Massimo Dapporto (born 8 August 1945) is an Italian

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and

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Biography

Born in

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, the son of the actor and comedian

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, he studied acting at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts. Dapporto began his career in the 1970s and found professional opportunities in the small screen, where he starred in TV-series and mini-series of great success, notably the medical drama '' Amico mio'' and he even played the role of

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in the Imperium movie ''

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''. In 1989, he won a David di Donatello for best supporting actor for his performance in

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's '' Mignon Has Come to Stay''. In his profession as a voice actor, Dapporto dubbed characters into the Italian language. He served as the Italian voice of

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in the ''

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'' films as well as dubbing

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and Cheech Marin in some of their movies.

Personal life

Dapporto is the father of director Davide Dapporto. He has also been married to Stefania Longo since 1971. He considers himself Catholic but he believes in

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Filmography

Cinema

* '' Il trafficone'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1976) * '' Nerone'' (1976) * '' Hunted City'' (1979) * '' Soldati - 365 all'alba'' (1987) * (1987) * (1987) * '' The Family'' (1987) * '' Mignon Has Come to Stay'' (1988) * (1989) * '' Rouge Venise'' (1989) * ''

Tre colonne in cronaca ''Tre colonne in cronaca'' (''Three columns in the news'') is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name written by Corrado Augias and Daniela Pasti. For his performance Sergio Caste ...

'' (1990) * (1990) * '' Traces of an Amorous Life'' (1990) * (1991) * '' A Simple Story'' (1991) * (1992) * '' Per non dimenticare'' (1992) * '' State Secret'' (1995) * '' Marching in Darkness'' (1996) * '' Celluloide'' (1996) * '' Anni Ribelli'' (1996) * (1997) * ''L'apparenza'' (2003) * (2006)

Television

* '' All'ultimo minuto'' (1973) * (1974) * (1978) * ''Il mercante di Venezia'' (1979) * (1981) * (1982) * (1983) * ''

Mussolini and I ''Mussolini and I'' (alternately titled ''Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce'') is a 1985 made-for-television docudrama film directed by Alberto Negrin. It chronicles the strained relationship between Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mu ...

'' (1985) * (1986) * (1987) * (1990) * (1991) * '' Una madre come tu'' (1993) * '' Amico mio'' (1993–1998) * (1995) * (1997) * ''

Un prete tra noi ''Un prete tra noi'' is an Italian drama television series. The title translates in English, "A priest among us." Un prete tra noi tells the story of Don Marco, a Catholic priest, who is assigned to penitentiary as a chaplain. Cast * Massimo D ...

'' (1997–1999) * (1999) * '' Ciao professore'' (1999) * (2001) * '' Casa famiglia'' (2001–2003) * '' Il commissario'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * (2006) * '' Distretto di Polizia'' (2007) * (2012) * (2013) * (2016)

Dubbing roles

Animation

in ''

'' *Buzz Lightyear / Utility Belt Buzz in ''

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'' *Buzz Lightyear in ''

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'' *Buzz Lightyear in ''

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'' *Buzz Lightyear in '' Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins'' *Buzz Lightyear in ''

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'' *Buzz Lightyear in ''

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'' *Buzz Lightyear in '' Small Fry'' *Buzz Light Car in ''

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'' *

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in ''

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'' (2nd voice) *Warren T. Rat in ''

An American Tail ''An American Tail'' is a 1986 American animated musical adventure film directed by Don Bluth from a screenplay by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss and a story by David Kirschner, Freudberg and Geiss. The film features the voices of Phillip Glass ...

'' *Heathcliff in '' Heathcliff''

Live action

*Mr. Hector in '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' *Walter Garfield in ''

The Monuments Men ''The Monuments Men'' is a 2014 war film directed by George Clooney and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hug ...

'' *Bill Blazejowski in '' Night Shift'' *Stan Starkey in ''

Maid to Order ''Maid to Order'' is a 1987 American comedy/fantasy film. It is a variation on the Cinderella formula, where the fairy godmother is not the means to a better life for the heroine, but rather the nemesis. Rather than doing so out of malice, thoug ...

'' * Cheech Marin in '' Cheech and Chong's Next Movie'' *Jean Passepartout in ''

Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...

'' *Maitre d' at L'Idiot in ''

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'' *Quon in ''

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing ''One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing'' is a 1975 comedy film set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distributio ...

'' *Joe Gipp in ''

Adventures in Babysitting ''Adventures in Babysitting'' (also known as ''A Night on the Town'' in certain countries) is a 1987 American teen comedy film written by David Simkins and directed by Chris Columbus in his directorial debut. It stars Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coo ...

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dapporto, Massimo 1945 births Living people Male actors from Milan Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Italian Roman Catholics