Highest rated movie: Casino Royale (2006)
Lowest rated movie: Blood Red (1989)
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Movies starring Giancarlo Giannini have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.
Casino Royale - released in 2006 - is Giancarlo Giannini's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 1,059 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Giancarlo Giannini is Blood Red - released in 1989 - with a score of 36% based on 1 reviews.
Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and dubber.
Giannini was born in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in the Mud on the city in 1965. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. In 1971, he appeared in And the stars are watching, a television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down.
In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which is unusual in that his performance was given entirely in Italian. He was dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of both The Shining and Batman; he is the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. He has also appeared in A Walk in the Clouds and Man on Fire.
Giannini''s best-known starring roles have been in films directed by Lina Wertmuller. In addition to Swept Away and Seven Beauties, he also appeared in The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata.
He played the role of the protective father, Alberto Aragón, in A Walk in the Clouds in 1995. He played the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries. In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness.
Perhaps his best-known recent role is as French agent René Mathis in the 21st and 22nd James Bond films, Casino Royale and the sequel, Quantum of Solace.
Giannini has a son, Adriano Giannini, who is also an actor and dubber.
Giancarlo Giannini has acted in films with Fernando Rey, Roberto Herlitzka, Lucio Amelio and Elena Fiore.
Giancarlo Giannini has worked with these film directors: Lina Wertmüller, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott and Guillermo del Toro.
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