Sergio Castellitto

Biography

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

Novelli

Le Grand Bleu

Le mari (Bastille)

Paris, je t'aime

King Miraz

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Mario

Bella Martha

Franco Elica

Il regista di matrimoni

Vincenzo Buonavolontà

La stella che non c'è

Fortunato

Italians

Franco Campanella

Tris di donne e abiti nuziali

Carletto as a young man

La famiglia

Sabato, domenica e lunedì

Non ti pago

Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)

L'uomo delle stelle

Enzo Ferrari

Ferrari

Mero

Alza la testa

Timoteo

Non ti muovere

Ernesto Picciafuoco

L’ora di religione - Il sorriso di mia madre

Giancarlo Iacovoni

Caterina va in città

Federico Zardo

Nero

Paolo

La carne

Libero Burro

Libero Burro

Ugo

Va savoir

Arturo

Il Grande Cocomero

Filippo

Stasera a casa di Alice

Marcello

La bellezza del somaro

Leone

Concorrenza sleale

Luigi Primo

À vendre

Vittorio

36 Vues du pic Saint-Loup

Gabriel de Villemer

Le Cri de la soie

Alberto Capuano

Alberto Express

Celeste

Enea

Félix Mandel

Ne quittez pas !

Roberto

Paura e amore

Leone

Una famiglia perfetta

Gioacchino Rossini, giovane

Rossini! Rossini!

Scapricciatiello

Carcerato

Jules Maigret

La trappola di Maigret

Mister Ray-Ban

Toxic Affair

Jules Maigret

L'ombra cinese

Federico Landi Porrini

Romeo è Giulietta

Vittorio

Dolce assenza

Paolo

Piccoli equivoci

Massimo Teglio

Fuga per la libertà - L'aviatore

Don Lorenzo Milani

Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana

Joe Sollazzo

Laguna

Ernesto Picciafuoco (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marx può aspettare

Romano Duranti

Sembra morto... ma è solo svenuto

Oscar

La buca

Gustavo Diotallevi

Il più bel secolo della mia vita

'O professore

Self

Nessuno siamo perfetti

Ruggero Manni

Una fredda mattina di maggio

Self

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

Dario De Santis

Seul face au crime

Guido

Portraits chinois

Tropia

Nessuno

Quinto Cecconi - il giornalista

Tre colonne in cronaca

The Expert

Il generale dell'armata morta

Tommy "The Zip" Bucks

Pronto

Angelo Vassallo

Il sindaco pescatore

Narrator (voice)

Marcello, una vita dolce

Giovanni

Giovanni Senzapensieri

Il Forte

Silenzio... si nasce

Carl Herickson

Quadrille

Elia

Piccoli crimini coniugali

Signor Alberto

Con gli occhi chiusi

Giuliano

Venuto al mondo

Fausto Coppi

Il Grande Fausto

Prof. Eugenio Bonetti

L'ultimo bacio

Self

Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada

Rocco Chinnici

Rocco Chinnici - È così lieve il tuo bacio sulla fronte

Roberto 'Bo'

Magic Moments

Self

La lucida follia di Marco Ferreri

Salvatore Toti Bellastella

Il tuttofare

Aldo Moro

Aldo Moro - il Professore

Sergio

Ricchi di fantasia

Infermiere/Carabieniere

Fortunata

Frank Paternò

Mafia Inc.

Vincenzo

Il materiale emotivo

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Il cattivo poeta

Pietro Bartolo

Nour

Ascoltatore

Il talento del calabrone

Narrator

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

Luca Cupiello

Natale in casa Cupiello

Saverio Lulli

Crazy for Football - Matti per il calcio

Giovanni Boccaccio

Dante

Carlo Ruggeri

Hotel Paura

Roberto Valente

Cinque Storie Inquietanti: La Parete della Stanza Accanto

Tedesco

Conclave

Self (archive footage)

Marco Ferreri - Il regista che venne dal futuro

Padre Pio

Padre Pio

Changer l'eau des fleurs

Self (archival footage)

Sequestered - Inside Conclave

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-08-18

Place of Birth

Roma, Lazio, Italia

Also Known As

سرجیو کاستلیتو