# Claudio Sorrentino

Claudio Sorrentino (18 July 1945 – 16 February 2021) was an Italian actor, voice actor and television presenter.

## Biography

Born in Rome and the second child of Arduino and Anna Sorrentino, Sorrentino began his career at the age of five acting at the "Grand Hotel di Roma", singing the song O mese de Rose, composed by Roberto Murolo. After his performance, Lilly D'Eramo (Nanni Eramo's wife) asked Claudio's mother to take him and his sisters to a specialized school. At the age of six, he portrayed the role of Zi Dima in Luigi Pirandello's Giara and Medoro in Eduardo De Filippo's Sik Sik. Sorrentino performed in several theatres in Rome.
He later acted in the TV play Vita col padre e con la madre with Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli and Corrado Pani. During that time, Sorrentino started his career as a voice actor, dubbing a role in Italian in Delmer Daves' 1956 film The Last Wagon. As a dubbing artist, Sorrentino was the official Italian voice of John Travolta and Mel Gibson. Other actors he dubbed include Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Willem Dafoe, Ryan O'Neal, Ron Howard, Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke and many more. In his animated roles, he voiced Dodger in the Italian dub of Oliver & Company, Gargamel in The Smurfs, and Mickey Mouse from 1978 to 1981.
Sorrentino also worked as a host for Italian TV programs such as È permesso?, Tandem and Troppo forti.

### Personal life

At the age of 23, Sorrentino married Manuela Artari, to whom he was married until her death in 2010. He also had three sisters, including voice actress Liliana Sorrentino.
Sorrentino died on 16 February 2021, at the age of 75, after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic in Italy.

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1971 | La ragazza dalle mani di corallo | | |
| 1974 | Spogliati, protesta, uccidi - Quando la preda è l'uomo | | |
| 1978 | Il giorno dei cristalli | Dusan Polajac | |
| 1979 | L'anno dei gatti | Leopoldo | |
| 1980 | Masoch | Armand | |
| 1981 | Storia senza parole | | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Network | Notes |
| 1960 | Vita col padre e con la madre [it] | Whitney | Rai 1 | TV miniseries |
| 1975 | Diagnosis | Doctor Martino | Rai 1 | TV miniseries |
| 1980 | Il fascino dell'insolito [it] | Harry | Rai 2 | TV series |
| 1981 | Fregoli | Virgilio Crescenzi | Rai 1 | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | I ragazzi di celluloide 2 | Gianni | Rai 2 | TV miniseries |

## Voice work

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Momo | Commissioner | |

### Dubbing
#### Films (Animation, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1970 | The White Snake Enchantress | Xu Xian (1970 dubbing) |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Dinky |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Dodger |

#### Films (Live action, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor |
| 1969 | Alice's Restaurant | Arlo Guthrie | Arlo Guthrie |
| 1970 | Brewster McCloud | Brewster McCloud | Bud Cort |
| 1970 | The Strawberry Statement | Simon | Bruce Davison |
| 1970 | Love Story | Oliver Barrett IV | Ryan O'Neal |
| 1971 | Harold and Maude | Harold Parker Chasen | Bud Cort |
| 1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan | Anguirus | Koetsu Omiya |
| 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Bruce Pearson | Robert De Niro |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Forger | Ronald Pickup |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | Bobby C. | Barry Miller |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero (2002 redub) | John Travolta |
| 1978 | Animal House | Eric "Otter" Stratton | Tim Matheson |
| 1978 | Grease | Sonny LaTierri | Michael Tucci |
| 1978 | Grease | Danny Zuko (2002 redub) | John Travolta |
| 1979 | The Black Hole | Lieutenant Charlie Pizer | Joseph Bottoms |
| 1980 | Popeye | Castor Oyl | Donovan Scott |
| 1980 | North Sea Hijack | Lord Privy Seal Tipping | Jeremy Clyde |
| 1980 | La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside | Carlo Lucignani | Leo Colonna |
| 1980 | La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello | Lieutenant Lancetti | Bruno Minniti |
| 1980 | Friday the 13th | Ned Rubenstein | Mark Nelson |
| 1982 | Tron | Kevin Flynn | Jeff Bridges |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Gordon Cooper | Dennis Quaid |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Zack Melon | John Travolta |
| 1983 | Staying Alive | Tony Manero | John Travolta |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire | Raven Shaddock | Willem Dafoe |
| 1985 | Sid and Nancy | Sid Vicious | Gary Oldman |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Martin Riggs | Mel Gibson |
| 1987 | Julia and Julia | Paolo | Gabriel Byrne |
| 1987 | Love & Passion | Ciro | Luigi Laezza |
| 1988 | Tequila Sunrise | Dale "Mac" McKussic | Mel Gibson |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Tomas | Daniel Day-Lewis |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Jesus | Willem Dafoe |
| 1988 | Homeboy | Johnny Walker | Mickey Rourke |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Preston Tucker | Jeff Bridges |
| 1989 | Triumph of the Spirit | Salamo Arouch | Willem Dafoe |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon 2 | Martin Riggs | Mel Gibson |
| 1989 | Time to Kill | Lieutenant Enrico Silvestri | Nicolas Cage |
| 1989 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Juan | Robert Beltran |
| 1990 | Bird on a Wire | Richard "Rick" Jarmin | Mel Gibson |
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Martin Riggs | Mel Gibson |
| 1992 | Forever Young | Daniel McCormick | Mel Gibson |
| 1992 | White Sands | Gorman Lennox | Mickey Rourke |
| 1993 | Fearless | Max Klein | Jeff Bridges |
| 1993 | The Man Without a Face | Justin McLeod | Mel Gibson |
| 1993 | Body of Evidence | Frank Dulaney | Willem Dafoe |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Vincent Vega | John Travolta |
| 1994 | Maverick | Bret Maverick | Mel Gibson |
| 1994 | The River Wild | Tom Hartman | David Strathairn |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Chili Palmer | John Travolta |
| 1995 | Braveheart | William Wallace | Mel Gibson |
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | John McClane | Bruce Willis |
| 1996 | Bogus | Bogus | Gérard Depardieu |
| 1996 | Strangled Lives | Francesco De Luca | Vincent Lindon |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Major Vic "Deak" Deakins | John Travolta |
| 1996 | Michael | Michael | John Travolta |
| 1996 | Last Man Standing | John Smith | Bruce Willis |
| 1996 | Ransom | Tom Mullen | Mel Gibson |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Edward Rochester | William Hurt |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Joey Giamonti | John Travolta |
| 1997 | Mad City | Sam Baily | John Travolta |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Freddy Heflin | Sylvester Stallone |
| 1997 | Conspiracy Theory | Jerry Fletcher | Mel Gibson |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Martin Riggs | Mel Gibson |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Governor Jack Stanton | John Travolta |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Howard Quintard | John Travolta |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Jan Schlichtmann | John Travolta |
| 1999 | Payback | Parker | Mel Gibson |
| 1999 | The General's Daughter | Paul Brenner | John Travolta |
| 2000 | Beautiful Joe | Joe | Billy Connolly |
| 2000 | The Patriot | Benjamin Martin | Mel Gibson |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Detective Skinner | Mel Gibson |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Nick Marshall | Mel Gibson |
| 2000 | Quills | Marquis de Sade | Geoffrey Rush |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Terl | John Travolta |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers | Russ Richards | John Travolta |
| 2001 | Swordfish | Gabriel Shear | John Travolta |
| 2001 | Domestic Disturbance | Frank Morrison | John Travolta |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | John Travolta | John Travolta |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Hal Moore | Mel Gibson |
| 2002 | Signs | Father Graham Hess | Mel Gibson |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Jack Murdock | David Keith |
| 2003 | Basic | Tom Hardy | John Travolta |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Durwood Cable | Bruce Davison |
| 2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Bobby Long | John Travolta |
| 2005 | Be Cool | Chili Palmer | John Travolta |
| 2005 | Angel-A | Franck | Gilbert Melki |
| 2006 | Candy | Casper | Geoffrey Rush |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Brian Bangs | Phil Davis |
| 2006 | Alpha Dog | Sonny Truelove | Bruce Willis |
| 2006 | Rocky Balboa | L.C. Luco | A. J. Benza |
| 2006 | Tristan & Isolde | Aragon | Richard Dillane |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Edna Turnblad | John Travolta |
| 2007 | The Hideout | Father Amy | Treat Williams |
| 2007 | Pathfinder | Indian father | Wayne Charles Baker |
| 2007 | The Comebacks | Freddie Wiseman | Carl Weathers |
| 2007 | Planet Terror | Lieutenant Muldoon | Bruce Willis |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | John McClane | Bruce Willis |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Dennis 'Ryder' Ford / Mr. Blue | John Travolta |
| 2009 | All About Steve | Hartman Hughes | Thomas Haden Church |
| 2009 | The Smell of Success | Patrick Fitzpatrick | Billy Bob Thornton |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Thomas Craven | Mel Gibson |
| 2010 | The Expendables | Mr. Church | Bruce Willis |
| 2010 | My Name Is Khan | Barack Obama | Christopher B. Duncan |
| 2010 | As Good as Dead | Reverend Kahalan | Brian Cox |
| 2011 | The Beaver | Walter Black | Mel Gibson |
| 2011 | The Mechanic | Arthur Bishop | Jason Statham |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | August Rosenbluth | Christoph Waltz |
| 2012 | Alex Cross | Richard Brookwell | John C. McGinley |
| 2012 | The Expendables 2 | Mr. Church | Bruce Willis |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Peter Weyland | Guy Pearce |
| 2013 | Killing Season | Emil Kovač | John Travolta |
| 2013 | Broken City | Mayor Nicholas Hostetler | Russell Crowe |
| 2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | John McClane | Bruce Willis |
| 2013 | Parkland | Acme Brick Supervisor | Larry Jack Dotson |
| 2014 | Pompeii | Marcus Cassius Severus | Jared Harris |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Ty Burley | David Strathairn |
| 2015 | Criminal Activities | Eddie | John Travolta |
| 2016 | Blood Father | John Link | Mel Gibson |
| 2016 | I Am Wrath | Stanley Hill / Wrath | John Travolta |
| 2018 | Speed Kills | Ben Aronoff | John Travolta |
| 2018 | Dragged Across Concrete | Brett Ridgeman | Mel Gibson |
| 2018 | Acts of Violence | Detective James Avery | Bruce Willis |
| 2019 | The Fanatic | Moose | John Travolta |
| 2020 | Force of Nature | Ray Barrett | Mel Gibson |
| 2020 | Fatman | Chris Cringle | Mel Gibson |

#### Television (Animation, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1978–1981 | Mickey Mouse cartoons | Mickey Mouse | 1978–1981 redubs |
| 1980 | Mazinger Z | Koji Kabuto | 1980–1999 editions |
| 1983 | The Smurfs | Gargamel | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2000 | The Simpsons | Ron Howard, Mel Gibson, John Travolta | 2 episodes |

#### Television (Live action, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor |
| 1977–1981 | Happy Days | Richie Cunningham | Main cast (seasons 1–7) | Ron Howard |
| 1981–1992 | Dallas | Bobby Ewing | Main cast | Patrick Duffy |
| 1985 | A.D. | Nero | TV miniseries | Anthony Andrews |
| 1992–1993 | Step by Step | Frank Lambert | Main cast (season 1) | Patrick Duffy |
| 1994–1995 | ER | Dr. John 'Tag' Taglieri | 11 episodes | Rick Rossovich |
| 1996 | Samson and Delilah | Samson | TV miniseries | Eric Thal |
| 1998 | Merlin | King Vortigern | TV miniseries | Rutger Hauer |
| 1998 | Dallas: War of the Ewings | Bobby Ewing | TV film | Patrick Duffy |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | The Mock Turtle | TV film | Gene Wilder |
| 2016 | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Robert Shapiro | Main cast | John Travolta |