Valerio Mastandrea

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Valerio Mastandrea
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Mastandrea in 2010
Born (1972-02-14) 14 February 1972 (age 52)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
  • producer

Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor.

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Life and career

He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 late night talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show. [1]

After some occasional participation in stage plays and films, he had his breakout with the role of Tarcisio in the 1995 crime film Palermo – Milan One Way by Claudio Fragasso. In 1997 he got his first leading role in the sleeper box office hit We All Fall Down . [1]

Awards

Mastandrea won the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his role in The First Beautiful Thing in 2010. [2]

In 2013, he won both the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Ivano De Matteo's Balancing Act and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Roberto Andò's Long Live Freedom . [3]

Selected filmography

Film

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Palermo – Milan One Way Agent Tarcisio Proietti
1996 A Cold, Cold Winter Roby
Growing Artichokes in Mimongo Enzo
1997 We All Fall Down Walter Verra
Physical Jerks Massimo Migliarini
1998 Viola Kisses Everybody Samuele
The Scent of the Night Remo Guerra
2000 La Carbonara Fabrizio
2001 Tomorrow Giovanni Moccia
Empty Eyes Rinaldi
2002 The Nest Giovanni
Maximum Velocity (V-Max) Stefano
2004 The Vanity Serum Franco Berardi
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) Tenente Lippolis
2005 Sorry, You Can't Get Through! Piero
2006 Napoleon and Me Ferrante Papucci
2007 Last Minute Marocco Sergio
Night Bus Francesco 'Franz' Renzi
2008 Don't Think About It Stefano Nardini
Your Whole Life Ahead of You Giorgio Conforti
Un giorno perfetto Antonio
2009 Good Morning Aman Teodoro
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night Guido
Nine De Rossi
2010 The First Beautiful Thing Bruno Michelucci - 2009
2011 Things from Another World Ariele Verderame
All at Sea Fantino
2012 Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Luigi Calabresi
The Landlords CosimoAlso screenwriter
Balancing Act Giulio
Garibaldi's Lovers Leo
2013 Long Live Freedom Andrea Bottini
The Chair of Happiness Dino Morosi
2014 The Face of an Angel Edoardo
Pasolini Nico Naldini
2015 The Complexity of Happiness Enrico Giusti
2016 Perfect Strangers Lele
Sweet Dreams Massimo
Fiore Ascanio Bonori
2017 The Place L'uomo
2018 Euphoria Ettore
The King's Musketeers Portos
RideDirector
2019Tomorrow's a New DayTomasso
2020 Figli Nicola
2021 Diabolik Ginko
2022 Dry Loris
Diabolik: Ginko Attacks Ginko
2023 The First Day of My Life Napoleone
There's Still Tomorrow Ivano Santucci
Diabolik: Who Are You? Ginko
Adagio Polniuman
2024 Nonostante LuiAlso director

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Tear Along the Dotted Line ArmadilloVoice role, 6 episodes

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References

  1. 1 2 Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 31. ISBN   8884402697.
  2. "Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood". cineuropa. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. "David di Donatello, il trionfo di Tornatore". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 15 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2016.