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Giancarlo Giannini

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Italian actor

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Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian stage, film, television, and dub actor. Born on August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, he holds citizenship in Italy and the Kingdom of Italy. He began his professional work period in 1965 and is a graduate of the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. Giannini speaks Italian and is married to Livia Giampalmo, with whom he has a son named Adriano Giannini.

His career has been recognized with several honors, including the David di Donatello for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, as well as the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He has also received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his published works are *L'Innocente* and *Sono ancora un bambino*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • L'Innocente
  • Sono ancora un bambino

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Film & TV

Acting · La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

Giancarlo Giannini (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor. Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco…

Known for

  • Tradita — Nicandro2026
  • Albatross — Vito2025
  • Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita — Sé stesso2025
  • Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì2025
  • Baracoa2025
  • Judas' Gospel — narrator (voice)2025
  • Tonight in Turin — Fred Buscaglione2025
  • Rise of the Raven — Pope Eugene IV.2025
  • Cabrini — Pope Leo XIII2024
  • Tonight in Rome — Ospite2024

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1942

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
173
Total plays
844

Giancarlo Giannini (born August 1, 1942) is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor and dubber. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Giancarlo+Giannini">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • Devo al film della Wertmuller "Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore" il successo di un personaggio che è piaciuto molto all'estero e con il quale sono stato a lungo identificato con grande piacere.
  • Pasqualino Settebellezze era un film che non voleva far nessuno, perché parla di un campo di concentramento. È una storia vera. Sono riuscito a convincere Lina [Wertmüller] a farlo e ha avuto quattro candidature all'Oscar.

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Key facts

Born
( 1942-08-01 ) 1 August 1942 (age 83) , La Spezia , Italy
Alma mater
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Occupations
Actor voice artist film director screenwriter
Years active
1961–present
Spouses
Livia Giampalmo ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) ​ Eurilla del Bono ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ) ​
Children
4, including Adriano Giannini

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Encyclopedic overview

Giancarlo Giannini ( Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor . He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor.

Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in Rita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975).

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