Francesco Vairano


Francesco Vairano is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Naples, Vairano began his career in the late 1960s working as a theatre actor. He also made a small appearance on television in 1977 and again in 1988. He is generally well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. He is best known for providing the Italian voices of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter film franchise and Gollum from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Vairano is also known for dubbing Dr. Bunsen Honeydew in The Muppets. He even often or occasionally dubs actors such as Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Alan Rickman, Ian McDiarmid and Andy Serkis. In December 2016, he announced that he would be temporarily retiring from voice dubbing and would only make rare comebacks.
Vairano directed the English dub of Matteo Garrone's film Pinocchio, using only Italian voices.

Filmography

Television

Animation