Roberto De Francesco
{{Short description|Italian actor (born 1964)}}
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Roberto De Francesco (born 2 March 1964) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Caserta, in 1987 De Francesco graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.{{Cite book |last=Lancia |first=Enrico |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri |date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=978-88-8440-213-4 |pages=186-7 |language=it |chapter=De Francesco, Roberto }} He started his career on stage with Mario Martone's company Compagnia dei Teatri Uniti, and often collaborated with Toni Servillo.
De Francesco made his film debut in 1987, in Giuseppe Piccioni's Il grande Blek.{{cite web |last1=Secchi Frau |first1=Fabio |title=Roberto De Francesco |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/roberto-de-francesco/9428/ |website=Mymovies.it |access-date=29 April 2025 |language=it}} In 1992, he was awarded a Grolla d'oro for his performance in {{Interlanguage link|Francesco Calogero (director)|it|Francesco Calogero (regista)|lt=Francesco Calogero}}'s Nessuno.{{cite news |last1=Fusco |first1=Maria Pia |title=Grolle d'oro per divi e non |work=La Repubblica|date=1 November 1992 |page=27}} In 2017, he received a David di Donatello nomination for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Irene Dionisio's Le ultime cose.{{cite news |title=David 2017, miglior attore non protagonista: candidature |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2017/02/21/david-di-donatello-2017-candidature-miglior-attore-non-protagoni#07 |access-date=29 April 2025 |work=Sky TG24 |date=21 February 2017 |language=it}}
Selected filmography
- Bankomatt (1989)
- Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)
- The Yes Man (1991)
- Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
- The Second Time (1995)
- Bits and Pieces (1996)
- Five Stormy Days (1997)
- Notes of Love (1998)
- Rehearsals for War (1998)
- The Son's Room (2001)
- One Man Up (2001)
- Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! (2007)
- Piano, solo (2007)
- We Believed (2010)
- We Have a Pope (2011)
- Miele (2013)
- Mom or Dad? (2017)
- Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)
- Loro (2018)
- The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
- Hammamet (2020)
- The King of Laughter (2021)
- Three Floors (2021)
- The Inner Cage (2021)
- The Hand of God (2021)
- Sicilian Letters (2024)
- The American Backyard (2024)
- Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)
References
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Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male stage actors