Oreste Baldini

Oreste Baldini is an Italian actor born on July 8, in Italy. At age 12, he landed the role of young Vito Andolini in the Oscar winning classic The Godfather Part II (1974). Andolini later on becomes Vito Corleone where he was played in adult years by Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando in Oscar winning performances. The challenging role for such a young kid where he plays only through actions and expressions without using his voice, from the early days of life in Italy living with his parents up until the tragedy that hits him and he is shipped to America to start a new life as an immigrant in the New York of early 20th Century. Sadly, of all the performs of Vito Corleone, he's the only actor who failed to receive an Oscar or any other award for the role even though it is the most remarkable child performance in The Godfather series.

Baldini's next film appearance was in the drama The Flower in His Mouth (1975), and then some appearances in many TV series as well. In Italy, he is famous for his voice roles and for dubbing many Hollywood actors on films, TV series and animations. A couple of examples are: the official Italian voice of John Cusack; Matthew Lillard's Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo franchise; George McFly (Crispin Glover) in the Back to the Future franchise; among others.