Luca Ward

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

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. Among his most popular roles included the 1984 teen-comedy film Chewingum directed by Biagio Proietti. He was also renowned for his role as Massimo Forti in the soap opera CentoVetrine.

Ward is well known to the Italian public as a voice-dubbing artist. 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. 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.

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

Television

Dubbing roles

Animation

• Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog
• Tank Evans in Surf's Up
• Lando Calrissian in The Lego Movie
• Corto Maltese in Corto Maltese
• Mifune in Soul Eater
• Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol
• Scroop in Treasure Planet
• The Prince in Happily N'Ever After
• Chuck Baker in Planet 51
• Rico in Home on the Range
• Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• RJ in Over the Hedge
• Bob in Bob the Builder (1st voice)
• Pale Bayleaf in Sonic X
• Rodimus Convoy in Transformers: Energon
• Harry Canyon in Heavy Metal (1996 redub)
• Samuel L. Jackson in Team America: World Police
• Jacko in ChalkZone

Live action

• Smaug in ‘’The Lord Of The Rings’’
• Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction
• Greg Meeker in White Sands
• Zeus Carver in Die Hard with a Vengeance
• Ordell Robbie in Jackie Brown
• Harry Adams in Sphere
• Russell Franklin in Deep Blue Sea
• Elijah Price / Mr. Glass in Unbreakable
• Elijah Price / Mr. Glass in Glass
• Elmo McElroy in The 51st State
• Nathan West in Basic
• Langston Whitfield in In My Country
• William Marsh in Home of the Brave
• Tom Cutler in Cleaner
• Roland Cox in Jumper
• Paul in Mother and Child
• Logan in Arena
• Richmond Valentine in Kingsman: The Secret Service
• William Alan Moore in Big Game
• Major Marquis Warren in The Hateful Eight
• Mr. Barron in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
• Darius Kincaid in The Hitman's Bodyguard
• Samuel L. Jackson in Life Itself
• James Bond in GoldenEye
• James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies
• James Bond in The World Is Not Enough
• James Bond in Die Another Day
• Mike Graham in Night Watch
• Alex in The Mirror Has Two Faces
• Harry Dalton in Dante's Peak
• Thomas Crown in The Thomas Crown Affair
• Archibald "Grey Owl" Belaney in Grey Owl
• Andy Osnard in The Tailor of Panama
• Desmond Doyle in Evelyn
• Daniel Rafferty in Laws of Attraction
• Max Burdett in After the Sunset
• Julian Noble in The Matador
• Tom Ryan in Butterfly on a Wheel
• Allen Brewer in The Greatest
• Chiron in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
• Adam Lang in The Ghost Writer
• Jack Abelhammer in I Don't Know How She Does It
• Philip in Love Is All You Need
• Guy Shepherd in The World's End
• Martin Sharp in A Long Way Down
• Richard Jones in The Love Punch
• Peter H. Devereaux in The November Man
• Richard Haig in Some Kind of Beautiful
• Nash / "The Watchmaker" in Survivor
• Hammond in No Escape
• Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
• Lieutenant Corbett in Blood Oath
• Bud White in L.A. Confidential
• Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator
• Terry Thorne in Proof of Life
• Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• James J. Braddock in Cinderella Man
• Max Skinner in A Good Year
• Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma
• Ed Hoffman in Body of Lies
• John Brennan in The Next Three Days
• Javert in Les Misérables
• Jack Knife in The Man with the Iron Fists
• Jor-El in Man of Steel
• Pearly Soames in Winter's Tale
• Joshua Connor in The Water Diviner
• Jake Davis in Fathers and Daughters
• Jackson Healy in The Nice Guys
• Dr. Henry Jekyll in The Mummy
• Marshall Eamons in Boy Erased
• Neo in The Matrix
• Neo in The Matrix Reloaded
• Neo in The Matrix Revolutions
• Kevin Lomax in The Devil's Advocate
• David Allen Griffin in The Watcher
• Shane Falco in The Replacements
• Donnie Barksdale in The Gift
• Nelson Moss in Sweet November
• Conor O'Neill in Hardball
• John Constantine in Constantine
• Bob Arctor in A Scanner Darkly
• Alex Wyler in The Lake House
• Tom Ludlow in Street Kings
• Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Chris Nadeau in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
• Donaka Mark in Man of Tai Chi
• John Wick in John Wick
• John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 2
• John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• Scott Galban in Exposed
• The Dream in The Bad Batch
• Richard Ramsay in The Whole Truth
• Mike Banning in Olympus Has Fallen
• Mike Banning in London Has Fallen
• Mike Banning in Angel Has Fallen
• Eric Draven in The Crow
• Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Diary
• Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
• Luke Hobbs in Fast Five
• Luke Hobbs in Fast & Furious 6
• Terry Sheridan in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life
• Count Dracula / Judas Iscariot in Dracula 2000
• Mufasa in The Lion King

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

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