# Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti (3 August 1935 – 5 November 2019) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

## Biography

Born in Basiliano, in the province of Udine (in the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia), after having worked in shipyards, Antonutti embraced the acting career, working mainly on stage, especially at the Teatro Stabile di Trieste and at the Teatro Stabile di Genova, in which he often worked under Luigi Squarzina. He made his film debut in the 1966 film Pleasant Nights starring Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida and Ugo Tognazzi. His most notable performance was in the Taviani brothers' acclaimed film Padre Padrone. In Spain, he worked with Víctor Erice in El Sur, and Carlos Saura in El Dorado. He also played Noah in Genesis: The Creation and the Flood.
Antonutti was also regularly employed in the dubbing of foreign films into the Italian language. He was a regular Italian voice actor of Christopher Lee and dubbed him in many of his film roles, which include The Lord of the Rings film franchise, The Hobbit film franchise and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Other actors he dubbed included John Hurt, Omar Sharif, Michael Gambon, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell and Robert Duvall.

## Death

Antonutti died in Udine on 5 November 2019, at the age of 84, after suffering a long cancer-related illness.

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | Pleasant Nights | Il Capitano | |
| 1966 | Black Market of Love | Lemaire | |
| 1974 | Kidnap | Bonsanti | |
| 1974 | Italy: Year One | Altro comunista | |
| 1974 | Processo per direttissima | Il commissario Messina | |
| 1975 | The Sunday Woman | Benito | |
| 1977 | Padre Padrone | Efisio Ledda | |
| 1979 | The Truth on the Savolta Affair | Savolta | |
| 1980 | Alexander the Great | Alexandros | |
| 1981 | The Homeless One | Alfredo Bossi | |
| 1982 | The Night of the Shooting Stars | Galvano Galvani | |
| 1982 | Grog | Enrico Manzi | |
| 1983 | Notturno | Schwabe | |
| 1983 | Basileus Quartet | Diego | |
| 1983 | El Sur | Agustín Arenas | |
| 1983 | The Deserter | Don Coi | |
| 1984 | Kaos | Luigi Pirandello | Segment: "Colloquio con la madre" |
| 1985 | Golfo de Vizcaya | Lucas | |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Babylon | Bonanno | |
| 1987 | Rumbo norte | Sam | |
| 1988 | The Witches' Sabbath | Medico condotto | |
| 1988 | El Dorado | Lope de Aguirre | |
| 1989 | Bankomatt | Ernesto Soldini | |
| 1990 | Doblones de a ocho | Ulpiano | |
| 1990 | Sandino | Don Gregorio Sandino | |
| 1991 | A Simple Story | Father Cricco | |
| 1991 | Solitud | Gaietà | |
| 1992 | The Fencing Master | Don Jaime Astarloa | |
| 1992 | Amor e Dedinhos de Pé | Padilla | |
| 1992 | A Passing Season | Antonio's father | |
| 1993 | The Greek Labyrinth | Bardón | |
| 1994 | Farinelli | Nicola Porpora | |
| 1995 | Un eroe borghese | Michele Sindona | |
| 1995 | Non ci sono più | | |
| 1996 | The Border | Simeone | |
| 1997 | Bajo bandera | Padre Bruno | |
| 1997 | La traduzione | | Short film |
| 1997 | La terza luna | Elio Sorani | |
| 1998 | You Laugh | | |
| 2000 | Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo | Barsanti | |
| 2000 | Tierra del Fuego | | |
| 2002 | The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | Roberto Calvi | |
| 2006 | Napoleon and Me | Master Fontanelli | |
| 2007 | The Girl by the Lake | Mario's father | |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Ludovico Salducci | |
| 2010 | Habibi | | Short film |
| 2012 | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Giuseppe Saragat | |
| 2013 | Welcome Mr. President | General Secretary Ranieri | |
| 2015 | Burning Love | Leonardo's grandfather | |
| 2020 | Hammamet | Craxi's father | Posthumous release |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Il drago | | TV film |
| 1970 | Una delle ultime sere del carnevale | Sior Momolo | TV film |
| 1973 | ESP | Jaap Ensing | TV miniseries |
| 1974 | Carlo Gozzi | Francesco Bartoli | TV film |
| 1978 | Le mani sporche | Karsky | TV miniseries |
| 1979 | Vestire gli ignudi | Emilio Grotti | TV film |
| 1980 | Quaderno proibito | Michele Cossati | TV miniseries |
| 1982 | The Life of Verdi | Carlo Verdi | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani | Il padre | 1 episode (season 1, episode 7) |
| 1984 | Mio figlio non sa leggere | Ugo | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | Los pazos de Ulloa | Don Pedro | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | El rey y la reina | Rómulo | TV film |
| 1991 | Così è (se vi pare) | Signor Ponza | TV film |
| 1993 | König der letzten Tage | Bernhard Knipperdolling | TV miniseries |
| 1994 | Genesis: The Creation and the Flood | Noah | TV film |
| 1996 | Dopo la tempesta | Giacomo Renzi | TV film |
| 1997 | Fatima | Father Luís | TV film |
| 1998 | La casa bruciata | Ferreira Gomez | TV film |
| 1999 | Pepe Carvalho | Petar Grusin | 1 episode (season 1, episode 8) |
| 1999 | Ombre | Vania Wolkoff | TV miniseries |
| 1999 | Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale | Thomas | TV film |
| 1999 | El secreto de la porcelana | | TV miniseries |
| 2000 | Come quando fuori piove | Ugo Jessich | TV miniseries |
| 2000 | Maria, figlia del suo figlio | | TV film |
| 2001 | Senza confini | Prefetto Piazza | TV film |
| 2001 | Klaras Hochzeit | Enrico Sabatini | TV film |
| 2004 | The Homicide Squad | Malatesta | TV miniseries |
| 2005 | Sacco e Vanzetti | The Priest | TV film |
| 2007 | Il Pirata: Marco Pantani | Ridolfi | TV film |
| 2008 | Rebecca, la prima moglie | Andrew | TV miniseries |

## Voice work

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | The Secret of the Old Woods | Vento Matteo | Voice-over |
| 1997 | Life Is Beautiful | Narrator | Voice-over |
| 2001 | The Profession of Arms | Narrator | Voice-over |
| 2003 | Remember Me, My Love | Narrator | Voice-over |
| 2011 | Tormenti - Film disegnato [it] | Narrator | Voice-over |

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

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1987 | The Man Who Planted Trees | Narrator |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | Russ Cargill |
| 2007 | Noah's Ark | God |
| 2009 | 9 | Number 1 |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie | Mr. Rzykruski |

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

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes | Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne | Jean-Louis Barrault |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Marion Post's father | John Houseman |
| 1992 | The Accompanist | Charles Brice | Richard Bohringer |
| 1993 | Paris Trout | Paris Trout | Dennis Hopper |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Walter | Robert Duvall |
| 1995 | Viva San Isidro | Pepe Gongora | Andrés Pardaye |
| 1996 | City Hall | Paul Zapatti | Anthony Franciosa |
| 1997 | The Education of Little Tree | Granpa | James Cromwell |
| 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | Christopher Lee |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | Christopher Lee |
| 1999 | The Straight Story | Alvin Straight | Richard Farnsworth |
| 1999 | The Straight Story | Lyle Straight | Harry Dean Stanton |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Bob Gerson | James Cromwell |
| 2000 | Shiner | Frank Spedding | Martin Landau |
| 2000 | My Dog Skip | Adult Willie | Harry Connick Jr. |
| 2001 | The Knights of the Quest | Delfinello da Coverzano | F. Murray Abraham |
| 2001 | Amélie | Narrator | André Dussollier |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | Christopher Lee |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | Christopher Lee |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman | Christopher Lee |
| 2003 | Open Range | Bluebonnet "Boss" Spearman | Robert Duvall |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Reverend Monroe | Donald Sutherland |
| 2003 | Monsieur Ibrahim | Monsieur Ibrahim | Omar Sharif |
| 2004 | Pontormo – Un amore eretico | Pontormo | Joe Mantegna |
| 2004 | National Treasure | John Adams Gates | Christopher Plummer |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Esteban Vihaio | Michael Parks |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | Christopher Lee |
| 2005 | V for Vendetta | Adam Sutler | John Hurt |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator | John Hurt |
| 2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Narrator | James Earl Jones |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Mr. Bauby Sr. | Max von Sydow |
| 2007 | 3:10 to Yuma | Byron McElroy | Peter Fonda |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Narrator | Roscoe Lee Browne |
| 2007 | One Hundred Nails | Monsignore | Michele Zattara |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Sul | Martin Landau |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Nigel Honeycutt | Donald Sutherland |
| 2008 | 10,000 BC | Narrator | Omar Sharif |
| 2008 | Australia | Kipling Flynn | Jack Thompson |
| 2009 | The White Ribbon | Narrator | Ernst Jacobi |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | King George V | Michael Gambon |
| 2011 | This Must Be the Place | Alois Lange | Heinz Lieven |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise | Christopher Lee |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Henrik Vanger | Christopher Plummer |
| 2011 | The Cardboard Village | Il Sacrestano | Rutger Hauer |
| 2012 | Dark Shadows | Silas Clarney | Christopher Lee |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | Christopher Lee |
| 2012 | Haute Cuisine | The President | Jean d'Ormesson |
| 2013 | See You Tomorrow | Mario Palagonia | Burt Young |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman | Christopher Lee |

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

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor | Ref |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | William Randolph Hearst | TV film | James Cromwell | |
| 2003 | I ragazzi della via Pál | János Gál | TV miniseries | Mario Adorf | |

#### Video games (Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth | Saruman | |
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | Saruman | |