Francesco Prando

Biography

Prando was born in Rome to actors Marcello Prando and Luciana Durante. His maternal grandparents were actors Checco and Anita Durante. His most long-lived acting role was that of commissioner Carlo Angiò in the Italian TV series Incantesimo, which he played for six years. He also acted in films, such as ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards.

As a voice actor, Prando is renowned for dubbing over the voices of Vince Vaughn, Daniel Craig, Matthew McConaughey, Guy Pearce and Michael Fassbender. He has also dubbed over Luke Perry, Keanu Reeves, Jason Statham, Paul Rudd and many more. Some of his popular dubbing roles include Will Truman (portrayed by Eric McCormack) in the Italian version of Will & Grace.

In Prando's animated roles, he voiced Ned Flanders in the Italian dub of The Simpsons since the 24th episode of the 3rd season, replacing Pino Insegno, and Ryoji Kaji in Neon Genesis Evangelion. He also performed the Italian voices of Prince Charming in the Shrek films, Phineas T. Ratchet in Robots, Li Shang in Mulan and many more. He also serves as announcer for the Italian TV channel La7.

Filmography

Cinema

Oltre la notte (1993)

L'anniversario [it] (1999)

Another World [it] (2010)

ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012)

Le leggi del desiderio (2015)

Television

La piovra, season 7 - TV Series (1995)

Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana (1997) - TV Film

Incantesimo (2000-2006)

Carabinieri - TV series, first two episodes (2001)

R.I.S. Roma - Delitti imperfetti, season 3 - TV series (2012)

Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi (2014) - TV Series, 3 episodes

Squadra mobile[it] - TV Series (2017)

Voice work

Corricorri in L'isola degli smemorati, Sulle ali dei gabbiani - L'isola va in città

Oritel in Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure

Blister and Winston in 44 Cats

Dubbing roles

Ryoji Kaji in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Ralph Wolf (since 1995) and Wile E. Coyote (1996-2006) in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies; Wile E. Coyote in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1999 redub)

Ned Flanders (episode 3.24 and on) and various characters in The Simpsons, Ned Flanders in The Simpsons Movie

Li Shang in Mulan, Mulan II

Buster Moon in Sing, Sing 2

Lion-O in ThunderCats

Winston in 44 Cats

Prince Charming in Shrek 2, Shrek the Third

Mic and Pongo in Disney's House of Mouse

John Rolfe in Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Phineas T. Ratchet in Robots

Wenlock in Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus

Roddy St. James in Flushed Away

Pongo in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Derek Dietl in Monsters vs. Aliens

King Arthur in Quest for Camelot

Charles Deveraux in Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix