- Vittorio De Angelis at IMDb
- Vittorio De Angelis at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Vittorio De Angelis at Behind The Voice Actors
Vittorio De Angelis | |
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| Born | September 20, 1962 Rome, Italy |
| Died | June 11, 2015 (aged 52) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, dialogue writer, dubbing director |
| Years active | 1983–2015 |
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| Relatives | Eleonora De Angelis (sister) Gualtiero De Angelis (grandfather) Enrico De Angelis (uncle) Massimiliano Virgilii (cousin) |
Vittorio De Angelis (September 20, 1962 – June 11, 2015) was an Italian voice actor.[1]
Born in Rome, De Angelis was the son of voice actor Manlio De Angelis and the grandson of voice actor Gualtiero De Angelis. He began his voice acting career at 21 years of age and one of his first major roles was dubbing the voice of Prince Eric in the Italian dub of The Little Mermaid and I.M. Weasel in the Italian dub of I Am Weasel. He was also best known for voicing Joey Tribbiani (portrayed by Matt LeBlanc) in the Italian-Language dubbed version of Friends and the spin-off Joey as well as voicing Geordi La Forge (portrayed by LeVar Burton) in the Italian-Language dubbed version of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[2]
De Angelis was the occasional voice actor of Cary Elwes, Kevin James and Matt LeBlanc. Some of the actors he dubbed in their most famous films included Billy Crudup in Big Fish, Val Kilmer in Tombstone and Stephen Dorff in Blade. He also dubbed Steve Zahn, Scott Speedman, Brendan Fraser and Ethan Hawke in some of their films.
He died of a heart attack on June 11, 2015, at the age of 52.[3] He was survived by his father Manlio as well as his sister Eleonora (who is also a voice actress).[4]