Massimo Quinto Foschi (born 2 January 1938) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

Forlì Forlì ( ; ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is, together with Cesena, the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena.The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the east of the Montone river, ...

, Foschi began his career as an actor at some point during the 1960s. He appeared in over 22 films since 1966 and also worked extensively as a theatre actor alongside colleagues such as Lamberto Puggelli and Ottavia Piccolo. On screen, his major role was in the 1977 film '' Jungle Holocaust'' and he often made collaborations with Gian Maria Volonté. Foschi also works as a voice actor. He is famous locally and worldwide for voicing

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in the Italian dub of the ''

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'' film franchise. One of his earliest appearances as a voice actor is in the 1965 redub of

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'', in which he dubbed several background characters. Foschi dubbed

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, Alan Rickman, Donald Sutherland,

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Personal life

Foschi is the father of actor Marco Foschi (born 1977).

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Be Sick... It's Free'' (1968) *'' Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970) *'' La signora delle camelie'' (1971) *'' Brother Sun, Sister Moon'' (1972) *''

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'' (1973) *''La Cecilia'' (1974) * '' Young Lucrezia'' (1974) *''L'Orlando Furioso'' (1975) *'' Holocaust 2000'' (1977) *'' La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa!'' (1977) *'' Jungle Holocaust'' (1977) *'' Nine Guests for a Crime'' (1977) *'' Men or Not Men'' (1980) *''Il Principe di Homburg'' (1983) *''Notti e Nebbie'' (1984) *''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, M ...

'' (1986) *''Tartarughe dal becco d'ascia'' (2000) *'' Italian Dream'' (2008) *''Pandemia'' (2011) *'' The Ideal City'' (2012) *''Una nobile causa'' (2016)

Television

*''Il primogenito'' (1964) *'' Vita di Dante'' (1965) *''Processo di famiglia'' (1968) *''Cocktail Party'' (1969) *'' Le mani sporche'' (1978) *''The Merchant of Venice'' (1979) * ''Romulus'' (2022)

Dubbing roles

Animation

*Plenipotentiary in '' Space Pirate Captain Harlock''

Live action

in '' Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope'' *Darth Vader in '' Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'' *Darth Vader in '' Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi'' *Darth Vader in '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' *Darth Vader in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' * President Coriolanus Snow in ''

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'' *President Coriolanus Snow in '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' *President Coriolanus Snow in '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'' *President Coriolanus Snow in '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2'' *Robert Thorn in ''

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'' *

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in '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'' *Etienne of Navarre in '' Ladyhawke'' * Winston Zeddemore in '' Ghostbusters'' *The Monster in '' Young Frankenstein'' * Muhammad Ahmad in ''

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'' * Hans Gruber in ''

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in '' Aliens'' *

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in '' The Assassination of Trotsky'' * Cadet Moses Hightower in '' Police Academy'' *Cadet Moses Hightower in '' Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'' *John "Dr. Death" Bishop in '' Child's Play'' *Ben Richards in '' The Running Man'' *Homer Simpson in '' The Day of the Locust''

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foschi, Massimo 1938 births Living people People from Forlì Male actors from Emilia-Romagna Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors