About
Salvador Vidal Ribes is a Spanish dubbing actor based in Barcelona.
He began his artistic career in the theater from 17 years to 19 years in a theater company with Agustín González, Concha Velasco, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, etc ... He presented himself for exams - after finishing his participation in the Theater season Greek for two seasons at the National Theater - in which there was a jury composed of professionals; Everyone who wanted to do dubbing in Barcelona had to take that exam. You saw the conditions as an actor, voice, diction. Salvador approved it, and it was doubling during all year by the studies of Barcelona. At age 19 he debuted in the Voice of Spain studios in Barcelona making his first dub in the film Summer of 42, acting as a narrator. A few years later, in 1976 he would perform one of his first important roles by bending Dustin Hoffman in the unforgettable thriller of John Schlesinger Marathon Man, undoubtedly one of his best works as a dubbing actor. 1 year ago, he also lent his voice to Jon Voight to double him in the successful and controversial midnight Cowboy drama, also by director Schlesinger. His serious and versatile voice, like a handsome man, and his wide range of interpretative records has allowed Vidal to award several Hollywood stars for many years and thus become the usual voice of actors such as Ed Harris, William Hurt, Michael Douglas Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, John Travolta, Kurt Russell, Christopher Lambert, Liam Neeson, Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Don Johnson, Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Jeremy Irons, George Clooney and much more ... Although his favorite actor to fold is Ed Harris. He thinks he is the most complete actor. In 1982 he directed the dubbing of the famous animated series Ulysses 31, also lending his voice to the main character of the series.
The voice of Salvador Vidal is one of the most requested in the dubbing scene for years. He has intervened in the dubbing of great film sagas that have become big blockbusters, such as the lethal Weapon saga (where he dubbed Mel Gibson as the deranged narcotics agent Martin Riggs), the Indiana Jones saga, where he dubbed Harrison Ford from the second film (Indiana Jones and the Cursed Temple), and the Star Wars saga, in the role of the young Jedi Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill (several years later Vidal would double another Jedi -Qui- Gon Jinn- in Episode I: The Phantom Menace). In 2017, he again bends Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. He also dubbed Peter Weller in the great blockbuster Robocop and its sequel, Robocop 2.
In addition, Vidal has also intervened in television series such as Corruption in Miami, dubbing Don Johnson, and has been the Voiceover of numerous documentaries. Your voice can also be heard for decades in a large number of commercials. Between 2001 and 2005, he also lent his voice to the Telecinco News head.
In 2015, Salvador Vidal participated in the show "Els Immortals del cine", together with the dubbing actress, Mercedes Montalá. Representing the great soundtracks and dialogues of mythical films, accompanied by Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès directed by Rubén Gimeno.
Salvador Vidal in the show.
He has intervened as a voice actor in more than 2000 films and more than 500 spots and wedges for advertising.