Claudio Amendola
| Claudio Amendola | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 February 1963 Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor, director, television presenter |
| Spouse(s) |
Marina Grande (m. 1983–97) Francesca Neri (m. 2010) |
| Children | 3 |
Claudio Amendola (born Rome, 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, television presenter and director.
He is son to the actor and voice dubber Ferruccio Amendola and the actress and voice dubber Rita Savagnone. His daughter is voice dubber Alessia Amendola and his wife is actress Francesca Neri. He starred in the 1993 film The Escort, which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Career
Claudio Amendola started his movie career during the 1980s, playing comic roles in some Italian comedies directed by Carlo Vanzina. In 1987 he played his first dramatic role in Soldati - 365 all'alba, directed by Marco Risi, and in the following decade he confirmed his dramatic skills in some movies like Ultrà (1990) and The Escort (1993), both directed by Ricky Tognazzi. During the 2000s Amendola became a very popular television actor, acting in the popular fiction I Cesaroni, the Italian version of Los Serrano.
Selected filmography
- Vacanze di Natale (1983)
- Amarsi un po' (1984)
- Vacanze in America (1984)
- The Venetian Woman (1986)
- Soldati - 365 all'alba (1987)
- Little Roma (1988)
- Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)
- Forever Mery (1989)
- Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990)
- Ultra (1990)
- Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri (1990)
- Un'altra vita (1992)
- The Escort (1993)
- Briganti - Amore e Libertà (1993)
- I mitici - Colpo gobbo a Milano (1994)
- Policemen (1994)
- La Reine Margot (1994)
- The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
- Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)
- My Generation (1996)
- An Eyewitness Account (1996)
- Un paradiso di bugie (1996)
- Nostromo (1997)
- Other Men(1997)
- The Grey Zone (1997)
- La Carbonara (1999)
- Jesus (1999)
- Johnny the Partisan (2000)
- Il grande botto (2000)
- Domenica (2001)
- Sottovento! (2001)
- Napoléon (2001)
- Fratella e sorello (2002)
- Caterina in the Big City (2003)
- Ho visto le stelle! (2003)
- Inferno Below (2003)
- Il ritorno del Monnezza (2005)
- Melissa P. (2005)
- La fisica dell'acqua (2009)
- Cha cha cha (2013)
- The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015)
- Suburra (2015)
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Escort". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-20.