Claudio Moneta

Occupation

**Claudio Moneta** (born 13 April 1967 in Milan) is an Italian voice actor who contributes to voicing characters in animation, video games, sitcoms and more. He is very well known for providing the voice of the title character in the Italian language version of the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is also known for voicing Kakashi Hatake in Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden. The role was temporarily filled by fellow voice actor Gianluca Iacono between 2010 and 2011, due a motorbike incident suffered by Moneta.[1] He was also replaced in *Mass Effect 2* because of that accident as well.

He works at Merak Film, Deneb Film and other dubbing studios in Italy. Moneta is also currently the network announcer for the Mediaset owned channel Hiro.

## Voice work

### Animation

* SpongeBob SquarePants[2] in SpongeBob SquarePants and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
* Terrence Thaur and Chumba Bagingi in Monster Allergy[3]
* Keto in Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
* Pegasus in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX[4]
* Wheeler, Czar, and Atticus Rhode in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX[5]
* Bommer in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
* IV in *Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal*
* Kakashi Hatake in Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden (1st voice)[6]
* Kakashi Hatake in Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
* Tucker and other characters in Pokémon
* Boss and Yumetaro Haruna in Hamtaro
* Captain Knuckles in The Misadventures of Flapjack
* Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon (Viz Media redub)
* Donquixote Doflamingo, Dracule Mihawk, and other characters in One Piece
* Ryōma in Fūma no Kojirō
* Buttsqaut in Camp Lakebottom
* Marty in ToonMarty
* Jaques in Plum Landing
* Paul "Lab Rat" Squirfenherder in Grossology
* Buford G. Butternut in Numb Chucks
* Prince Wednesday in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
* Dax Suno in Monsuno
* Sunil Neliva in Littlest Pet Shop (2012 TV series)
* Cerbee in Jimmy Two-Shoes (Season 2)
* Milo Powell/Captain Flamingo in Captain Flamingo
* Professor Pamplemoose in Professor Pamplemoose
* Henry in Fizzy's Lunch Lab
* Geo in Team Umizoomi
* Cuddles in Happy Tree Friends
* Captain Knuckles in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
* Verminious Snaptrap in T.U.F.F. Puppy
* Souga in Legends of the Dark King
* Nick Logan in Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends
* Major Glory in Dexter's Laboratory
* Defoe in Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
* Paulie Pretztail in Viva Piñata
* Ed in Best Ed
* Sakuragi in Perfect Blue
* Jubei Kibagami in Ninja Scroll
* Anatole in Anatole
* Ryo Asuka in Devilman
* Gargoyle in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (2nd dub)
* Zorro in Kaiketsu Zorro
* Takenori Akagi in Slam Dunk
* Kazuma Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho
* Kisuke Urahara in Bleach: Memories of Nobody
* Adon Koborwitz in Berserk
* Diabolik in Saban's Diabolik
* Andy Bogard in Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
* Vincent Blueno in Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
* Niju in Balto II: Wolf Quest
* Kirby in Balto III: Wings of Change
* Dr. Harvey in The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
* The Cat in the Hat in The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
* Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
* Dr. Joeb in Mix Master
* and more

### Live action

* Ted Franklin in iCarly[7]
* Jeff Singer in Unfabulous in The Hughleys
* Daryl Hughley in The Hughleys
* Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother
* Michael Frank in Lüthi und Blanc
* Gilles in Clara Sheller (Season 2)
* Aristide in Premiers Baisers
* Billy Alan Thomas in Ally McBeal
* John Pollock in Missing
* Jackson Greene in USA High
* Stuart Bondek in Spin City
* Julien Lemaître in Élodie Bradford
* Peter Johnson in McLeod's Daughters
* Ram Peters in Nip/Tuck
* and more

### Video games

* Arthas Menethil in the Warcraft series
* Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series
* Chris Redfield in Resident Evil: Revelations
* Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 6
* Rikimaru in Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
* Rikimaru in Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
* Nomad in Crysis
* Hendrik Schmutz and other characters in Hitman: Blood Money
* Sergeant Major Jefferson and other characters in Act of War: Direct Action
* Michael Corleone in The Godfather II
* Mysterio in Spider-Man 2
* Wolverine in Ultimate Spider-Man
* Shen in League of Legends
* Sir Nevalle and Koraboros in Neverwinter Nights 2
* Jak in Jak II,[8] Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing
* SpongeBob SquarePants in SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab and Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
* Hermit and Malefor the Dark Master in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
* Viktor Reznov in Call of Duty: Black Ops
* King Riccardo in Assassin's Creed
* Trigger Happy in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
* Trigger Happy in Skylanders: Giants