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)