magneto in the X-Men film franchise as well as Morgan Freeman’s role as "Red" in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption. On television, Sabatini dubbed Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing and Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In Sabatini’s animated roles, he voiced Chilkoot in the Italian dub of Brother Bear 2.
In 2003, he acted in the mini-series Soraya, directed by Lodovica Gasparini.

Personal life

Sabatini was the father of voice actor Gabriele Sabatini.

Death

Sabatini died in Rome on April 10th 2020 just three days after his 88th birthday.

Filmography

Cinema

Animation