Oreste Rizzini

Oreste Rizzini (1940-2008) was an Italian voice actor and dubbing director. He directed the dub of Natale con i Muppet (It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie) and dubbed several supporting roles: Scooter, Luc Fromage, Joe Snow, and the Sally Ann Santa Claus.

Rizzini began as a stage actor before shifting into dubbing, notably as the official Italian voice of Michael Douglas (including A Chorus Line and Basic Instinct). He also dubbed Michael Caine in Hannah and Her Sisters and the remake of Sleuth, Bill Murray in the Ghostbusters movies, Danny Trejo in the first two Spy Kids entries, William Shatner in Miss Congeniality and its sequel, Jack Nicholson in Blood and Wine, Derek Jacobi in Hamlet, and Rutger Hauer in Batman Begins.

Rizzini's cartoon roles included Lord Farquaad in Shrek, the narrator in Hercules, Seti in Prince of Egypt, Skeltor on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and the Angry Scientist on Sheep in the Big City. He narrated Italian documentaries and was heard in radio dramas (including a 2000 version of Jesus Christ, Superstar). Credits as dubbing director included Being John Malkovich and other movies, Baywatch, Firefly, Nash Bridges, and 7th Heaven.