Pietro Ghislandi

Pietro Ghislandi (19 April 1957 – June 2025) was an Italian actor.

Ghislandi was introduced to the public as a ventriloquist and was a finalist in the 1986/87 edition of the RaiUno program Fantastico 7 with his dummy Sergio. In 1985 he worked as a stand-in for Renato Pozzetto in the movie È arrivato mio fratello. Immediately after, he had a small part in Grandi magazzini and performed in many commercials. In 1987 in Soldati – 365 all’alba, he played a gay recruit. Thanks to his expressive skills and to his surreal acting, similar to the already mentioned Renato Pozzetto, Ghislandi was often asked to play roles as character actor, working both in the cinema and on television, without until much later getting lead roles. He boasted roles in important films like Il muro di gomma of Marco Risi, I mitici – Colpo gobbo a Milano of Carlo Vanzina, Vajont and Porzûs of Renzo Martinelli and, later, was one of the actors chosen by Leonardo Pieraccioni in his successful movies (Il principe e il pirata, Il paradiso all’improvviso and Ti amo in tutte le lingue del mondo).

He was known to the general public for being the one and only Italian ventriloquist. His comic quality was a bit fanciful and nonstandard for television cabaret comedy. Voice was an important element of his show entitled "The left ventriculus" that toured through Italy. His "vocal" experiences included the well-known cartoonist Bruno Bozzetto and the dubbing of the most famous characters of the Italian "Walt Disney".

Ghislandi was also known for his roles in two national commercials. (Acqua Uliveto with Alessandro Del Piero and Caffè Kimbo with Gigi Proietti).

Ghislandi died after a long illness in June 2025, at the age of 68.