Carlo Sabatini (7 April 1932 – 10 April 2020) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
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Early life and career
Born in Rome on 7 April 1932, he began his career in theatre, film, and television in the 1950s. He got his first film role in the historical melodrama Senso, directed by Luchino Visconti, who also hired him to dub Alain Delon's Italian voice as Tancredi Falconeri in The Leopard and with whom he also worked on stage. Through the years, Sabatini acted in multiple films and TV shows directed by Anton Giulio Majano, Vittorio Sindoni and Leandro Castellani. He was also cast in a few international productions, most notably John Moore's 2006 film The Omen (a remake of Richard Donner's film of the same name) where Sabatini portrayed Cardinal Fabretti.
As a voice actor, Sabatini mainly dubbed voices for Italian-dubbed editions of foreign films. In Sabatini’s character dubbing roles, he famously dubbed over the voice of Magneto (portrayed by Ian McKellen) in the X-Men film franchise as well as Morgan Freeman’s role as "Red" in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, while on television he dubbed Josiah Bartlet (portrayed by Martin Sheen) in The West Wing and Philip Banks (portrayed by James Avery) in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The many actors he dubbed included Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Lee, and Kris Kristofferson; he also voiced Chilkoot in the Italian dub of the animated Disney film Brother Bear 2.
Personal life and death
Sabatini was the father of voice actor Gabriele Sabatini.
Sabatini died in Rome on 10 April 2020, three days after his 88th birthday.
Selected filmography
Film
Senso (1954) - A soldier
The Rebel Gladiators (1963) - Settimio (as Carlo Delmi)
Boccaccio '70 (1970) - Cameo
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971) - McCallum
Strangled Lives (1996) - Commissioner
The Omen (2006) - Cardinal Fabretti
Television
I fuochi di San Giovanni - TV play (1966) - Georg
I promessi sposi - TV miniseries (1967)
La pietà di novembre - TV play (1968) - Riccardo, Luca's brother
Il corsaro - TV play (1971) - Captain, Jones
Marco Visconti - TV series (1975) - Azzone Visconti
Un delitto perbene - TV miniseries (1977)
La gatta (1978) - André
Il sottoscritto Giuseppe Donati all'alta corte di giustizia - TV film (1983)
Una fredda mattina di maggio - TV film (1990)
Una donna per amico - TV series, 1 episode (1998) - Camilla's father
Soraya - TV miniseries (2003)
Pope John Paul II - TV miniseries (2005) - Master of Ceremonies
Dubbing roles
Animation
Chilkoot in Brother Bear 2
Recruiting Officer in Valiant
Bob Shumway in ALF: The Animated Series
Live action
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand. The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Will Gates in Restoration
Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding in The Shawshank Redemption
Lee in Enter the Dragon
Jacob Fuller in From Dusk till Dawn
Senator Roark in Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
David in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
John Burnett in Dance with Me
Ken Murphy in He's Just Not That Into You
Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing
Philip Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Willard Kraft in Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Robert Koesler in The Rosary Murders
Douglas Thomas in The Art of War
Ed Gentry in Deliverance
Principal Dimly in Bratz
Francis Tierney Sr. in Pride and Glory
Earl Macklin in The Outfit
Roger Prynne in The Scarlet Letter
Dixon Doss in The Gingerbread Man
Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction
