Luca Ward

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

Biography

Born in Ostia, which is near Rome, and the oldest child of actor Aleardo Ward, brother of Andrea and Monica Ward, Luca Ward has American ancestry on his father's side: his paternal grandfather was a U.S. Marine during World War I. Ward made his debut appearance on television in 1963. His film roles include 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).