Gaetano Varcasia (6 September 1959 – 10 November 2014) was an Italian

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and

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Biography

Varcasia began his career in 1983. He had played key parts on stage and had even served as a director. He also had minor roles as a television actor, usually making at least one appearance on a TV series. He was more or less known as a voice dubber. He was the official Italian voice of

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from 1988 to 1995 and also dubbed characters from American television shows which include

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from ''

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'',

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from ''

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'', Ted Buckland from ''

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'',

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from ''

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'' and Chris Taub from ''

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''. Varcasia was also known for dubbing characters from films. These include The Missing Link in '' Monsters vs. Aliens'' as well as the

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and The Fallen in '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''. Some of the actors Varcasia dubbed included

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and many more.

Death

Varcasia died of

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on 10 November 2014. He was 55 years old.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Le quattro porte del deserto'' (2003)

Television

*''Club Sandwich'' (1985) *''Una lepre con la faccia di bambino'' (1988) *'' Stazione di servizio'' (1989) *''

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'' (1996) *''Lui e lei'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Camera Café'' (2003) *'' La squadra'' (2006) *''

Il Capo dei Capi ''Il Capo dei Capi'' (''The Boss of the Bosses'') is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias ''Totò u Curtu'' (Totò the Short), a mafioso boss f ...

'' (2007) *'' Distretto di Polizia'' (2001–2007) *''

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'' (2008) *'' Crimini bianchi'' (2008)

Dubbing roles

Animation

in All Disney Productions (1988-1995) *The Missing Link in '' Monsters vs. Aliens'' *The Missing Link in '' Monsters vs Aliens: The Series'' *

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in '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'' *

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in ''

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'' *

Ari Folman Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-a ...

in ''

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Live action

in ''

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'' *Ted Buckland in ''

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in ''

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'' (seasons 1-5) * Chris Taub in ''

'' *Jesse Vasquez in ''

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'' *Nick George in ''

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'' *Ronnie J. McGorvey in '' Little Children'' *George Noyce in ''

Shutter Island ''Shutter Island'' is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published by HarperCollins in April 2003. It is about a U.S. Marshal who goes to an isolated hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient who is ...

'' *Willie Loomis in ''

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'' *Gareth Mallory in ''

Skyfall ''Skyfall'' is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villai ...

'' *Baxter in '' The Shaggy Dog'' * The Fallen in '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' *Paul in ''

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'' *Soap in ''

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'' *

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in '' Downfall'' *Nathan Ford in ''

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'' (seasons 1-4) *Thomas Wilson in '' The Good Shepherd'' *Peter in '' Death at a Funeral'' *James Potter in ''

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'' *James Potter in ''

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'' *John Druitt in ''

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'' *Great Goblin in '' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' *James Whistler in ''

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Video games

*Ghost in ''

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Varcasia, Gaetano 1959 births 2014 deaths Male actors from Rome Deaths from cancer in Lazio Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male film actors Italian theatre directors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors