Sergio Castellitto
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
August 18, 1953 (72 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Roberto Rossellini, più di una vita · as Roberto Rossellini |
| 2024 | Conclave · as Tedesco |
| 2024 | The Gentlemen · as Cast |
| 2024 | Romeo è Giulietta · as Federico Landi Porrini |
| 2023 | Enea · as Celeste |
| 2023 | The Best Century of My Life · as Gustavo Diotallevi |
| 2023 | The General's Men · as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa |
| 2022 | Dante · as Giovanni Boccaccio |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Crazy for Football · as Saverio Lulli |
| 2021 | A Bookshop in Paris · as Vincenzo |
| 2021 | Marx Can Wait · as Ernesto Picciafuoco (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Natale in casa Cupiello · as Luca Cupiello |
| 2020 | Il talento del calabrone · as Ascoltatore |
| 2020 | The Bad Poet · as Gabriele D'annunzio |
| 2019 | Mafia Inc · as Frank Paternò |
| 2019 | Nour · as Pietro Bartolo |
| 2019 | Pezzi Unici · as Vanni Bandinelli |
| 2018 | Dreamfools · as Sergio |
| 2018 | Aldo Moro il professore · as Aldo Moro |
| 2018 | Il tuttofare · as Salvatore Toti Bellastella |
| 2018 | Rocco Chinnici · as Rocco Chinnici |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Fortunata · as Infermiere/carabieniere |
| 2017 | Piccoli crimini coniugali · as Elia |
| 2016 | Il sindaco pescatore · as Angelo Vassallo |
| 2015 | You Can't Save Yourself Alone · as Alessio Righetti |
| 2014 | La buca · as Oscar |
| 2013 | In Treatment (IT) · as Dr. Giovanni Mari |
| 2012 | Una famiglia perfetta · as Leone |
| 2012 | Twice Born · as Giuliano |
| 2010 | Love & Slaps · as Marcello |
| 2009 | Raise Your Head · as Mero |
| 2009 | Bets & Wedding Dresses · as Franco Campanella |
| 2009 | Around a Small Mountain · as Vittorio |
| 2009 | Italians · as Fortunato |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian · as King Miraz |
| 2008 | Fuga per la libertà - L'aviatore · as Massimo Teglio |
| 2006 | Arthur and the Invisibles · as Le Chef De GareOn Plex |
| 2006 | The Missing Star · as Vincenzo Buonavolontà |
| 2006 | Paris, Je T'aime · as Le Mari (bastille)On Plex |
| 2006 | Marcello, una vita dolce · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | The Wedding Director · as Franco Elica |
| 2004 | Ne quittez pas! · as Félix Mandel |
| 2004 | Don't Move · as Timoteo |
| 2003 | Caterina in the Big City · as Giancarlo Iacovoni |
| 2003 | Ferrari · as Enzo Ferrari |
| 2002 | My Mother's Smile · as Ernesto Picciafuoco |
| 2001 | Who Knows? · as Ugo |
| 2001 | Mostly Martha · as Mario |
| 2001 | Vendetta · as Joe Sollazzo |
| 2001 | Unfair Competition · as Leone Della Rocca |
| 2001 | The Last Kiss · as Prof. Eugenio Bonetti |
| 2000 | Padre Pio: Miracle Man · as Padre Pio |
| 2000 | Padre Pio · as Padre Pio |
| 2000 | Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes · as Gianni |
| 1999 | Libero Burro · as Libero Burro |
| 1998 | For Sale · as Luigi Primo |
| 1998 | Let There Be Light · as Dieu Le Touriste |
| 1997 | Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana · as Don Lorenzo Milani |
| 1997 | Pronto · as Tommy "the Zip" Bucks |
| 1997 | Quadrille · as Carl Herickson |
| 1996 | Hotel paura · as Carlo Ruggeri |
| 1996 | Shadow Play · as Guido |
| 1996 | Le cri de la soie · as Gabriel De Villemer |
| 1996 | Silenzio si nasce · as Il Forte |
| 1995 | Il grande Fausto · as Fausto Coppi |
| 1995 | The Star Maker · as Joe Morelli (giuseppe Romolo) |
| 1994 | Con gli occhi chiusi · as Signor Alberto |
| 1993 | Toxic Affair · as Mister Ray-Ban |
| 1993 | Il grande cocomero · as Arturo |
| 1992 | Dark Comedy · as Federico Zardo |
| 1991 | Rossini! Rossini! · as Gioacchino Rossini, Giovane |
| 1991 | The Flesh · as Paolo |
| 1990 | Tonight at Alice's · as Filippo |
| 1990 | Alberto Express · as Alberto Capuano |
| 1990 | Tre colonne in cronaca · as Quinto Cecconi - Il Giornalista |
| 1989 | Piccoli equivoci · as Paolo |
| 1989 | Come stanno bene insieme · as Ugo |
| 1988 | The Big Blue · as Novelli |
| 1988 | Three Sisters · as Roberto |
| 1987 | The Family · as Carletto As A Young Man |
| 1983 | The General of the Dead Army · as The Expert |
| 1981 | Inmate · as Scapricciatiello |
| 1981 | Three Brothers · as Terrorist |
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| 1999 |
| 2017 | Fortunata · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2009 | Around a Small Mountain · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | |
| 1999 | Libero Burro · as Screenplay |
| 2012 | |
| 2010 |
| 2025 | The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Presenter & Winner |
| 2014 | E poi c'è Cattelan · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The 2006 European Film Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2003 | Che tempo che fa · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Verissimo · as Self |
| 1993 | Those Who ... Football · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self |
| 1976 | Domenica In · as Self |
| 2021 | A Bookshop in Paris · as Screenplay By |
| 2016 | Il sindaco pescatore · as Co-Writer |
| 2010 | Love & Slaps · as Screenwriter |