Renato Cecchetto

Italian actor (1951–2022)

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Actor
voice actor
dubbing director

Years active1980–2022Height1.79 cm (1 in)

Renato Cecchetto (28 October 1951 – 23 January 2022) was an Italian actor who specialized in dubbing.^[1]

Life and career

In the 1970s, Cecchetto attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his career working with film directors like Mario Monicelli and Carlo Vanzina. He was best known as a voice actor, who gave his voice to Shrek in the Shrek franchise^[2] and to nearly all the Disney Pixar characters originally voiced by John Ratzenberger, including Hamm from the Toy Story film series. Starting in season 12, he was the Italian voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, replacing Luciano Marchitiello.

Cecchetto died from complications of a scooter accident at the San Camillo Hospital in Rome on 23 January 2022, at the age of 70.^[3]

Filmography

Fracchia la belva umana (1981)
I fichissimi (1981)
La gorilla (1982)
The Pool Hustlers (1982)
All My Friends Part 2 (1982)
Pierino colpisce ancora (1982)
Story of Piera (1983)
Il tenente dei carabinieri (1986)
Fantozzi alla riscossa (1990)
Parenti serpenti (1992)

Dubbing roles

Animation

Shrek in Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Shrek Forever After
Hamm in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, Partysaurus Rex
P.T. Flea in A Bug's Life
The Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc., Monsters University
School of Moonfish in Finding Nemo
Mack in Cars, Cars 2, Cars 3
Mustafa in Ratatouille
John in WALL-E
Tom in Up
Fritz in Inside Out
Earl in The Good Dinosaur
Bill in Finding Dory
Juan Ortodoncia in Coco
Cleveland Brown in Family Guy (season 12-19)
Uncle Max in The Lion King 1½
Mr. Trout in The Boxtrolls
Razaq in The Breadwinner
Mr. Ellingboe in Klaus
Meow Meow Fuzzyface in BoJack Horseman

Live action

Sid Garner in The Hangover, The Hangover Part II, The Hangover Part III
Thomas Tipp in Vanilla Sky
Detective Doyle in The Mask
Pauly in Darkman
Buck Russell in Uncle Buck
Smith in Problem Child 2
Maurice Woodruff in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Matsui in Ocean's Twelve

References

^ "Renato Cecchetto's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ "Film più belli doppiati da Renato Cecchetto". PopcornTv.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ "Renato Cecchetto, morto a 70 anni l'attore e doppiatore: fu la voce di Shrek". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.