Ferruccio Amendola (July 22, 1930 in Turin – September 3, 2001 in Rome) was an actor and Italian voice-over actor who worked for cinema and television.
Son of actors, Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci, nephew of director/screenwriter Mario Amendola , he started in films with Gian Burrasca directed by Sergio Tofano and soon began working as a voice-over actor. After years of theater magazines, cinema and TV, in 1968 he began devoting most of his time to voice-over acting.
Amendola is best known as the Italian voice of famous actors including Al Pacino , Sylvester Stallone , Dustin Hoffman , Robert De Niro and Tomas Milian in movies as well as Bill Cosby in the television series The Cosby Show . In addition, he has done the voice over in commercials and TV dramas with great success.
Married to female voice-over actress Rita Savagnone, he had a son Claudio, who is also an actor.
Gian Burrasca , directed by Sergio Tofano (1943)Undici uomini e un pallone , directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1948)Le signorine dello 04 (1955)La ragazza di Via Veneto , directed by Marino Girolami (1955)7 canzoni per 7 sorelle (1957)I dritti , directed by Mario Amendola (1958)Napoli, sole mio! (1958)I prepotenti , directed by Mario Amendola (1958)La zia d'america va a sciare (1958)La cento chilometri (1959)Prepotenti più di prima , directed by Mario Mattòli (1959)Fantasmi e ladri , directed by Giorgio C. Simonelli (1959)La grande guerra , directed by Mario Monicelli (1959)Simpatico mascalzone , directed by Mario Amendola (1959)La banda del buco , directed by Mario Amendola (1960)Il ladro di Damasco , directed by Mario Amendola (1963)Maciste gladiatore di Sparta , directed by Mario Caiano (1965)Viaggio di nozze all'italiana , directed by Mario Amendola (1965)West and Soda , directed by Bruno Bozzetto (1965)Folli d'estate (1966)Cuore matto... matto da legare , directed by Mario Amendola (1967)Marinai in coperta , directed by Bruno Corbucci (1967)Riderà , directed by Bruno Corbucci (1967)La vuole lui... lo vuole lei , directed by Mario Amendola (1967)Vacanze sulla Costa Smeralda , directed by Ruggero Deodato (1968)Donne, botte e bersaglieri , directed by Ruggero Deodato (1968)Lacrime d'amore , directed by Mario Amendola (1970)Extra , directed by Daniele D'Anza (1976)Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me , directed by Michele Lupo (1980)Storia d'amore e d'amicizia , directed by Franco Rossi (1982)Quei trentasei gradini , directed by Luigi Perelli (1984–1985)Little Roma , directed by Francesco Massaro (1987)Pronto soccorso , directed by Francesco Massaro (1990)Pronto soccorso 2 , directed by Francesco Massaro (1992)La Tosca , directed by Luigi Magni (1973)Tre tigri contro tre tigri , directed by Sergio Corbucci e Steno (1977)(1968) Greetings , directed by Brian De Palma, dubbing Robert De Niro (1970) Hi, Mom! , directed by Brian De Palma, dubbing Robert De Niro (1971) The Panic in Needle Park , directed by Jerry Schatzberg, dubbing Al Pacino (1972) The Godfather , directed by Francis Ford Coppola, dubbing Al Pacino (1973) Serpico , directed by Sidney Lumet, dubbing Al Pacino (1974) The Godfather Part II , directed by Francis Ford Coppola, dubbing Al Pacino (1976) 1900 , directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, dubbing Robert De Niro (1976) Taxi Driver , directed by Martin Scorsese, dubbing Robert De Niro (1977) New York, New York , directed by Martin Scorsese, dubbing Robert De Niro (1977) Bobby Deerfield , directed by Sidney Pollack, dubbing Al Pacino (1978) The Deer Hunter , directed by Michael Cimino, dubbing Robert De Niro (1979) Rocky II , directed by Sylvester Stallone , dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1980) Raging Bull , directed by Martin Scorsese, dubbing Robert De Niro (1982) First Blood , directed by Ted Kotcheff, dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1982) Rocky III , directed by Sylvester Stallone, dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1983) The King of Comedy , directed by Martin Scorsese, dubbing Robert De Niro (1983) Scarface , directed by Brian De Palma, dubbing Al Pacino (1984) Once Upon a Time in America , directed by Sergio Leone, dubbing Robert De Niro (1984) Falling in Love , directed by Ulu Grosbard, dubbing Robert De Niro (1985) Rambo: First Blood Part II , directed by George P. Cosmatos, dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1985) Revolution , directed by Hugh Hudson, dubbing Al Pacino (1985) Back to the Future , directed by Robert Zemeckis, dubbing Christopher Lloyd (1985) Rocky IV , directed by Sylvester Stallone, dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1987) The Untouchables , directed by Brian De Palma, dubbing Robert De Niro (1988) Midnight Run , directed by Martin Brest, dubbing Robert De Niro (1988) Rambo III , directed by Peter MacDonald, dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1989) We're No Angels , directed by Neil Jordan, dubbing Robert De Niro (1989) Sea of Love , directed by Harold Becker, dubbing Al Pacino (1990) Dick Tracy , directed by Warren Beatty, dubbing Al Pacino (1990) The Godfather Part III , directed by Francis Ford Coppola, dubbing Al Pacino (1990) Goodfellas , directed by Martin Scorsese, dubbing Robert De Niro (1990) Awakenings , directed by Penny Marshall, dubbing Robert De Niro (1990) Rocky V , directed by John G. Avildsen, dubbing Sylvester Stallone (1991) Cape Fear , directed by Martin Scorsese, dubbing Robert De Niro (1991) Backdraft , directed by Ron Howard, dubbing Robert De Niro (1991) Frankie and Johnny , directed by Garry Marshall, dubbing Al Pacino (1993) A Bronx Tale , directed by Robert De Niro, dubbing Robert De Niro (1993) This Boy's Life , directed by Michael Caton-Jones, dubbing Robert De Niro (1994) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein , directed by Kenneth Branagh, dubbing Robert De Niro (1995) Heat , directed by Michael Mann, dubbing Robert De Niro (1995) Two Bits , directed by James Foley, dubbing Al Pacino (1996) The Fan , directed by Tony Scott, dubbing Robert De Niro (1996) Sleepers , directed by Barry Levinson, dubbing Robert De Niro (1996) Marvin's Room , directed by Jerry Zaks, dubbing Robert De Niro (1997) Cop Land , directed by James Mangold, dubbing Robert De Niro (1997) Jackie Brown , directed by Quentin Tarantino, dubbing Robert De Niro (1999) Flawless , directed by Joel Schumacher, dubbing Robert De Niro (1999) Analyze This , directed by Harold Ramis, dubbing Robert De Niro (2000) Men of Honor , directed by George Tillman, Jr., dubbing Robert De Niro (2000) Get Carter , directed by Stephen Kay, dubbing Sylvester Stallone