Massimo De Ambrosis (born 14 July 1964) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in Rome and the son of actor

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, his career started in 1974. He performed onstage with

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and

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and appeared in TV shows made for the Italian television. Massimo De Ambrosis is generally known to the Italian public as a voice actor. He has dubbed

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and

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in Italian. He has also dubbed the voices of

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and many more. Among the dubbing roles De Ambrosis is known for is

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from ''

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'' as well as Maurice Boscorelli from ''

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''. After the sudden death of his colleague Vittorio De Angelis in 2015, De Ambrosis took over his ongoing dubbing contributions. De Ambrosis' animated dubbing roles include Calculon in ''

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''.

Personal life

De Ambrosis is married to dubbing assistant Elena Masini and they have two children, Daniele and Luca, who also follow a dubbing career.

Filmography

* ''Inverno al mare'' - TV miniseries (1982) * ''

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'' - TV program (1990) * '' Fantastico'' - variety show (1991) * '' Casa dolce casa'' - sit-com (1993) * '' Casa Vianello'' - sit-com, 1 episode (1993)

Voice work

* Narrator in ''Passaggio a Nordovest'' - documentary series (1997), ''Mussolini, il cadavere vivente'' - documentary film (2012), ''Black Samurai'' - documentary (2020), ''Cronache di Donne Leggendarie. Hatshepsut e Nefertiti: l'Egitto delle Regine'' - documentary (2022) * Marquis of Montescuro in '' Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa'' - animated film (2017)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Ranger in '' The Animals of Farthing Wood'' *

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in ''

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'' (1st Italian dub) *

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and various characters in ''

'' *Terrance in ''

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'' (2000–2003), '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' * Tag Tuckerbag, Anger Watkins (season 28), Warburton Parker and Ned Flanders Sr. in ''

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'' *Mayor Shelbourne in ''

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'' *Kronk Pepikrankenitz in ''

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'' *

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in '' Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'' *François in ''

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'' * Fred Jones in '' Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders'' *Coach Skip in '' Fantastic Mr. Fox''

Live action

in ''

'' *Maurice Boscorelli in ''

'' * The Narrator in ''

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'' *Evan Baxter in ''

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'', ''

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'' *Adult Mike O'Donnell in '' 17 Again'' *Frank Ginsberg in ''

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'' *Ken Hutch in ''

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'' *Peter Bretter in ''

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'' *Gary in ''

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'' *Ned Plimpton in ''

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'' *Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky in '' The Whole Nine Yards'', ''

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'' *Walter Fane in '' The Painted Veil'' *Eisenheim in '' The Illusionist'' *

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in ''

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'' *Marcus Higgins in '' Grown Ups'', ''

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'' *Hefty Smurf in ''

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, ''

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Ambrosis, Massimo 1964 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male voice actors Italian male television actors Italian voice directors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors