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Michele Morrone | |
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 Morrone in 2019 | |
| Born | (1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (age 34) |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Children | 2 |
Michele Morrone (Italian pronunciation:[miˈkɛːlemorˈroːne]; born 3 October 1990) is an Italian actor and singer. He gained international recognition after portraying the lead role in the 2020 erotic thriller365 Days and its sequels,365 Days: This Day andThe Next 365 Days in 2022.
Morrone was born on 3 October 1990 inBitonto,Apulia.[1] He is the youngest of four children, and he has three sisters. His mother, Angela, a seamstress, and his father, Natale, a construction worker, were both from Bitonto, but moved toMelegnano,Lombardy when their children were young in order to find better employment opportunities.[1][2] His father died in 2003,[3] when Morrone was 12 years old.[4]
Morrone decided to become an actor after watching aHarry Potter film at age 11.[4] He began acting in an after school program at his middle school.[5] Morrone repeated his first year of high school after being held back for bad behavior.[6] He then studied professional acting in a theater in the city ofPavia, at theTeatro Fraschini.[7]
Morrone's acting career began in 2011 by playing the role of Riccardo inSecond Chance,[7] a three-episode web series directed by Piergiorgio Seidita,[8] which was cancelled after one season. He also appeared in a music video by the Italian girl band, Makay, in 2012. After gaining more experience in the field, he started playing lead roles in short films. He acted inIl Tempo di una Sigaretta andE la Vita Continua.[7] He was featured in a drama show titledChe Dio ci Aiuti. His projects include Italian TV series includingCome un Delfino (2011),Provaci Ancora (2015),Squadra Antimafia (2015),Sirene (2016),Renata Fonte (2017),Il Processo (The Trial) (2018), andMedici (2018).[7] In 2016, he took part in the eleventh season of the Italian version ofDancing with the Stars (Ballando con le Stelle), where he placed second. In 2019, Morrone played the lead role of Luigi inBar Giuseppe.
In 2020, Morrone became internationally known after performing the lead role of Massimo Torricelli, a mafia crime boss, in365 Days. The film was released theatrically in Poland on 7 February 2020 and was subsequently made available onNetflix on 7 June 2020. He signed a three-year contract with the production company and filmed two more films to complete the trilogy.
In 2025, Morrone portrayed Dante Versano inAnother Simple Favor.[9]
Morrone is a professional guitarist and singer. He learned to play guitar at the age of 25 by watchingYouTube videos.[4] He released an album titledDark Room, which has several songs featured in the official365 Days soundtrack including one of his most famous songs, "Feel It", that has scenes with actress Anna Maria Sieklucka (Laura Biel), from the film, in its music video.[10] The album was released on 14 February 2020 and was produced by label company AGORA S.A.[11]
Morrone joinedYouTube on 16 January 2020. He has gained over two million subscribers and 411 million overall views on his channel (as of 21 December 2024).[citation needed] The most viewed video on his channel is the music video of "Hard for me [pl]", which has gained 80 million views.
On 2 August 2020, Morrone launched a women's beachwear clothing brand, AurumRoma.[12] He confirmed the creation of the company via an Instagram live story on 8 August 2020. Shortly after the announcement, the website of the clothing brand crashed due to heavy traffic. Morrone makes his own designs in collaboration with fashion designer Chiara Pollano. The company is owned by Morrone, and run by Spazio Arcó company.[citation needed]
Morrone married Rouba Saadeh, a Lebanese stylist, in 2014. The couple had a civil marriage in Italy and Lebanon.[3] They are legally divorced, as he has mentioned in several interviews.[13] They have two sons together, one born in 2014, and the other born in 2017.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | Who's the Beast | Peter | Short film |
| 2018 | L'ultimo giorno del toro | Valerio | |
| 2019 | Bar Giuseppe | Luigi | |
| 2020 | 365 Days | Don Massimo Torricelli | |
| 2022 | 365 Days: This Day | Don Massimo Torricelli / Adriano Torricelli | |
| The Next 365 Days | Don Massimo Torricelli | ||
| Duetto | Marcello Bianchini | ||
| 2024 | Subservience | Nick | |
| 2025 | Another Simple Favor | Dante Versano | |
| The Housemaid | Enzo | ||
| Home Sweet Home Rebirth | Mek | ||
| TBA | Maserati: The Brothers† | Alfieri Maserati | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Provaci ancora prof! | Bruno Sacchi | Episode: "Passioni sprecate" |
| 2017 | Sirene | Ares aka Gegè | TV series |
| 2018 | Renata Fonte | Marcello My | Television film |
| 2019 | Medici | Ship Captain | 2 episodes |
| The Trial | Claudio Cavalleri | 8 episodes |
| Year | Title | Singer(s) | Label | Ref. |
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| 2020 | "Hard For Me" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music | [14] |
| "Hard For Me (Acoustic)" | [15] | |||
| "Dad (Acoustic)" | [16] | |||
| 2021 | "Beautiful" | [17] | ||
| 2022 | "Another Day" | [18] | ||
| "Mud Mud Ke" | Tony Kakkar,Neha Kakkar | Desi Music Factory | [19] | |
| 2023 | "Push Me" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music | [20] |
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWI [21] | FR [22] | BE (Wal) [23] | PL [24] | GER [25] | |||
| 2020 | Dark Room |
| 63 | 195 | 178 | 2 | 72 |
| 2023 | Double | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL (airplay) [28] | POL (airplay nowości) [29] | RUM (airplay) [30] | |||||
| "Feel It" | 2020 | 27 | 5 | 72 | Dark Room | ||
| "Hard For Me" | — | — | — |
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| "Beautiful" | 2021 | — | — | — | Double | ||
| "Another Day" | 2022 | — | — | — | |||
| "Player" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Angels" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Push Me" | 2023 | — | — | — | |||
| "Bad Game" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sweat Dreams (Are Made Of This)" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Leave Me (feat. Two Feet)" | 2024 | — | — | — | |||
| "In My Head" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Know My Soul" | 2025 | — | — | — | |||
| "Unobtainable" | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| BEL (Wal) [23] | POL (airplay) [28] | POR [32] | SWI [21] | |||
| "Next" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room[33] |
| "Dad" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Do It Like That" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Drink Me" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No One Cares" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dark Room" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hard For Me" | —[A] | 45 | 12 | 68 | ||
| "Rain In The Hearth" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Watch Me Burn" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards | — | Himself | Won | [34] |
| 2021 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actor | 365 Days | Nominated | [35] |
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