Francesco Pannofino

Francesco Pannofino (born 14 November 1958) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Pieve di Teco, Pannofino's parents originated from Locorotondo. Sometime after 1972, he and his family moved to Rome. He began his career in the 1980s. As an actor, Pannofino appeared in many films and television programs. These include Giovanni Falcone – L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra, in which he portrayed real life gangster Tommaso Buscetta. He also appeared in Night Bus starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Valerio Mastandrea as well as the TV film Imperium: Pompeii.As a voice actor, Pannofino dubbed characters into the Italian language. He is the official voice actor of George Clooney and Denzel Washington. Other actors he often or occasionally dubs includes Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hanks, Kurt Russell, Dan Aykroyd, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Madsen, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Spacey. Pannofino performed the Italian voices of characters such as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter franchise, Lrrr in Futurama, Gil Grissom in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Budd in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2 and many more.In 1978, Pannofino was a witness of the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. At that time, he was waiting for a bus to take him to university so that he can undergo an algebra exam.