Maurizio Merluzzo (born September 3, 1986) is an Italian voice actor and YouTuber. He contributes to voicing characters in anime, cartoons, movies and other media.
Biography
Merluzzo's most relevant works include dubbing the role of Shazam in the movie Shazam!, Sai in the Italian version of the anime Naruto: Shippuden, André Harris in the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious, Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super and Ragnar in History's TV show Vikings.
The dubbing studios he works at include Merak Film, ADC Group and Raflesia.
Merluzzo is also a YouTuber and he's acted in the web series Cotto e Frullato and Getalive. He also took a part in the song Bestie di Seitan, along with the Italian parody heavy metal band Nanowar of Steel and in the song L'Ingranaggio di Cristallo with the Italian band Dymama. Both songs were used as the soundtrack of the feature film Cotto & Frullato Z – The Crystal Gear, directed by Paolo Cellammare, in which Merluzzo also played the lead role.
In 2019, Merluzzo dubbed the American actor Zachary Levi the movie Shazam!, making it the first time he dubbed a title character on the big screen.
In 2021, Merluzzo played the role of Capitan Findus in Nanowar of Steel's video for La Maledizione di Capitan Findus alongside Marco Arata (best known as Mark the Hammer).
Movies
Billy Batson / Shazam in Shazam!
Matt Smith in Last night in Soho
Video games
Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
Rehgar Earthfury in World of Warcraft/Heroes of the Storm
Ezreal in League of Legends
Jacob Frye in Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Daniel Cross in Assassin's Creed III
Jack Cooper in Titanfall 2
Griff in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Jäger in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Helis in Horizon Zero Dawn
Tennessee Kid Cooper in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Anarky in Batman: Arkham Origins
Steve Cortez in Mass Effect 3
Harris Brecken in Dying Light
Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat X
Anime and animation
Shun Kurosaki (Shay) in Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
Mirio Togata in My Hero Academia
Oga Tatsumi in Beelzebub
Sai in Naruto: Shippuden
Keith Clay/Spectra Phantom in Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia
William in Code Lyoko
William in Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville
Akatsuki Kain in Vampire Knight, Vampire Knight Guilty
Katsuo Mizuno in The Prince of Tennis
Akatsuki Izumo in Aria the Animation
Tatsuya Mizuno in Whistle!
Curio in Romeo x Juliet
Ling Yao in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Marcel in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Abengane in Hunter x Hunter
Lambo (adult) in Reborn!
Renji Abarai in Bleach: Memories of Nobody, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
Riichi Jinnouchi in Summer Wars
Dash in The Twisted Whiskers Show
Jason James/Z-Strap in Zevo-3
Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in Wolverine and the X-Men
Hajime Kakei in Special A
Klaus Warwick in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
Lord Boros in One Punch Man
Coby (adult) in One Piece
Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super
Buddy Fury in Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy
Archer in Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's feel-Presage flower
Archer in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
Cancer Manigoldo in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
Pip Bernadotte in Hellsing Ultimate
Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Knuckles, Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Andre Harris in Victorious
Ram Ramachandran in How to Be Indie
DS James Hathaway in Lewis
Markus Zastrow in Sturm der Liebe
Bryson in My Life as Liz
Guido Lassen in Rebelde Way
Darryl Smith in Sea Patrol (1st dub)
Jimmy Madigan in True Jackson, VP
Milky in This Is England
Toby in Mega Mindy
Colin O'Flaherty in Worst.Prom.Ever.
Ragnar Lothbrok in Vikings
Jonathan Scott in Property Brothers, Brother vs. Brother
Kevin in A Series of Unfortunate Events
Barry in Van Helsing (TV series)
"Number Two" Diego Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy
Dr. Benjamin Ettenberg in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel