[1] Born in Palermo, Di Prima began his career as an actor at some point during the early 1970s.
He has acted in two films and appeared in several television shows but he was more known to the Italian public as a voice dubbing artist.
He dubbed over the voices of Anthony Quinn, Leonard Nimoy, Morgan Freeman, Philippe Noiret, Carl Weathers, Jerry Stiller and Delroy Lindo in most of or some of their movies.
[2] In animation, Di Prima provided the Italian voice of Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., Sheriff in Cars, he also dubbed Animal in The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted until he was replaced by Paolo Marchese in 2015 and Pete from 1984 to 1988.
Di Prima was married to Ada Maria Serra Zanetti, who is also a voice actress.