In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, which is unusual in that his performance was given entirely in Italian.

In 1971, he appeared in E le stelle stanno a guardare, a television adaptation of A. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria, and starred in the original version of Swept Away. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale in Rome and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965. Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He appears as René Mathis in Casino Royale and its sequel, Quantum of Solace. He co-authored a memoir, Sono ancora un bambino, published in 2014, and won the Premio Cesare Pavese in 2015.Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942) is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor and dubbing artist. Giannini’s English fluency saw him cast in Hollywood productions like Hannibal and Man on Fire, as well as playing MI6 operative René Mathis in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.Īpart from acting, Giannini invented gadgets, some of which featured in the 1992 film Toys. He delivered notable performances in other films like The Seduction of Mimi, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata. His performance in Love and Anarchy won the Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival in 1973, and he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for Seven Beauties in 1976.

His film career began with I criminali della metropoli in 1965, but it was his leading role in Swept Away that brought him global recognition. Giannini’s stage debut came at 18, and he gained recognition from Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Romeo and Juliet at The Old Vic in London. Growing up in Pitelli, he moved to Rome to study acting at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico. Giancarlo Giannini is a renowned Italian actor and inventor. Yet, before his ultimate confrontation with Greene at the ESO Desert Hotel, Bond seeks retribution for Mathis’s death by killing the corrupt Bolivian police chief, exclaiming. After collecting Mathis’ wallet, Bond discards Mathis body in a dumpster, rationalizing to Camille Montes that he wouldn’t mind. Mathis’s parting words are a plea for Bond to forgive both Vesper and himself.

Bond retaliates by killing the officers and holds René Mathis in his final moments.

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