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