Michele Riondino

For the Italian law scholar, see Michele Riondino (academic).

Michele Riondino
Born	(1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 (age 46) Taranto, Apulia, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Michele Riondino (born 14 March 1979) is an Italian actor.

Born in Taranto, Riondino enrolled at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2000. ^{[1] [2]} In 2006, he acted in The Black Arrow, a TV series broadcast by Canale 5, directed by Fabrizio Costa.

His acting breakthrough came in 2008, with The Past Is a Foreign Land , for which he was awarded best actor at the Rome Film Festival and at the Miami International Film Festival. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2010, Riondino was appointed EFP Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival. ^[2] He received the Guglielmo Biraghi Award at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. ^[4] He has been playing the title character in the RAI TV-series The Young Montalbano since 2012. ^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Uomini & donne, amori & bugie	Emanuele
2008	The Past Is a Foreign Land	Francesco Cardiucci
2009	Fort Apache Napoli	Rico
	Ten Winters	Silvestro
	Marpiccolo	Tonio
2010	We Believed	Salvatore Tambasco
2011	Henry	Gianni
	Qualche nuvola	Father Franco
	Drifters	Damiano
2012	Steel	Alessio
	Dormant Beauty	Roberto
2014	Leopardi	Antonio Ranieri
2015	Wondrous Boccaccio	Guiscardo
2016	Senza lasciare traccia	Bruno
	Worldly Girl	Libero
2017	Diva!	Giorgio Strehler
	Falchi	Francesco
2018	Restiamo amici	Alessandro Colonna
2019	Un'avventura	Matteo
2021	I nostri fantasmi	Valerio
2023	Wish	King Magnifico	Italian dub; voice role
	Palazzina Laf	Caterino Lamanna	Also writer and director
2025	The Holy Boy	Sergio Rossetti

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Compagni di scuola	Alessio	Main role
	Casa famiglia	Cristoforo	Episode: "L'adozione"
2002	Incantesimo	Enrico	2 episodes
2003–2005	Distretto di Polizia	Daniele Fanelli	3 episodes
2006	La freccia nera	Tazio	Main role
	Giorni da leone	Alessandro's friend	Episode: "Seconda puntata"
2011	Il segreto dell'acqua	Blasco Santocastro	Main role
2012–2015	The Young Montalbano	Salvo Montalbano	Lead role
2015	Pietro Mennea: La freccia del sud	Pietro Mennea	Television film
2018	La mossa del cavallo - C'era una volta Vigata	Inspector Giovanni Bovara	Television film
2020	La guerra è finita	Davide Pavia	Lead role
2022	Devotion, a Story of Love and Desire	Carlo Pentecoste	Lead role
2023	The Lions of Sicily	Vincenzo Florio	Lead role
2024	The Count of Monte Cristo		Upcoming TV series

References

1. Pellegrini, Francesca. "Michele Riondino. Il mio passato, per voi, non è più una terra straniera". MyMovies (in Italian). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
2. Danielsen, Shane (January 31, 2010). "Berlin Film Festival: Shooting stars 2010". Variety . Retrieved 5 March 2014.
3. "Gli altri riconoscimenti Il "L.A.R.A" degli artisti a Riondino per "Il passato è una terra straniera"". Il Tempo (in Italian). November 8, 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
4. Gemmi, Nicoletta (8 August 2010). "Venezia: Il Premio Biraghi a Nicole Grimaudo e Michele Riondino". Primissima (in Italian). Retrieved 8 May 2014.

External links

• Michele Riondino at IMDb