Biography
Daniele Formica (10 June 1949 – 1 February 2011) was an Irish-born Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright and television personality.Formica was best known for portraying comical characters in various Italian comedy films in the 1980s as well as his roles in the theatre. He also appeared in the 1980 variety comedy television show A tutto gag. Born in Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland, the son of Wilson Formica, an Irish violinist of Italian origin and Eugenia Ravasio, an Italian maid, Formica studied at Trinity College, Dublin, then made his stage debut in the early seventies in Rabelais by Jean-Louis Barrault.In 1973, Formica moved to Italy where he joined the stage company of the Teatro Stabile dell'Aquila with whom he acted in Maschere by Carlo Goldoni; in those years he made his first appearances in films and TV dramas. He obtained his major successes in the 1980s, taking part to a number of important TV shows, then, from the 1990s, he focused on theatre.As a voice actor, Formica made several voice acting appearances in at least three Pixar films. He typically dubbed the voices of villainous or minor characters. For example, he voiced Randall Boggs in the Italian dubbed version of Monsters, Inc. as well as Gilbert Huph in the Italian dubbed version of The Incredibles.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 17
TV Shows 5
self 1
L'ultima estate (2009)
Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo (2008)
Pa-ra-da (2008)
I liceali (2008)
Dio c'è (1998)
Ladri si nasce (1997)
Intolerance (1996)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
Stelle di Cartone (1993)
Don't Play with Tigers (1982)
I carabbimatti (1981)
Hotel Room (1981)
I'm Getting a Yacht (1980)
Prickly Pears (1980)
A Tutto Gag (1980)
Cinema!!! (1979)
Cinema!!! (1979)
A Dangerous Toy (1979)
Burnt By A Scalding Passion (1976)
Sex Diary (1975)
Giandomenico Fracchia - Sogni proibiti di uno di noi (1975)
Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1949-06-10
Deathday2011-02-01 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceDrogheda, Republic of Ireland
CitizenshipsItaly
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