Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Michele Placido is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film Ernesto. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series La piovra (1984–2001). Placido's directorial debut, Pummarò, was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara.
Alessandro Gassmann is an Italian actor and film director.
Paolo Stoppa was an Italian actor.
Renato Chiantoni was an Italian actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1978.
Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu was a French actor. He appeared in over 150 films from 1960, and worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker’s The Hole (1960), and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the title role in the Italian miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971). He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, where he served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.
Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, known as Antonello Grimaldi is an Italian actor, film and television director, and screenwriter.
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere is an Italian film, television and theatre actress, who made her debut in Mario Monicelli's Speriamo che sia femmina (1986), where she acted along with Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandrelli, Giuliana De Sio, Giuliano Gemma, Bernard Blier, Philippe Noiret and Paolo Hendel.
Boris: The Film is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre and Luca Vendruscolo. It is based on the television series Boris.
Alessandro Benvenuti is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes on stage and on television. He made his film debut in West of Paperino, for which he won the 1982 Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director, therefore he started a critically appreciated career as director, screenwriter and actor of a set of original, offbeat comedies. In 1995 he won a second Nastro d'Argento for the script of the film Belle al Bar. In 1996, he received three Globi d'oro nominations for his comedy drama film Ivo the Genius in the categories best film, best actor and best director.
La ragazza del lago, internationally released as The Girl by the Lake, is a 2007 Italian thriller-drama film directed by Andrea Molaioli, in his directorial debut. It is based on a novel written by Karin Fossum.
Loredana Cannata is an Italian movie, television and theater actress.
Marco Messeri is an Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor.
Andrea Roncato is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.
Anita Kravos is an Italian actress. Her acting credits include Raise Your Head and The Great Beauty.
Vittorio Sanipoli was an Italian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in around a hundred films and television series between 1942 and 1980.
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1991.
The Eyes, the Mouth is a 1982 Italian–French drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio.
Carlo Ripa di Meana was an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, a European Commissioner with portfolio for the environment and was environment minister of Italy. He was the leader of the Italian Greens and president of the organization Italia Nostra.
Roberta Fiorentini was an Italian actress.
