Simone Mori (born 18 November 1965) is an Italian

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Biography

Born in Rome, Mori started his career on television during the late 1980s. He is the son of actor and voice actor

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. Among his most popular television roles was in the crime drama ''

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'' but he is generally known to the Italian public as a voice actor. He voiced

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(portrayed by

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) in the Italian-Language version of ''

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(portrayed by Gary Dourdan) in the Italian-Language version of ''

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''. He also dubbed

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in a majority of their movies. In Mori's animated roles, he dubbed

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in ''

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'', Mantis in the ''

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'' film series and he also performed the Italian voice of

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in ''

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''. Another one of Mori's most popular dubbing roles include Crossbones in the

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. In 2003, Mori explored a career as a dubbing director.

Filmography

Television

*'' Una lepre con la faccia di bambina'' (1989) *''

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'' (1989) *''

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'' (1993) *''

'' (2008–2010)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Mr. Hare in ''

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in ''

'' *Hermes Conrad in '' Futurama: Bender's Big Score'' *Hermes Conrad in '' Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs'' *Hermes Conrad in '' Futurama: Bender's Game'' *Hermes Conrad in '' Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder'' *Police Officer Landers in '' Monster House'' *Gutsy Smurf in ''

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'' *Gutsy Smurf in ''

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'' *Chien-Po in ''

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'' *

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in ''

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'' *Vash the Stampede in '' Trigun: Badlands Rumble'' *Frank in ''

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'' *Phillip in ''

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'' *Nash in ''

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'' *Scab in ''

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'' *Alistair in ''

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'' *Mantis in ''

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'' *Mantis in ''

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'' *Mantis in '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' *Reggie in ''

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Live action

in ''

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in ''

'' *Aaron Rapaport in ''

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'' *Dale Doback in '' Step Brothers'' *Nick Persons in '' Are We There Yet?'' *Bakary "Driss" Bassari in ''

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'' *Ira Wright in ''

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'' *Cal Naughton Jr. in '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' *Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in ''

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'' *James "Desolation" Williams in ''

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'' * Crossbones in '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' *Crossbones in '' Captain America: Civil War'' *

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in ''

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Video games

in ''

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mori, Simone 1965 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male voice actors Italian male television actors Italian voice directors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors