Alessandro Juliani

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name = Alessandro Juliani


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caption = Juliani at Wolf Galactica Three, London, 2007
birthname = Alessandro Juliani
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|4|3
birthplace = Canada CAN
alias = Alessandro Juliana, Aliessandro Juliani
occupation = Voice Actor/Actor/Singer
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Alessandro Juliani (born April 3, 1978) is a Canadian actor and singer. He currently stars as Tactical Officer Lieutenant Felix Gaeta on the Sci Fi Channel television program "Battlestar Galactica".

Biography

Personal life

He is a graduate of McGill University in Montréal, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal/Opera Performance. He is the son of producer, actor and writer John Juliani, and Donna Wong-Juliani, who founded the Opera Breve in Vancouver. During his time at McGill's Faculty of Music Juliani was known for his pleasant baritone voice, accurate intonation, and strong sight-reading skills, enabling him to find frequent work substituting in professional choirs, notably at Montréal's Christ Church Cathedral.Fact|date=May 2008 He is of Italian and Chinese descent.

Career

He was the voice of Pit/Kid Icarus in the ' cartoon series, and offered his voice in many other cartoons and anime including (but certainly not limited to) "Ranma 1/2, X-Men Evolution" (as Gambit), the three "My Scene" films (in the role of River) and two of the "Bionicle" films (as Toa Vakama). He played the voice of Nightscream in Beast Machines, he was also the voice of one of the male leads in "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper", a Barbie movie based on the Mark Twain story "The Prince and the Pauper", in which he also performed his own singing; he also voiced the merman prince Nalu in ' and "", and most recently did both the speaking and singing role of Prince Antonio in "Barbie as the Island Princess".He was also in the movie Barbie Mariposa as "Prince Carlos" and "My Scene Goes Hollywood" as River. He also voices the character Koji in the English version of "Ōban Star-Racers". In his most recent voice acting work, he voices the character 'L' in the anime series "Death Note" and its dubbed live action counterpart. He also played two minor roles in Stargate SG-1 as Eliam in the Season 4 episode "Scorched Earth" and Katep in Season 8's finale episodes "Moebius: Part 1 and 2".

In addition to his television and film work, Juliani frequently appears on stage, both in Vancouver (where he has earned multiple nominations for Vancouver theatre's "Jessie" awards) and elsewhere. In Vancouver, he has been in productions staged by Bard on the Beach, Vancouver Playhouse, and the Vancouver Opera. Further afield, he has appeared in the Aldeburgh Festival in England and the Orlando Shakespeare Festival.

"Battlestar Galactica"

In 2003, the 1978 television series, "Battlestar Galactica" was brought back to the small screen, in what was termed a "reimagined" form, as a three hour miniseries. The project was written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. Alessandro Juliani starred as Felix Gaeta, a Lieutenant in the Colonial Fleet, in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica". The Miniseries effectively served as pilot for a potential TV show. A TV series was commissioned in a collaborative effort between the Sci Fi Channel (United States) and Sky TV (the British broadcaster). Battlestar Galactica is filmed mostly in Vancouver, Canada and is currently in its fourth season in which Alessandro Juliani is a regular cast member.

His character was not featured in the original 1978 series.'In the episode "Guess What's coming to Dinner" (season 4, episode 7), Alessandro's vocal skills were featured prominently. His character's singing is explained as a method of dealing with the pain of losing his leg to amputation. His voice, however, is heard often when flashing through other scenes and characters.

Voice acting roles

*Barbie Mariposa as Prince Carlos
*The Condor as Chato
*Death Note as L Lawliet
*Oban Star-Racers as Koji
* as Nalu
*Devil Kings as Frost
* as Vakama
*My Scene Goes Hollywood as River
*Alien Racers as Undermaster Akhil
* as Prince Kai
* as Vakama
*Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper as Julian
*Jammin' in Jamaica as River
* as Gambit
*Zoids Fuzors as Burton
* as Dusty
*Gobots as Buzzer-Bot
*Help! I'm a Fish as Chuck
*Beast Machines as Nightscream
*Kessen as Hidetada Tokugawa/Hideaki Kobayakawa/Hidemoto Mori/Natoaka Yi/Tadatomo Honda
*Ranma ½ as Toma
* as Kid Icarus

References

External links

* [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Alessandro_Juliani Alessandro Juliani at Battlestarwiki.org] (longer biography)
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