Biography
Born in Naples, Pezzulli began his career as a child actor on film and television in 1982, but he is best known as a voice actor, well noted for providing the official Italian-dubbed voice of Leonardo DiCaprio. Some of Pezzulli's popular Italian voice roles include Dawson Leery (portrayed by James Van Der Beek) in ''Dawson's Creek'', Jesse Pinkman (portrayed by Aaron Paul) in ''Breaking Bad'' and Anakin Skywalker (portrayed by Hayden Christensen) in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy. Pezzulli has dubbed many animated characters, most notably Inuyasha from the series with the same name, List of Ice Age characters#Crash and Eddie, Crash in the ''Ice Age (franchise), Ice Age'' franchise and Elliot in ''Open Season (film series), Open Season''.Personal life
Pezzulli is the younger brother of corporate hedge funds lawyer Bepi Pezzulli. He also has two sons, Sebastiano and Costantino. He currently lives in Rome.Filmography
* ' - TV series (1982) * ' - TV series, episode 1.3 (1982) * ' (1983) * ''Una donna per amico (TV series), Una donna per amico'' - TV series (1998) * ''Amanti e Segreti'' - TV series (2005)Voice work
Animated roles
* Roberto and Vetturino in ''How the Toys Saved Christmas'' * Rakhal in ' (English title: ''The Prince of Dinosaurs'') * Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Karl in ''Princess Sissi'' * Sandokan in ' * Helia in ''Winx Club'' (seasons 2-3) * Cavaliere dei principi perduti in ' * Jules Verne in ' * Francis of Assisi in ''Francesco''Italian-dubbed animated roles
*Inuyasha (character), Inuyasha in ''Inuyasha'' (seasons 2-6), ''Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time'', ''Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass'', ''Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler'', ''Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island'' *Crash in ''Ice Age: The Meltdown'', ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', ''Ice Age: Continental Drift'', ''Ice Age: Collision Course'' *Elliot in ''Open Season (2006 film), Open Season'', ''Open Season 2'', ''Open Season 3'' ''Open Season: Scared Silly'' *Anakin Skywalker in ''Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series), Star Wars: Clone Wars'', ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film), Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' *Nuka in ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', ''The Lion Guard'' *Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic in ''Wreck-It Ralph'', ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' *Shelby (episode 6.23), Dolph Starbeam (seasons 8-12), Roy (episode 8,14), Nelson Muntz (seasons 16-17), Homer Glumpet, Justin Timberlake, Leonardo DiCaprio, Larry Doogan and other voices in ''The Simpsons'' *James and Jason Derrick in ''Captain Tsubasa'' *Joaquín Mondragon Jr. in ''The Book of Life (2014 film), The Book of Life'' *Kevin in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' *Lucien Cramp in ''The Cramp Twins'' *Sam Speed in ''Sonic X'' *Prince Naveen in ''The Princess and the Frog'' *Garth in ''Alpha and Omega (film), Alpha and Omega'' *Señor Senior Jr. in ''Kim Possible'' (2nd voice) *Peng in ''Duck Duck Goose (film), Duck Duck Goose'' *Sacha in ''Noah's Island'' *Dwayne in ''Total Drama'' *Karl in ''Princess Sissi'' (1st voice) *Mark Beaks in ''DuckTales (2017 TV series), DuckTales'' *Andrew in ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure'' *Zini in ''Dinosaur (2000 film), Dinosaur'' *Justforkix in ''Asterix and the Vikings''Live action roles
*Leonardo DiCaprio's look-alike in ''Paparazzi (1998 Italian film), Paparazzi''Italian-dubbed roles
*Anakin Skywalker in ''Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'', ''Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'', ''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker'' *Iceman (Marvel Comics), Bobby Drake / Iceman in ''X2 (film), X2'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' *Jesse Swanson in ''Pitch Perfect'', ''Pitch Perfect 2'' *Xavier in ''L'Auberge Espagnole, Pot Luck'', ''Russian Dolls (film), Russian Dolls'' *Jesse Pinkman in ''Breaking Bad'', ''El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' *James Van Der Beek in ''Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'', ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' *Romeo, Romeo Montague in ''Romeo + Juliet, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet'' *Jack Dawson in ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' *Brandon Darrow in ''Celebrity (1998 film), Celebrity'' *Richard in ''The Beach (film), The Beach'' *Amsterdam Vallon in ''Gangs of New York'' *Frank Abagnale in ''Catch Me If You Can'' *Howard Hughes in ''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'' *Danny Archer in ''Blood Diamond'' *William Costigan in ''The Departed'' *Leonardo DiCaprio in ''The 11th Hour (2007 film), The 11th Hour'' *Roger Ferris in ''Body of Lies (film), Body of Lies'' *Frank Wheeler in ''Revolutionary Road (film), Revolutionary Road'' *Teddy Daniels in ''Shutter Island (film), Shutter Island'' *Dom Cobb in ''Inception'' *Jim Carroll in ''The Basketball Diaries (film), The Basketball Diaries'' *J. Edgar Hoover in ''J. Edgar'' *Calvin J. Candie in ''Django Unchained'' *Jay Gatsby in ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby'' *Jordan Belfort in ''The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film), The Wolf of Wall Street'' *Hugh Glass in ''The Revenant (2015 film), The Revenant'' *Rick Dalton in ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' *Alex Kerner in ''Good Bye, Lenin!'' *Salvador Puig Antich in ''Salvador (2006 film), Salvador'' *Lukas in ''2 Days in Paris'' *Fredrick Zoller in ''Inglourious Basterds'' *David Kern in ''Lila, Lila'' *Álex in ''Eva (2011 film), Eva'' *Niki Lauda in ''Rush (2013 film), Rush'' *Daniel Domscheit-Berg in ''The Fifth Estate (film), The Fifth Estate'' *Max in ''A Most Wanted Man (film), A Most Wanted Man'' *Hubertus Czernin in ''Woman in Gold (film), Woman in Gold'' *Daniel in ''Colonia (film), Colonia'' *Tony Balerdi in ''Burnt (film), Burnt'' *Helmut Zemo in ''Captain America: Civil War'' *Inspector Escherich in ''Alone in Berlin (film), Alone in Berlin'' *Lutz Heck in ''The Zookeeper's Wife (film), The Zookeeper's Wife'' *Laszlo Kreizler in ''The Alienist (TV series), The Alienist'' *Dawson Leery in ''Dawson's Creek'' *Will Stokes in ''Friends with Better Lives'' *Matt Bromley in ''Pose (TV series), Pose'' *Rick Sanford in ''Angus (film), Angus'' *Anesthesiology, Anesthesiologist in ''Downsizing (film), Downsizing'' *Tobey Marshall in ''Need for Speed (film), Need for Speed'' *J.J. Maguire in ''A Long Way Down (film), A Long Way Down'' *Phil Stanton in ''Central Intelligence'' *Bryan Palmer in ''Welcome Home (2018 film), Welcome Home'' *Eddie Lane in ''The Path (TV series), The Path'' *Stephen Glass in ''Shattered Glass (film), Shattered Glass'' *Billy Quinn in ''Factory Girl (2006 film), Factory Girl'' *David Rice in ''Jumper (2008 film), Jumper'' *Lorenzo de Lamberti in ''Virgin Territory'' *Eric in ''The Ruins (film), The Ruins'' *James Lacey in ''The Escapist (2008 film), The Escapist'' *Howard Stark in ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' *Henry Sturges in ''Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' *Mitch Brockden in ''Reasonable Doubt (2014 film), Reasonable Doubt'' *Llane Wrynn in ''Warcraft (film), Warcraft'' *Ollie Slocumb in ''Igby Goes Down'' *Martijn in ''Five Fingers (2006 film), Five Fingers'' *Shane Dekker in ''Chaos (2005 Capitol film), Chaos'' *Eric O'Neill in ''Breach (2007 film), Breach'' *Louis Ross Roulet in ''The Lincoln Lawyer (film), The Lincoln Lawyer'' *Thomas Seyr in ''The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' *Pierre in ''Paris (2008 film), Paris'' *Manu in ''Dobermann (film), Dobermann'' *Louis Échard in ''Populaire (film), Populaire'' *Seth MacFarlane in ''Movie 43'' *Gordie Lachance in ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'' *Richard "Data" Wang in ''The Goonies'' *Clay Miller in ''Friday the 13th (2009 film), Friday the 13th'' *Jake Sully in ''Avatar (2009 film), Avatar'' *Daryl Dixon in ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'' *Marty Deeks in ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' *Todd Quinlan in ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' *Sportacus in ''LazyTown'' *Ramsay Bolton in ''Game of Thrones'' *Clyde Barrow in ''Bonnie & Clyde (miniseries), Bonnie & Clyde'' *Jim Hawkins (character), Jim Hawkins in ''Muppet Treasure Island'' *Tom Stansfield in ''My Boss's Daughter'' *Matthew in ''The Dreamers (2003 film), The Dreamers'' *Blake in ''Last Days (2005 film), Last Days'' *Hervé Joncour in ''Silk (2007 film), Silk'' *Paul in ''Funny Games (2007 film), Funny Games'' *Justin Redman in ''DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story'' *Matthew Farrell in ''Live Free or Die Hard'' *Todd in ''Serious Moonlight (2009 film), Serious Moonlight'' *Sherlock Holmes in ''Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock''Dub director
* 3 lbs, ''3'' ''lbs'' * Life on Mars (American TV series), ''Life on Mars'' (2008) * ''Dollhouse (TV series), Dollhouse'' * ''The Decoy Bride'' * ''Glee: The 3D Concert Movie'' * ''Pitch Perfect'' * ''Leo Mattei - Unità Speciale'' * ''Bad Words (film), Bad Words'' * ''Dominion (2018 film), Dominion'' * ''Scream Queens (2015 TV series), Scream Queens'' * ''The Transporter Refueled, The Transporter'' ''The Transporter Refueled, Refueled'' * ''Medici (TV series), Medici'' * ''Me Before You (film), Me Before You'' * ''Unforgettable (2017 film), Unforgettable'' * ''Devils (TV series), Devils'' * ''Helstrom (TV series), Helstrom'' * ''Leonardo (2021 TV series), Leonardo'' * ''Baby Reindeer'' * ''Dogs at the Opera'' * ''The Turkish Passion'' (2024) * ''Tokyo Swindlers'' * ''Zorro'' (2024) * ''The Eternaut (TV series), The Eternaut''References
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pezzulli, Francesco 1973 births Living people Male actors from Naples Italian male voice actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male child actors Italian voice directors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors