Sergio Castellitto

Known for ActingBorn 1953-08-18 (age 72)Roma, Lazio, Italia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

'O professore

Hotel Paura

Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures

Va savoir+

Seul face au crime

Alberto Express

Una fredda mattina di maggio

Come stanno bene insieme

In Utero

La trappola di Maigret

L'ombra cinese

Nessuno

Cinéma

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

Pezzi unici

In Treatment

Marx Can Wait

Crazy for Football - Matti per il calcio

Conclave

Twice Born

Ne quittez pas !

Carefree Giovanni

The Family

The Big Blue

Shadow Play

Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head

The Major Fisherman

With Closed Eyes

My Mother's Smile

Nessuno siamo perfetti

Ferrari

Unfair Competition

Don't Move

The Star Maker

Non ti pago

Padre Pio

Aldo Moro - il Professore

Natale in casa Cupiello

He Looks Dead... But He's Only Fainted

Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future

Western di cose nostre

Mafia Inc.

Paris Je T'aime

The Missing Star

Padre Pio: Miracle Man

Romeo Is Juliet

Mostly Martha

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian