Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto born 18 August 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 DAmico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978 he began his theatrical career in Italian public theater with Shakespeares 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 Chekhovs Three Sisters and Jean in Strindbergs Miss Julie both under the direction of Otomar Krejka In the coming years he also starred in such theatrical productions as Linfelicità 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 mortoma 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 Lultimo bacio Caterina in the Big City My Mothers Smile Mostly Martha and especially with Dont 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 cè by Gianni Amelio In France Castellitto played the male lead opposite Jeanne Balibar in Jacques Rivettes 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 Dont 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 CCBYSA 30