Acting

Giancarlo Giannini

Born August 1, 1942 · La Spezia, Liguria, Italy (age 84)

Giancarlo Giannini (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor. Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco …

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Casino Royale

Casino Royale · 2006

MovieAdventureAction

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace · 2008

Quantum of Solace

MovieAdventureAction

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds · 1995

A Walk in the Clouds

MovieDramaRomance

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.

Man on Fire

Man on Fire · 2004

MovieActionDrama

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Mimic

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Book Club: The Next Chapter

Book Club: The Next Chapter · 2023

Book Club: The Next Chapter

MovieComedyRomance

Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy · 2018

The Catcher Was a Spy

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

New York Stories

New York Stories · 1989

New York Stories

MovieComedyDrama

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

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Casino Royale

Casino Royale · 2006

MovieAdventureAction

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Mathis

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace · 2008

Quantum of Solace

MovieAdventureAction

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

Mathis

A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds · 1995

A Walk in the Clouds

MovieDramaRomance

World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.

Alberto Aragón

Man on Fire

Man on Fire · 2004

MovieActionDrama

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Miguel Manzano

Mimic

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

Manny

Book Club: The Next Chapter

Book Club: The Next Chapter · 2023

Book Club: The Next Chapter

MovieComedyRomance

Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.

Police Chief

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy · 2018

The Catcher Was a Spy

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

Professor Eduardo Amaldi

New York Stories

New York Stories · 1989

New York Stories

MovieComedyDrama

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Claudio

Shadows in the Sun

Shadows in the Sun · 2005

Shadows in the Sun

MovieDramaComedy

An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters.

Father Moretti

Toys

MovieComedyDrama

Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.

Prop Designer

Once Upon a Crime

Once Upon a Crime · 1992

Once Upon a Crime

MovieCrimeComedy

On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling with a lost dog they plan to return to its wealthy owner for a large reward. But, when the dog's mistress is murdered, the travelers become the prime suspects, and Inspector Bonnard is determined to track them all down.

Inspector Bonnard

A Night Full of Rain

A Night Full of Rain · 1978

A Night Full of Rain

MovieDramaRomance

When romantic journalist Paolo rescues American photographer Lizzy from a scuffle in an Italian village, his efforts at romance lead nowhere. But when they meet again in San Francisco, Paolo succeeds in wooing her. Can their love overcome the differences between the traditional Italian Communist and the modern, liberated American woman that threaten to tear the two apart?

Paolo

Indian Summer

Indian Summer · 1972

MovieDramaRomance

In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend.

Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'

MovieComedyDrama

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

Enzo

Anzio

American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.

Pvt. Cellini

Swept Away

Swept Away · 1974

MovieComedyDrama

A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on a desert island. Her capitalist beliefs and his communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, social roles are reversed and heated passions come alive.

Gennarino Carunchio

Darkness

Darkness · 2002

A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy old house has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy them.

Albert Rua

Seven Beauties

Seven Beauties · 1975

MovieComedyDrama

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.

Producer

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria · 1970

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

MovieComedyDrama

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

Fabio

Cabrini

Cabrini · 2024

MovieHistoryDrama

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Pope Leo XIII

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

The Black Belly of the Tarantula · 1971

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

MovieHorrorMystery

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.

Inspector Tellini

The Innocent

The Innocent · 1976

MovieDramaRomance

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

Tullio Hermil

Life with the Kids

Life with the Kids · 1990

Life with the Kids

MovieDramaTV Movie

The story of one man dealing with an unexpected series of events, discovering his youth once again in the relationship with a much younger woman and finally coming to grips with his age, and the fact that he hasn't been there for his family like he should have.

Adriano Setti

Hannibal

Hannibal · 2001

MovieCrimeDrama

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

Insp. Renaldo Pazzi

Leonardo

Leonardo · 2021

SeriesDramaCrime

A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a tortured artist struggling for perfection.

Verrocchio

Catch-22

Catch-22 · 2019

SeriesComedyDrama

Pianosa Island, Italy, World War II. Bombardier John Yossarian tries to fulfill his duty, maintain sanity and return home as soon as possible, but incompetence and bureaucracy constantly stand in his way.

Marcello

Frank Herbert's Dune

Frank Herbert's Dune · 2000

Frank Herbert's Dune

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV

Rise of the Raven

Rise of the Raven · 2025

Rise of the Raven

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

The story of János Hunyadi is the epic tale of a hero born into modest circumstances, who, in 1456, with relentless determination and against all odds, vanquished the much larger Ottoman army, halting its drive to conquer the Vatican and overrun Western Europe. In so doing, Hunyadi not only shaped the history of Hungary, but that of all Europe.

Pope Eugene IV.

L'onore e il rispetto

L'onore e il rispetto · 2006

L'onore e il rispetto

SeriesDramaCrime

L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six episodes: first season aired in 2006, second in 2009 and third in 2012. First season was directed by Salvatore Samperi, second by Samperi and Luigi Parisi, third by Parisi and Alessio Inturri. On October 2, 2012 Gabriel Garko announced through an interview with Tgcom 24 [1], which will soon turn a fourth season of the TV series.

Don Giuseppe Bastianelli

The Marshal Rocca

The Marshal Rocca · 1996

The Marshal Rocca

SeriesComedyDrama

The adventures of the marshal of the carabinieri Giovanni Rocca, played by the great Gigi Proietti. Definitely one of the most successful Rai fictions ever, the series, after the first eight episodes broadcast in 1996, went on for six seasons, ending only in 2008. For over a decade the investigations and the private life of the marshal of Viterbo , born from an idea by Laura Toscano, have fascinated the television audience, making them become attached to characters such as the beautiful pharmacist Margherita (Stefania Sandrelli) or the brigadier Cacciapuoti (Sergio Fiorentini).

Benedetto

Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina

Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina · 2012

Pipì, Pupù e Rosmarina

SeriesAnimation

Narratore (voice)

A Family Tale

A Family Tale · 2018

SeriesComedyDrama

Gian Pietro Liegi

Sins

Sins is a 1986 CBS television miniseries starring Joan Collins. An adaptation of the 1982 novel of the same name by Judith Gould, it is the story of a woman who survives the horrors of the Nazi occupation of France and suffers a succession of challenges as she rises in the world of fashion. Produced by New World Television, Collins also served as executive producer with her then-husband Peter Holm, and the mini-series contained 85 costume changes for her role. Carly Simon co-wrote and performed the theme song, "It's Hard to be Tender."

Marcello D'itri

David Copperfield

David Copperfield · 1965

David Copperfield

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

David Copperfield

Dracula's Kiss

Dracula's Kiss · 2002

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

Dracula's Kiss is an Italian 2 part TV-miniseries, directed by Roger Young. It is based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker, though it updates the events of the novel to the present day.

Dr. Enrico Valenzi

Il sangue e la rosa

Il sangue e la rosa · 2008

Il sangue e la rosa

SeriesAction & AdventureSoap

Cardinale Eugenio Rospigliosi

Colpo di coda

Colpo di coda · 1993

Professeur

Life with the Kids

Life with the Kids · 1991

Life with the Kids

The story of one man dealing with an unexpected series of events, discovering his youth once again in the relationship with a much younger woman and finally coming to grips with his age, and the fact that he hasn’t been there for his family like he should have.

Adriano Setti

Le cinque giornate di Milano

Le cinque giornate di Milano · 2004

Le cinque giornate di Milano

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

In 1847, Milan was ruled by the Austrians, commanded by Marshal Radetzky. The Milanese people were exhausted by the lack of freedom, and when an Italian cardinal was appointed to the Milanese curia, they took to the streets in celebration, with no intention of revolt. But the celebrations were stopped by the Austrians with harsh and cruel repression.

Carlo Cattaneo

The Great Game

The Great Game · 2022

SeriesDramaCrime

At the center, the work of sports prosecutors and the economic and political interests that can gravitate behind the hiring of a player or the success of an entire team. The protagonist is Francesco Montanari in the role of a football agent who, at the height of his career, is arrested for illegal betting and loses everything.

Dino De Gregorio

Io non dimentico

Io non dimentico · 2008

Io non dimentico

In the 1970s, Angela flees from her Neapolitan base, wanting to leave ugly memories behind and rebuild her life in Rome. But someone cannot forget her: Carmine (an unscrupulous young boss) and John (a thirsty commissioner of justice). When Angela returns to Naples with her husband Gabriele, she struggles for the survival of her family. Carmine, defying the power of boss Conticello and Nina's love, will stop at nothing to have Angela at her side.

Salvatore Conticello

Il generale Dalla Chiesa

Il generale Dalla Chiesa · 2007

Il generale Dalla Chiesa

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa