ITALY: Today's Male Actors

1. Filippo Timi

Filippo Timi was born on February 27, 1974 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Vincere (2009), The Double Hour (2009) and The American (2010). He was previously married to Sebastiano Mauri.

2. Elio Germano

Actor | Il giovane favoloso

Elio Germano was born on September 25, 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Leopardi (2014), Nine (2009) and Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007).

3. Luca Marinelli

Actor | The Old Guard

Luca Marinelli was born on October 22, 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Old Guard (2020), They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015) and Martin Eden (2019). He is married to Alissa Jung.

4. Edoardo Gabbriellini

Director | Padroni di casa

Edoardo Gabbriellini was born on July 16, 1975 in Livorno, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for The Landlords (2012), I Am Love (2009) and Holiday (2023).

5. Alessandro Borghi

Actor | Suburra

Alessandro Borghi was born on September 19, 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Suburra (2015), The Eight Mountains (2022) and The First King (2019).

6. Edoardo Pesce

Actor | Dogman

Edoardo Pesce was born on September 12, 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Dogman (2018), Fortunata (2017) and Non sono un assassino (2019).

7. Stefano Accorsi

Actor | Le fate ignoranti

Stefano Accorsi got his diploma from the School of Theater in Bologna. He divides his time between theater, cinema, and television. Currently he is the Artistic Director of the Theater Foundation of Tuscany. He was appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts ...

8. Pierfrancesco Favino

Actor | World War Z

Pierfrancesco Favino was born on August 24, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for World War Z (2013), Rush (2013) and Angels & Demons (2009).

9. Claudio Santamaria

Actor | Casino Royale

Claudio Santamaria is born in Rome. His career begins on the big screen in 1998, but his big break arrives in 2001, when Gabriele Muccino casts him for "L'Ultimo Bacio". Throughout the years he appears in many movies and in 2005 he wins the Nastro D'Argento for Best Actor for "Romanzo Criminale" ...

10. Carmine Recano

Actor | Mine vaganti

Carmine Recano was born on November 28, 1980 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Loose Cannons (2010), Chinese Wife (2006) and Sospetti 3 (2005).

11. Andrea Carpenzano

Actor | Tutto quello che vuoi

Andrea Carpenzano was born on August 24, 1995 in Lugo, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He is an actor, known for Tutto quello che vuoi (2017), The Champion (2019) and Boys Cry (2018).

12. Filippo Nigro

Actor | Suburra - La serie

Filippo Nigro, born in Rome in the Trieste district, attended the Faculty of Arts at the University "La Sapienza" Rome and then furthered his studies graduating from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under the guidance of the Oscar-winning director Lina Wertmüller. He is known for starring ...

13. Pio Amato

Actor | A Ciambra

Pio Amato is known for A Ciambra (2017), No Time to Die (2021) and Mediterranea (2015).

14. Marco Leonardi

Actor | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

With his starring roles in two of the most popular foreign films of all time, Italian native Marco Leonardi has become one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. Leonardi most recently completed production on two feature films that showcase his diversity as an actor. In Once Upon a Time in ...

15. Roberto Herlitzka

Actor | Buongiorno, notte

Roberto Herlitzka was born on October 2, 1937 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He is an actor, known for Good Morning, Night (2003), The Great Beauty (2013) and L'ultima lezione (2000). He has been married to Chiara Cajoli since 1968.

16. Riccardo Scamarcio

Actor | John Wick: Chapter 2

Riccardo Scamarcio was born on November 13, 1979 in Trani, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Loose Cannons (2010) and Tre metri sopra il cielo (2004).

17. Pif

Writer | La mafia uccide solo d'estate

Pif was born on June 4, 1972 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013), At War with Love (2016) and E noi come stronzi rimanemmo a guardare (2021).

18. Renato Carpentieri

Actor | È stata la mano di Dio

Born in Savignano Irpino, Avellino, Carpentieri studied architecture in Naples, where from 1965 to 1974 he was engaged in the organization and promotion of cultural events with the group Nuova Cultura. In 1975 he was co-founder of the stage company Teatro dei Mutamenti, in which he was active until...

19. Silvio Orlando

Actor | Il caimano

Silvio Orlando was born on June 30, 1957 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for The Caiman (2006), Il posto dell'anima (2003) and The Inner Cage (2021). He has been married to Maria Laura Rondanini since October 7, 2008.

20. Fabrizio Ferracane

Actor | Anime nere

Fabrizio Ferracane is an Italian actor born in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, in 1975. After a long career in theater, he debuted on the big screen in the film "Malèna" (2000), by Giuseppe Tornatore with Monica Bellucci. He currently works between tv and cinema. In 2007 he was in the tv series "Il capo ...

21. Pietro Castellitto

Actor | I predatori

Pietro Castellitto was born on December 16, 1991 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for The Predators (2020), Twice Born (2012) and Enea (2023).

22. Kim Rossi Stuart

Actor | Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male

Kim Rossi Stuart was born on October 31th, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He began acting at the age of 5 along with his father Giacomo Rossi Stuart in The Murri Affair (1974). Kim's mother, Klara Müller, is an ex-top model. Kim has 3 sisters, 2 of them actresses like him: Loretta Rossi Stuart and ...

23. Antonio Albanese

Actor | L'intrepido

Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue an acting career. His first experiences as a comedian date back to 1992, when he made his debut at the Zelig Theatre in Milan. He showcased his acts on the popular Maurizio Costanzo talk show ...

24. Marco Giallini

Actor | Perfetti sconosciuti

Marco Giallini was born on April 4, 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), Rocco Schiavone (2016) and A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012). He was previously married to Loredana Giallini .

25. Valerio Mastandrea

Actor | Perfetti sconosciuti

Valerio Mastandrea was born on February 14, 1972 in Garbatella, Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for Perfect Strangers (2016), Ride (2018) and Balancing Act (2012).

26. Vinicio Marchioni

Actor | C'è ancora domani

Vinicio Marchioni was born on August 10, 1975 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for There's Still Tomorrow (2023), Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008) and Dry (2022). He has been married to Milena Mancini since September 24, 2011. They have two children.

27. Andrea Lattanzi

Actor | Manuel

Andrea Lattanzi is known for Manuel (2017), Letto numero 6 (2019) and The Turning Point (2021).

28. Marco D'Amore

Actor | Gomorrah

Born in 1981, he graduated from Paolo Grassi Dramatic Arts Academy. At 18, he made his theater debut alongside Toni Servillo in "Le avventure di Pinocchio", directed by Andrea Renzi. Since 2005, he's written, directed, and produced for theater, cinema, and TV, mainly with "La piccola società" the ...

29. Salvatore Esposito

Actor | La cena perfetta

Salvatore Esposito, Neapolitan, born in '86, studied at Beatrice Bracco Theater Academy and at the School of Cinema in Naples. He then moved to Rome and in 2013 he was cast for his first role on the TV series "Il clan dei camorristi". But his trampoline to fame was "Gomorra - the TV series" (2014) ...

30. Fabrizio Gifuni

Actor | Il capitale umano

Fabrizio Gifuni was born on July 16, 1966 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Human Capital (2013), Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012) and Hannibal (2001). He has been married to Sonia Bergamasco since 2000. They have two children.

31. Edoardo Leo

Actor | Diciotto anni dopo

Edoardo Leo was born on April 21, 1972 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for 18 Years Later (2010), The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015) and Perfect Strangers (2016).

32. Neri Marcorè

Actor | The Tourist

Neri Marcorè (pronounced Mark-oReh) was born in Marche (central Italy) County in 1966. While studying Modern Languages in Bologna he enrolled in a summer Impersonator-Comedian contest televised by the state channel RAI, and from there on his career took off with small parts in TV commercials, ...

33. Checco Zalone

Actor | Tolo Tolo

Checco Zalone was born on June 3, 1977 in Bari, Apulia, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Tolo Tolo (2020), Quo vado? (2016) and What a Beautiful Day (2011).

34. Peppino Mazzotta

Actor | Anime nere

Peppino Mazzotta was born on May 20, 1971 in Domanico, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Black Souls (2014), La velocità della luce (2007) and We Believed (2010).

35. Filippo Scotti

Actor | È stata la mano di Dio

Filippo Scotti (Gravedona, 22 December 1999) is an Italian actor, protagonist of the film It was the hand of God presented at the Venice Film Festival 2021, with which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award as best emerging actor.

He began his acting career in 2010, when he enrolled in various ...

36. Adriano Tardiolo

Actor | Lazzaro felice

Adriano Tardiolo was born in 1998 in Allerona, Terni, Umbria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Happy as Lazzaro (2018), Jailbird (2022) and Días de cine (1991).

37. Francesco Scianna

Actor | Baarìa

Francesco Scianna was born on March 25, 1982 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Baaria (2009), Angel of Evil (2010) and Ben-Hur (2016).

38. Pippo Delbono

Director | Amore carne

Pippo Delbono is known for Love Flesh (2011), Blood (2013) and Blue Sofa (2009).

39. Flavio Parenti

Actor | To Rome with Love

Born in Paris, Flavio grew up between France and Italy, learning to speak both languages.

Between 1993 and 1999 he studied in France, at the International boarding school of Valbonne (C.I.V), where he achieved an International Baccalaureat and learned to speak English fluently.

In 2002 He graduated ...

40. Vincenzo Amato

Actor | Unbroken

Vincenzo Amato was born on March 30, 1966 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Unbroken (2014), Golden Door (2006) and Respiro (2002).

41. Sergio Castellitto

Actor | Paris, je t'aime

Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953. 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 ...

42. Carlo Cecchi

Actor | Le violon rouge

Considered one of the leading figures of Italian innovation in theater, Cecchi alternates the work of stage and film actor to that of a theater director. Memorable is his performance in the drama "End of the match" by Samuel Beckett and, for the cinema, that of Renato Caccioppoli in "Morte di un ...

43. Enrico Lo Verso

Actor | Così ridevano

Enrico Lo Verso was born on January 18, 1964 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Way We Laughed (1998), Hudson Hawk (1991) and Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006). He has been married to Elena Montagna since July 29, 1989. They have one child.

44. Massimo Dapporto

Actor | La famiglia

Massimo Dapporto was born on August 8, 1945 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is an actor, known for The Family (1987), Mignon è partita (1988) and Una storia semplice (1991).

45. Giancarlo Giannini

Actor | Quantum of Solace

Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects.

He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he ...

46. Franco Nero

Actor | John Wick: Chapter 2

Blue-eyed and well-built Italian actor in international cinema, Franco Nero, was a painting photographer when he was discovered as an actor by director John Huston. He has since appeared in more than 200 movies around the world, working with Europe's top directors, such as Luis Buñuel, Rainer ...

47. Luigi Lo Cascio

Actor | La meglio gioventù

Born in Palermo, Sicily on the 20th of October, 1967. Following the family tradition, enrolled into Medicine with the intention of becoming a psychiatrist. Began performing with a group of street actors in his native Palermo. In 1989 received a small part in a theatrical production ("Waiting for ...

48. Carlo Verdone

Actor | La grande bellezza

Carlo Verdone is considered by many the heir of Alberto Sordi, expecially when they acted together in Troppo forte and In viaggio con papa', in these films many similarities with Sordi were apparent, the popular language, the romanesco, and the embodiment of Italian middle man in the '80s that ...

49. Diego Abatantuono

Actor | Mediterraneo

He was born in Milan in 1955. His mother, Rosa, was from Como (a city in Northern Italy), and his father, Matteo, was from Puglia (the "heel" of the Italian peninsula). He grew up in a suburbia quarter of Milan. His mother worked as a wardrobe maid at the "Derby", a well-known theater where lots of...

50. Sergio Rubini

Actor | The Passion of the Christ

Sergio Rubini was born on December 21, 1959 in Grumo Appula, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Station (1990) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). He was previously married to Margherita Buy.

51. Tommaso Ragno

Actor | Il miracolo

Tommaso Ragno was born in Vieste, a coastal town in the province of Foggia, as the eldest of two children. His family, mainly from Apulia and on the grand-maternal side from ex-Yugoslavia, moved to Piacenza when he was two years old. Always having been very introverted, he spent a lot of time in ...

52. Antonio Folletto

Actor | A casa tutti bene - La serie

Antonio Folletto was born on February 16, 1988 in Napoli, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for A casa tutti bene - La serie (2021), I bastardi di Pizzofalcone (2017) and Thanks for Vaselina (2019).

53. Domenico Diele

Actor | A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards

Domenico Diele was born on July 25, 1985 in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor, known for A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012), 1992 (2015) and Paura 3D (2012).

54. Andrea Arcangeli

Actor | Il Divin Codino

Andrea Arcangeli was born in Pescara, Italy, in 1993. He started acting in a theater company when he was 17, and joined his first projects in cinema and television after moving to Rome in 2012. He got his first leading role in the movie "The Startup" in 2017, and in 2018 was chosen by Danny Boyle ...

55. Jacopo Olmo Antinori

Actor | Io e te

Jacopo Olmo Antinori was born on August 28, 1997 in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor, known for Me and You (2012), The Dinner (2014) and The Girl in the Fog (2017).

56. Guglielmo Pinelli

Actor | Il capitale umano

Guglielmo Pinelli is known for Human Capital (2013), Una nobile causa (2016) and Likemeback (2018).

57. Gabriele Lavia

Actor | Profondo rosso

Gabriele Lavia is one of the most important figures on the Italian stage scene. He devoted his work also to cinema, creating characters for some famous Italian horror movies like David Hemmings friend in "Profondo Rosso", the journalist of "Zeder". He also directed some movies like "Scandalosa ...

58. Massimiliano Caiazzo

Actor | Me, You

Massimiliano Caiazzo is known for Me, You, Piano Piano (2022) and School of Mafia (2021).

59. Nicolas Maupas

Actor | Nudes

Born in 1999, from a French father and an Italian mother, is a student of acting and dubbing. his television career begins with "mare fuori" set in Naples (plays the role of Filippo), and then continues with "nudes" set in Emilia Romagna (plays the role of Vittorio) and finally in "un professore" ...

60. Corrado Fortuna

Actor | My Name Is Tanino

Corrado Fortuna was born on March 31, 1978 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for My Name Is Tanino (2002), Lost Love (2003) and Come Into the Light (2005).

61. Gianmarco Tognazzi

Actor | Io no

After his first experiences on the set at a very young age in films such as Salce's "L'anatra all'arancio" and Monicelli's "Romanzo popolo", alongside his father Ugo, Gian Marco Tognazzi studied at the Rossellini Institute for Cinematography in Rome and at the same time he trained on sets as an ...

62. Maurizio Donadoni

Actor | La freccia nera

Maurizio Donadoni was born on January 7, 1958 in Bergamo, Italy. He is an actor, known for La freccia nera (2006), La piovra (1984) and Pinocchio (2008).

63. Giovanni Anzaldo

Actor | Razzabastarda

Giovanni Anzaldo was born on November 12, 1987 in Rivalta di Torino, Piedmont, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for The Mongrel (2012), Fuoco amico: Tf45 - Eroe per amore (2016) and Sullo stress del piccione (2017).

64. Matteo Martari

Actor | Medici

Matteo Martari was born in Verona. At the age of 21 moved to Milan, where he began working as a model while studying drama at Scuola di teatro Quelli di Grock.

In 2015 he made his film debut in The Complexity of Happiness (2015) directed by Gianni Zanasi. In the same year debuted on TV in Thou Shalt...

65. Massimo Ranieri

Actor | Metello

14 million records sold before turning twenty.From cinema to important theaters from Patroni Griffi to Viviani to Strehler.Famous for having walked across the Sistina Theater on a tightrope in Barnum.He won the Sanremo Festival in 1988 with the song "Perdere l'Amore" which returned to fame on the ...

66. Paolo Bonacelli

Actor | The American

Paolo Bonacelli was born on February 28, 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for The American (2010), Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) and Caligula (1979).

67. Ninetto Davoli

Actor | Uno su due

Ninetto Davoli was born on October 11, 1948 in San Pietro a Maida, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Uno su due (2006), The Decameron (1971) and La Tosca (1973). He has been married to Patrizia Carlomosti since 1973. They have two children.

68. Tiziano Menichelli

Actor | Denti da squalo

Tiziano Menichelli is known for Denti da squalo (2023) and Antonia (2024).

69. Stefano Rosci