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Biography

Accolla was born in Syracuse, Italy. He began his career in the early 1970s acting in theatre, film and radio shows, making one of his earliest prominent dubbing contributions in the 1979 film ''

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''. Accolla was notable for providing the Italian voice of

in all his live-action roles (until 2009), as well as the animated character Homer Simpson in the Italian version of ''

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'' (until his death in 2013). Other actors he dubbed over were

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in a select number of their films. In 1991, he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Dubbing for his dubbing of Kenneth Branagh in the film '' Henry V''. He also served as the Italian voice of Timon in the animated film ''

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'', Mike Wazowski in '' Monsters, Inc.'' and Mushu in ''

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''. As a dubbing director, Accolla directed the dubbed versions for several episodes of ''The Simpsons'' as well as films such as '' The Silence of the Lambs'', ''

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'' and more.

Personal life

Accolla was the father of the voice actor Lorenzo Accolla and he was also the uncle of the voice actress Natalia Accolla.

Death

Accolla died on 14 July 2013, aged 64, after suffering a long illness. The voice of Homer Simpson was passed on to voice actor and comedian Massimo Lopez.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

Video games (Italian dub)

References

External links

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