Massimo Quinto Foschi (born 2 January 1938) is an Italian

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Biography

Born in

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via E ...

, Foschi began his career as an actor at some point during the 1960s. He appeared in over 22 films since 1966 and also worked extensively as a theatre actor alongside colleagues such as

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and Ottavia Piccolo. On screen, his major role was in the 1977 film '' Jungle Holocaust'' and he often made collaborations with

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. Foschi also works as a voice actor.MASSIMO FOSCHI, la voce di DARTH VADER/LORD FENER , enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
/ref> He is famous locally and worldwide for voicing

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in the Italian dub of the ''

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'' film franchise. One of his earliest appearances as a voice actor is in the 1965 redub of

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'', in which he dubbed several background characters. Foschi dubbed Gregory Peck,

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in a select number of their movies.

Personal life

Foschi is the father of actor

Marco Foschi Marco Foschi (born 1 April 1977) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He played in the 2012 film '' King of the Sands'' directed by Najdat Anzour and in the 2012 American-Italian television movie ''Barabbas'', as Jesus Jesus, likely fr ...

(born 1977).

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Be Sick... It's Free'' (1968) *''

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'' (1970) *''

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'' (1971) *''

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'' (1972) *''

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'' (1973) *''La Cecilia'' (1974) * '' Young Lucrezia'' (1974) *''L'Orlando Furioso'' (1975) *''

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'' (1977) *'' La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!'' (1977) *'' Jungle Holocaust'' (1977) *''

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'' (1977) *''

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'' (1980) *''Il Principe di Homburg'' (1983) *''Notti e Nebbie'' (1984) *''

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'' (1986) *''Tartarughe dal becco d'ascia'' (2000) *'' Italian Dream'' (2008) *''Pandemia'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''Una nobile causa'' (2016)

Television

*''Il primogenito'' (1964) *'' Vita di Dante'' (1965) *''Processo di famiglia'' (1968) *''Cocktail Party'' (1969) *'' Le mani sporche'' (1978) *''The Merchant of Venice'' (1979)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Plenipotentiary in ''

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Live action

in '' Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope'' *Darth Vader in '' Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'' *Darth Vader in '' Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi'' *Darth Vader in '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' *Darth Vader in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' *

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'' *President Coriolanus Snow in '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' *President Coriolanus Snow in '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'' *President Coriolanus Snow in '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2'' *Robert Thorn in ''

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in ''

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'' *The Monster in ''

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in ''

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in ''

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in ''

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'' * Cadet Moses Hightower in ''

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foschi, Massimo 1938 births Living people People from Forlì Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors