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Biography
Photo Credit: Stefania Sapuppo
Born in Naples in 1973, after completing his classical studies, he graduated in law at the Federico II University in Naples and attended the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan.
Since 2003 he has starred in numerous films and television series, including Elisa di Rivombrosa by Cinzia TH Torrini, Vaniglia e cioccolato by Ciro Ippolito, Il capitano by Vittorio Sindoni, I Viceré by Roberto Faenza, and La masseria delle allodole by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, L'uomo che rubò la Gioconda by Fabrizio Costa, Il commissario De Luca by Antonio Frazzi, Il sangue dei vinti by Michele Soavi, Mine vaganti by Ferzan Özpetek, Sant'Agostino by Christian Duguay, Maschi contro femmine by Fausto Brizzi, Edda Ciano e il comunista by Graziano Diana, Un amore e una vendetta by Raffaele Mertes, Il volto di un'altra by Pappi Corsicato, Passione Sinistra by Marco Ponti, Il giudice Sossi by Graziano Diana, La mia bella famiglia italiana by Olaf Kreinsen, Per amore del mio popolo by Antonio Frazzi, La Bella e la Bestia by Fabrizio Costa, Non mentire by Gianluca Tavarelli, Classe Z by Guido Chiesa, Nessuno come noi by Wolfango De Biase, Sotto copertura by Giulio Manfredonia, Liberi di scegliere by Giacomo Campiotti, and The Tourist by Evan Oppenheimer.
Alongside his work as a film actor, he has always been a theatre actor and theatre director in shows such as Hamlet, Coefore, Re Lear directed by Tonino Calenda, Datemi tre caravelle by Carmelo Pennisi and Massimiliano Durante directed by Gianni Quaranta, Il ponte by Carmelo Pennisi and Massimiliano Durante, Amleto directed by Armando Pugliese, Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano sulla luna and Don Giovanni directed by Alessandro Preziosi and Vincent Van Gogh - L'odore assordante del bianco directed by Alessandro Maggi.
In 2020 he made his debut as a director with the documentary La legge del terremoto, presented at the 15th edition of the Rome Film Festival.
Awards and acknowledgements:
Telegatto as male character of the year for Elisa di Rivombrosa (2004)
Telegrolla, for Elisa di Rivombrosa (2004)
Telegrolla, for Il Capitano (2005)
Efebo d'Argento, for Il Commissario De Luca (2008)
Golden Chest, for Il Commissario De Luca (2008)
Alberto Sordi Award for artistic and social commitment (2008)
Martini Talento d'oro Award, for Amleto (2009)
Gassman Prize - Playwrights of the Year 2010, for Amleto (2010)
Ciak d'Oro Actor's Style (2010)
Federico II Award, for Mine vaganti (2010)
Best Actor Award - Sorrisi e Canzoni TV for Sant'Agostino (2010)
Ischia Film & Music Global Festival - Italian Movie Award 2010
Giffoni Festival Award 2010
Golden Graal Award - Theatre, for Amleto (2010)
Lancia for Cinema Award - Nastri D'argento 2011
John Huston Award 2011, for Il Sangue dei Vinti
Persephone Award - Best Actor, for Cyrano de Bergerac (2012)
Cavalchina Award, Theatre, Cinema and TV (2014)
Flaiano Award, for Don Diana in the TV homonymous miniseries (2014)
Maschera d'Oro del Teatro italiano, for the best monologue Cyrano sulla luna (2014)