Born in Turin to actors Federico Amendola and Amelia Ricci and the nephew of director and screenwriter
Mario Amendola, he was among Italy's most accomplished actors who worked for cinema and television and also did extensive voice dubbing work. Amendola moved to Rome with his family at a young age and he made his film debut at age 13 in
Gian Burrasca directed by
Sergio Tofano and continued working on cinema, television and theatre in his later years. In 1945, Amendola made his voice-over debut dubbing over Vito Annicchiarico's role in the film
Rome, Open City. By 1968, Amendola began devoting most of his time to voice-over acting and eventually became well known as an Italian voice dubbing pioneer. He was best known as the Italian voice of famous actors including
Al Pacino,
Sylvester Stallone,
Dustin Hoffman,
Robert De Niro and
Tomas Milian in a majority of their movies. He also dubbed
Peter Falk as well as
Bill Cosby in the television series
The Cosby Show as well as
Cosby. In addition, he has done the voice over in commercials and TV dramas with great success.
Personal life From his relationship with his ex-wife
Rita Savagnone who is a voice-over actress, he had two sons, Federico, who was named after his father and
Claudio, who is also an actor. He also had a daughter, Silvia from his second marriage. Through Claudio, his granddaughter
Alessia Amendola is a voice actress. ==Death==