Carlo Verdone

{{Short description|Italian actor, screenwriter and film director}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Carlo Verdone 2007 cropped.jpg

| caption = Verdone in 2007

| name = Carlo Verdone

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|11|17}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| birth_name =

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
screenwriter
film director

}}

| yearsactive = 1975–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Gianna Scarpelli|1980|1996|end=legal separation}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unita.it/2024/11/03/carlo-verdone-film-serie-tv-in-che-senso-vita-privata-moglie-compagna-figli/|title=Carlo Verdone: dai film alla serie tv, "in che senso", la vita privata, la moglie, la compagna, i figli|date=3 November 2024 |language=IT}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Christian De Sica (brother-in-law)

}}

Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.

Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he also wrote and directed. His career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, Fun Is Beautiful (1980), Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981) and Talcum Powder (1982). Since the 1990s, he has been introducing more serious subjects in his work, linked to the excesses of society and the individual's hardships in confronting it; some examples are Damned the Day I Met You (1992), My Best Enemy (2006) and Me, Them and Lara (2010).

Early life

Carlo Verdone was born in Rome to Mario Verdone, an important Italian film critic and academic, and studied at the Italian Liceo classico in Rome, having the future actor Christian De Sica as his deskmate.{{cite news | url = https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_agosto_29/covid-scuola-le-nuove-classi-scompare-compagno-banco-e451abac-ea31-11ea-80e5-bbd042ec2ced.shtml | title = Quell'amico che ti segue tutta la vita. Un anno senza il compagno di banco | trans-title = The friend who follow you for all the life. A year without the deskmate | date = August 29, 2020 | journal = Il Corriere della Sera | language = it | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200830093530/https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_agosto_29/covid-scuola-le-nuove-classi-scompare-compagno-banco-e451abac-ea31-11ea-80e5-bbd042ec2ced_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&cat=1&cid=Xbj3tz9f&pids=FR&credits=1&origin=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_agosto_29/covid-scuola-le-nuove-classi-scompare-compagno-banco-e451abac-ea31-11ea-80e5-bbd042ec2ced.shtml | archive-date = 30 August 2020 | url-status = live | access-date = 11 September 2020 }} Subsequently, Verdone earned a degree in Modern Literature at Sapienza University of Rome, the same university where his father taught, and a degree in Film Direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During the 1970s he started a television career highlighting his varied comic style, acting as well in some ads in the Carosello show and he started to introduce his characters on television in 1978 in the popular comedy series "Non Stop".{{cite book |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=6_vG0ocP_7UC&q=verdone+actor+leone&pg=PA327|title =The A to Z of Italian Cinema|isbn =9780810870598|access-date = 2018-04-03 |last1 =Moliterno|first1 =Gino|date =12 October 2009|publisher =Scarecrow Press}}

Movie career

Verdone made his debut as a director in 1980 with the movie Fun Is Beautiful, in which he played three different characters. He used the same formula of the first work in 1981, when he directed Bianco, rosso e Verdone, a movie about three different men during election day in Italy. The movie, produced by his mentor Sergio Leone, was very successful in Italy and had a soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone.{{cite web |url =https://www.discogs.com/Ennio-Morricone-Bianco-Rosso-E-Morricone-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtracks-From-Un-Sacco-Bello-Bia/release/3609543|title =Ennio Morricone composed soundtracks for Carlo Verdone|website =Discogs|access-date = 2018-04-03 }}

He and Alberto Sordi wrote two Verdone films together: Journey with Papà, directed by Sordi, and Troppo forte, directed by Verdone and co-written as well by Sergio Leone.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

In 1999 he wrote the book "Fatti Coatti".{{cite book |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-eKPQAACAAJ&q=carlo+verdone|title =The book "Fatti Coatti" by Carlo Verdone|isbn =9788804437994|access-date = 2018-04-03 |last1 =Verdone|first1 =Carlo|last2 =Giusti|first2 =Marco|year =1999|publisher =Mondadori}}

In 2005 he took part in the Italian blockbuster romantic comedy named Manual of Love, and in the sequels named Manual of Love 2 (2007) and The Ages of Love (2011), both directed by Giovanni Veronesi, while in 2013 he starred in Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty.{{cite news |url =https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/movies/the-great-beauty-starring-toni-servillo.html |title =Carlo Verdone inside the cast of The Great Beauty|newspaper =The New York Times|date =14 November 2013|access-date = 2018-04-03 |last1 =Dargis|first1 =Manohla}}{{cite web |url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/golden-globes/10072554/The-Great-Beauty-review.html|title =The Great Beauty, review|date =13 January 2014|access-date = 2018-04-03 }} In 2018 he directed Blessed Madness, which he co-wrote with Nicola Guaglianone and the cartoonist and screenwriter Menotti.{{cite web |url =http://news.cinecitta.com/EN/en/news/95/70473/carlo-verdone-starts-filming-blessed-madness.aspx |title ="Blessed Madness" the new comedy helmed by Carlo Verdone|access-date = 2018-04-03 }}

Personal life

He has two siblings: Luca, a film director, and Silvia, a film producer and wife of the actor Christian De Sica.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Actor ! Director ! Writer ! Role
1979 \| La Luna \| {{yes}} \| \| \| 'Caracalla' Director
1980 \| Fun Is Beautiful \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Anselmo / professor
1981 \| Bianco, rosso e Verdone \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Furio / Mimmo / Pasquale
1982 \| Journey with Papa \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Cristiano D'Ambrosi
1982 \| Grand Hotel Excelsior \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Pericle Coccia
1982 \| Talcum Powder \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Sergio Benvenuti
1983 \| Acqua e sapone \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Rolando Ferrazza
1984 \| I due carabinieri \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Marino Spada
1984 \| Cuori nella tormenta \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| Walter Migliorini
1986 \| 7 chili in 7 giorni \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Alfio Tamburini
1986 \| Troppo forte \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Oscar Pettinari
1987 \| Io e mia sorella \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Carlo Piergentili
1988 \| Compagni di scuola \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Piero Ruffolo
1989 \| Il bambino e il poliziotto \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Carlo Vinciguerra
1990 \| Stasera a casa di Alice \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Saverio
1991 \| Damned the Day I Met You \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Bernardo Arbusti
1992 \| Al lupo al lupo \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Gregorio Sagonà
1994 \| Let's Not Keep in Touch \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Gepy Fuxas
1995 \| Viaggi di nozze \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Raniero / Giovannino / Ivano
1996 \| I'm Crazy About Iris Blond \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Romeo Spera
1998 \| Gallo cedrone \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Armando Feroci
1998 \| Lucky and Zorba \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Zorba (voice)
2000 \| Zora the Vampire \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Commissioner Lombardi
2000 \| A Chinese in a Coma \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Ercole Preziosi
2003 \| It Can't Be All Our Fault \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Gegè Tinacci
2004 \| Love Is Eternal While It Lasts \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Gilberto Mercuri
2005 \| Manual of Love \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Goffredo
2006 \| My Best Enemy \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Achille De Bellis
2007 \| Manual of Love 2 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Ernesto
2008 \| Grande, grosso e... Verdone \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Leo Nuvolone / Callisto Cagnato / Moreno Vecchiarutti / L'onorevole
2009 \| Italians \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Giulio Cesare Carminati
2010 \| Me, Them and Lara \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Carlo Mascolo
2011 \| The Ages of Love \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Fabio
2012 \| A Flat for Three \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Ulisse Diamanti
2013 \| The Great Beauty \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| Romano
2014 \| Sotto una buona stella \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Federico Picchioni
2016 \| The Big Score \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Arturo Merlino
2018 \| Blessed Madness \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Guglielmo Pantalei
2021 \| Si vive una volta sola \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Umberto Gastaldi
2021 \| Vita da Carlo (TV Series) \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Carlo

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Actor

! Director

! Writer

! Role

1979

| La Luna

| {{yes}}

| 'Caracalla' Director

1980

| Fun Is Beautiful

| {{yes}}

| Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Anselmo / professor

1981

| Bianco, rosso e Verdone

| {{yes}}

| Furio / Mimmo / Pasquale

1982

| Journey with Papa

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Cristiano D'Ambrosi

1982

| Grand Hotel Excelsior

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Pericle Coccia

1982

| Talcum Powder

| {{yes}}

| Sergio Benvenuti

1983

| Acqua e sapone

| {{yes}}

| Rolando Ferrazza

1984

| I due carabinieri

| {{yes}}

| Marino Spada

1984

| Cuori nella tormenta

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Walter Migliorini

1986

| 7 chili in 7 giorni

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Alfio Tamburini

1986

| Troppo forte

| {{yes}}

| Oscar Pettinari

1987

| Io e mia sorella

| {{yes}}

| Carlo Piergentili

1988

| Compagni di scuola

| {{yes}}

| Piero Ruffolo

1989

| Il bambino e il poliziotto

| {{yes}}

| Carlo Vinciguerra

1990

| Stasera a casa di Alice

| {{yes}}

| Saverio

1991

| Damned the Day I Met You

| {{yes}}

| Bernardo Arbusti

1992

| Al lupo al lupo

| {{yes}}

| Gregorio Sagonà

1994

| Let's Not Keep in Touch

| {{yes}}

| Gepy Fuxas

1995

| Viaggi di nozze

| {{yes}}

| Raniero / Giovannino / Ivano

1996

| I'm Crazy About Iris Blond

| {{yes}}

| Romeo Spera

1998

| Gallo cedrone

| {{yes}}

| Armando Feroci

1998

| Lucky and Zorba

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Zorba (voice)

2000

| Zora the Vampire

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Commissioner Lombardi

2000

| A Chinese in a Coma

| {{yes}}

| Ercole Preziosi

2003

| It Can't Be All Our Fault

| {{yes}}

| Gegè Tinacci

2004

| Love Is Eternal While It Lasts

| {{yes}}

| Gilberto Mercuri

2005

| Manual of Love

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Goffredo

2006

| My Best Enemy

| {{yes}}

| Achille De Bellis

2007

| Manual of Love 2

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Ernesto

2008

| Grande, grosso e... Verdone

| {{yes}}

| Leo Nuvolone / Callisto Cagnato / Moreno Vecchiarutti / L'onorevole

2009

| Italians

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Giulio Cesare Carminati

2010

| Me, Them and Lara

| {{yes}}

| Carlo Mascolo

2011

| The Ages of Love

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Fabio

2012

| A Flat for Three

| {{yes}}

| Ulisse Diamanti

2013

| The Great Beauty

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Romano

2014

| Sotto una buona stella

| {{yes}}

| Federico Picchioni

2016

| The Big Score

| {{yes}}

| Arturo Merlino

2018

| Blessed Madness

| {{yes}}

| Guglielmo Pantalei

2021

| Si vive una volta sola

| {{yes}}

| Umberto Gastaldi

2021

| Vita da Carlo (TV Series)

| {{yes}}

| Carlo

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120830033731/http://www.carloverdone.it/ www.carloverdone.it] — Official Site
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