Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto (born August 18, 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter.
Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. 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. 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. 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. 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).
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.
Castellitto is married to Margaret Mazzantini with four children, one of these is Pietro, actor and film director himself.
Source: Article "Sergio Castellitto" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
In Treatment
Dr. Giovanni Mari
Conclave
Tedesco
The Flesh
Paolo
The General's Men
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Pezzi unici
Vanni Bandinelli
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
King Miraz
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
Padre Pio
Cinéma
Rocco
Come stanno bene insieme
Ugo
The Big Blue
Novelli
Meraviglie - La penisola dei tesori
Paris Je T'aime
Le mari (Bastille)
Twice Born
Giuliano
Don't Move
Timoteo
Mafia Inc.
Frank Paternò
Mostly Martha
Mario
The Family
Carletto as a young man
The Last Kiss
Prof. Eugenio Bonetti
With Closed Eyes
Signor Alberto
Hotel Laguna
Joe Sollazzo
The Star Maker
Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)
Dante
Giovanni Boccaccio
Caterina in the Big City
Giancarlo Iacovoni
Tonight at Alice's
Filippo
Lucky
Infermiere/Carabieniere
The Bad Poet
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Unfair Competition
Leone
Crazy for Football - Matti per il calcio
Saverio Lulli
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Ugo
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
A Bookshop in Paris
Vincenzo
Enea
Celeste
Tre colonne in cronaca
Quinto Cecconi - il giornalista
The Major Fisherman
Angelo Vassallo
Romeo Is Juliet
Federico Landi Porrini
The Wedding Director
Franco Elica
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Self (archival footage)
Una famiglia perfetta
Leone
The Great Pumpkin
Arturo
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Self (archive footage)
Love & Slaps
Marcello
Marcello, una vita dolce
Narrator (voice)
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
For Sale
Luigi Primo
Italians
Fortunato
Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana
Don Lorenzo Milani
Pronto
Tommy "The Zip" Bucks
Violette
The Handyman
Salvatore Toti Bellastella
Rossini! Rossini!
Gioacchino Rossini, giovane
Alberto Express
Alberto Capuano
Love and Fear
Roberto
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
My Mother's Smile
Ernesto Picciafuoco
Dreamfools
Sergio
Nour
Pietro Bartolo
Ne quittez pas !
Félix Mandel
The General of the Dead Army
The Expert
Marx Can Wait
Ernesto Picciafuoco (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Talent of the Hornet
Ascoltatore
Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head
Rocco Chinnici
Natale in casa Cupiello
Luca Cupiello
The Missing Star
Vincenzo Buonavolontà
Piccoli equivoci
Paolo
Padre Pio
Padre Pio
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
Libero Burro
Libero Burro
Fuga per la libertà - L'aviatore
Massimo Teglio
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self
Carefree Giovanni
Giovanni
The Best Century of My Life
Gustavo Diotallevi
Nero
Federico Zardo
Una fredda mattina di maggio
Ruggero Manni
Le Cri de la soie
Gabriel de Villemer
Magic Moments
Roberto 'Bo'
Non ti pago
Aldo Moro - il Professore
Aldo Moro
Piccoli crimini coniugali
Elia
Quadrille
Carl Herickson
Toxic Affair
Mister Ray-Ban
He Looks Dead... But He's Only Fainted
Romano Duranti
Raise Your Head
Mero
Il Grande Fausto
Fausto Coppi
Shadow Play
Guido
Around a Small Mountain
Vittorio
La trappola di Maigret
Jules Maigret
Silenzio... si nasce
Il Forte
Inmate
Scapricciatiello
Hotel Paura
Carlo Ruggeri
Nessuno
Tropia
The Hole
Oscar
Seul face au crime
Dario De Santis
Dolce assenza
Vittorio
L'ombra cinese
Jules Maigret
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Narrator
Bets & Wedding Dresses
Franco Campanella
'O professore
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Self
Cinque Storie Inquietanti: La Parete della Stanza Accanto
Roberto Valente