Giancarlo Giannini

In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness..
. 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. While struggling with prostate cancer (though his eventual death was of a heart attack), however, he wrote a candid autobiography Straight Face, which was published posthumously. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as inspector Pazzi in Hannibal. An intensely private individual, he was deeply saddened when involuntarily outed as a homosexual in the run-up to the Oscars. He dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice in the Italian release of The Shining, for which Nicholson sent him congratulations. He was knighted in 1999.

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. In a long and varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson stout and a bit part in Dad's Army, his most famous roles were as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes, Minister (and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister), and as George III in the film adaptation of Alan Bennett's The Madness of King George, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and awarded the Olivier Award. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. He returned to the UK in the 1950s. 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. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in England, although he spent some of his formative years in South Africa. Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942) is an Italian actor. Sir Nigel Hawthorne (April 5, 1929 - December 26, 2001) was a renowned British actor.

Roy Jenkins. Wilson's Diary (1969) (TV) ... Mrs. Major.

Alma Mater (1971) (TV) ... Boer Sentry. Young Winston (1972) (uncredited) ... Croft.

S*P*Y*S (1974) ... Floater, The (1975) (TV). Pastor De Ruiter. Hiding Place, The (1975) ...

Eleanor Marx: Tussy (1977) (TV). Eleanor Marx: Eleanor (1977) (TV). Pierre Curie. "Marie Curie" (1977) (mini) TV Series ...

Campion. Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Destiny (1978) (TV). Oldendorf.

"Holocaust" (1978) (mini) TV Series ... Dilke. Sweeney 2 (1978) ... Catus Decianus.

"Warrior Queen" (1978) TV Series ... Fosse. Mr. Sailor's Return, The (1978) ...

Wilson. "Thomas and Sarah" (1979) TV Series ... Burgess. Mr.

Knowledge, The (1979) (TV) ... Walter Monkton. Simpson (1980) (mini) TV Series ... Edward & Mrs.

Sir Humphrey Appleby. Yes, Minister (1980) TV Series ... Stephano. The Tempest (1980/I) (TV) ...

CJ Stryver. Mr. A Tale of Two Cities (1980) (TV) ... Edmonds.

Mr. Jessie (1980) (TV) ... Brinsley Jukes. Jukes of Piccadilly (1980) TV Series ...

Porter on the Road to Eldorado (1981) (TV). A Brush with Mr. Citizen Official. History of the World: Part I (1981) ...

Victorian Father. Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) ... Magistrate at Esmeralds's trial. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) (TV) ...

King Abdullah. A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV) ... Pyotr Baranovich. Firefox (1982) ...

Robert Boycott. Dr. The Plague Dogs (1982) (voice) ... Kinnoch.

Gandhi (1982) ... The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982) (TV). Dead On Time (1982). The Critic (1982) (TV).

Man walking by Crimson Insurance building as anchor is raised. The Meaning of Life (1983) ... Orgon. The Tartuffe or Imposter (1983) (TV) ...

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Pope John Paul II (1984) (TV) ... The House (1984) (TV). Thorn.

Mr. The Chain (1984) ... Archdeacon Grantly. The Barchester Chronicles (1984) (mini) TV Series ...

Georgie Pillson. Mapp & Lucia (1985) TV Series ... The Black Cauldron (1985) (voice) .... Fflewddur Fflam. The Publisher.

Turtle Diary (1985) ... Jenny's War (1985) (TV) .... Colonel. Sir Humphrey Appleby. Yes, Prime Minister (1986) TV Series ...

Rarg (1988) (voice). Jonathan Guerdon (segment "From Sleep and Shadow"). Rev. Spirit of Man (1989) (TV) ...

Achmet. King of the Wind (1989) ... Ted Walker. En Håndfull tid (1990) ...

Philip Carter. Relatively Speaking (1990) (TV) ... Brian Leary. The Trials of Oz (1991) (TV) ...

Flea Bites (1991) (TV) .... Kryst. Brigadier G. Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) (voice) ... Raymond Cocteau.

Dr. Demolition Man (1993) ... The Madness of King George (1994) .... George III. George, Duke of Clarence.

Richard III (1995) ... Colonel Kruger. Inside (1996) (TV) ... Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) .... Malvolio.

Edgar Pascoe. Fragile Heart (1996) (TV) ... Ellis. Dr.

Murder in Mind (1997/I) ... Martin Van Buren. Amistad (1997) ... David Livingstone.

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997) (TV) ... The Object of My Affection (1998) .... Rodney Fraser. Lord Covington (segment "Lord Cucuface"). Madeline (1998) ...

At Sachem Farm (1998) .... Uncle Cullen. Arthur Winslow. The Winslow Boy (1999) ... Kim Mennaker.

The Big Brass Ring (1999) ... Porter. Tarzan (1999) (voice) ... Judge Wendon.

A Reasonable Man (1999) ... Lord Ogleby. The Clandestine Marriage (1999) ... William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.

Victoria & Albert (2001) (TV) ... Nick. Call Me Claus (2001) (TV) ...