Michele Gammino (born 16 June 1941) is an Italian actor, voice actor and television presenter.
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Biography
Born in Rome to parents who originated from Palermo, Gammino began his career during the early 1970s. For his work on Italian television, Gammino has become famous on a number of occasions but mostly as presenter of Giochi senza frontiere, the Italian edition of Jeux sans frontières, which he co-hosted with Ettore Andenna and Milly Carlucci between 1979 and 1982. He also commentated for Italy at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Gammino continued to act for television, he provided newly restored voices in a series of Italian films which include Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna, Carabinieri 7, Una donna per amico, Linda e il brigadiere, Un medico in famiglia and the third season of I Cesaroni.
Gammino is probably best known in Italy for his roles in dubbing films into the Italian language. He is the primary Italian voice actor of Harrison Ford and Steven Seagal. He has even dubbed over 40 characters in films portrayed by actors such as Kevin Costner, Bill Murray, Jack Nicholson, Chevy Chase, Chazz Palminteri and Bob Hoskins. He also performed the Italian voice of James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill which both starred Timothy Dalton as Bond.
In Gammino's animated roles, he dubbed the voices of Nando in Asterix and Cleopatra and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in The Pagemaster. He also became the new voice of Morbo in Futurama after the death of Sandro Sardone in 2009. In the Disney period, he dubbed speaker of Goofy's shorts, Spyrus in the 2nd edition of the VHS Superstar Goofy and Walt Disney talking about action.
Since 2008, Gammino has been a presenter on Rai Radio 2.
Personal life
Gammino has two sons, Roberto, who is a voice actor, and Giampaolo, who is a dubbing director. His niece Letizia Scifoni is also a voice actress.
