(Naples, 8 July 1959 – Monserrato, 13 August 2018) was an Italian actor.
In the 1980s he played drums in a punk band and approached theatre thanks to Antonio Neiwiller, who involved him in the drama Titanic. The End based on Hans Magnus Enzensberger for the Teatro dei Mutamenti. With the Teatri Uniti of Naples he collaborated on numerous productions, such as Le false confidenze by Marivaux and Il lavoro rende liberi by Vitaliano Trevisan.
He made his film debut in 1998 in Teatro di guerra by Mario Martone, alongside Toni Servillo, Iaia Forte, Roberto De Francesco and Anna Bonaiuto.
He later played numerous roles in films and TV series, the most well-known of which to the general public are Pasquale the tailor, protagonist of an episode of the film Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone, and Giovanni De Santis, an honest mayoral candidate who opposes Cetto La Qualunque (Antonio Albanese) in the film Qualunquemente.
During his artistic career he directed theatrical performances such as Echi lontani (2003), Martiri (2008), O Calapranz (2012) and the new staging of Titanic. The End (2013), and conducted workshops for young actors. During one of these workshops, in Sardinia, he died at the age of 59 from a fulminant disease.
Theater
He trained as an actor at Antonio Neiwiller’s school, and collaborated in various workshops and shows from 1984 to 1993.
Titanic the end by Antonio Neiwiller, Darkness by Antonio Neiwiller, Fantasmi del mattino by Antonio Neiwiller, Storia Naturale Infinita by Antonio Neiwiller, La natura non indifferente by Antonio Neiwiller, Progetto Beckett by Antonio Neiwiller, Dritto all’inferno by Antonio Neiwiller, Canaglie by Antonio Neiwiller, I sette contro Tebe by Mario Martone, Edipo re by Mario Martone, La resistenza degli uomini necessari by Mario Martone, I dieci comandamenti by Mario Martone, Terramare by Loredana Putignani, Animale by Marco Manchisi, La seconda volta di Francesco D’Assise by Marco Baliani, K l’agrimensore by Claudio Collovà, Artista da Giovane by Claudio Collovà, I nostri tempi by Claudio Collovà, Martiri by Salvatore Cantalupo, Hauberisser by Salvatore Cantalupo, Nauraghe by Salvatore Cantalupo, Echi Lontani by Salvatore Cantalupo, Sabato Domenica e Lunedì by Tony Servillo, Il lavoro rende liberi by Tony Servillo, Le false Confidenze by Tony Servillo, La Trilogia della Villaggiatura by Tony Servillo, I Vespertelli by Cutolo, Cerlino, Pitta.
Cinema
Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone, Lo spazio bianco by Francesca Comencini, Tris di donne e abiti nunziali by Vincenzo Terracciano, Fort Apasc by Marco Risi, Teatro di Guerra by Mario Martone, Appassionate by Tonino de Bernardi, Entusiasmos by Carla Vittoria Rossi, Rose e Pistole by Carla Apunzo, Andare (corto) by Martino Lo Cascio and Antonio Bellia, Estasi di Loren (corto) by Dante Manchisi, Giosuè l’ebreo by di Pasquale Scimeca, TV ( corto ) by Andrea Zaccariello, Qualunquemente by Giulio Manfredonia, Corpo Celeste by Alice Rhowarcher, Noi Credevamo by Mario Martone, Il segreto dell’Acqua by Renato De Maria, Dimmi che destino avrò by Peter Marcias.
