
Sergio Castellitto
Born
August 18, 1953 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Roma, Lazio, Italia
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.
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Known For

Conclave
Tedesco
2024

Romeo Is Juliet
Federico Landi Porrini
2024

The Best Century of My Life
Gustavo Diotallevi
2023

Enea
Celeste
2023

The General's Men
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa · (8 episodes)
2023

Dante
Giovanni Boccaccio
2022

Non ti pago
2021

Sabato, domenica e lunedì
2021

Crazy for Football - Matti per il calcio
Saverio Lulli
2021

A Bookshop in Paris
Vincenzo
2021

Marx Can Wait
Ernesto Picciafuoco (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021

The Bad Poet
Gabriele D'Annunzio
2021

Natale in casa Cupiello
Luca Cupiello
2020

The Talent of the Hornet
Ascoltatore
2020

Nour
Pietro Bartolo
2020

Mafia Inc.
Frank Paternò
2020

Pezzi unici
Vanni Bandinelli · (12 episodes)
2019

Dreamfools
Sergio
2018

Aldo Moro - il Professore
Aldo Moro
2018

The Handyman
Salvatore Toti Bellastella
2018

Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head
Rocco Chinnici
2018

Meraviglie - La penisola dei tesori
(1 episode)
2018

Lucky
Infermiere/Carabieniere
2017

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self
2017

Piccoli crimini coniugali
Elia
2017

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Narrator
2016

The Major Fisherman
Angelo Vassallo
2016

Nessuno siamo perfetti
Self
2015

The Hole
Oscar
2014

In Treatment
Dr. Giovanni Mari · (105 episodes)
2013

Una famiglia perfetta
Leone
2012

Twice Born
Giuliano
2012

Love & Slaps
Marcello
2010

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
2010

Raise Your Head
Mero
2009

Bets & Wedding Dresses
Franco Campanella
2009

Around a Small Mountain
Vittorio
2009

Italians
Fortunato
2009

Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Self
2008

'O professore
2008

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
King Miraz
2008

Fuga per la libertà - L'aviatore
Massimo Teglio
2008

Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Self (archive footage)
2007

The Missing Star
Vincenzo Buonavolontà
2006

Paris Je T'aime
Le mari (Bastille)
2006

Marcello, una vita dolce
Narrator (voice)
2006

The Wedding Director
Franco Elica
2006

L'ombra cinese
Jules Maigret
2004

La trappola di Maigret
Jules Maigret
2004

Ne quittez pas !
Félix Mandel
2004

Don't Move
Timoteo
2004

Caterina in the Big City
Giancarlo Iacovoni
2003

Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
2003

Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari · (2 episodes)
2003

My Mother's Smile
Ernesto Picciafuoco
2002

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Ugo
2001

Mostly Martha
Mario
2001

Hotel Laguna
Joe Sollazzo
2001

Unfair Competition
Leone
2001

The Last Kiss
Prof. Eugenio Bonetti
2001

Padre Pio
Padre Pio
2000

Padre Pio: Miracle Man
Padre Pio · (2 episodes)
2000

Libero Burro
Libero Burro
1999

For Sale
Luigi Primo
1998

Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana
Don Lorenzo Milani
1997

Pronto
Tommy "The Zip" Bucks
1997

Quadrille
Carl Herickson
1997

Hotel Paura
Carlo Ruggeri
1996

Shadow Play
Guido
1996

Le Cri de la soie
Gabriel de Villemer
1996

Silenzio... si nasce
Il Forte
1996

Il Grande Fausto
Fausto Coppi
1995

The Star Maker
Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)
1995

With Closed Eyes
Signor Alberto
1994

Toxic Affair
Mister Ray-Ban
1993

The Great Pumpkin
Arturo
1993

Nessuno
Tropia
1992

Nero
Federico Zardo
1992

Rossini! Rossini!
Gioacchino Rossini, giovane
1991

The Flesh
Paolo
1991
Seul face au crime
Dario De Santis
1991

Tonight at Alice's
Filippo
1990

Una fredda mattina di maggio
Ruggero Manni
1990

Alberto Express
Alberto Capuano
1990

Tre colonne in cronaca
Quinto Cecconi - il giornalista
1990

Piccoli equivoci
Paolo
1989

Come stanno bene insieme
Ugo · (3 episodes)
1989

Cinéma
Rocco · (4 episodes)
1988

The Big Blue
Novelli
1988

Love and Fear
Roberto
1988

He Looks Dead... But He's Only Fainted
Romano Duranti
1987

Cinque Storie Inquietanti: La Parete della Stanza Accanto
Roberto Valente
1987

Dolce assenza
Vittorio
1987

The Family
Carletto as a young man
1987

Carefree Giovanni
Giovanni
1986

Magic Moments
Roberto 'Bo'
1984

The General of the Dead Army
The Expert
1983

Inmate
Scapricciatiello
1981
Violette

Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Self (archival footage)