Sergio Fiorentini


Sergio Fiorentini was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Fiorentini was best known for his portrayal of characters in Italian crime dramas and films as well as dubbing Gene Hackman in a majority of his films and Rafiki in the Italian version of The Lion King film series.

Biography

Born in Rome, Fiorentini started his career on stage in the 1960s, and since the early 1970s he began an intense career as a character actor, being often cast in roles of inspectors, police commissioners and men in uniform in poliziotteschi and in crime films and TV-series, such as A Special Cop in Action and Distretto di Polizia. He most notably portrayed Alfio Cacciapuoti in Il maresciallo Rocca opposite Gigi Proietti.
Fiorentini was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber. He was the official Italian voice actor of Gene Hackman. This was a role he shared with his colleague Renato Mori. Other actors he dubbed included Eli Wallach and Jack Warden as well as Bill Cosby, Burt Young, Tony Burton, Max von Sydow, Tom Wilkinson, Charles Durning, Patrick McGoohan, Bud Spencer, James Doohan, Mel Brooks and he also voiced Benny Hill in the Italian dubbed version of The Benny Hill Show. In Fiorentini’s animated voice roles, he dubbed Rafiki in The Lion King franchise. Other roles include Bumblelion in The Wuzzles, Alm-Onji in Heidi, Girl of the Alps and Trigger in Robin Hood.

Personal life

Fiorentini was the father of voice actor Maurizio Fiorentini and he was married to actress Eliana Lupo until his death in 2014.

Death

Fiorentini died in Rome after battling an illness on the evening of 11 December 2014 at the age of 80.

Filmography

Cinema

Animation