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Claudio Santamaria
Santamaria in 2008
NationalityItalian
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present

Claudio Santamaria is an Italian actor; in 2016 he was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Actor award for portraying the superhero Enzo "Jeeg" Ceccotti in They Call Me Jeeg.

Career

His cinema debut came in 1997, with Leonardo Pieraccioni's Fuochi d'artificio. His first important film roles are in Gabriele Muccino's first film Ecco fatto, and in the films Marco Risi's L'ultimo capodanno and Bernardo Bertolucci's L'assedio.

He played the terrorist Carlos in Casino Royale. He was also the voice of Christian Bale in the Italian version of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and the voice of Eric Bana in Munich.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Fireworks Er Banana
Dead Train Andrea Short film
1998 Kaputt Mundi Cristiano Carucci
Besieged Agostino
Ecco fatto Pietro "Piterone" Ristuccia
1999 The Building Gianni Short film
2000 Almost Blue Simone Martini
2001 The Last Kiss Paolo
The Son's Room Dive shop salesman Cameo appearance
Amarsi può darsi Davide
2002 Appuntamento al buio Thief Short film
Paz! Pentothal
Life as It Comes Marco
2003 Past Perfect Andrea
The Soul's Place Mario
2004 The Card Player Carlo Sturni
Agata and the Storm Nico/Arturo
2005 But When Do the Girls Get Here? Nick
Romanzo Criminale Bruno "Il Dandi" De Magistris
Melissa P. Museum keeper Cameo appearance
2006 Casino Royale Carlos
Il quarto sesso Jesus Short film
2007 Apnea Paolo
Fine pena mai Antonio Perrone
2008 Birdwatchers Roberto
Aspettando il sole Toni
2009 The Case of Unfaithful Klara Luca Castelli
2010 Kiss Me Again Paolo
600 Kilos d'Or Pur Enzo
2011 Drifters Bruno
Terraferma Revenue officer Cameo appearance
The First on the List Pino Masi
2012 Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood Max Flamini
2013 È stata lei Nicola Short film
2014 Greenery Will Bloom Again The Major
The Lego Movie Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) Italian voice-over
Il venditore di medicine Bruno Donati
2015 They Call Me Jeeg Enzo Ceccotti / Jeeg
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) Italian voice-over
PIIGS Narrator Italian voice-over
Ugly Nasty People Il Papero
2018 Forgive Us Our Debts Guido
2019 Tutto il mio folle amore Willi
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Bruce Wayne/Batman (voice) Italian voice-over
2020 The Best Years Riccardo Morozzi
2021 Freaks Out Fulvio
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Mario Italian voice-over
TBA In the Hand of Dante Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Ama il tuo nemico Ernesto Television film
2007 Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu Rino Gaetano Miniseries
2010 Le cose che restano Andrea Miniseries
2014 Non è mai troppo tardi Alberto Manzi Miniseries
2015–2018 È arrivata la felicità Orlando Mieli Main role
2022 Christian Matteo Main role

Dubbing roles

Animation

Year Title Voice Notes
2014 The LEGO Movie Batman
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Batman
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Batman
2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Mario

Video games

Year Title Voice Notes
2005 Batman Begins Batman

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