Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto
	Castellitto at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, September 2009
Born	18 August 1953 (age 70); Rome, Italy
Occupations	Film director; actor; screenwriter;
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Margaret Mazzantini (m. 1987)
Children	4, including Pietro Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy.^[3] After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978, he began his theatrical career in Italian public theater with Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the Teatro di Roma and with roles in other plays such as La Madre by Brecht, Merchant of Venice, and Candelaio by Giordano Bruno.^[4] At the Teatro di Genova he starred in the roles of Tuzenbach in Chekhov's Three Sisters and Jean in Strindberg's Miss Julie, both under the direction of Otomar Krejka. In the coming years, he also starred in such theatrical productions as L'infelicità senza desideri and Piccoli equivoci at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. He also appeared in Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon.^[4] During his years in the theatre, he worked alongside many famous actors, including Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo, and Enzo Muzii.

Castellitto began his film career in 1983 beside Marcello Mastroianni and Michel Piccoli in The General of the Dead Army by Luciano Tovoli.^[2] He interpreted many films like Sembra morto...ma è solo svenuto directed by Felice Farina, Piccoli equivoci by Ricky Tognazzi and Stasera a casa di Alice by Carlo Verdone. He became more famous with the films The Great Pumpkin by Francesca Archibugi and The Star Maker by Giuseppe Tornatore.

In the late 1980s, Castellitto appeared in several Italian television miniseries, including Un siciliano in Sicilia (1987), Cinque storie inquietanti (1987), Piazza Navona (1988), Cinéma (1988), and Come stanno bene insieme (1989). He also appeared in the miniseries Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes (2000).^[5]

Success arrived with the films La famiglia, L'ultimo bacio, Caterina in the Big City, My Mother's Smile, Mostly Martha, and especially with Don't Move, written by his wife Margaret Mazzantini. Other films that he interpreted include Il regista di matrimoni by Marco Bellocchio and La stella che non c'è by Gianni Amelio.

In France, Castellitto played the male lead opposite Jeanne Balibar in Jacques Rivette's Va savoir (2001). His most recent accomplishment as an actor has been in his role as Padre Pio: Miracle Man, arguably the defining role of his career.

The first film that he directed is Libero Burro, followed by Don't Move. He played the role of the antagonist, King Miraz, in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

His most recent film as director was Twice Born, which played at the Toronto Film Festival (2012), where it was not well received by much of the English-speaking press.

Most recently, Castellitto appeared in the television series In Treatment in the role of Giovanni.^[5]

Castellitto is married to Margaret Mazzantini with four children, one of these is Pietro, actor and film director himself. Castellitto also speaks fluent English and French.

Awards

1990 David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor (for Tre colonne in cronaca)
1993 David di Donatello Award for Best Actor (for Il grande cocomero)
1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (for Il grande cocomero)
1995 Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Award for Best Actor (for The Star Maker)
1996 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon for Best Actor (for The Star Maker)
2000 Mons International Festival Grand Prize (for Libero Burro)
2002 European Film Award for Best Actor (for Mostly Martha)
2002 Flaiano Film Festival Audience Award for Best Actor (for My Mother's Smile)
2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (for My Mother's Smile)
2002 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon for Best Actor (for My Mother's Smile)
2002 Mons International Festival Award for Best Actor (for Mostly Martha)
2003 Flaiano International Prize Golden Pegasus for Best Television Actor (for Ferrari)
2003 Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor (for Mostly Martha, Unfair Competition, and Who Knows?)
2004 David di Donatello Award for Best Actor (for Don't Move)
2004 Flaiano Film Festival Audience Award for Best Film (for Don't Move)
2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Film (for Don't Move)
2005 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon for Best Screenplay (for Don't Move)
2006 Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Award for Best Actor (for The Missing Star)
2007 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists European Silver Ribbon (for his masterclass at Cannes)
2009 Rome Film Fest Award for Best Actor (for Raise Your Head)^[6]
2020 Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor (for Mafia Inc.)^[7]

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Three Brothers	Terrorist	Uncredited
1981	Carcerato	Scapricciatiello
1983	The General of the Dead Army	The Expert
1984	Western di cose nostre		TV movie
1984	Il momento magico	Roberto
1986	Carefree Giovanni	Giovanni Senzapensieri / Il Duca di Cantelmo
1986	Sembra morto... ma è solo svenuto	Romano Duranti
1987	The Family	Carletto, as a man
1987	Dolce assenza	Vittorio
1987	Non tutto rosa
1987	Il mistero del panino assassino
1988	Love and Fear	Roberto
1988	The Big Blue	Novelli
1989	Little Misunderstandings	Paolo
1990	Un cane sciolto	Magistrato De Santis	TV movie
1990	Tre colonne in cronaca	Quinto Cecconi - il giornalista
1990	Alberto Express	Alberto Capuano
1990	I taràssachi
1990	Una fredda mattina di maggio	Ruggero Manni
1990	Stasera a casa di Alice	Filippo
1991	Un cane sciolto 2	Dario De Santis	TV movie
1991	The Flesh	Paolo
1991	Rossini! Rossini!	Gioacchino Rossini, giovane
1992	Un cane sciolto 3	Magistrato De Santis	TV movie
1992	Nero	Federico
1992	Nessuno	Elio Tropia
1993	The Great Pumpkin	Arturo
1993	Toxic Affair	Mister Ray-Ban
1994	With Closed Eyes	Alberto
1995	The Star Maker	Joe Morelli
1995	Il grande Fausto	Fausto Coppi	TV movie
1996	Le cri de la soie	Gabriel de Villemer
1996	Portraits chinois	Guido
1996	Hotel paura	Carlo Ruggeri
1996	Silenzio... si nasce	Il Forte
1997	Quadrille	Carl Herickson
1997	Pronto	Tommy 'the Zip' Bucks	TV movie
1997	Don Milani: Il priore di Barbiana	Don Lorenzo Milani	TV movie
1998	Que la lumière soit	Dieu le touriste
1998	For Sale	Luigi Primo
1999	Libero Burro	Libero Burro
2000	Padre Pio: Miracle Man	Padre Pio da Pietrelcina / Francesco Forgione	TV movie
2001	The Last Kiss	Prof. Eugenio Bonetti
2001	Unfair Competition	Leone DellaRocca
2001	Laguna	Joe / Thomas' uncle
2001	Who Knows?	Ugo
2001	Mostly Martha	Mario
2002	My Mother's Smile	Ernesto Picciafuocco
2003	Ferrari	Enzo Ferrari	TV movie
2003	Caterina in the Big City	Giancarlo Iacovoni
2004	Don't Move	Timoteo
2004	Ne quittez pas!	Félix Mandel
2004	Maigret: La trappola	Jules Maigret	TV movie
2004	Maigret: L'ombra cinese	Jules Maigret	TV movie
2006	The Wedding Director	Franco Elica
2006	Paris, je t'aime	Le mari	(segment "Bastille")
2006	The Missing Star	Vincenzo Buonavolontà
2006	Arthur and the Invisibles	Le chef de gare	French version, Voice
2008	Fuga per la libertà: L'aviatore	Massimo Teglio	TV movie
2008	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	King Miraz
2008	O professore	Pietro Filodomini
2009	Italians	Fortunato	(first segment)
2009	Around a Small Mountain	Vittorio
2009	Bets and Wedding Dresses	Franco Campanella
2009	Raise Your Head	Mero
2010	Love & Slaps	Marcello Sinibaldi
2012	Twice Born	Giuliano	^[5]
2012	A Perfect Family	Leone
2013-2015	In Treatment	Giovanni Mari	37 episodes
2014	La buca	Oscar
2017	Piccoli crimini coniugali
2017	Fortunata	Infermiere / Carabiniere
2018	Il tuttofare	Toti Bellastella
2020	Mafia Inc.	Frank Paternò
2020	The Bad Poet	Gabriele D'Annunzio
2022	Dante	Giovanni Boccaccio
2023	Enea
TBA	Conclave		Filming