Girolamo Panzetta (born 6 September 1962 in

Villanova del Battista Villanova del Battista is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Located in Irpinia historical district between the Ufita Valley and Daunian Mountains, the town is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

) is an Italian celebrity living and working in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

( Gaikokujin tarento). He has appeared on Japanese television in a variety of shows, including dramas and cooking shows. He has also been featured in

fashion magazines Fashion journalism is a component of fashion media, with a focus on journalism, writing and photojournalism. Fashion journalists write about fashion events, trends and have to cultivate and maintain a relationship with stylists and designers. A f ...

. Panzetta voiced the Italian car

Luigi is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's masc ...

in the Japanese version of ''

Cars A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded as t ...

''. He is also the author of several books and essays. He appeared on over 170 front covers of every edition of Japanese men's fashion magazine LEON since its launch in September 2001.

Filmography

Film

*''

Lady Maiko is a 2014 Japanese musical comedy film written and directed by Masayuki Suo, starring Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa, and Sumiko Fuji. It screened in competition at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 16, 2014. It was relea ...

'' (2014) *''Dosukoi! Sukehira'' (2019), Italian doctor

Television

Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, was a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle bui ...

(1999) - Himself (Judge) *''Matrimonial Chaos'' (2013), Girolamo Panzetta

Japanese dub

*''

'' (2006), Luigi *''

Cars 2 ''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated Spy film, spy comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Cars (film), Cars'' (2006), the second film in the Cars (franchise), ''Cars'' f ...

'' (2011), Luigi *''

Cars 3 ''Cars 3'' is a 2017 American computer-animated sports comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to ''Cars 2'' (2011) and the third installment of the ''Cars'' film series, the ...

'' (2017), Luigi

References

External links

Horipro agency profile
* Italian male actors Expatriate television personalities in Japan Italian expatriates in Japan 1962 births Living people {{Italy-actor-stub