Claudio Fattoretto (12 May 1956 – 30 June 2013) was an Italian voice actor.

Biography

Born in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Fattoretto was known for dubbing voices, such as

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in the Italian-Language version of ''

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'' as well as Lieutenant Commander Worf in the Italian-Language version of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and Sideswipe in the Italian-Language version of the ''

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'' live-action franchise. Fattoretto was also known for dubbing

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and

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in a few of their films. He also dubbed

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, Samuel L. Jackson,

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and

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in a select number of their movies.

Death

Fattoretto died in

of a

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on 30 June 2013, aged 57. After his death,

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took over as the voice of Zoidberg in the remaining 19 episodes of ''Futurama''.

Filmography

* '' Le finte bionde'' (1989) - "Ordinary people" (husband) * ' - TV miniseries (1995) - Claudio

Dubbing roles

Animation

* Dr. John A. Zoidberg (seasons 1-6, episode 7x06),

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's head (season 1) and Mr. Panucci (season 1) in ''

'', Dr. John A. Zoidberg in '' Futurama: Bender's Big Score'', '' Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs'', '' Futurama: Bender's Game'', '' Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder'' *Scarface in '' The Animals of Farthing Wood'' *

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in ''

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*Vincent in ''

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'' *Commander Vachir in ''

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'' *Knuckles in '' The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain'' *Roberto in ''

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'', ''

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'' *Luca in '' Garfield: The Movie'' * Bobo the Bear in ''

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'' *

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in '' Tekken: The Motion Picture''

Live action

in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''

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'', '' Star Trek: First Contact'', '' Star Trek: Insurrection'', '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' * Sideswipe in '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' *Aaron Thibadeaux in ''

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'' *Kenneth Hall in '' Dawn of the Dead'' *Fred G. Duncan in ''

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'' *

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in ''

'', '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' * Isador "Machete" Cortez in ''

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'' *Shaq in ''

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'' *Bill Broussard in ''

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'' *Jad in '' Minority Report'' *

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in ''

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Video games

* Dr. John A. Zoidberg in ''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fattoretto, Claudio 1956 births 2013 deaths Male actors from Rome Italian male voice actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors