Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor.

After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen's acting school (where he later returned as a teacher) and began to act in many films and in television serials, sometimes credited under the name Timothy Brent or Philip Garner.

[1][2] In the following years Prete worked as dubbing director and acted only in television productions (including the Space: 1999 episode "The Troubled Spirit" as Dr. Dan Mateo).

[1] He was married to Elizabeth Jacinto and had a son named Alessandro, who is also an actor.

[1] Giancarlo Prete died on 9 March 2001 of a brain tumour at the age of 58.