Pasquale Esposito (actor)

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Pasquale Esposito
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Pasquale Esposito
Born
Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present
Spouse
Julia Casper
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(m. 2014)​
Children2

Pasquale Esposito (born May 26, 1963) is an Italian actor, writer and director. His way of approaching acting has been shaped by his vision and practice of Zen Buddhism. Esposito gained international recognition for his role in the third season of the acclaimed TV series, Gomorrah (Sky Atlantic). This success led to him being cast in other international productions such as Hotel Portofino (PBS), Industry (BBC-HBO), and Ripley (Netflix).

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Career

Esposito began his acting education with different acting teachers from the Actors Studio, New York, such as Francesca De Sapio, Greta Seacat, Susan Batson and Dominique De Fazio, with whom he completed the 4 level training system of work that De Fazio initiated in his teaching and went on to teach for 4 years at the Studio De Fazio in Italy, Germany and Los Angeles. [1]

Some of the highlights of his acting work include Hidden Children in 2004, a true story directed by Leone Pompucci about forty Jewish children on their way to Palestine who were blocked by the Germans during the occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. The TV show won 11 awards. Esposito also appeared in La squadra – TV Series Rai Fiction, Grundy Italia Production, in When in Rome (2010 film) – director Mark Steven Johnson produced by Touchstone Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studio motion pictures. [2]

Then the international break through happened with the TV Series Gomorrah – produced by Sky Italy and released on HBO Max in the US on Netflix in some countries (including US, Australia and New Zealand) and in 190 countries worldwide. The series has been described as Italy's most popular TV show based on the best selling book of the same name by journalist Roberto Saviano, [3] Esposito plays one of the leading role in the third season. Esposito has also appeared in the TV series South Wind a Serbian Production (Juzni vetar) written and directed by Milos Avramovic. [4]

Recently, he played a regular role in the British period drama TV Series Hotel Portofino for PBS (ITV - Foxtel - Sky Italy) starring Natasha McElhone. [5] [6] He played a fashion designer millionaire in the BBC production TV series Industry (TV series) second season for HBO and he is also in the drama TV series "Ripley", based on Patricia Highsmith's bestselling quintet of Tom Ripley novels, for Netflix. [7] "Ripley” is directed by the Award-winning Steven Zaillian and starring as Ripley the BAFTA Award-winning Andrew Scott. [8]

In 2008 Esposito directed an award-winning documentary play “Seven” about 7 female protagonists through their journey to freedom, at the Global WIN Conference [9] (Women's International Networking) an independent global women's leadership organization) in Prague.

In 2015 he wrote, produced and directed the documentary In the right light about Kristin Engvig, founder and president of the Win Conference. [10] The documentary was screened in London, Tokyo and Rome.

Esposito is the founder and art director of the "Research Company", which researches expression and communication and produces his own theatre, film productions and workshops. In October 2016, Esposito wrote, directed and performed a theatre play, A looking glass, in Munich at the Lotus Theater, with his company. [11]

Research activities

Esposito was officially ordained in 2001 at the Fudenji Zen Temple in Fidenza, Italy. He took the Zaike Tokudo ceremony and got his name (Pasquale Shuten Esposito) from his Zen master Fausto Taiten Guareshi.

Esposito is the founder and president of the cultural association „Flowers in the Sky“, an organisation that supports research and cultivates the education of the Zen tradition and arts. [12] Esposito has a strong passion for inquiry and research about expression and communication and the nature of human behaviour, which has steered him in various directions including the Bioenergetic therapy founded by Alexander Lowen (in which he is certified to lead Bioenergetics Exercise Groups/Classes by the I.I.F.A.B (www.iifab.org), the Choice Theory - Reality Therapy a new psychology on the nature of behaviour proposed by Dr William Glasser in which he certified as a facilitator as well as for leading the one-day course "Taking Charge of your life" proposed by William Glasser International. A very important part of his education is the Gurdjieff's teaching method that started in Rome then hen continued in Los Angeles and London. Then Kundalini yoga which he has practiced for several years alongside qigong (pushing hands).

Esposito is also the founder and artistic director of the „Research Company“. The company offers projects and workshops in the UK, Germany and Italy. [13]

Esposito has been invited to the International Symposium on "Mindfulness and Performance" (June 2016) at the University of Huddersfield West Yorkshire, UK, to present “Zen in the Arts; expression and communication". He was also invited to the Symposium organized by Cardiff University (Nov.2016) on “Mindfulness Turn in Martial, Healing, and Performing Arts” to share his work on the nature of our own expression, an inquiry on our original self. [14] [15]

Private life

Pasquale Esposito lived in Rome and Los Angeles. Currently he is living between London and Hamburg, with his wife, Persian-German actress Julia Casper. The couple married 2014 in Africa. He has twins. [16]

Filmography

  • 1978: Storie della Camorra (TV Mini-Series)
  • 1991: Vento di mare (TV-Movie)
  • 1995: Segreto di stato
  • 1999: Ama il tuo nemico (TV-Movie)
  • 2001: Concorrenza sleale
  • 2001: Casa famiglia (TV Series)
  • 2001: Scariest Places on Earth (TV Series)
  • 2002: Vento di ponente (TV Series)
  • 2004: Carabinieri (TV Series)
  • 2004: Hidden Children
  • 2004: A luci spente
  • 2005: La squadra (TV Series)
  • 2007: I bevitori di assenzio (Short)
  • 2006 - 2008: Don Matteo (TV Series)
  • 2009: Sisi (TV-Movie)
  • 2009: Torturato (Short)
  • 2009: Reflex (Short)
  • 2010: When in Rome
  • 2017: Gomorrah (TV series)
  • 2019: South Wind (Južni Vetar) (TV series)
  • 2021: Hotel Portofino (TV series)
  • 2021: Industry (TV series)
  • 2021: Ripley (TV series)

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  2. ↑ Group, Edward Sylvan CEO of Sycamore Entertainment (October 8, 2024). "Rising Star Actor Pasquale Esposito of Flowers in the Sky On The Five Things You Need To Shine In…". Authority Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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  4. ↑ "Pasquale Esposito | Actor, Director, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
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  8. ↑ "Variety". December 31, 2019.
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  13. ↑ "Pasquale Esposito Workshop by Daniel Pla – Mindfulness and Performance".
  14. ↑ Morgan, Kai (November 24, 2016). "This beautiful exercise illuminates Bruce Lee's "Way of no Way"". Budō Inochi. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Leading actor explores mindfulness and Zen with drama students". University of Huddersfield. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
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