Brando Pacitto

Brando Pacitto
Pacitto in 2019
Born (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Brando Pacitto (born 1 March 1996) is an Italian actor.

Career

Pacitto started his acting career as a 4-year-old child, at the Clesis in Rome, and later entered the theatrical school by actor and playwright Thomas Otto Zinzi, with whom he still works today. In 2006 he played the role of baby Jesus in the TV series The Holy Family (La sacra famiglia), co-starring Ana Caterina Morariu (Mary) and Alessandro Gassmann (Joseph). In 2007 he starred Liberi di giocare by Francesco Miccichè, with Pierfrancesco Favino and Isabella Ferrari. He later portrayed Lorenzo in the television film Al di là del lago (2009) and in its sequel drama Al di là del lago (2010), both starring Kaspar Capparoni and Gioia Spaziani. He was in Dov'è mia figlia? (2011) by Monica Vullo, with Claudio Amendola and Serena Autieri, and in the two-episode film Walter Chiari – Fino all'ultima risata (2012) by Enzo Monteleone, with Alessio Boni and Bianca Guaccero, where he played the role of 15-year-old Simone Annichiarico. He took part in Rai 1 series Una buona stagione in 2013. Since the following year he's starring as Vale in highly rated TV drama Braccialetti rossi, also broadcast by Rai 1. In 2015 he was in Jovanotti's L'estate addosso music video and in the homonymous film by Gabriele Muccino, released in September 2016. In this year he has acted in Piuma, a film by Roan Johnson.

Pacitto is also a surfer, winning the Italian leg of the important competition Quicksilver King of the Groms in 2012.[1]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio Young Gladiator
2012 The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 Young Marco D'Aviano
2016 Summertime Marco
Piuma Patema
2018 Succede Samuele "Sam"
2022 The Turning Point Ludovico
Padre Pio Renato
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Holy Family Jesus Television film
2007 Liberi di giocare Francesco Television film
2010–2011 Al di là del lago Lorenzo 11 episodes
2011 Inspector Rex Federico Miani Episode: "Bravi ragazzi"
Dov'è mia figlia? Giorgio 2 episodes
2012 Walter Chiari - Fino all'ultima risata Young Simone Television film
2014 A Good Season Lorenzo "Picchio" Lana 6 episodes
2014–2016 Braccialetti rossi Valentino "Vale" Maggi 17 episodes
2018 Medici Antonio Meffei 3 episodes
2018–2020 Baby Fabio Fedeli 18 episodes
Music videos
Year Title Artist(s) Notes
2013 "Io non ho finito" Niccolò Agliardi
2015 "L'estate addosso" Jovanotti
"Il bene si avvera" Niccolò Agliardi
"Simili" Laura Pausini
2016 "Almeno tu" Francesca Michielin
2020 "Vertigine" Levante feat. Altarboy
2021 "Can't Help Falling in Love" Michael Pitt

Awards and nominations

Note

  1. ^ "Brando Pacitto vince la tappa italiana e vola ad Ericeira per la Finale Europea" (in Italian). July 25, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Roma Fiction Fest 2014, i vincitori" (in Italian). September 19, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.