Francesco Saverio Venditti (born 27 August 1976) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Rome to singer-songwriter

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, Venditti made his acting debut on television as a child in 1985 and made his first film appearance in the 1995 film '' Strangled Lives'' directed by his stepfather

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. He then appeared in a 1995 TV film directed by Paolo Poeti. Venditti generally made appearances in

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stories on television, such as '' Caro maestro'' as well as '' Una donna per amico'' and ''

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''. He also starred as the young Nicola Catania in the television movie '' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII''. As a voice actor, Venditti performed the Italian voice of

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and Beast respectively in the ''

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'' film franchise. Other actors he occasionally dubs includes

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. In his animated roles, he voiced Oliver in the Italian-Language dub of ''

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''.

Personal life

From Venditti's marriage to screenwriter Alexandra La Capria, he had two children, Alice and Tomaso. He also has another two children, Leonardo and Mia, from his second wife Cristina Congiunti.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Strangled Lives'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *'' Cuori perduti'' (1997) *'' The Sky in a Room'' (1999) *''

Almost Blue ''Almost Blue'' is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his fifth with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (drummer), Pete Thomas (no relation). It was reco ...

'' (2000) *'' Sottovento!'' (2001) *'' Commedia sexy'' (2001) *'' Tornare indietro'' (2001) *'' Quartetto'' (2001) *''I giorni dell'amore e dell'odio'' (2001) *''Fate come noi'' (2001) *'' Io no'' (2003) *''

Romanzo Criminale ''Romanzo criminale'' (; "Criminal Novel") is an Italian-language film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido, a criminal drama, it was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn ...

'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Il punto rosso'' (2006) *''Il monastero'' (2008) *'' Polvere'' (2009) *'' Sleepless'' (2009) *'' Ganja Fiction'' (2009) *'' The Last 56 Hours'' (2009) *''Cinque'' (2009) *'' The Museum of Wonders'' (2010) *'' Alien Exorcism'' (2011)

Television

*''Un ponte per Terabithia'' (1985) *''Compagni di branco'' (1996) *'' Caro maestro'' (1997) *''

Amico mio ''Amico mio'' (English:'' My Friend'') is a 1993 Italian-German television series set in a children's hospital and stars Massimo Dapporto. The series, which focuses on the stories of Dr. Magri (Dapporto) and his colleagues in the department of pe ...

'' (1998) *'' Una donna per amico'' (1998–1999) *''

Valeria medico legale ''Valeria medico legale'' is an Italian crime television series. Cast *Claudia Koll: Valeria Banzi * Giulio Base: Luca Leoni *Nando Gazzolo *Massimo Ciavarro * Blas Roca Rey *Camilla Filippi *Francesca Rettondini (season 2) *Isa Barzizza (se ...

'' (2000) *''Giornalisti'' (2000) *''

'' (2002) *''

Inferno Below ''Inferno Below'' ( it, Marcinelle) is a 2003 Italian television miniseries directed by Antonio and Andrea Frazzi and starring Claudio Amendola and Maria Grazia Cucinotta. Plot Cast * Claudio Amendola as Antonino * Maria Grazia Cucinotta ...

'' (2003) – TV Film *'' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' (2003) – TV Film *''

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'' (2004) – TV Film *''

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'' (2005) *'' La freccia nera'' (2006) *'' Questa è la mia terra'' (2006) *'' Eravamo solo mille'' (2006) *''Amore proibito'' (2007) *'' Dottor Clown'' (2008) *'' Mia madre'' (2010 *''Roma nuda'' (2010) *'' Vi perdono ma inginocchiatevi'' (2012) *'' Il caso Enzo Tortora – Dove eravamo rimasti?'' (2012) *'' L'ultimo papa re'' (2013)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Oliver in ''

'' *Frankie the Frog in ''

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'' *Tito Lopez in ''

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'' *Jet-Vac in ''

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'' *Marm in ''

The Nut Job ''The Nut Job'' is a 2014 computer-animated heist comedy film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Jeff Dunham, ...

'' *

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in '' Avengers Assemble'' *Linus in ''

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'' *Shawn in ''

Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island ''Total Drama All-Stars'' (often shortened as ''TDAS'') and ''Total Drama: Pahkitew Island'' (often shortened as ''TDPI''; ) are the two parts with 13-episode segments that both make up the fifth season of ''Total Drama''. The season was commi ...

'' *Kevin Murphy in ''

F Is for Family ''F Is for Family'' is an American adult animated comedy drama streaming television series created by Bill Burr and Michael Price for Netflix. It is produced by Vince Vaughn's Wild West Television, King of France Productions, Loner Productions, ...

'' *

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in ''

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'' * Hawkeye in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''

Live action

* Wade Wilson / Deadpool in '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' *Wade Wilson / Deadpool in ''

'' *Wade Wilson / Deadpool in ''

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'' * Hank McCoy / Beast in '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'' *Hank McCoy / Beast in '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' *Rory Adams in ''

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'' *Will Jimeno in ''

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'' *

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in ''

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'' *Parker Selfridge in ''

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'' *Kurt in ''

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'' *Kurt in ''

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'' *

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in ''

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'' *

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in ''

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'' *Davis Bloome in ''

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'' *Shane Ross in ''

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'' *Ezra Fitzgerald in ''

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'' *Ernest Rodriguez in ''

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'' *Javier Suarez in '' Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'' *Alex in '' He's Just Not That Into You'' *

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in ''

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'' *Jack Mercer in '' Four Brothers'' *C.C. White in ''

Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others,Gro ...

'' *Nate Cooper in '' The Devil Wears Prada'' *Daniel Williams in ''

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'' *Sam Monroe in ''

Life as a House ''Life as a House'' is a 2001 American drama film produced and directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Mark Andrus focuses on a man who is anxious to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and teenaged son after he is diagnosed with termin ...

'' *Henry in ''

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'' *Nick Memphis in ''

Shooter Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, Bow and arrow, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or Blowgun, blowpipe). Even the acts of launching Flamethrower, flame, artillery, Dart (missile), darts, ha ...

'' *Rick Meade in '' Mission: Impossible III'' *

Sir Lancelot Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants (such as early German ''Lanzelet'', early French ''Lanselos'', early Welsh ''Lanslod Lak'', Italian ''Lancillotto'', Spanish ''Lanzarote del Lago' ...

in '' Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb'' *Aaron Marker in ''12 Monkeys (TV series), 12 Monkeys'' *Pikachu in ''Pokémon Detective Pikachu''

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Venditti, Francesco 1976 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors