Valerio Mastandrea

Valerio Mastandrea
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.

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
Year Title Role Notes
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 Cosimo Also 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 —
Ride – Director
2019 Tomorrow's a New Day Tomasso —
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 Feeling Better Lui Also director

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Tear Along the Dotted Line Armadillo Voice role, 6 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b 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.


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