Toni Bertorelli

{{Infobox person

| name = Toni Bertorelli

| image = Toni Bertorelli_resize.png

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Barge, Piedmont, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|5|25|1948|3|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1971–2016

}}

Toni Bertorelli (18 March 1948 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian actor. He performed in over sixty films.

Biography

Bertorelli was born in Barge, Piedmont, Italy.{{cite news |url=https://www.lastampa.it/cuneo/2017/05/27/news/barge-e-in-lutto-per-la-mortedell-attore-e-regista-toni-bertorelli-cardinale-nel-the-young-pope-1.34607362/ |title=Barge è in lutto per la mortedell’attore e regista Toni Bertorelli cardinale nel “The young Pope” |language=Italian |work=La Stampa |date=2017-05-27 |accessdate=2022-08-29 }}

Bertorelli began his acting career in 1969 working with his friend Carlo Cecchi. He starred in early 1980s movies, but gained more popularity in the 1990s, starring in Mario Martone's Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician and Marco Tullio Giordana's Who Killed Pasolini?

During the 2000s, Bertorelli worked with directors like Nanni Moretti, Marco Bellocchio and Mel Gibson. In 2016, he played the role of Cardinal Caltanissetta in Paolo Sorrentino's short series The Young Pope.

Bertorelli died on 26 May 2017, at the age of 69, after a long illness.{{cite news|work=La Repubblica|url= http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2017/05/26/news/morto_toni_bertorelli-166465045|title=È morto Toni Bertorelli, mafioso e cardinale della fiction tv|date= 26 May 2017|accessdate=26 May 2017|language=Italian}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1974 \|E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine \|Biktasev \|
1983 \|Stangata napoletana \| \|
1988 \|Tutta colpa della SIP \|Lamberti \|
1992 \|Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician \|Antonio Alcamo \|
1995 \|Who Killed Pasolini? \|Inspector Pigna \|
rowspan="2"\| 1996 \|La tenda nera \| \|
Cous-cous \|Frankie \|
rowspan="2"\| 1997 \|The Grey Zone \|Judge Giudice Consoli \|
The Prince of Homburg \|Elector \|
1998 \|Elvjs e Merilijn \|Colonel \|
1999 \|Besame mucho \|Don Tommaso \|
rowspan="3"\| 2000 \|Johnny the Partisan \|Johnny's Father \|
Holy Tongue \|Krondano \|
Zora the Vampire \|Dracula \|
rowspan="5"\| 2001 \|La regina degli scacchi \|Sterlizia \|
Territori d'ombra \|Franz \|
The Son's Room \|Patient \|
The Words of My Father \|Zeno's Father \|
Light of My Eyes \|Mario \|
2002 \|My Mother's Smile \|Ludovico Bulla \|
2003 \|Now or Never \|David's Father \|
rowspan="4"\| 2004 \|The Passion of the Christ \|Annas ben Seth \|
Pontormo – un amore eretico \|Priore San Lorenzo \|
A luci spente \|Ettore Benedetti \|
L'eretico - Un gesto di coraggio \|Inquisitore \|
rowspan="2"\| 2005 \|La passione di Giosué l'Ebreo \|Don Isaac \|
Romanzo Criminale \|La Voce \|
2006 \|The Caiman \|Indro Montanelli \|
rowspan="2"\| 2007 \|Black Sun \|Inspector \|
Silk \|Verdun \|
rowspan="2"\| 2015 \|Latin Lover \|Picci \|
Blood of My Blood \|Doctor Cavanna \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1974

|E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine

|Biktasev

1983

|Stangata napoletana

1988

|Tutta colpa della SIP

|Lamberti

1992

|Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

|Antonio Alcamo

1995

|Who Killed Pasolini?

|Inspector Pigna

rowspan="2"| 1996

|La tenda nera

Cous-cous

|Frankie

rowspan="2"| 1997

|The Grey Zone

|Judge Giudice Consoli

The Prince of Homburg

|Elector

1998

|Elvjs e Merilijn

|Colonel

1999

|Besame mucho

|Don Tommaso

rowspan="3"| 2000

|Johnny the Partisan

|Johnny's Father

Holy Tongue

|Krondano

Zora the Vampire

|Dracula

rowspan="5"| 2001

|La regina degli scacchi

|Sterlizia

Territori d'ombra

|Franz

The Son's Room

|Patient

The Words of My Father

|Zeno's Father

Light of My Eyes

|Mario

2002

|My Mother's Smile

|Ludovico Bulla

2003

|Now or Never

|David's Father

rowspan="4"| 2004

|The Passion of the Christ

|Annas ben Seth

Pontormo – un amore eretico

|Priore San Lorenzo

A luci spente

|Ettore Benedetti

L'eretico - Un gesto di coraggio

|Inquisitore

rowspan="2"| 2005

|La passione di Giosué l'Ebreo

|Don Isaac

Romanzo Criminale

|La Voce

2006

|The Caiman

|Indro Montanelli

rowspan="2"| 2007

|Black Sun

|Inspector

Silk

|Verdun

rowspan="2"| 2015

|Latin Lover

|Picci

Blood of My Blood

|Doctor Cavanna

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ TV
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1992 \|Il Giovane Mussolini \|Primo \|3 episodes
1999 \|Sospetti \| \|3 episodes
2002 \|St. Francis \|Pope Innocent III \|TV movie
2007 \|War and Peace \|Prince Vasily Kuragin \|4 episodes
2008 \|Pinocchio \|The Fox \|TV movie
2016 \|The Young Pope \|Cardinal Caltanissetta \|10 episodes, (final appearance)

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ TV

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1992

|Il Giovane Mussolini

|Primo

|3 episodes

1999

|Sospetti