Pierfrancesco Favino

Pierfrancesco Favino

1969-08-24 Rome, Italy 89 Credits

Biography

Favino was born in Rome, Italy. He has appeared in more than forty European films and television series' since the early 1990s, including Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss, Gianni Amelio's The Keys to the House, Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman and Ferzan Özpetek's Saturn in Opposition. In 1999 he starred in the HBO film Excellent Cadavers, adaptation of Alexander Stille's novel of the same name. He received the David di Donatelloaward - Italian equivalent of the Oscar - in 2006 for his rol...

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My Tennis Maestro

My Tennis Maestro

2025

Acting

Il Maestro is set in the late 80s, and tells the story of a former tennis player with mediocre career, who finds himself for the first time to coach a...

Enzo

Enzo

2025

as Paolo

7.3
Acting

Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship, a path far removed from the prestigious life they had envis...

Maria

Maria

2024

as Ferruccio

6.5
Acting

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.

Naples to New York

Naples to New York

2024

as Domenico Garofalo

7.3
Acting

In the immediate post-war period, amidst the rubble of a poverty-ridden Naples, two kids, Carmine and Celestina, try to survive as best they can by he...

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

2024

as Self

7.5
Acting

A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring insights from his colleagues, family, and never-be...

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

2024

as Abbé Faria

8.0
Acting

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island pri...

Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair

Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair

2024

as Self

8.0
Acting
Adagio

Adagio

2023

as Cammello

6.6
Acting

Tangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father's old friends, who risk everything to save him.

The Commander

The Commander

2023

as Salvatore Todaro

7.0
Acting

One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At t...

Last Night of Amore

Last Night of Amore

2023

as Franco Amore

7.1
Acting

On the night before his retirement, police lieutenant Franco Amore is called to investigate the death of a long-time partner of his in a diamond heist...

The Hummingbird

The Hummingbird

2022

as Marco Carrera

7.0
Acting

Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real l...

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

2022

as Felice Lasco

6.9
Acting

Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers th...

Behind the Scenes: The Traitor

Behind the Scenes: The Traitor

2022

as Himself

7.0
Acting
Run to You

Run to You

2022

as Gianni

6.8
Acting

Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.

We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Promises

Promises

2021

as Alexander

5.6
Acting

When Alexander and Laura meet during a party what they feel for each other is obvious, but she’s about to get married and Alexander shares a daughter ...

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

2021

as Maschera

7.6
Acting

A short movie about coming back to the cinema after lockdowns.

Er Collera Moribbus - Conversazione all'Osteria di Piazza della Gensola

Er Collera Moribbus - Conversazione all'Osteria di Piazza della Gensola

2021

as Narratore

Acting
Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti

2020

as d'Artagnan

5.8
Acting

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

Our Father

Our Father

2020

as Alfonso Le Rose

6.6
Acting

Two young boys, Valerio and Christian, form a powerful friendship over the summer.

Our Father

Our Father

2020

Producer

6.6
Producing

Two young boys, Valerio and Christian, form a powerful friendship over the summer.

The Boat Show 2020: Riva in the Movie

The Boat Show 2020: Riva in the Movie

2020

as se stesso

Acting
The Best Years

The Best Years

2020

as Giulio Ristuccia

6.8
Acting

Italy from the '80s to the present day, through the dreams, loves, successes and failures of four friends.

Hammamet

Hammamet

2020

as Bettino Craxi

5.9
Acting

The last years of Bettino Craxi, one of the most important and controversial italian leader of the 1980's.

The Traitor

The Traitor

2019

as Tommaso Buscetta

7.7
Acting

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of...

The King's Musketeers

The King's Musketeers

2018

as D'Artagnan

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...

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Martinuzzi

6.2
Acting

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

There's No Place Like Home

There's No Place Like Home

2018

as Carlo

6.2
Acting

An extended family reunites after a long time to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of their grandparents on an idyllic island. However, they rema...

Chi m'ha visto

Chi m'ha visto

2017

as Peppino

5.9
Acting

A guitarist who played for the greatest italian artists but without fame, decides to disappear to become famous.

My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel

2017

as Rinaldi

5.7
Acting

A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicat...

Husband & Wife

Husband & Wife

2017

as Andrea

6.6
Acting

Married for ten years, in full crisis, thinking about divorce. But following a failed scientific experiment, they suddenly find one inside the body of...

The Confessions

The Confessions

2016

as Ministro italiano

6.0
Acting

A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that...

Suburra

Suburra

2015

as Filippo Malgradi

7.3
Acting

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common ...

A Mother

A Mother

2015

as Pierre

5.5
Acting

Marie lives alone with her 16 year old son. She struggles to get by with this teenager who gets deeper and deeper in violence and juvenile delinquency...

Senza nessuna pietà

Senza nessuna pietà

2014

as Mimmo

5.4
Acting

Mimmo is a construction worker who only wants to live in peace, but has to work as a debt collector for his uncle. Everything changes when he meets Ta...

Senza nessuna pietà

Senza nessuna pietà

2014

Producer

5.4
Producing

Mimmo is a construction worker who only wants to live in peace, but has to work as a debt collector for his uncle. Everything changes when he meets Ta...

Secchi

Secchi

2013

as Narratore

7.5
Acting
Rush

Rush

2013

as Clay Regazzoni

7.7
Acting

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

Lino Micciché, mio padre - Una visione del mondo

Lino Micciché, mio padre - Una visione del mondo

2013

as Narrator

Acting

A documentary focused on film critic Lino Micciché, as seen from the point of view of his friends and his son Francesco.

World War Z

World War Z

2013

as W.H.O. Doctor

6.8
Acting

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning ...

Carlo!

Carlo!

2013

as Himself

5.6
Acting
Garibaldi's Lovers

Garibaldi's Lovers

2012

as Giuseppe Garibaldi (voice)

6.6
Acting

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

2012

as Giuseppe Pinelli

7.2
Acting

On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local an...

A Flat for Three

A Flat for Three

2012

as Fulvio Brignola

6.0
Acting

Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties...

ACAB : All Cops Are Bastards

ACAB : All Cops Are Bastards

2012

as Cobra

7.0
Acting

A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.

Noi c'eravamo

2011

as Self

10.0
Acting
General della Rovere

General della Rovere

2011

as Bertone

7.4
Acting

Giovanni Bertone a former colonel, is a fraudster who extorts money from the families of the Nazi-Fascist prisoners. He promises them their freedom. D...

La vita facile

La vita facile

2011

as Luca

6.2
Acting

An Italian doctor starts a new life in Kenya to escape the city, but life catches up with him when an old friend offers his assistance along with his ...

The Entrepreneur

The Entrepreneur

2011

as Nicola

5.4
Acting
Unlikely Revolutionaries

Unlikely Revolutionaries

2010

as Pepe

5.6
Acting

Five ordinary people disillusioned with politics—a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict—decide to kidnap a p...

Come Undone

Come Undone

2010

as Domenico

5.9
Acting

Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship w...

Kiss Me Again

Kiss Me Again

2010

as Marco

5.8
Acting

A look at the lives of Carlo, Giulia, and their friends some 10 years after the events of L'Ultimo bacio.

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

2009

as Inspector Olivetti

6.7
Acting

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organizati...

Pane e libertà

Pane e libertà

2009

as Giuseppe 'Peppino' Di Vittorio

6.9
Acting

About comunist politician and labor union leader Giuseppe Di Vittorio.

The Man Who Loves

The Man Who Loves

2008

as Roberto

5.8
Acting

A man is broken hearted at the loss of his lover, then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved.

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta

6.1
Acting

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tusca...

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008

as Lord Glozell

6.6
Acting

One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a y...

Saturn in Opposition

Saturn in Opposition

2007

as Davide

6.9
Acting

This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. L...

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

2006

as Christopher Columbus

6.6
Acting

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o...

The Unknown Woman

The Unknown Woman

2006

as Donato Adacher

7.2
Acting

Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little gir...

Bartali: The Iron Man

Bartali: The Iron Man

2006

as Gino Bartali

6.9
Acting

TV Miniseries (2 episodes) about life and rivalry of italian bikers Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi.

Romanzo Criminale

Romanzo Criminale

2005

as Libano

7.2
Acting

After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the...

Amatemi

Amatemi

2005

as Claudio

4.6
Acting

Married for most of her adult life, Nina plunges into depression after being suddenly deserted by her husband. Eventually, she'll find a way out by ha...

Sorry, You Can't Get Through!

Sorry, You Can't Get Through!

2005

as Piero

6.5
Acting

Alarmed by the news that for each working Italian there's a retiree, 70-year-old Walter decides to do his part by helping "a young person who's workin...

The Keys to the House

The Keys to the House

2004

as Alberto

6.5
Acting

Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.

La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima

La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima

2004

as Self

Acting

DV-shot documentary following a group of up-and-coming young Italian actors .

Our Italian Husband

Our Italian Husband

2004

as Vincenzo Scocozza

4.5
Acting

When Vincenzo Scocozza , an Italian immigrant sculptor living and working in Manhattan, weds the expectant Charlene Taylor, it over complicates his li...

Al cuore si comanda

Al cuore si comanda

2003

as Riccardo

5.6
Acting

Lorenza is 30 years old and has not yet found the man of her life. Not wanting to be alone, she decides to take the penniless Riccardo as her husband ...

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

2003

as Filippo

5.7
Acting

A pair of summer and winter weekends intertwine in a series of flashbacks involving five friends. Their dreams and expectations overlap with memories ...

Ferrari

Ferrari

2003

as Filippo

7.1
Acting

Story of Enzo Ferrari's rise from a successful race driver to one of the most famous entrepreneurs of all time. Being interviewed by a fictitious, int...

Gli insoliti ignoti

Gli insoliti ignoti

2003

as Commissario Piero Cucciolla

5.9
Acting
Ladri ma non troppo

Ladri ma non troppo

2003

as Commissario Piero Cucciolla

5.8
Acting
Emma sono io

Emma sono io

2002

as Carlo

5.3
Acting

Francesco Falaschi's comedy I Am Emma stars Cecilia Dazzi as a woman who suffers from an unusual disorder. Emma is a town councilwoman whose husband (...

El Alamein

El Alamein

2002

as sergente Rizzo

6.5
Acting

War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division ...

Da zero a dieci

Da zero a dieci

2002

as Biccio

6.1
Acting

Twenty years after tragedy cut their graduation trip short, four friends return to that destination to finish what they started in 1980. However, as t...

La verità, vi prego, sull'amore

La verità, vi prego, sull'amore

2001

as Michelangelo

6.0
Acting
The Friends of Jesus: Thomas

The Friends of Jesus: Thomas

2001

as Simone

7.1
Acting

When Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, Thomas arrives. Like most other disciples, he worriedly took refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jes...

Judas: Close to Jesus

Judas: Close to Jesus

2001

as Simone

7.4
Acting

Pilate and the Roman legate Veturius look on worriedly as Jesus is celebrated as the new messiah in Jerusalem, fearing an uprising. Veturius decides t...

The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss

2001

as Marco

6.4
Acting

Giulia and Carlo have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at ...

La carbonara

La carbonara

2000

as Sergente

5.9
Acting

Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn, where the specialty is the "spaghetti alla carbonara". Moreover, the woman is tied to the movement of young pat...

Excellent Cadavers

Excellent Cadavers

1999

as Mario

6.2
Acting

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthl...

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

1999

as Felice Buccellato

4.3
Acting

The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.

Sweet Idleness

Sweet Idleness

1999

as Rossini

7.0
Acting

This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wa...

In barca a vela contromano

In barca a vela contromano

1997

as Castrovillari

6.0
Acting
The Prince of Homburg

The Prince of Homburg

1997

as Sparren

6.3
Acting

The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled however...

Pugili

Pugili

1995

Acting

Una questione privata

1993

as Ivan

Acting

Nemesi

N/A

Acting

Dio ride

N/A

Acting