José "Pepe" Fernández Mediavilla (23 April 1940 â€" 19 April 2018),
was a Spanish voice actor, actor and director.He was born on 23 April
1940 in Barcelona. After studying at the Institut del Teatre in
Barcelona, together with Alberto Trifol, Javier Dotú, Ana MarÃa
Simón, Claudi GarcÃa and Enric Arredondo among others, in the
mid-1960s he started working at the La Voz de España dubbing studio,
where José Luis Sansalvador gave his first important role in the
dubbing of The Dirty Dozen, dubbing Jim Brown. Also in that decade he
gave voice to the charismatic character Spock of the series Star Trek:
The Original Series.After almost 20 years dubbing secondary
characters, thanks to the television series could be made with leading
roles, highlighting his series dubbed as Extraños, Coraje (both in
1985), Loco de remate (1989) and The passion of Gabriel (1991).From
the 1990s, Mediavilla acquired a great popularity in the middle thanks
to becoming the most common dubber in Madrid and Barcelona of the
actor Morgan Freeman and the role of wizard Gandalf in the film
trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. His serious voice is also requested
in the world of advertising for spots and radio spots. One of his most
prominent roles in animation is the dubbing of one of the characters
in the Inspector Gadget series, Dr.Gang. Also put voice in sequels
such as Gadget & the Gadgetinis. In 2006 he made the narration of the
program of TVE El coro de la cárcel. He put the voice of Bernard Fox
in Titanic in his rol as Archibald Gracie IV, and in The Mummy, in the
rol of Captain Winston Havlock. Also dub very known actors like Tony
Burton in Rocky films, George Kennedy, DeForest Kelley, John Goodman,
etc.
was a Spanish voice actor, actor and director.He was born on 23 April
1940 in Barcelona. After studying at the Institut del Teatre in
Barcelona, together with Alberto Trifol, Javier Dotú, Ana MarÃa
Simón, Claudi GarcÃa and Enric Arredondo among others, in the
mid-1960s he started working at the La Voz de España dubbing studio,
where José Luis Sansalvador gave his first important role in the
dubbing of The Dirty Dozen, dubbing Jim Brown. Also in that decade he
gave voice to the charismatic character Spock of the series Star Trek:
The Original Series.After almost 20 years dubbing secondary
characters, thanks to the television series could be made with leading
roles, highlighting his series dubbed as Extraños, Coraje (both in
1985), Loco de remate (1989) and The passion of Gabriel (1991).From
the 1990s, Mediavilla acquired a great popularity in the middle thanks
to becoming the most common dubber in Madrid and Barcelona of the
actor Morgan Freeman and the role of wizard Gandalf in the film
trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. His serious voice is also requested
in the world of advertising for spots and radio spots. One of his most
prominent roles in animation is the dubbing of one of the characters
in the Inspector Gadget series, Dr.Gang. Also put voice in sequels
such as Gadget & the Gadgetinis. In 2006 he made the narration of the
program of TVE El coro de la cárcel. He put the voice of Bernard Fox
in Titanic in his rol as Archibald Gracie IV, and in The Mummy, in the
rol of Captain Winston Havlock. Also dub very known actors like Tony
Burton in Rocky films, George Kennedy, DeForest Kelley, John Goodman,
etc.
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