Pino Insegno

Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born 30 August 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter.

Since 1986, Insegno has been a member of the comedy quartet Premiata Ditta and he also found success dubbing characters into the Italian language and presenting a variety of television shows across Italy.

Biography

Born in Rome, Insegno began his career in 1981 and then eventually in 1986, he became a member of Premiata Ditta alongside Roberto Ciufoli, Francesca Draghetti and Tiziana Foschi. The group performed a variety of comedy sketches on stage, television, and film, most notably the 1995 film . Insegno also appeared in the music video for the song by Gemelli Diversi on their second album ''4x4''.

Between the early and mid 2000s, he was one of four presenters of '' Premiata Teleditta'' alongside his three colleagues. In 2010, he presented the show '' Insegnami a sognare'' and from 2010 to 2013, he presented the Italian version of the French-Canadian game show '' Action Réaction''. He presented these shows for Rai 1. He also presented shows for Mediaset in the past.

Insegno is recognised as a voice actor and dubber. He serves as the official Italian voice of Will Ferrell, having dubbed him in a majority of his films. He also dubbed Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Sacha Baron Cohen in some of their movies. He is well known for voicing Stan Smith in the Italian-Language version of ''American Dad'' and he performed the Italian voices of Diego in the ''Ice Age'' film series, John Smith in '' Pocahontas'' and '' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'', The Magic Mirror in the '' Shrek'' movies, and he also dubbed several characters in ''The Simpsons''.

Personal life

From Insegno's first marriage to actress Roberta Lanfranchi, he had two children as well as another two with his second and current wife Alessia Navarro. He is the older brother of voice actor Claudio Insegno.

Filmography

Cinema

*''Escape from the Bronx'' (1983)
*'' In punta di piedi'' (1984)
*''Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone'' (1985)
*''A me mi piace'' (1985)
*''I giorni randagi'' (1988)
*''Le finte bionde'' (1989)
*'' L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle'' (1995)
*''Gli angeli di Borsellino'' (2003)
*'' Il naso'' (2003)
*'' Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo'' (2008)
*''Alta infedeltà'' (2010)
*''From the Waist Up'' (2010)
*'' Una donna per la vita'' (2011)
*'' Una notte agli studios'' (2013)
*'' Ovunque tu sarai'' (2017)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Stan Smith in ''American Dad!''
*John Smith in '' Pocahontas''
*John Smith in '' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World''
* Diego in ''Ice Age''
*Diego in '' Ice Age: The Meltdown''
*Diego in '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs''
*Diego in '' Ice Age: Continental Drift''
*Diego in '' Ice Age: Collision Course''
* Lord Business / "The Man Upstairs" in '' The Lego Movie''
* Lord Business / "The Man Upstairs" in '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part''
* Sinbad in '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas''
*Boog in '' Open Season''
*Boog in ''Open Season 2''
*Boog in ''Open Season 3''
*Boog in '' Open Season: Scared Silly''
*Chick Hicks in '' Cars''
*Chick Hicks in '' Cars 3''
*Magic Mirror in '' Shrek''
*Magic Mirror in '' Shrek 2''
*Magic Mirror in '' Shrek Forever After''
*Rafael in ''Rio''
*Rafael in ''Rio 2''
*Louis in ''The Princess and the Frog''
* Gomez Addams in '' The Addams Family''
*Ranger in '' Free Birds''
* Ned Flanders (2nd voice) / Moe Szyslak (2nd voice) in ''The Simpsons''
*Cooking Channel Narrator in '' Ratatouille''
*Big Daddy in ''Sing''
*Elgin in '' Rango''
*Stabbington brothers in '' Tangled''
*King Peppy in ''Trolls''
*Freaky Fred in '' Courage the Cowardly Dog''

Live action

*Buddy Hobbs in '' Elf''
*Jacobim Mugatu in '' Zoolander''
*Jacobim Mugatu in ''Zoolander 2''
*Ron Burgundy in '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''
*Ron Burgundy in '' Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues''
*Brennan Huff in '' Step Brothers''
*Rick Marshall in ''Land of the Lost''
*Harold Crick in '' Stranger than Fiction''
*Jack Wyatt / Darrin Stephens in ''Bewitched''
*Allen Gamble in ''The Other Guys''
*Brad Whitaker in '' Daddy's Home''
*Brad Whitaker in ''Daddy's Home 2''
*Ricky Bobby in '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby''
*Chazz Reinhold in '' Wedding Crashers''
*Big Earl in ''Starsky & Hutch''
*Sherlock Holmes in ''Holmes & Watson''
*James King in ''Get Hard''
*Franz Liebkind in '' The Producers''
*Cam Brady in '' The Campaign''
*Kevin in ''The Internship''
*Hobie in ''Melinda and Melinda''
*Scott Johansen in '' The House''
*Chazz Michael Michaels in '' Blades of Glory''
*Jackie Moon in '' Semi-Pro''
* Will Ferrell in '' Between Two Ferns: The Movie''
*Lars Erickssong in '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga''
* Aragorn in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''
*Aragorn in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
*Aragorn in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''
* Borat Sagdiyev in '' Borat''
*Borat Sagdiyev in ''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm''
* Brüno Gehard in ''Brüno''
*Ali G in '' Ali G Indahouse''
*Admiral General Aladeen / Efawadh in '' The Dictator''
* Frank Hopkins in '' Hidalgo''
*Tom Stall in '' A History of Violence''
*Sigmund Freud in ''A Dangerous Method''
*Victor Creed in '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine''
*Vincent Campbell in '' The Last Days on Mars''
*Stuart Besser in ''Kate & Leopold''
*Muhammad Ali in ''Ali''
*Marty Baron in '' Spotlight''
*Nikolai Luzhin in '' Eastern Promises''
*Everett Hitch in '' Appaloosa''
*Man in '' The Road''
*Old Bull Lee in ''On the Road''
*Chester MacFarland in ''The Two Faces of January''
*Ben Cash in '' Captain Fantastic''
*Inspector Gustave Dasté in ''Hugo''
* Monsieur Thénardier in ''Les Misérables''
*Colonel Alexander Vosch in ''The 5th Wave''
*Ned Freed in '' Every Day''
*Theodore Winter in ''Salt''
*Bobby Lincoln in ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist''
* Lyndon B. Johnson in ''The Butler''
*Dovi in '' Fading Gigolo''
*Boris Spassky in '' Pawn Sacrifice''
*Kyle Alan "Nobby" Butcher in ''Grimsby''
*Time in '' Alice Through the Looking Glass''
*Abbie Hoffman in '' The Trial of the Chicago 7''
*Sean Dignam in ''The Departed''
*Elliot Moore in '' The Happening''
*Max Payne in ''Max Payne''
* Cinna in '' The Hunger Games''
*Cinna in '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''
*Andy Hanson in ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead''
*Caesar in '' Rise of the Planet of the Apes''
*Edgar Areola in '' Sicario''
*Tommy Callahan III in ''Tommy Boy''
*Mike Donnelly in ''Black Sheep''
*Link in ''The Matrix Reloaded''
*Link in ''The Matrix Revolutions''
*Indiana Jones in '' Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (2009 redub)
* Vito Corleone in '' The Godfather Part II'' (2007 redub)
*Mambrú in '' A Perfect Day''

Video games

*Ethan Mars in '' Heavy Rain''
*Aragorn in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''
*Aragorn in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age''
*Chen Stormstout in ''World of Warcraft''

References

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1959 births
Living people
Male actors from Rome
Italian male voice actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male video game actors
Italian television presenters
Italian male comedians
Italian voice directors
20th-century Italian male actors
21st-century Italian male actors
20th-century Italian comedians
21st-century Italian comedians