Roberto Chevalier

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Roberto Chevalier di Miceli (born May 14, 1952 in Rome ) is an Italian actor and voice actor .

Life

Chevalier, son of a doctor, made his debut as a child actor in Mauro Bolognini's Giovani mariti in 1958 . The sympathetic, expressive, red-haired boy was successful as “Checchino”, which led to follow-up engagements until 1963. Even after that he was able to remain one of the most sought-after and versatile young actors, now mostly on television: Numerous children's and youth series such as Le avventure della squadra di stoppa , Obiettivo luna or Avventure in IV B or classics such as Questa sera parla Mark Twain and above all David Copperfield, with his vacillation between admiration and fear, proved and used Chevalier's abilities and made him very popular. In total, he played in around 120 television films.

At the theater, Chevalier played with the “Compagnia dei Giovani” and under Giorgio Strehler , as an adult with Ileana Ghione . His expressive voice, in addition to over 100 radio plays and features as a dubbing actor, made him one of the busiest in his profession: In addition to Tom Cruise , it is also Tom Hanks , Dennis Quaid , John Travolta , Philip Seymour Hoffman and many others who Chevalier gave his voice in the Italian versions of their films. He is also often active as a director of these dubbing works.

Multiple awarded Chevalier for its synchronous services, so in 1990 and 2000 with the Nastro d'Argento (for Talk Radio resp. Magnolia ), 2006 with the "Leggio d'oro" for The Da Vinci Code - Da Vinci Code . As a director, he won awards for Moulin Rouge , Dinner for Spinners and other works. Numerous commitments for commercials and clips can be found in his list of works.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: Giovani mariti
  • 1961: Hercules, the hero of Carthage (La vendetta di Ursus)
  • 1965/1966: David Copperfield (TV miniseries)
  • 2000: The Flight of the Eagle (Le ali de la vita) (TV movie)
  • 2004: Un medico in famiglia (TV series, several episodes)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrea Orbicciani, article Roberto Chevalier , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Rome, Gremese 1998. p. 122
  2. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Chevalier, Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chevalier di Miceli, Roberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome