Biography
Carlo Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. His career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, "Un sacco bello" (1980), "Bianco, rosso e Verdone" (1981) and "Borotalco" (1982). Since the 1990s, he has been introducing more serious subjects in his work, linked to the excesses of society and the individual's hardships in confronting it. Along with Massimo Troisi, Francesco Nuti and Roberto Benigni, he is one of the most important and revelant ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Il Bar del Cult
2025
as Sé stesso

La scuola romana delle risate
2025
as Sé stesso / Narratore

Gabriella
2024

Eroici! - 100 anni di passione e racconti di sport
2024
as Himself

Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore
2024
as Self

Per sempre al Massimo
2024

Roma, santa e dannata
2023
as Sé stesso

Il mio amico Massimo
2022
as Sé stesso
The life and artistic journey of Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi.

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
as Self
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema...

I magnifici 4 della risata
2022

L'altro buio in sala
2022
as Sé stesso

Ennio
2022
as Self
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-...

We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
2021
as Sé stesso
Necessarily far from the spotlights, Monica Vitti shines in a light intact to the eyes of spectators at every latitude. On scene the artistic path and...

Si vive una volta sola
2021
as il Professore Umberto Gastaldi
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...

Si vive una volta sola
2021
Screenplay, Story, Director
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...

Io tu noi, Lucio
2020
as Self

Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
2020
as Self

The Last Movie Painter
2020
as Self
A fantastic journey through the world of Renato Casaro, one of the most important illustrators that the world’s film poster industry has ever known.

Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
as Self

Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019
as Self

Tutto Sordi
2019

Vinilici
2018

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018
as Self
This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian screen icon who began his illustrious career as a...

Blessed Madness
2018
as Guglielmo
A man dedicated to religion and very faithful husband suddenly finds himself single. The new shop assistant in his shop will overwhelm his life.

Blessed Madness
2018
Writer, Director
A man dedicated to religion and very faithful husband suddenly finds himself single. The new shop assistant in his shop will overwhelm his life.

L'abbiamo fatta grossa
2016
as Arturo Merlino
Yuri Pelagatti is a stage actor who is left jobless after a traumatic separation that resulted in his inability to remember his lines. Arturo Merlino ...

L'abbiamo fatta grossa
2016
Story, Director, Screenplay
Yuri Pelagatti is a stage actor who is left jobless after a traumatic separation that resulted in his inability to remember his lines. Arturo Merlino ...

Cercando La grande bellezza
2015
as Self
Drama, documentary

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
2014
as Self

C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
as Self
A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"

Sotto una buona stella
2014
as Federico Picchioni
A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (aba...

Sotto una buona stella
2014
Director, Story, Screenplay
A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (aba...
Cenerentola - Una favola in diretta
2013
Director

Carlo!
2013
as Himself

The Great Beauty
2013
as Romano
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks...

Alberto il grande
2013
Director
Docu-film directed by Carlo and Luca Verdone realized on 2013 in occasion of the tenth anniversary from the actor’s death happened on 24th February 20...

A Flat for Three
2012
as Ulisse Diamanti
Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties...

A Flat for Three
2012
Director, Screenplay, Story
Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties...

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente
2011
Noi c'eravamo
2011
as Self

Voi siete qui
2011
as Self

Ages of Love
2011
as Fabio
In Italy, three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a reti...

Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano
2010
as Self

Niente paura
2010
as Sé stesso

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
as Self

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010
as Self

Me, Them and Lara
2010
as Carlo Mascolo
A priest, after spending years in humanitary missions in Africa, reunites with his family, which is in worse conditions than when he left, and above a...

Me, Them and Lara
2010
Director, Writer, Story
A priest, after spending years in humanitary missions in Africa, reunites with his family, which is in worse conditions than when he left, and above a...

What Do You Know About Me
2009
as Self
Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, t...

Verdone racconta Leone
2009
as Se stesso

A Matter of Heart
2009
as se stesso
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. A...

Italians
2009
as Giulio Cesare Carminati
Two stories of Italians abroad: in Dubai, a truck driver who smuggles Ferraris for a living teaches the tricks of the trade to his young disciple; in ...

Grande, grosso e... Verdone
2008
as Leo Nuvolone / Callisto Cagnato / Moreno Vecchiarutti / L'onorevole
A comic movie divided in three episodes.

Grande, grosso e... Verdone
2008
Director, Screenplay, Story
A comic movie divided in three episodes.

Manual of Love 2
2007
as Ernesto
Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay...
RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world
2007
as Self
If Rome is the capital of the world, then Alberto Sordi is his true son. He absorbed all the vices and valor of his homeland. His whole life was conne...

A Beautiful Vacation
2006
as Self
This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, a...

My Best Enemy
2006
as Achille De Bellis
When a neurotic hotel manager fires a maid for allegedly stealing a laptop, her son swears revenge and begins to expose his deepest secrets — only to ...

My Best Enemy
2006
Director, Screenplay, Story
When a neurotic hotel manager fires a maid for allegedly stealing a laptop, her son swears revenge and begins to expose his deepest secrets — only to ...

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
2006
as Self
Documentary about Sergio Leone

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

L'amore è eterno finché dura
2004
as Gilberto Mercuri
Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, dev...

L'amore è eterno finché dura
2004
Director, Story, Screenplay
Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, dev...

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi
2003
as Gegé
Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi
2003
Screenplay, Story, Director
Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.

Zora la vampira
2000
as Lombardi
Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincar...

Zora la vampira
2000
Presenter, Producer
Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincar...

C'era un cinese in coma
2000
as Ercole Preziosi
A talent agent with a truly talentless client roster, Ercole Preziosi finds himself in trouble when a car crash injures his star comedian, so he turns...

C'era un cinese in coma
2000
Screenplay, Story, Director
A talent agent with a truly talentless client roster, Ercole Preziosi finds himself in trouble when a car crash injures his star comedian, so he turns...

Lucky and Zorba
1998
as Zorba (voice)
A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the ...

Gallo cedrone
1998
as Armando Feroci
The life and times of Armando Feroci, a fortyish year old, who's been everything, a divorced husband, a careless father, an unreliable brother. The st...

Gallo cedrone
1998
Screenplay, Story, Director
The life and times of Armando Feroci, a fortyish year old, who's been everything, a divorced husband, a careless father, an unreliable brother. The st...

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997
as Self

Iris Blond
1996
as Romeo
Romeo, a lovelorn Roman musician in his 40s with 20 years since his only hit, consults a fortuneteller who predicts he'll find love and money with a f...

Iris Blond
1996
Director, Story, Screenplay
Romeo, a lovelorn Roman musician in his 40s with 20 years since his only hit, consults a fortuneteller who predicts he'll find love and money with a f...

Honeymoon Trips
1995
as Raniero / Giovannino / Ivano
The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.

Honeymoon Trips
1995
Director, Story, Screenplay
The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.

Perdiamoci di vista
1994
as Gepy Fuxas
Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

Perdiamoci di vista
1994
Director, Story, Screenplay
Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

Al lupo, al lupo
1992
as Gregorio 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...

Al lupo, al lupo
1992
Story, Screenplay, Director
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...

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
1992
as Bernardo
Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he...

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
1992
Director, Screenplay, Story
Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he...

Tonight at Alice's
1990
as Saverio
Saverio and Filippo are two friends and religious leaders of a travel agency in Rome. However, Filippo has trouble with his wife, because she finds ou...

Tonight at Alice's
1990
Screenplay, Story, Director
Saverio and Filippo are two friends and religious leaders of a travel agency in Rome. However, Filippo has trouble with his wife, because she finds ou...

Il bambino e il poliziotto
1989
as Carlo Vinciguerra
Carlo, a police officer, after intercepting a call conducts a drug bust at a private party at the upper class apartment of Rosanna Clerici and she is ...

Il bambino e il poliziotto
1989
Screenplay, Story, Director
Carlo, a police officer, after intercepting a call conducts a drug bust at a private party at the upper class apartment of Rosanna Clerici and she is ...

Compagni di scuola
1988
as Piero Ruffolo
A group of former high school classmates meets for a reunion 15 years after graduation, only to discover that any innocence or friendship is long lost...

Compagni di scuola
1988
Story, Screenplay, Director
A group of former high school classmates meets for a reunion 15 years after graduation, only to discover that any innocence or friendship is long lost...

My Sister and I
1987
as Carlo
Carlo is a responsible sibling who deals with his black-sheep sister Silvia in this situation comedy. When Silvia returns after many years to attend h...

My Sister and I
1987
Story, Director, Screenplay
Carlo is a responsible sibling who deals with his black-sheep sister Silvia in this situation comedy. When Silvia returns after many years to attend h...

7 Kilos in 7 Days
1986
as Alfio Tamburini
Two not very clever young doctors open a fitness center and promise to let people lose seven kilos in seven days. When the enterprise fails they open ...

Troppo forte
1986
as Oscar Pettinari
Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries ...

Troppo forte
1986
Director, Story, Screenplay
Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries ...

I due carabinieri
1984
as Marino Spada
Two deadbeat friends barely pass the entrance exam for the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, but love for the same woman gets in the way...

I due carabinieri
1984
Story, Director, Screenplay
Two deadbeat friends barely pass the entrance exam for the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, but love for the same woman gets in the way...

Cuori nella tormenta
1984
as Walter
Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook. They become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without k...

Cuori nella tormenta
1984
Screenplay
Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook. They become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without k...

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
as Self
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.

Soap and Water
1983
as Rolando
A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.

Soap and Water
1983
Screenplay, Story, Director
A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.

Journey with Papa
1982
as Cristiano Ferretti
Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and oft...

Journey with Papa
1982
Screenplay
Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and oft...

Grand Hotel Excelsior
1982
as Pericle Coccia
Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde...

Talcum Powder
1982
as Sergio Benvenuti
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks fo...

Talcum Powder
1982
Director, Story, Screenplay
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks fo...

Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
1982
as Himself
The fake report about Troisi's death, with the direction of Troisi himself with Lello Arena and Anna Pavignano. A long of list people greet the comedi...

Bianco, rosso e Verdone
1981
as Pasquale Ametrano / Furio Zoccano / Mimmo
Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to...

Bianco, rosso e Verdone
1981
Screenplay, Story, Director
Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to...

Fun Is Beautiful
1980
as Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Anselmo / Professor
Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towar...

Fun Is Beautiful
1980
Screenplay, Story, Director
Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towar...

Luna
1979
as Director of Caracalla
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his hero...

Una settimana come un'altra
1978
A comedy feature film.

That Movement Which I Love So Much
1976
as Bar Customer (uncredited)
Noblewoman Livia and her friend Marquis Cecco Ottobuoni take revenge against politician Fabrizio Siniscalchi, Livia's lover who dumped her for politic...

That Movement Which I Love So Much
1976
Assistant Director
Noblewoman Livia and her friend Marquis Cecco Ottobuoni take revenge against politician Fabrizio Siniscalchi, Livia's lover who dumped her for politic...

24 Hours... Not a Minute More
1973
as Ambassador's Bodyguard (uncredited)

24 Hours... Not a Minute More
1973
Assistant Director