Massimo Popolizio (born 4 July 1961) is an Italian

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Biography

Massimo Popolizio studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in

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in 1984, Popolizio started his career as a stage actor and, after graduation, started a fruitful artistic collaboration with theater director

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. In 1995 he won a UBU Award as Best Actor for his work in Shakespeare's ''

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'' and ''Towards Peer Gynt'' inspired by ''Peer Gynt'' by

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, and again in 2001 for his role in Carlo Goldoni's 1747 play ''The Venetian Twins''. In 2006 he won the Golden Aeschylus, conferred by the National Classic Drama Institute (INDA). In 2012, Popolizio returned to Ibsen in the title role of the stage work ''

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'', with Lucrezia Lante della Rovere and Manuela Mandracchia. In 2013 he played Don Palma in the TV show '' Una grande famiglia''. Popolizio lent his voice for the Italian dubbing of Lord Voldemort in the ''

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'' films, to

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(Dr. William "Bill" Harford) in ''

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'' and to the voice of Lionel Abelanski (Shlomo) in '' Train of Life''. He acquired visibility with his more recent film roles in ''Crime Novel'', ''Black Sea'' and ''My Brother Is an Only Child'', as well as in the role of Victor Sbardella in ''Il Divo'' by

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. In 1998 he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing for the dubbing of the title character of the film ''

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'', played by director

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. In 1998 he voiced

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''. In 2009 he was the Italian voice of actor Cal Lightman, the protagonist of the series ''Lie to Me'' (also played by Tim Roth). In 2013, he returned to the cinema with '' Welcome Mr. President'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Un ragazzo come tanti'' (1983) *'' L'assassina'' (1989) *'' Caccia alle mosche'' (1993) *'' Heartless'' (1995) *'' The Elective Affinities'' (1996) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Mare nero'' (2006) *''

My Brother Is an Only Child ''My Brother Is an Only Child'' () is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is based on an Antonio Pennacchi novel. The title comes from a song by Rino Gaetano from 1976. Plot Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scam ...

'' (2007) *''

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'' (2008) *'' The Big Dream'' (2009) *'' The Santa Claus Gang'' (2010) *'' 20 Cigarettes'' (2010) *'' Boris - Il film'' (2011) *'' Drifters'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Welcome Mr. President'' (2013) *''

'' (2013) *'' Amici come noi'' (2014) *''

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'' (2014) *'' The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler'' (2014) *'' Arianna'' (2015) *'' The Big Score'' (2016) *'' Era d'estate'' (2016) *'' I'm Back'' (2018) * '' The Champion'' (2019) *'' Once Upon a Time... in Bethlehem'' (2019) *'' The Predators'' (2020)

Television

*'' Requiem per voce e pianoforte'', directed by

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- miniserie TV (1991) *'' La famiglia Ricordi'', directed by

Mauro Bolognini Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director. Early years Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. After earning a master's degree in architecture at the University of Florence, Bol ...

- miniserie TV (1995) *'' L'attentatuni - Il grande attentato'', directed by Claudio Bonivento - film TV (2001) *'' Il Grande Torino'', directed by Claudio Bonivento - film TV (2005) *'' La stagione dei delitti'', directed by Claudio Bonivento,

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e Daniele Costantini - serie TV, 6 episodi (2007) * '' Il delitto di via poma'', directed by

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(2011) * '' Il clan dei camorristi'', directed by Alexis Sweet e Alessandro Angelini - Serie TV (2013) * '' Una grande famiglia'', seconda stagione, directed by

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- Serie TV (2013) * '' Qualunque cosa succeda'', directed by Alberto Negrin - Serie TV (2014)

Theatre

*''S. Giovanna, directed by

'' (1983) *''Due Commedie in Commedia, G. B. Andreini, directed by

'' (1984) *''Tasso,

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, directed by Cesare Lievi'' (1986) *''Il Gabbiano, Anton Cechov, directed by Massimo Castri'' (1987) *'' Aiace, Sofocle, directed by Antonio Calenda'' (1988) *''La Sposa di Messina,

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, directed by Elio De Capitani'' (1990) *'' Gli Ultimi Giorni dell'Umanità, Karl Kraus, directed by

'' (1992) *''Misura per misura,

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, directed by

'' (1992) *''Aminta,

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, directed by

'' (1993) *''Venezia Salva,

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, directed by

'' (1993) *''Peer Gynt,

, directed by

'' (1995) *'' Re Lear,

, directed by

'' (1995) *''I Fratelli Karamazov, Fedor Dostoevskij, directed by

'' (2001) *''I Due Gemelli Veneziani,

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, directed by

'' (2001) *''

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, Nabokov, directed by

'' (2002) *'' Baccanti, Euripide, directed by

'' (2002) *''Rane, Aristofane, directed by

'' (2002) *'' Professor Bernhardi, by

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, directed by Luca Ronconi'' (2005) *''

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, Rostand, directed by Daniele Abbado'' (2009) *'' Il misantropo,

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, directed by Massimo Castri'' (2010) *''Blackbird, D. Harrower, directed by Lluis Pasqual'' (2011) *''

, by

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, directed by Piero Maccarinelli'' (2012) * ''Visita al padre'', by ''Roland Schimmelpfennig'', directed by ''Carmelo Rifici'' (2014)

Dubbing

Movies

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in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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in '' Sostiene Pereira'', '' Sade'' and in '' The Eighth Day'' *

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in ''

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in ''

'' and ''

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'' *

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in '' Train of Life'' *

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in ''

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in ''

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'' * Ulrich Noethen in '' Comedian Harmonists'' *

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in ''

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References

External links

* *2005
''Il deserto dei tartari'' su Radio 3 letto da Massimo Popolizio
(Il Terzo Anello - Ad alta voce): 23 puntate, formato .ram *2006
''Il maestro e Margherita'' su Radio 3 letto da Massimo Popolizio
(Il Terzo Anello - Ad alta voce): 22 puntate, formato .ram *2007
''Le avventure di Tom Sayer'' di Mark Twain, su Radio 3 letto da Massimo Popolizio
(Il Terzo Anello - Ad alta voce): 20 puntate, formato .ram *2008
''Le memorie di Barry Lindon'' su Radio 3 letto da Massimo Popolizio
(Il Terzo Anello - Ad alta voce): puntate formato .ram {{DEFAULTSORT:Popolizio, Massimo 1961 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni People of Apulian descent Male actors from Genoa