Roberto De Francesco
Appearance
Roberto De Francesco | |
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Born | 2 March 1964 Caserta, Italy | (age 61)
Occupation | Actor |
Roberto De Francesco (born 2 March 1964) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Caserta, in 1987 De Francesco graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.[1] He started his career on stage with Mario Martone's company Compagnia dei Teatri Uniti, and often collaborated with Toni Servillo.[1]
De Francesco made his film debut in 1987, in Giuseppe Piccioni's Il grande Blek.[1][2] In 1992, he was awarded a Grolla d'oro for his performance in Francesco Calogero 's Nessuno.[3] In 2017, he received a David di Donatello nomination for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Irene Dionisio's Le ultime cose.[4]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Bankomatt (1989)
- Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)
- The Yes Man (1991)
- Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
- The Second Time (1995)
- Bits and Pieces (1996)
- Five Stormy Days (1997)
- Notes of Love (1998)
- Rehearsals for War (1998)
- The Son's Room (2001)
- One Man Up (2001)
- Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! (2007)
- Piano, solo (2007)
- We Believed (2010)
- We Have a Pope (2011)
- Miele (2013)
- Mom or Dad? (2017)
- Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)
- Loro (2018)
- The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
- Hammamet (2020)
- The King of Laughter (2021)
- Three Floors (2021)
- The Inner Cage (2021)
- The Hand of God (2021)
- Sicilian Letters (2024)
- The American Backyard (2024)
- Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lancia, Enrico (2003). "De Francesco, Roberto". Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. pp. 186–7. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.
- ^ Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Roberto De Francesco". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ Fusco, Maria Pia (1 November 1992). "Grolle d'oro per divi e non". La Repubblica. p. 27.
- ^ "David 2017, miglior attore non protagonista: candidature". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 21 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2025.