Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography
Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyards Antonutti embraced the acting career, working mainly on stage, especially at the Teatro Stabile di Trieste and at the Teatro Stabile di Genova, in which he often worked under Luigi Squarzina. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Pleasant Nights starring Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida and Ugo Tognazzi. His most notable performance was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film Padre Padrone. In Spain, he worked with Víctor Erice in El Sur, and Carlos Saura in El Dorado. He also played Noah in Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.

Antonutti was also regularly employed in the dubbing of foreign films into the Italian language. He was the official Italian voice actor of Christopher Lee and dubbed many of his film roles, which include The Lord of the Rings film franchise, The Hobbit film franchise and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Other actors he dubbed included John Hurt, Omar Sharif, Michael Gambon, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell and Robert Duvall.

Death
Antonutti died in Udine on 5 November 2019, at the age of 84, after suffering a long cancer-related illness.

Cinema

 * Pleasant Nights (1966) – Il Capitano
 * Black Market of Love (1966) – Lemaire
 * Processo per direttissima (1974) – il commissario Messina
 * The Sunday Woman (1975) – Benito
 * Padre Padrone (1977) – Efisio Ledda
 * Alexander the Great (1980) – Alexandros
 * The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) – Galvano
 * Grog (1982) – Enrico
 * The South (1983) – Agustín Arenas
 * Quartetto Basileus (1983) – Diego
 * Il disertore (1983) – Don Coi
 * Kaos (1984) – Luigi Pirandello
 * Good Morning, Babylon (1987) – Bonanno
 * El Dorado (1988) – Lope de Aguirre
 * The Witches' Sabbath (1988) – Medico condotto
 * Bankomatt (1989) – Ernesto Soldini
 * Sandino (1990) – Don Gregorio Sandino
 * Una storia semplice (1991) – Father Cricco
 * Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (1992) – Padilla
 * The Fencing Master (1992) – Don Jaime Astarloa
 * The Secret of the Old Woods (1993) - Vento Matteo (voice)
 * Farinelli (1994) – Nicola Porpora
 * Un eroe borghese (1995) – Michele Sindona
 * The Border (1996) – Simeone
 * Life Is Beautiful (1997) - Narrator (voice)
 * Tierra del Fuego (2000)
 * The Profession of Arms (2001) - Narrator (voice)
 * The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002) – Roberto Calvi
 * Remember Me, My Love (2003) - Narrator (voice)
 * Napoleon and Me (2006) – Master Fontanelli
 * The Girl by the Lake (2007) – Mario's father
 * Miracle at St. Anna (2008) – Ludovico Salducci
 * Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012) – Giuseppe Saragat
 * Welcome Mr. President (2013) – General Secretary Ranieri
 * Burning Love (2015) – Leonardo's grandfather
 * Hammamet (2020) – Craxi's father (posthumous release)

Television

 * The Life of Verdi (1982)
 * Los pazos de Ulloa (1985)
 * El rey y la reina (1986)
 * Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)
 * Il Pirata: Marco Pantani (2007)

Animation

 * Narrator in The Man Who Planted Trees
 * Noah in Noah's Ark
 * Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie
 * Number 1 in 9
 * Mr. Rzykruski in Frankenweenie

Live action

 * Saruman in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
 * Narrator in Scary Movie 4, Epic Movie, 10,000 BC
 * Alvin Straight and Lyle Straight in The Straight Story
 * Marion Post's father in Another Woman
 * Sir Richard Turkel in Tale of the Mummy
 * Boss Spearman in Open Range
 * Burgomaster in Sleepy Hollow
 * Pietro Aretino in The Profession of Arms
 * Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
 * Cardinal D'Ambroise in Season of the Witch
 * Bob Gerson in Space Cowboys
 * William Randolph Hearst in RKO 281
 * John Adams Gates in National Treasure
 * Henrik Vanger in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 * Silas Clarney in Dark Shadows
 * Walter in Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
 * Monsieur Ibrahim in Monsieur Ibrahim
 * King George V in The King's Speech
 * Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta
 * Reverend Monroe in Cold Mountain
 * Nigel Honeycutt in Fool's Gold
 * Sul in City of Ember
 * Esteban Vihaio in Kill Bill: Volume 2
 * Charles Brice in The Accompanist
 * Delfinello in The Knights of the Quest

Video games

 * Saruman in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age