Italian actor and film director
Michele Placido (Italian: [miˈkɛːle Mario Monicelli andMarco Bellocchio , winning theBerlinale 'sSilver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 filmErnesto La piovra Pummarò Un Certain Regard at the1990 Cannes Film Festival . Three of his films have competed for theGolden Lion at theVenice Film Festival . He is a five-timeNastro d'Argento and four-timeDavid di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of theTeatro Comunale inFerrara .[ 1]
Placido was born atAscoli Satriano , into a poor family fromRionero in Vulture ,Basilicata ; he is a descendant of the known brigandCarmine Crocco .[ 2] Rome , and was involved in theBattle of Valle Giulia . He studied acting at theCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and withSilvio D'Amico at theAccademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica .
Placido in 1975'sThe Divine Nymph Placido made his debut as an actor in the playMidsummer Night's Dream in 1969. Two years later he started film work under directors such asLuigi Comencini ,Mario Monicelli ,Salvatore Samperi ,Damiano Damiani ,Pasquale Squitieri ,Francesco Rosi ,Walerian Borowczyk ,Marco Bellocchio ,Paolo Cavara andCarlo Lizzani . His first success came with the role of soldier Paolo Passeri inMarcia trionfale David di Donatello . Two years later he won theSilver Bear for Best Actor award at the29th Berlin International Film Festival for his role of the homosexual worker in ironical melodramaErnesto [ 3]
He appeared in several TV movies in the 1970s, but 1983 marked the beginning of his greatest television popularity when he played the lead as a police inspector investigatingthe Mafia in Damiano Damiani's TV seriesLa piovra Giovanni Falcone , where he acted as the titular judge. In 2008, in a reversal of roles, he portrayed longtime Mafia bossBernardo Provenzano in the TV movieL'ultimo padrino . A recognizable role to US audiences is that of an Italian businessman in the 1988 comedyBig Business
Placido and his second wife Federica Vincenti, 2008 Until a divorce in 1994, he was married to actressSimonetta Stefanelli . Their daughterViolante Placido is also an actress.
In 2012, he married actress Federica Vincenti (born 1983) after over 10 years of dating. The couple divorced in December 2017.
He supported the candidacy for mayor of Rome of the italian entrepreneurAlfio Marchini in the2016 Italian local elections . His nephew, Alessandro Onorato, is the Councilor for Major Events, Sport and Tourism forRome .[ 4] [ 5]
Il caso Pisciotta Eriprando Visconti ) .... Amerigo Lo JaconoMia moglie, un corpo per l'amore Mario Imperoli ) .... Partner di Simona al nightThe Black Hand (The Birth of the Mafia) Non ho tempo (1973) .... StudenteIl Picciotto Teresa the Thief Carlo Di Palma ) .... Tonino SantitàTill Marriage Do Us Part Luigi Comencini ) .... Silvano PennacchiniCome Home and Meet My Wife Mario Monicelli ) .... Giovanni PizzulloOrlando Furioso Luca Ronconi ) .... AgramanteProcesso per direttissima Moses the Lawgiver Scandal in the Family The Divine Nymph Giuseppe Patroni Griffi ) .... Martino GhiondelliMarcia trionfale Marco Bellocchio ) .... Paolo PasseriAnd Agnes Chose to Die Giuliano Montaldo ) .... TomLa Orca Eriprando Visconti ) .... Michele TurrisiPlot of Fear Paolo Cavara ) .... Inspector Gaspare LomenzoOedipus Orca Eriprando Visconti ) .... Michele TurrisiKleinhoff Hotel Carlo Lizzani ) .... PedroBeach House Sergio Citti ) .... VincenzinoThe Pyjama Girl Case Flavio Mogherini ) .... Antonio AttoliniIo sono mia Corleone Pasquale Squitieri ) .... Michele LabruzzoErnesto Salvatore Samperi ) .... The ManTigers in Lipstick Luigi Zampa ) .... Angelo / The PhotographerA Man on His Knees Damiano Damiani ) .... Antonio PlatamonteThe Meadow Paolo and Vittorio Taviani ) .... EnzoSaturday, Sunday and Friday A Leap in the Dark Marco Bellocchio ) ... Giovanni SciabolaLulu [fr ] Walerian Borowczyk ) .... SchwarzFontamara Carlo Lizzani ) .... Berardo ViolaThree Brothers Francesco Rosi ) .... Nicola GiurannaThe Wings of the Dove Benoît Jacquot ) .... SandroCargo Sciopèn Luciano Odorisio ) .... Francesco Maria VitaleArs amandi Walerian Borowczyk ) .... MacariusLes Amants terribles La piovra Damiano Damiani ) .... Commissario Corrado CattaniLa piovra season 2 [it ] (1985, TV Mini-Series,Florestano Vancini ) .... Commissario Corrado CattaniPizza Connection Damiano Damiani ) .... Mario AloiaSummer Night Lina Wertmüller ) .... Beppe CatanìaGrandi magazzini Castellano &Pipolo ) .... DirectorLa piovra season 3 [it ] (1987, TV TV Mini-Series, Luigi Perelli) .... Commissario Corrado CattaniCome sono buoni i bianchi Marco Ferreri ) .... MichelePrivate Affairs Francesco Massaro ) .... Lionello MartiniBig Business Jim Abrahams ) .... Fabio AlbericiVia Paradiso Luciano Odorisio ) .... FrancescoLa piovra season 4 [it ] (1989, TV Mini-Series, Luigi Perelli) ... Commissario Corrado CattaniMery per sempre Marco Risi ) .... Marco TerziAfghan Breakdown Vladimir Bortko ) .... Major BanduraDrug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel Paul Krasny ) .... Col. Roberto ChavezScoop Close Friends Uomo di rispetto Damiano Damiani ) .... NinoQuattro bravi ragazzi Giovanni Falcone Father and Son Pasquale Pozzessere ) .... CorradoLamerica Gianni Amelio ) .... FiorePolicemen Giulio Base ) .... Sante CarellaUn eroe borghese La Lupa Gabriele Lavia ) .... MalerbaRacket La Missione Maurizio Zaccaro ) .... Padre RamboniLe Plaisir (et ses petits tracas) Nicolas Boukhrief ) .... CarloOf Lost Love Dirty Linen Mario Monicelli ) .... Furio CiminThe Nanny Marco Bellocchio ) .... Belli Estate PatientA Respectable Man Maurizio Zaccaro ) .... Enzo TortoraTerra bruciata Free the Fish Padre Pio - Tra cielo e terra Tra due mondi Il Sequestro Soffiantini Searching for Paradise Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio (2002) .... HimselfIl posto dell'anima Soraya [it ] Un papà quasi perfetto Love Returns The Smell of Blood Caterina in the Big City Il Grande Torino Estrenando sueños Liolà The Goodbye Kiss The Caiman Karol: The Pope, The Man The Unknown Woman The Roses of the Desert Commediasexi SoloMetro Piano, solo 2061: An Exceptional Year L'ultimo padrino The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider La luna nel deserto Aldo Moro - Il presidente Blood of the Losers Focaccia blues (2009) .... ProiezionistaBaarìa The Big Dream Oggi sposi Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using Manuale d'amore 3 Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio Tulpa The Lookout Viva l'Italia Razza bastarda (2012) .... Avv. SilvestriItaker - Vietato agli italiani (2012) .... Pantano'Living Legends The Choice Io che amo solo te Un'avventura romantica (2016) .... Vittorio De Sica7 Minutes La cena di Natale Lectura Ovidii (2019) .... HimselfI Hate Summer Caravaggio's Shadow
Awards for Michele Placido
1946–1970 1971–1990 1991–2010 2011–present
1956–1975 1976–2000 2001–2020
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