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Ettore Bassi | |
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| Born | Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi 16 April 1970 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, television presenter |
Ettore Bassi, full name Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi (born 16 April 1970), is an Italian actor and television presenter.
Having loved magic since he was a child, he decided to study to become a magician and began to work as an animator in tourist villages. At the age of 19 he started his training as an actor attending the Acting School at Tangram Teatro di Torino. In 1992 he participated in the TV program Il più bello d'Italia, winning the title as the best talent. In 1993 he debuted as a television presenter in the TV program of Rai 1, La Banda dello Zecchino. In 1994 he started his career as an actor in the TV miniseries Italian Restaurant , directed by Giorgio Capitani. Since then and for many years he has been alternating his work between television presenter and actor of fiction, photo-romances, cinema, and theatre.
In 2000, alongside Pope John Paul II, he presented the Jubilee World Youth Day, broadcast all over the world. He became famous in Italy playing the role of Marshal Andrea Ferri in the TV series Carabinieri from 2002 to 2005. In 2003 he won the title of Telegrolla d'oro as the best actor of Italian fiction. In 2005 he received the Agesp Prize for the Best TV Fiction at the Busto Arsizio Film Festival. In the same year he tried his hand at car racing, following his passion for motoring, inherited from his father. This passion he has for the sport has garnered for him some success.
In 2005 he played in the TV miniseries Imperium: Saint Peter , directed by Giulio Base, and Pope John Paul II , directed by John Kent Harrison. From 2006 to 2007, he played the role of the paediatrician Corrado Milani in the TV series Nati ieri , bringing to this character some features of his own, like playing magic tricks to children. In 2007, alongside Giuseppe Fiorello, he played the role of Giorgio Piromallo in the TV miniseries St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor , directed by Giacomo Campiotti. In the same year he played the role of Saint Francis of Assisi in the TV miniseries Clare and Francis, directed by Fabrizio Costa. In 2008 he received the Sant'Antonio International Award for the Television category for this interpretation.
In 2009 he played the protagonist in the TV mini-series Mal'aria. In 2010 it was announced that he would be the successor of Kaspar Capparoni in the Austrian-Italian police TV series Inspector Rex . He played in the 14th and 15th season of the TV series Inspector Rex where he interpreted the role of Inspector Davide Rivera. In 2014 he played in the movie Maldamore, then he performed in TV series Fuoriclasse and È arrivata la felicità. In 2015, along with his daughters, he presented the TV program Quando Mamma non c'è.
Alongside television work, he was involved with the theatre, playing in performances, such as Il muro (The Wall), a small rock opera inspired by Pink Floyd's music, Trappola mortale (Deathtrap), for which he won the Charlot Theatre Prize in 2015, L'amore migliora la vita, Il sindaco pescatore. In 2016 he received the Monopoli City Prize for the Performance category. In 2017 he played in the stage musical The Bodyguard - Guardia del corpo, where he interpreted the role of Frank Farmer, who in the original film of 1992 was Kevin Costner.
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