Rocco Papaleo

Rocco Papaleo

1958-08-16 Lauria, PZ, Italy 82 Credits

Biography

Rocco Papaleo was born on August 16, 1958 in Lauria, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy.

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U.S. Palmese

U.S. Palmese

2025

as Don Vincenzo

6.4
Acting

In Palmi, a small town in Calabria, Don Vincenzo, a genial retired farmer, has a crazy idea to revive the local soccer team by organizing a bizarre fu...

100 di questi anni

100 di questi anni

2025

4.8
Acting
100 di questi anni

100 di questi anni

2025

Director

4.8
Directing
Madly

Madly

2025

as Valium

7.3
Acting

How much do we really know about ourselves when we make a decision? What if there are multiple versions of our I within us, each with something to say...

If I May - Chapter II

If I May - Chapter II

2024

Acting

Over the course of a day, Fausto, invincible in his inertia, watches a paradoxical procession of visitors pass by: the mellifluous parish priest of th...

Another Summer Holiday

Another Summer Holiday

2024

as Pampiglione

6.0
Acting

Altiero Molino is a twenty-six-year-old digital entrepreneur who’s returning to Ventotene with his model husband in order to gather his old friends to...

I peggiori giorni

I peggiori giorni

2023

as Vittorio (segment "Halloween")

5.9
Acting

Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.

Scordato

Scordato

2023

as Orlando

6.1
Acting

The life of Orlando, a gentle piano tuner, tormented by back pain, changes when he meets Olga, a charming physiotherapist, who diagnoses him with an e...

Scordato

Scordato

2023

Director, Writer, Story

6.1
Directing Writing

The life of Orlando, a gentle piano tuner, tormented by back pain, changes when he meets Olga, a charming physiotherapist, who diagnoses him with an e...

Si vive una volta sola

Si vive una volta sola

2021

as l'anestesista Amedeo Lasalandra

5.6
Acting

Umberto, Lucia and Corrado discover that their co-worker and friend Umberto is terminally ill, but they can't bring themselves to tell him. They decid...

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

2020

as Athos

5.8
Acting

Now without Aramis, the Musketeers embark on a new mission.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

2019

as Gatto

6.6
Acting

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pin...

Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana

Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana

2019

as Self

7.6
Acting
Il grande spirito

Il grande spirito

2019

as Renato

6.5
Acting

In a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Taranto, high upon the rooftops framed by the Ilva steel factory, we meet Tonino a.k.a. “Barboncino” (poodle). ...

The King's Musketeers

The King's Musketeers

2018

as Athos

5.9
Acting

In 17th-century France, the Queen brings the Three Musketeers — Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and an aging d'Artagnan — back from retirement for one last jo...

Tu mi nascondi qualcosa

Tu mi nascondi qualcosa

2018

as Alberto

5.4
Acting
Bob & Marys

Bob & Marys

2018

as Roberto

5.1
Acting

A married couple must get their hands dirty when a bunch of mobsters start using their new home as a deposit for illegal material.

Il premio

Il premio

2017

as Rinaldo

6.0
Acting

After winning the Nobel Prize, Giovanni Passamonte decides to drive to Stockholm with his sons and assistant rather than fly.

The Place

The Place

2017

as Odoacre

7.1
Acting

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant...

Ballata dell'ipocondria

2016

Acting
What’s the Big Deal

What’s the Big Deal

2016

as Franco

6.3
Acting

A young man challenges the web to offer money for a sex tape of him and his girlfriend to finance his work and finally be able to afford having a chil...

Ears

Ears

2016

as Padre Giancarlo

7.1
Acting

A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". T...

Onda su onda

Onda su onda

2016

as Gegé

4.7
Acting

Two under-appreciated artists meet while traveling to Montevideo, where one will give a concert. They initially dislike each other but eventually buil...

Onda su onda

Onda su onda

2016

Director, Screenplay

4.7
Directing Writing

Two under-appreciated artists meet while traveling to Montevideo, where one will give a concert. They initially dislike each other but eventually buil...

La voce - Il talento può uccidere

La voce - Il talento può uccidere

2015

as Gianni, l'imitatore

7.2
Acting
An Italian Name

An Italian Name

2015

as Claudio

6.3
Acting

Paolo is an outgoing and handsome real estate broker married to Simona, a beautiful woman from the rough outskirts of Rome who has become an author of...

La scuola più bella del mondo

La scuola più bella del mondo

2014

as Prof. Gerardo Gergale

5.7
Acting
Happily Mixed Up

Happily Mixed Up

2014

as Michelangelo

6.1
Acting

A psychoanalyst learns to have an illness and as a consequence he decides to quit his job. All his patients get together to find a way to make him fee...

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

2014

as Self

Acting
The Hole

The Hole

2014

as Armando La Bella

5.2
Acting

Ambulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after doing 27 years in jail, claims he was innocent.

A Boss in the Living Room

A Boss in the Living Room

2014

as Ciro Cimmaruta

6.0
Acting

Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.

La brutta copia

La brutta copia

2013

as Paolo Vandini

5.5
Acting
A Small Southern Enterprise

A Small Southern Enterprise

2013

as don Costantino

5.6
Acting

Mamma Stella is on edge. As if she hadn't got enough trouble already with her daughter Rosa Maria, who has left her husband now Costantino, her son, h...

A Small Southern Enterprise

A Small Southern Enterprise

2013

Director, Writer

5.6
Directing Writing

Mamma Stella is on edge. As if she hadn't got enough trouble already with her daughter Rosa Maria, who has left her husband now Costantino, her son, h...

Viva l'Italia

Viva l'Italia

2012

as Tony

6.3
Acting

The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding ...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

2012

as Mangiafuoco (voice)

5.9
Acting

Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He wil...

È nata una star?

È nata una star?

2012

as Fausto

4.9
Acting

Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose whe...

Happiness at Last

Happiness at Last

2011

as Sandrino Terracciano

5.5
Acting

A middle-aged man finds out his late mother was sponsoring a Brazilian girl who has now become a beautiful model and tries his best not to fall for he...

Escort in Love

Escort in Love

2011

as Lionello

6.2
Acting

35-year-old Alice has a husband and a son. Her life seems a beautiful dream, but it soon turns out to be a nightmare. Her husband dies in a car accid...

What a Beautiful Day

What a Beautiful Day

2011

as Nicola

6.5
Acting

Checco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance exam for the third...

One Life, Maybe Two

One Life, Maybe Two

2010

as Bertano

4.8
Acting

You're 20 years old and life is full of endless possibilities. But, on a rainy evening, you bumps into another car and life hasn't been the same anymo...

Basilicata Coast to Coast

Basilicata Coast to Coast

2010

as Nicola Palmieri

6.3
Acting

A music group and a journalist cross the region of Basilicata by foot to attend a music festival.

Basilicata Coast to Coast

Basilicata Coast to Coast

2010

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.3
Directing Writing

A music group and a journalist cross the region of Basilicata by foot to attend a music festival.

Me & Marilyn

Me & Marilyn

2009

as Arnolfo Biagioli

5.5
Acting

During a séance with some friends, divorced carny Gualtiero successfully conjures the spirit of Marilyn Monroe, who'll help him win his family back.

Cado dalle nubi

Cado dalle nubi

2009

as Vito

6.7
Acting

An aspiring singer from southern Italy who's just been dumped moves north to Milan, where he falls in love and enters a TV singing competition show.

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

2009

as Inspector Bartolini

6.1
Acting

A man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat, Kosaku Kuroda, and he’s here under orde...

All Human Rights for All

All Human Rights for All

2008

Acting

Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 ar...

All Human Rights for All

All Human Rights for All

2008

Writer

Writing

Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 ar...

L'amore non basta

L'amore non basta

2008

as Nicola

4.7
Acting
L'amore non basta

L'amore non basta

2008

Writer

4.7
Writing
Non c'è più niente da fare

Non c'è più niente da fare

2008

as Avv. Massimo Lupi

5.8
Acting
A Beautiful Wife

A Beautiful Wife

2007

as Pomodoro

5.7
Acting

Mariano has been married for 10 years with Miranda, a woman way out of his league. Their small-town life is disrupted by womanizing photographer Andre...

Non prendere impegni stasera

Non prendere impegni stasera

2007

as Nicola

5.6
Acting
Commediasexi

Commediasexi

2006

as Tony Muciaccia

4.2
Acting

Congressman Bonfili, a family man and promoter in the Italian Parliament of a family law, has a clandestine affair with a feisty starlet wannabe actre...

I Love You in Every Language in the World

I Love You in Every Language in the World

2005

as Prof. Anselmi

6.0
Acting

Divorced high school PE teacher Gilberto falls in love with Margherita, unaware that she is the mother of Paolina, a student who's been hitting on him...

What Will Become of Us

What Will Become of Us

2004

as Concierge

5.8
Acting

A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.

Suddenly Heaven

Suddenly Heaven

2003

as Giandomenico Bardella

5.8
Acting

A confirmed bachelor sees his beliefs about commitment put to the test when a beautiful woman—deserted by her fiancée—forces him to take his place in ...

Il pranzo della domenica

Il pranzo della domenica

2003

as Nicola Lo Iacono

6.3
Acting

The life of Franca Malorni, exponent of the good bourgeoisie of the capital, suddenly changes when her husband dies suddenly. The woman begins to pour...

Il trasformista

Il trasformista

2002

as Orlando Lanzetta

5.5
Acting

The Turin area is devastated by floods: the Pô River has overflown and toxic waste from a local dump is now being carried by the stream. Which is why ...

Cuore di donna

Cuore di donna

2002

as Goffredo

6.5
Acting
Volesse il cielo!

Volesse il cielo!

2002

as Commissario

5.8
Acting

A police inspector has to help an eccentric stranger who seems to have lost his memory.

Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth

Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth

2000

5.4
Acting

Cecchi Gori Cecchi Gori?

2000

as Rocco

Acting

Cecchi Gori Cecchi Gori?

2000

Director

Directing
La bomba

La bomba

1999

as Gaetano

5.7
Acting
Voglio stare sotto al letto

Voglio stare sotto al letto

1999

as Vincenzo

2.9
Acting

Leonardo is a young theater enthusiast who has written a comedy for a comedian at sunset, Giordani, and leaves for the Adriatic coast together with th...

Del perduto amore

Del perduto amore

1998

as Cucchiaro

6.1
Acting
Viola Kisses Everybody

Viola Kisses Everybody

1998

as Nicola

5.2
Acting

Three friends see their end-of-summer motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from both the law and violent gangsters a...

Viola Kisses Everybody

Viola Kisses Everybody

1998

Writer

5.2
Writing

Three friends see their end-of-summer motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from both the law and violent gangsters a...

Cinque Giorni Di Tempesta

Cinque Giorni Di Tempesta

1997

as Michele

Acting

Giovanni, a young boy who left Sicily for Bolzano to perform his military service , arrives five days early and is forced to stay outside the barracks...

Finalmente soli

Finalmente soli

1997

as Alberto

4.2
Acting
Cresceranno i carciofi a Mimongo

Cresceranno i carciofi a Mimongo

1996

as Esaminatore

5.8
Acting

Sergio has a degree in botanics, but cannot find a job. Then, he gets the announcement that his former girlfriend is getting married.

Intolerance

Intolerance

1996

as Worker (voice) (segment "Roma Ovest 143")

Acting

A collective cinematic project to promote tolerance and the value of diversity.

Il barbiere di Rio

Il barbiere di Rio

1996

as Ugo

5.6
Acting

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to Br...

I virtuali

I virtuali

1996

as L'alcolista

Acting
Wordless

Wordless

1996

as Celestino

6.0
Acting

Celestino has communication problems because of his incomprehensible native dialect. When he falls madly in love with a deaf girl called Rosetta, he l...

August Vacation

August Vacation

1996

as Brigadiere

6.8
Acting

Like every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find out the house ne...

The Graduates

The Graduates

1995

as Rocco

6.3
Acting

Four thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno needs ...

With Closed Eyes

With Closed Eyes

1994

as Bracciante

6.7
Acting

In the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landowner, falls in love with Ghisola, a peasant girl wi...

Dark Illness

Dark Illness

1990

5.4
Acting

After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.

Ammazzare stanca

N/A

Acting

Il bene comune

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing