Biography
An Italian actor and film director and writer, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Station (1990) and Our Land (2006). He was previously married to Margherita Buy.
Known For
Complete Filmography
40 secondi
2025
It explores the tragic events leading up to the murder of 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte, highlighting the intertwining of chance encounters, rival...

Leopardi. The Infinity Poet
2024
Director
Showcases the life of Giacomo Leopardi, an Italian poet known for his melancholic verses on fleeting happiness, existentialism, and human suffering.

Flying
2024
Annabì has a fear of flying, which holds back her life and acting career. When her daughter decides to study abroad, Annabì sets out to conquer her fe...

Happiness
2023
as Bruno
This is the story of a broken family, of egotistic and manipulative parents, a two-headed monster that devours every hope of freedom on the part of th...

Nina of the Wolves
2023
as Fosco
A sudden solar storm renders any electronic equipment around the planet useless. On the same day, a baby girl is found on the mountain near a small vi...

La divina cometa
2023
as Capostazione

Gym Class
2023
as Aldo Stanchi
Three middle school parents are summoned by the principal after their children are implicated in a serious incident. In the gym, transformed into an i...

The Prince of Rome
2022
as Principe Accoramboni
In 19th-century Papal Rome, Bartolomeo is a wealthy and greedy parvenu who craves a noble title. While trying to raise the money he needs to strike a ...

I Fratelli De Filippo
2021
Story, Director, Screenplay
The story of the De Filippo brothers, children of Eduardo Scarpetta.

The Story of My Wife
2021
as Kodor
A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.

Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten
2019
as Don Totò
At the end of the 1950s in Africo, a small village in the southern valley of Aspromonte, a woman dies in childbirth because a doctor fails to arrive o...

Se mi vuoi bene
2019
as Massimiliano
After a suicide attempt, depressed lawyer Diego decides to take up the mantle of good Samaritan by helping his loved ones fix the problems in their li...

Il grande spirito
2019
as Tonino
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). ...

Il grande spirito
2019
Story, Screenplay, Director
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
2018
as Aramis
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...

Il bene mio
2018
In the shadow of earthquakes which have devastated several parts of Italy, this poignant tale is centered around the last remaining inhabitant of a to...

Once I'll Be a Child
2018
Six stories about childhood, set in six different decades, from the 50s to today, bound to each other by a mystery.

Couple Therapy for Cheaters
2017
as Prof. Malavolta
Reckless and in love, Viviana and Modesto are bound by an uncontrollable passion. Their secret relationship ends up in front of an incredulous therapi...

MeanMinds
2017
as Figura
Ciccio “O' Pazz” and Ciruzzo “Pesce bello”, are two powerful, blood-soaked Mafia characters. The legacy left to them is a violent, depraved narrative ...

Not for the Young
2017
as Cesare
Frustrated with their lack of upward mobility, some young Italians move to Cuba to start a wi-fi café and attempt to build a new life.

Il mio vicino del piano di sopra
2016
as Bruno Beretta

The Stuff of Dreams
2016
as Oreste Campese
Members of the Camorra on the run and actors seeking for authority meet after a shipwreck on an island-prison. The theatre turns into a free zone wher...

These Days
2016
as Angela's father
Four girls unknowingly experience the happiest days of their lives during an uneventful best-friend trip to Belgrade.

Dobbiamo parlare
2015
as Vanni
Vanni and Linda live in a penthouse apartment for rent in the center of Rome. Vanni writes novels, Linda 'cooperates' to his novels. Between a verniss...

Dobbiamo parlare
2015
Theatre Play, Story, Director
Vanni and Linda live in a penthouse apartment for rent in the center of Rome. Vanni writes novels, Linda 'cooperates' to his novels. Between a verniss...

Ever Been to the Moon?
2015
as Delfo
Giulia is 30, single and working a high-end fashion job that allows her to travel and lead a dream life in Milan and Paris. However, a chance meeting ...

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
as Self

Mafia & Red Tomatoes
2014
as Cosimo
In Puglia, a cooperative wants to farm the land confiscated from a Mafioso, as it is legally entitled to do. But things are moving slowly. So the memb...

Road 47
2014
as Giovanni
During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mines weeping platoon is hit by a panic-attack that se...

Le cronache del terremoto
2013

The Fifth Wheel
2013
as Fabrizio Del Monte
The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his friends and family.

How Strange to be Named Federico
2013
as Madonnaro
On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspect...

Io... donna
2013
In a particular moment of his life, the journalist Clara (Margherita Buy) thinks to her love life, always put after the work life. And so, in her hous...

Mi rifaccio vivo
2013
as Barbone
After spending most of his life being defeated by his rival Ottone, meek Biagio tries to commit suicide – but in the hereafter he's offered a chance t...

Mi rifaccio vivo
2013
Story, Director, Screenplay
After spending most of his life being defeated by his rival Ottone, meek Biagio tries to commit suicide – but in the hereafter he's offered a chance t...

Fiamme di Gadda - A spasso con l'ingegnere
2013
as Sé stesso

Discovery at Dawn
2013
as Lorenzo
Thirty years after the disappearance of her father, a university professor who was targeted by radicals in the '70s, a woman discovers a way to commun...

6 sull'autobus
2012
An old bus drives through the streets of Rome. It's a long day. The bus fills up with people and stories. Then empties out. People get on. And get off...

Whatsoeverly
2011
as Gerardo "Jerry" Salerno
Corrupt and sleazy entrepreneur Cetto La Qualunque comes back to Italy and "jumps into politics" lest his law-abiding opponent, Giovanni De Santis, is...

Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
2010
as paziente sulla panchina (uncredited)
Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.

Tutto l'amore del mondo
2010
as Maurizio Marini
Four friends to the discovery of the most fun and romantic of Europe: Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam and finally Scotland. A road trip that will bring ou...

Operazione Offside
2009
as Narratore

The Cézanne Affair
2009
as Ernesto Rossetti
Gabriele returns home in southern Italy to bid farewell to his father Ernesto, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man r...

The Cézanne Affair
2009
Story, Director, Screenplay
Gabriele returns home in southern Italy to bid farewell to his father Ernesto, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man r...

Cosmonaut
2009
as Armando
Against the backdrop of the space race between the Soviets and the US, a 15-year-old girl struggles to affirm her political and gender identity in 196...

Wedding Fever in Campobello
2009
as Egidio
When Jan decides to marry his girl-friend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, who is an Italian.

No problem
2008
as Enrico Pignataro

At a Glance
2008
as Lulli
Adrian is a talented young sculptor eager to assert himself in the art world. His first exhibition in the Capital catches Gloria's eye. She's an art s...

At a Glance
2008
Screenplay, Story, Director
Adrian is a talented young sculptor eager to assert himself in the art world. His first exhibition in the Capital catches Gloria's eye. She's an art s...

Manual of Love 2
2007
as Fosco
Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay...

Commediasexi
2006
as Mariano
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...

Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
as Self
After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his ne...

Our Land
2006
as Tonino
Luigi Di Santo is a professor of philosophy in Milan who returns to his Apulian hometown to finalize the sale, together with his brothers, of an old f...

Our Land
2006
Story, Screenplay, Director
Luigi Di Santo is a professor of philosophy in Milan who returns to his Apulian hometown to finalize the sale, together with his brothers, of an old f...

Manual of Love
2005
as Marco
Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.

Love Returns
2004
as Giacomo
Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his ...

Love Returns
2004
Story, Screenplay, Director
Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his ...

The Passion of the Christ
2004
as Disma
A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
Giovani talenti italiani
2004
Director

My Brother-in-Law
2003
as Toni
A man recruits the help of his gangster brother-in-law to retrieve his stolen car.

A.A.A. Achille
2003
as Remo
Achille, nine years old, intelligent, sympathetic, and stutterer. The parents decide to treat him and entrust him to Dr. Aglieri, who begins the thera...

Soul Mate
2002
as Angelantonio
In a small Southern Italian village, young Tonino is engaged to Teresa, but secretly loves her cousin Maddalena—who reciprocates. After discovering it...

Soul Mate
2002
Story, Screenplay, Director
In a small Southern Italian village, young Tonino is engaged to Teresa, but secretly loves her cousin Maddalena—who reciprocates. After discovering it...

The Power of the Past
2002
as Gianni Orzan

Amnèsia
2002
as Angelino
On the Spanish island of Ibiza, porn filmmaker Sandro and Angelino, the manager of a beachside watering hole, find their very different lives overlapp...

Momo
2001
as Signore grigio #1 (voice)
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a pow...

Teeth
2000
as Antonio
Antonio is a man born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth made him an outcast as a child and as man he has become obsessive and c...

Il mnemonista
2000
First violin in the orchestra of a big city, S. has an extraordinary memory, which leads him to remember every detail of what falls under his attentio...

Giorni dispari
2000

Tutto l'amore che c'è
2000
as Carlo's father
The story takes place in an unspecified town in Apulia. We are in the '70s. The arrival of three beautiful and uninhibited girls from the North, the d...

Tutto l'amore che c'è
2000
Story, Screenplay, Director
The story takes place in an unspecified town in Apulia. We are in the '70s. The arrival of three beautiful and uninhibited girls from the North, the d...

Mirka
2000
as Helmut
The isolated lives of people on a farm at the top of the mountains are changed by a ten-year-old child named Mirka.

The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
as Inspector Roverini
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U...

Balzac: A Life of Passion
1999
as Eugene Sue
This is the sprawling saga of Honoré de Balzac, a man who created a great literary oeuvre from the dramas and adventures of his own life - a life that...

Ecco fatto
1998
as Pazzo
Two friends reminisce about their last days of high school, when one of them ruined his shot at young love due to his jealousy and possessiveness.

Del perduto amore
1998
as Italo

Shooting the Moon
1998
as Massimo
14-year-old Siddharta, wise beyond his age, has to deal every day with his heroin-addict mother Silvia and an absent father. One day, his four-year-ol...

Children of Hannibal
1998
Story
Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and ...

Il viaggio della sposa
1997
as Bartolo
17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her with only humble coachman Bartolo by her side....

Il viaggio della sposa
1997
Screenplay, Director, Story
17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her with only humble coachman Bartolo by her side....

Nirvana
1997
as Joystick
Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the ...

Bits & Pieces
1996
Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy'...

Love Story With Cramps
1995
as Roberto
Loves and jealousies, abandonments and returns, of two couples on vacation in Africa.

Prestazione straordinaria
1994
as Aldo Fiore
A white-collar worker finds himself in the crosshairs of his attractive female boss.

Prestazione straordinaria
1994
Story, Director, Screenplay
A white-collar worker finds himself in the crosshairs of his attractive female boss.

A Pure Formality
1994
as Andre
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kin...

Condannato a nozze
1993
as Roberto
A neurotic lawyer is split between the desire to stay faithful to his fiancée and the one to cheat on her. Things take a turn for the literal when one...

The Blonde
1993
as Tommaso
Coming back from work by night, shy watchmaker Tommaso runs over a girl with his car, luckily without serious consequences. Next day he finds her wait...

The Blonde
1993
Story, Screenplay, Director
Coming back from work by night, shy watchmaker Tommaso runs over a girl with his car, luckily without serious consequences. Next day he finds her wait...

Al lupo, al lupo
1992
as Vanni Sagonà
Vanni, Gregorio and Livia are brothers. The first is a well-known pianist, the second has abandoned his career as an aspiring violinist to become a de...

Ask for the Moon
1991
as Hitchhiker
No-nonsense workaholic Marco runs the family business along with his older brother. When the latter suddenly disappears, Marco has to put aside his jo...

The Station
1990
as Domenico
A good-natured, albeit a bit pedantic stationmaster works at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. One night, a beautiful high-society woman ent...

The Station
1990
Director, Screenplay
A good-natured, albeit a bit pedantic stationmaster works at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. One night, a beautiful high-society woman ent...

Beyond the Ocean
1990
A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as its stock is about to be publicly offered. There, he t...

Nulla ci può fermare
1989
as Il postino

Mortacci
1989
as Lucillo Cardellini
Before finally entering the afterlife, the dead spend a period in a limbo from which they depart only when, among the living, there is no one who reme...

Stray Days
1988
as Pino
Italian comedy produced by Cannon featuring songs by Enrico Ruggeri.

Treno di panna
1988
as Giovanni Maineri
A struggling musician living in New York starts working at an Italian restaurant and falls in love with two women.

Una notte, un sogno
1988
as Bruno
Silvia, who lives in a villa in the hills, has a quarrel with her husband and his friends and then goes away down to the city, where she has the bad...

Il grande Blek
1988
as Razzo
Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involv...

Intervista
1987
as Il Giornalista
Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.

The Moro Affair
1986
as Giovanni Moro
On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the en...

Desiring Julia
1986
as Stefano Bemberg
A young man falls in love with extra-liberated Giulia. Their relationship becomes very passionate, but Giulia has no limits in her sexual fantasies an...

My Dearest Son
1985
as Marco Morelli
A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to help his only child, even if it means sharing his hell.
L'isola
1983
A father accompanies his son on a trip to the sea, more precisely in the places of childhood, but a bad disease will recur in a more incisive way.