Carlo Verdone

Carlo Verdone

1950-11-17 Rome, Lazio, Italy 118 Credits

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 ...

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Il Bar del Cult

Il Bar del Cult

2025

as Sé stesso

Acting
La scuola romana delle risate

La scuola romana delle risate

2025

as Sé stesso / Narratore

6.6
Acting
Gabriella

Gabriella

2024

7.0
Acting
Eroici! - 100 anni di passione e racconti di sport

Eroici! - 100 anni di passione e racconti di sport

2024

as Himself

Acting
Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore

Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore

2024

as Self

Acting
Per sempre al Massimo

Per sempre al Massimo

2024

Acting
Roma, santa e dannata

Roma, santa e dannata

2023

as Sé stesso

6.9
Acting
Il mio amico Massimo

Il mio amico Massimo

2022

as Sé stesso

7.1
Acting

The life and artistic journey of Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi.

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

2022

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

I magnifici 4 della risata

2022

7.0
Acting
L'altro buio in sala

L'altro buio in sala

2022

as Sé stesso

Acting
Ennio

Ennio

2022

as Self

8.3
Acting

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

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore

Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore

2021

as Sé stesso

8.0
Acting

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

Si vive una volta sola

2021

as il Professore Umberto Gastaldi

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...

Si vive una volta sola

Si vive una volta sola

2021

Screenplay, Story, Director

5.6
Writing Directing

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

Io tu noi, Lucio

2020

as Self

7.3
Acting
Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?

Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting
The Last Movie Painter

The Last Movie Painter

2020

as Self

7.4
Acting

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

Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana

2019

as Self

7.6
Acting
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa

Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa

2019

as Self

Acting
Tutto Sordi

Tutto Sordi

2019

Acting
Vinilici

Vinilici

2018

6.5
Acting
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

2018

as Self

9.0
Acting

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

Blessed Madness

2018

as Guglielmo

6.0
Acting

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

Blessed Madness

2018

Writer, Director

6.0
Writing Directing

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

L'abbiamo fatta grossa

2016

as Arturo Merlino

5.5
Acting

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

L'abbiamo fatta grossa

2016

Story, Director, Screenplay

5.5
Writing Directing

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

Cercando La grande bellezza

2015

as Self

7.7
Acting

Drama, documentary

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

2014

as Self

Acting
C'era una volta il prossimamente

C'era una volta il prossimamente

2014

as Self

Acting

A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"

Sotto una buona stella

Sotto una buona stella

2014

as Federico Picchioni

5.8
Acting

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

Sotto una buona stella

2014

Director, Story, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

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

Directing
Carlo!

Carlo!

2013

as Himself

5.6
Acting
The Great Beauty

The Great Beauty

2013

as Romano

7.5
Acting

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

Alberto il grande

2013

Director

7.5
Directing

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

A Flat for Three

2012

as Ulisse Diamanti

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...

A Flat for Three

A Flat for Three

2012

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.0
Directing Writing

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

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

2011

Acting

Noi c'eravamo

2011

as Self

10.0
Acting
Voi siete qui

Voi siete qui

2011

as Self

Acting
Ages of Love

Ages of Love

2011

as Fabio

5.3
Acting

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

Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano

2010

as Self

7.0
Acting
Niente paura

Niente paura

2010

as Sé stesso

6.7
Acting
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

2010

as Self

6.5
Acting
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

2010

as Self

6.2
Acting
Me, Them and Lara

Me, Them and Lara

2010

as Carlo Mascolo

5.6
Acting

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

Me, Them and Lara

2010

Director, Writer, Story

5.6
Directing Writing

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

What Do You Know About Me

2009

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Verdone racconta Leone

2009

as Se stesso

Acting
A Matter of Heart

A Matter of Heart

2009

as se stesso

6.0
Acting

Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. A...

Italians

Italians

2009

as Giulio Cesare Carminati

5.7
Acting

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

Grande, grosso e... Verdone

2008

as Leo Nuvolone / Callisto Cagnato / Moreno Vecchiarutti / L'onorevole

5.9
Acting

A comic movie divided in three episodes.

Grande, grosso e... Verdone

Grande, grosso e... Verdone

2008

Director, Screenplay, Story

5.9
Directing Writing

A comic movie divided in three episodes.

Manual of Love 2

Manual of Love 2

2007

as Ernesto

5.4
Acting

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

Acting

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

A Beautiful Vacation

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

My Best Enemy

2006

as Achille De Bellis

6.1
Acting

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

My Best Enemy

2006

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.1
Directing Writing

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

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

2006

as Self

9.6
Acting

Documentary about Sergio Leone

Manual of Love

Manual of Love

2005

as Goffredo

5.8
Acting

Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.

L'amore è eterno finché dura

L'amore è eterno finché dura

2004

as Gilberto Mercuri

6.2
Acting

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

L'amore è eterno finché dura

2004

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

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

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

2003

as Gegé

6.4
Acting

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

Ma che colpa abbiamo noi

2003

Screenplay, Story, Director

6.4
Writing Directing

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

Zora la vampira

2000

as Lombardi

5.7
Acting

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

Zora la vampira

2000

Presenter, Producer

5.7
Producing

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

C'era un cinese in coma

2000

as Ercole Preziosi

5.7
Acting

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

C'era un cinese in coma

2000

Screenplay, Story, Director

5.7
Writing Directing

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

Lucky and Zorba

1998

as Zorba (voice)

7.7
Acting

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

Gallo cedrone

1998

as Armando Feroci

5.6
Acting

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

Gallo cedrone

1998

Screenplay, Story, Director

5.6
Writing Directing

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

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

1997

as Self

Acting
Iris Blond

Iris Blond

1996

as Romeo

5.9
Acting

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

Iris Blond

1996

Director, Story, Screenplay

5.9
Directing Writing

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

Honeymoon Trips

1995

as Raniero / Giovannino / Ivano

6.8
Acting

The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.

Honeymoon Trips

Honeymoon Trips

1995

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.

Perdiamoci di vista

Perdiamoci di vista

1994

as Gepy Fuxas

6.1
Acting

Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

Perdiamoci di vista

Perdiamoci di vista

1994

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.1
Directing Writing

Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

Al lupo, al lupo

Al lupo, al lupo

1992

as Gregorio Sagonà

6.3
Acting

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

Al lupo, al lupo

1992

Story, Screenplay, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

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

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

1992

as Bernardo

6.6
Acting

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

Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

1992

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.6
Directing Writing

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

Tonight at Alice's

1990

as Saverio

5.8
Acting

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

Tonight at Alice's

1990

Screenplay, Story, Director

5.8
Writing Directing

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

Il bambino e il poliziotto

1989

as Carlo Vinciguerra

5.8
Acting

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

Il bambino e il poliziotto

1989

Screenplay, Story, Director

5.8
Writing Directing

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

Compagni di scuola

1988

as Piero Ruffolo

7.2
Acting

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

Compagni di scuola

1988

Story, Screenplay, Director

7.2
Writing Directing

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

My Sister and I

1987

as Carlo

6.5
Acting

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

My Sister and I

1987

Story, Director, Screenplay

6.5
Writing Directing

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

7 Kilos in 7 Days

1986

as Alfio Tamburini

6.0
Acting

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

Troppo forte

1986

as Oscar Pettinari

6.5
Acting

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

Troppo forte

1986

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.5
Directing Writing

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

I due carabinieri

1984

as Marino Spada

6.1
Acting

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

I due carabinieri

1984

Story, Director, Screenplay

6.1
Writing Directing

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

Cuori nella tormenta

1984

as Walter

5.5
Acting

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

Cuori nella tormenta

1984

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

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

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

1984

as Self

6.2
Acting

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

Soap and Water

Soap and Water

1983

as Rolando

6.7
Acting

A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.

Soap and Water

Soap and Water

1983

Screenplay, Story, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.

Journey with Papa

Journey with Papa

1982

as Cristiano Ferretti

6.4
Acting

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

Journey with Papa

1982

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

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

Grand Hotel Excelsior

1982

as Pericle Coccia

6.1
Acting

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

Talcum Powder

1982

as Sergio Benvenuti

6.8
Acting

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

Talcum Powder

1982

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Writing

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!

Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!

1982

as Himself

6.8
Acting

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

Bianco, rosso e Verdone

1981

as Pasquale Ametrano / Furio Zoccano / Mimmo

7.3
Acting

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

Bianco, rosso e Verdone

1981

Screenplay, Story, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

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

Fun Is Beautiful

1980

as Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Anselmo / Professor

7.1
Acting

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

Fun Is Beautiful

1980

Screenplay, Story, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

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

Luna

1979

as Director of Caracalla

6.3
Acting

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

Una settimana come un'altra

1978

Acting

A comedy feature film.

That Movement Which I Love So Much

That Movement Which I Love So Much

1976

as Bar Customer (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

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

That Movement Which I Love So Much

1976

Assistant Director

4.0
Directing

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

24 Hours... Not a Minute More

1973

as Ambassador's Bodyguard (uncredited)

Acting
24 Hours... Not a Minute More

24 Hours... Not a Minute More

1973

Assistant Director

Directing