# Renato Cecchetto

Renato Cecchetto (28 October 1951 – 23 January 2022) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

## Biography

In the 1970s, Cecchetto attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his career working with film directors like Mario Monicelli and Carlo Vanzina.
Cecchetto was best known as a voice actor, who gave his voice to Shrek in the Italian dub of the Shrek franchise and to nearly all the Disney Pixar characters originally voiced by John Ratzenberger, including Hamm from the Toy Story film series and Mack from the Cars film series. Additionally, Cecchetto served as the voice of Meow Meow Fuzzyface in the Italian dub of BoJack Horseman and from seasons 12 to 19, he was the Italian voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, replacing Luciano Marchitiello.
In Cecchetto's live action roles, he dubbed over the voices of John Candy as the title character in Uncle Buck, Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood in Barb Wire and Jeffrey Tambor as Sid Garner in The Hangover film trilogy.

### Personal life

Cecchetto was married to the actress and theatrical director Miriam Spera. They had one son.

## Death

Cecchetto died of complications from injuries sustained in a scooter accident at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome on 23 January 2022, at the age of 70.

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1981 | Guys and Dolls in the Suburbs | Walter |
| 1981 | Fracchia the Fanatic | DIGOS' Chief |
| 1982 | Pierino colpisce ancora | Dr. Paoletti |
| 1982 | Roma dalla finestra | |
| 1982 | Grog | Caputo |
| 1982 | All My Friends Part 2 | Augusto Verdirame |
| 1982 | The Female Bodyguard | The Jeweler |
| 1982 | Buona come il pane | Gaston |
| 1983 | The Story of Piera | Male nurse |
| 1983 | The Pool Hustlers | Giovanni |
| 1984 | Ladies & Gentlemen | |
| 1985 | Fatto su misura | |
| 1986 | The Carabinieri Lieutenant | Urban Security Guard |
| 1986 | Italian Fast Food | Director |
| 1987 | L'estate sta finendo | Prete |
| 1988 | Animali metropolitani | Oscar Innocenzi |
| 1988 | Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo | Luciano’s friend |
| 1990 | Fantozzi to the Rescue | Judge |
| 1991 | Abbronzatissimi | Osvaldo |
| 1992 | Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations | Filippo |
| 1992 | Persone perbene | |
| 1993 | Abbronzatissimi 2 - Un anno dopo | Mr. Boccioni |
| 1994 | Prestazione straordinaria | Ernesto |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1977 | Il bagno | | |
| 1980 | Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto | Calascibetta | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | Bebawi - Il delitto di via Lazio | | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | La piovra | Achille Bordonaro | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | I racconti del maresciallo | Gerente Motel | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | La piovra 2 | Achille Bordonaro | TV miniseries |
| 1987 | Cinque storie inquietanti | | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Una lepre con la faccia di bambina | Ragioniere Clerici | TV miniseries |
| 1989 | Oggi ho vinto anch'io | Vittorio | TV film |
| 1990 | Non aprite all'uomo nero | | TV film |
| 1994 | Sì, ti voglio bene | | TV miniseries |
| 1994 | In fondo al cuore | | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | Anni '50 | Concierge | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | Come quando fuori piove | Bernardo | TV film |
| 2005 | Le voyage de Louisa | | TV film |

## Voice work

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 2002 | Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe | Capo Cachicco | Animated film |

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

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Hamm |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | P.T. Flea |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Hamm |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Hamm |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | The Abominable Snowman |
| 2001 | Shrek | Shrek |
| 2004 | Finding Nemo | School of Moonfish |
| 2004 | The Lion King 1½ | Uncle Max |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Shrek |
| 2004 | Shrek 4-D | Shrek |
| 2006 | Cars | Mack |
| 2006 | Cars | Hamm Truck |
| 2006 | Cars | The Abominable Snowplow |
| 2006 | Cars | P.T. Flea Car |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | Shrek |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Mustafa |
| 2008 | WALL-E | John |
| 2009 | Up | Tom |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Shrek |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Hamm |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Mack |
| 2011 | Hawaiian Vacation | Hamm |
| 2011 | Small Fry | Hamm |
| 2012 | Partysaurus Rex | Hamm |
| 2013 | Monsters University | The Abominable Snowman |
| 2014 | Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods | Humerus |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Mr. Trout |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Fritz |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Earl |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Bill |
| 2017 | The Breadwinner | Razaq |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Mack |
| 2017 | Coco | Juan Ortodoncia |
| 2018 | Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion | Obelix |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Hamm |
| 2019 | Klaus | Aksel Ellingboe |
| 2020 | Onward | Fennwick |

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

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor |
| 1989 | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | John Candy |
| 1990 | Darkman | Pauly Mazzuchelli | Nicholas Worth |
| 1991 | Problem Child 2 | Smith | Paul Willson |
| 1994 | The Mask | Detective Doyle | Jim Doughan |
| 1996 | Barb Wire | Axel Hood | Temuera Morrison |
| 1997 | Marquise | Gros René | Patrick Timsit |
| 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | James Levine | James Levine |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Thomas Tipp | Timothy Spall |
| 2002 | Big Fat Liar | Marcus Duncan | Russell Hornsby |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Maurice Woodruff | Stephen Fry |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Ian Nicholas McNally / Matsui | Robbie Coltrane |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Ernie Rodriguez | George Lopez |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Mr. Kingery | Julian Sedgwick |
| 2009 | The Hangover | Sid Garner | Jeffrey Tambor |
| 2011 | The Hangover Part II | Sid Garner | Jeffrey Tambor |
| 2013 | The Hangover Part III | Sid Garner | Jeffrey Tambor |
| 2015 | Ip Man 3 | Fat Po | Kent Cheng |
| 2016 | Catfight | Dr. Jones | Dylan Baker |
| 2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Rupert | Richard McCabe |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Fergus Hobart | John Lithgow |
| 2018 | Gotti | Bartholomew Boriello | Leo Rossi |

#### Television (Animation, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1983–2006 | Dr. Slump | Suppaman | Recurring role (1st edition) |
| 1995 | Camp Candy | John Candy | Main cast |
| 2003 | Pigs Next Door | Phil | Main cast |
| 2007 | Shrek the Halls | Shrek | TV special |
| 2007 | Vampiyan Kids | Franken | 1 episode (season 1x08) |
| 2010 | Scared Shrekless | Shrek | TV special |
| 2010–2012 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Commissioner McSlade | 4 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Coverton | Main cast |
| 2014–2022 | Family Guy | Cleveland Brown | Recurring role (seasons 12–19) |
| 2015–2018 | BoJack Horseman | Meow Meow Fuzzyface | Recurring role (seasons 1–5) |
| 2015–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Glossaryck | Main cast (seasons 1–4) |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Gourmand / skekAyuk | 1 episode |
| 2019–2021 | Amphibia | Mayor Fredrick Toadstool | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
| 2020 | Forky Asks a Question | Hamm | Main cast |
| 2021–2022 | Monsters at Work | The Abominable Snowman | Recurring role (seasons 1) |

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

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor |
| 1983–1988 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Elliot Axelrod | Main cast (2nd voice) | Stephen Furst |
| 1985 | Emerald Point N.A.S. | Jack Warren | Main cast | Charles Frank |
| 1990–1991 | Out of This World | Beano Froelich | Main cast | Joe Alaskey |
| 2003 | Alias | Anthony Russek | 3 episodes (season 1) | Miguel Sandoval |
| 2017 | Gotham | Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg | 5 episodes | Michael Cerveris |

#### Video games (Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1997 | Outlaws | Bob Graham |
| 1998 | Grim Fandango | Manny Calavera |
| 1998 | Grim Fandango | Manny Calavera |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | P.T. Flea |
| 1998 | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith | Kyle Katarn |
| 2002 | Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | Charlie Sidjan |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | School of Moonfish |
| 2006 | Cars | Mack |
| 2009 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes | Clone troopers |
| 2013 | Disney Infinity | Hamm |
| 2017 | Cars 3: Driven to Win | Mack |