Claudio Moneta (born 20 May 1967) is an Italian actor who contributes to voicing characters in animation, video games, sitcoms and more. He is very well known for providing the voice of the

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in the Italian language version of the Nickelodeon animated series

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. He is also known for voicing

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: Shippuden. The role was temporarily filled by fellow voice actor Gianluca Iacono between 2010 and 2011, due a motorbike incident suffered by Moneta. He was also replaced in ''

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'' because of that accident as well. He works at

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, Deneb Film and other dubbing studios in Italy. Moneta is also currently the network announcer for the

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owned channel Hiro.

Voice work

Animation

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* Terrence Thaur and Chumba Bagingi in Monster Allergy * Keto in

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* Pegasus in

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Duel Monsters and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX * Wheeler, Czar, and Atticus Rhode in

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* Bommer in ''

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'' * IV in ''

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in '' Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow'' * Tucker and other characters in ''

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in ''

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'' * Boss and Yumetaro Haruna in

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* Dr. Mashirit in '' Dr. Slump'' (second dub, 1980/86 series) * Tuxedo Mask in ''

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'' (Viz Media redub) * Donquixote Doflamingo, Dracule Mihawk, and other characters in ''

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'' * Ryōma in '' Fūma no Kojirō'' * Captain Knuckles in '' The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'' * Mr. Fox in '' Franklin and Friends'' * Verminious Snaptrap in '' T.U.F.F. Puppy'' * Souga in ''

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'' * Nick Logan in '' Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends'' * Major Glory in ''

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'' * Elvis Cridlington in ''

Fireman Sam ''Fireman Sam'' (Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...

'' (2004 series) * Defoe in '' Huntik: Secrets & Seekers'' * Jolly in '' Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure'' * Paulie Pretztail in '' Viva Piñata'' * Ed in '' Best Ed'' * Buck in '' Tomodachi Life: The TV Series'' * Sakuragi in ''

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'' * Jubei Kibagami in ''

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'' * Anatole in '' Anatole'' * Ryo Asuka in ''

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'' * Simon Schulz in ''

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'' * Gargoyle in '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water'' (2nd dub) * Tommy Parker in '' Sarah Lee Jones'' (3rd voice) * Zorro in '' Kaiketsu Zorro'' * Takenori Akagi in ''

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'' * Kazuma Kuwabara in ''

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'' * Kisuke Urahara in '' Bleach: Memories of Nobody'' * Adon Koborwitz in ''

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'' * Diabolik in '' Saban's Diabolik'' * Andy Bogard in '' Fatal Fury: King of Fighters'' * Vincent Blueno in ''

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The Second Raid'' * Niju in '' Balto II: Wolf Quest'' * Kirby in '' Balto III: Wings of Change'' * Dr. Harvey in '' The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper'' *

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in ''

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in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'' * Dr. Joeb in '' Mix Master''

Live action

* Ted Franklin in ''

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'' * Jeff Singer in ''

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'' and in ''

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'' * Daryl Hughley in ''

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in ''

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'' * Michael Frank in '' Lüthi und Blanc'' * Gilles in '' Clara Sheller'' (Season 2) * Aristide in ''

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'' * Billy Alan Thomas in '' Ally McBeal'' * John Pollock in ''

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'' * Jackson Greene in '' USA High'' * Stuart Bondek in ''

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'' * Julien Lemaître in ''

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'' * Peter Johnson in ''

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'' * Ram Peters in ''

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Video games

* Arthas Menethil in ''

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Commander Shepard Lieutenant Commander Shepard, better known as Commander Shepard, is the player character in the ''Mass Effect'' video game series by BioWare (''Mass Effect'', ''Mass Effect 2'', and '' Mass Effect 3''). A veteran soldier of the Systems Alliance ...

in Mass Effect (video game) * Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 3 * Chris Redfield in '' Resident Evil: Revelations'' * Chris Redfield in ''

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'' * Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard * Chris Redfield in Resident Evil Village * Rikimaru in '' Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins'' * Rikimaru in '' Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven'' * Nomad in ''

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'' * Hendrik Schmutz and other characters in '' Hitman: Blood Money'' * Sergeant Major Jefferson and other characters in '' Act of War: Direct Action'' *

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in '' The Godfather II'' * Mysterio in ''

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'' * Wolverine in ''

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'' * Shen in ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', Ri ...

'' * Sam The Rabbit, in the late 90's videogame named '' Forestia'' * Sir Nevalle and Koraboros in '' Neverwinter Nights 2'' * Jak in '' Jak II'', '' Jak 3'' and '' Jak X: Combat Racing'' *

in '' SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab'' and '' Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island'' * Shadow the Hedgehog since '' Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games'' * Hermit and Malefor the Dark Master in '' The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon'' *

Viktor Reznov ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'' is a 2010 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released worldwide in November 2010 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360, with a separate version fo ...

in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops'' * King Riccardo in ''

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'' * Trigger Happy in '' Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure'' * Trigger Happy in '' Skylanders: Giants'' * Thomas Angelo in '' Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moneta, Claudio Living people Male actors from Milan Italian male voice actors 1967 births