Giancarlo Giannini

In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness.. During the 1950s and 1960s, he starred in several major films, including Butterfield 8, The Alamo, Darling and The Manchurian Candidate. Giannini's best-known starring roles have been in films directed by Lina Wertmuller: in addition to Swept Away and Seven Beauties, he also appeared in The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata. His first major role was in Room at the Top, for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. He enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and from there moved to stage and film stardom. He dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of The Shining, for which Nicholson sent him congratulations. He grew up in Johannesburg, moving to London in 1946, at age 16.

In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which is unusual in that his performance was given entirely in Italian. Born Laruschka Mischa Skikne in Joniskis, Lithuania, he immigrated to South Africa at the age of 5. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. Laurence Harvey (October 1, 1928 - November 25, 1973) was a Lithuanian-born actor. Born in La Spezia, Italy, Giannini studied at the Academia Nazionale in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropolis in 1965. Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942) is an Italian actor.