Luca Ward

Luca Ward (born July 31, 1960) is an Italian actor and voice actor.[1]

Luca Ward
Ward at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2010
Born (1960-07-31) July 31, 1960
Ostia, Italy
OccupationActor, voice actor, dubbing director
Years active1981-present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1983; div. 2004)​

Giada Desideri
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(m. 2013)​
Children3, including Guendalina Ward
Parent(s)Aleardo Ward
Maresa Ward
RelativesMonica Ward (sister)
Andrea Ward (brother)
Jone Romano (grandmother)
Carlo Romano (step-grandfather)

Biography

Born in Ostia, which is in Rome and the oldest child of actor Aleardo Ward and the brother of Andrea and Monica Ward, Ward made his debut appearance on television in 1963. He became quite popular in the field of theatre and film acting. Among his most popular roles included the 1984 teen-comedy film Chewingum directed by Biagio Proietti.[2] He was also renowned for his role as Massimo Forti in the soap opera CentoVetrine.[3]

Ward is well known to the Italian public as a voice-dubbing artist.[4] He is the official Italian voice of Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Keanu Reeves and Russell Crowe, as well as occasionally dubbing Hugh Grant, Brandon Lee, Gerard Butler, Antonio Banderas and Jean-Claude Van Damme in some of their works.[5] He dubbed voices in most of their films and he also provided the Italian voice of James Bond during his portrayal by Pierce Brosnan. In his animated roles, Ward dubbed Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog as well as the title character in the Corto Maltese cartoons and Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell video game franchise.

In 2010, Ward was a contestant on the reality show L'Isola dei Famosi but he left after a week due to an injury in the vertebral column.[6]

Personal life

Ward was previously married to voice actress Claudia Razzi from 1983 until 2004. Their daughter Guendalina is also a voice actress. He also has an additional two children with his current wife Giada Desideri, Lupo (born 2007) and Luna (born 2009).

Filmography

Cinema

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Video games

References
  1. "Luca Ward's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. "Luca Ward: 'Mio padre mi mancherà sempre. Doppiaggio? Volevo fare il pilota'" (in Italian). tvzap.kataweb.it. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "Luca Ward". MYmovies. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. LUCA WARD e il doppiaggio (2012) | ilmondodeidoppiatori.it
  5. "Attori doppiati da Luca Ward". news.popcorn.it. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. "Isola dei Famosi: Luca Ward lascia, Simona Ventura riceve il Tapiro d'oro" (in Italian). lastampa.it. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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