Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Valerio Mastandrea
Mastandrea in 2010
Born (1972-02-14) 14 February 1972 (age 52)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
  • producer

Life and career edit

He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 late night talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show.[1]

After some occasional participation in stage plays and films, he had his breakout with the role of Tarcisio in the 1995 crime film Palermo – Milan One Way by Claudio Fragasso. In 1997 he got his first leading role in the sleeper box office hit We All Fall Down.[1]

Awards edit

Mastandrea won the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his role in The First Beautiful Thing in 2010.[2]

In 2013, he won both the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Ivano De Matteo's Balancing Act and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Roberto Andò's Long Live Freedom.[3]

Selected filmography edit

Film edit

TV edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Poppi, Roberto; Lancia, Enrico (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 31. ISBN 8884402697.
  2. ^ "Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood". cineuropa. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. ^ "David di Donatello, il trionfo di Tornatore". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 15 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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