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| Born | 17 November 1973 (age 50) Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Maurizio Lombardi (born 17 November 1973) is an Italian actor, playwright and stage director.
Maurizio Lombardi | |
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| Lombardi in 2024 | |
| Born | 17 November 1973 (age 50) Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Maurizio Lombardi (born 17 November 1973) is an Italian actor, playwright and stage director.
Lombardi started his career in the stage company of Ugo Chiti, [1] [2] where he stayed ten years. [3] He later formed the “Piccoli Briganti” stage company together with Nicola Magnini, specializing in comedy plays retelling old fables and children's novels such as Peter Pan and Snow White. [3] [4]
Lombardi made his playwriting debut with Stile Libero and in 2013 won the Florence Fringe Festival with the drama Fists of Sulfur ("Pugni di Zolfo"), which was later staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [3] [5] In the mid-2010s he had his breakout with the theatrical hit The Pride, directed by Luca Zingaretti, which got him a Le Maschere Award nomination, and later with the role of Cardinal Mario Assente in Paolo Sorrentino's series The Young Pope . [3] In 2024, he won a Nastro d'Argento for best actor in a comedy film for Romeo Is Juliet . [6]
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