Stefano de Sando



Stefano de Sando (b. 1954) is an Italian voice actor who dubbed Johnny Fiama in Il Muppet e il Mago di Oz ‎ and Tex Richman in I Muppet (The Muppets).

De Sando has been the official Italian voice of Robert De Niro since 2001, having dubbed him on and off since 1986 (including The Adventures of rocky and Bullwinkle). He dubbed James Gandolfini on The Sopranos and in movies and John Goodman on Roseanne and in Arachnophobia, Blues Brothers 2000, and others. He also dubbed Mandy Patinkin on Homeland and in Wonder, Charles Dance in The Imitation Game and Victor Frankenstein, Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors, Sam Neill in Jurassic Park, Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Oliver Platt in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and Charles Grodin in Dave. TV dubbing includes Bryan Cranston on Breaking Bad, John Lithgow on Third Rock from the Sun, Mark Addy on Game of Thrones, Ian McNeice on Children of Dune, John Spencer on The West Wing, and Philip Jackson on Poirot.

In animation, de Sando lent his voice to Clayton in Tarzan, General Li in Mulan, Gomez on the animated The Addams Family, Aaron in Prince of Egypt, Shere Khan in The Jungle Book 2, Buck Strickland on King of the Hill, Chief in Isle of Dogs, and Professor Knight in Monsters University.

On-camera, de Sando acted in various Italian films (such as playing a police inspector in new 2001 footage for Mario Bava's often re-edited 1974 film Rabid Dogs) and TV series. In English-language co-productions, he appeared in the 1985 miniseries Mussolini and I (with Susan Sarandon).