Luca Ward

Italian actor and voice actor
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1981–presentSpouses
Claudia Razzi
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(m. 1983; div. 2004)​
Giada Desideri
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(m. 2013)​
Children3, including Guendalina WardParent(s)Aleardo Ward
Maresa WardRelativesMonica Ward (sister)
Andrea Ward (brother)
Jone Romano (grandmother)
Carlo Romano (step-grandfather)

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

Biography

Born in Ostia, which is in Rome and the oldest child of actor Aleardo Ward and the older 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.[2] Among his most popular roles included the 1984 teen-comedy film Chewingum directed by Biagio Proietti.[3] He was also renowned for his role as Massimo Forti in the soap opera CentoVetrine.[4]

Ward is well known to the Italian public as a voice-dubbing artist.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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).

Live-action credits

Films

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1984 Chewingum Luca
1991 Barocco DJ Cameo appearance
2001 The House of Chicken Scooter driver Uncredited
2004 City Limits Agent Dario Lattanzi
2005 Dalla parte giusta Giorgio
2007 Seven Kilometers from Jerusalem Alessandro Forte
2008 Animanera Inspector Masciandro
Scusa ma ti chiamo amore Tony
2010 Piazza giochi Luciano
2012 La ricotta e il caffè Domenico Short film
2015 Le leggi del desiderio Paolo Rubens
2019 La mia seconda volta Davide's father
2020 Under the Riccione Sun Lucio
2022 Under the Amalfi Sun

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1971 E le stelle stanno a guardare 3-years-old child Episode: "Episode 1"
1982 Inverno al mare Pino Lauri Television film
1993 Tre passi nel delitto: Villa Maltraversi Walter Cavicchi Television film
1998 Una donna per amico Gianni Episode: "Per un uomo è diverso"
2001 Incantesimo Goffredo Favare 8 episodes
2002 Don Matteo Alberto Mei Episode: "Bellissima"
2002–2004 CentoVetrine Massimo Forti Recurring role
2003–2004 Elisa di Rivombrosa Ottavio Ranieri 15 episodes
2007 Un dottore quasi perfetto Alessandro Franchi Television film
La stella dei re Balthasar Television film
2007–2010 Donna Detective Maurizio Farnese 20 episodes
2008 Capri Cosimo Rizzuto 13 episodes
Distretto di Polizia Dr. Maffei Episode: "Fino a prova contraria"
2009 Il mistero del lago Fosco De Dominici Television film
Il cacciatore di uomini Robert Hill Television film
Un amore di strega Vlad Television film
Negli occhi dell'assassino Giona Di Falco Television film
2011 Non smettere di sognare Walter Vallieri 6 episodes
2012–2018 Le tre rose di Eva Ruggero Camerano 50 episodes
2013 Rex Paolo Miano 4 episodes
2014 Un angelo all'inferno Ivan Television film
2016 Braccialetti rossi Leone Campo 5 episodes
2016–2017 Un posto al sole Matteo Serra 10 episodes
2022 Tre sorelle Father Television film

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Video games

  • Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  • Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  • Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
  • Sam Fisher in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
  • El Sueño in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
  • Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077

References

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

External links

Media related to Luca Ward at Wikimedia Commons

  • Luca Ward at IMDb
  • Luca Ward at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
  • Luca Ward at Behind The Voice Actors
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