Vincenzo Salemme

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

{{Infobox person

| name = Vincenzo Salemme

| image = Vincenzo Salemme 2.jpg

| caption = Salemme in 2008

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|7|24}}

| birth_place = Bacoli, Italy

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
comedian
writer
director
producer

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| height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| years_active = 1975–present

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Vincenzo Salemme (born 24 July 1957) is an Italian actor, comedian, and filmmaker.

Life and career

Born in Bacoli, Province of Naples, Salemme began his career in 1976, with the stage company of Tato Russo.{{cite book|last1=Peppe D'Antonio, Maurizio Di Rienzo|title=1998, un anno di esordi: talenti, opportunità e mercato|year=1999|publisher=Lindau, 1999|isbn=8871802721}}

The following year he joined the theatre crew of Eduardo De Filippo, later led by his son Luca, where he worked until 1992. In a 2018 interview, he said that De Filippo taught him to "italianise" words in Neapolitan when not in Naples, so everybody could understand the play.{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2018-12-28 |title=Interview with Vincenzo Salemme: the Neapolitan theatre explained |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/vincenzo-salemme-intervista/ |access-date=2021-07-23 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}

In the 1990s, Salemme started writing and producing his own comedy plays, enjoying a large success with E fuori nevica.{{cite book|last=Gianni Canova|title=Enciclopedia del cinema|year=2005|publisher=Garzanti, 2009|isbn=881150516X}}

He debuted in the movie industry the early 1980s as a character actor; following his increasing popularity on stage, in 1998 he wrote, directed and starred in the comedy film L'amico del cuore, which enjoyed a considerable commercial success.

In the following years, Salemme alternated his personal projects, on stage and on the big screen, and leading roles in films by other directors, usually comedies.

Salemme was also the protagonist of two television shows, Famiglia Salemme Show (2006) and Da Nord a Sud... e ho detto tutto! (2009), both of them aired on RAI.{{cite news|title="E ho detto tutto": Salemme torna in tv "Con le risate farò unire Nord e Sud"|url=http://www.ilmattino.it/spettacolo/teatro/e_ho_detto_tutto_salemme_torna_in_tv_con_le_risate_far_unire_nord_e_sud/notizie/68897.shtml|access-date=11 October 2014|newspaper=Il Mattino|date=9 August 2009}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope=row\|Sweet Dreams \|1981 \|Cultural operator \|Uncredited
scope=row\|Sweet Body of Bianca \|1984 \|Massimiliano \|
scope=row\|The Mass Is Ended \|1985 \|Andrea \|
scope=row\|C'è posto per tutti \|1990 \|Tommaso \|
scope=row\|Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician \|1992 \|Communist militant \|Cameo
scope=row\|Il tuffo \|1993 \|Matteo \|
scope=row\|My Best Friend's Wife \|1998 \|Roberto Cordova \|rowspan=2\|Also director and writer
scope=row\|Amore a prima vista \|1999 \|Bruno Garramone
scope=row\|Picasso's Face \|rowspan=2\|2000 \|Himself \|Cameo
scope=row\|Freewheeling \|Pericle Caruso \|rowspan=2\|Also director and writer
scope=row\|Volesse il cielo! \|2002 \|The Stranger
scope=row\|Opopomoz \|rowspan=2\|2003 \|Joseph (voice) \|Voice role
scope=row\|Ho visto le stelle! \|Antonio Savarese \|rowspan=2\|Also director and writer
scope=row\|Cose da pazzi \|2005 \|Felice
scope=row\|Olé \|rowspan=2\|2006 \|Salvatore Rondinella \|
scope=row\|Baciami piccina \|Raoul Nuvolini \|
scope=row\|SMS \|2007 \|Tommaso Lampedusa \|rowspan=2\|Also director and writer
scope=row\|No Problem \|2008 \|Arturo Cremisi
scope=row\|Many Kisses Later \|rowspan=2\|2009 \|Filippo \|
scope=row\|Baarìa \|Chief Comedian \|
scope=row\|La vita è una cosa meravigliosa \|2010 \|Antonio \|
scope=row\|Make a Fake \|rowspan=4\|2011 \|Enzo Gesumunno \|
scope=row\|Baciato dalla fortuna \|Gaetano \|
scope=row\|Ex 2: Still Friends? \|Antonio Schiavone \|
scope=row\|Lessons in Chocolate 2 \|Gastone Conti \|
scope=row\|10 Rules for Falling in Love \|rowspan=2\|2012 \|Renato \|
scope=row\|Buona giornata \|Luigi Pirandi \|
scope=row\|Us in the U.S. \|2013 \|Antonio \|
scope=row\|Sapore di te \|rowspan=3\|2014 \|Piero De Marco \|
scope=row\|... E fuori nevica! \|Enzo Righi \|Also director and writer
scope=row\|What's Your Sign? \|Augusto Fioretti \|
scope=row\|Se mi lasci non vale \|rowspan=4\|2016 \|Vincenzo \|Also director and writer
scope=row\|Non si ruba a casa dei ladri \|Antonio Russo \|
scope=row\|Storks \|Toady (voice) \|Italian dub
scope=row\|Prima di lunedì \|Vincenzo Briganti \|
scope=row\|Caccia al tesoro \|rowspan=2\|2017 \|Domenico Greco \|
scope=row\|Il contagio \|Walter \|
scope=row\|Una festa esagerata \|rowspan=3\|2018 \|Gennaro \|Also director and writer
scope=row\|Se son rose \|Mr. Formisano \|
scope=row\|Vengo anch'io \|Michele \|
scope=row\|Compromessi sposi \|2019 \|Gaetano De Rosa \|
scope=row\|7 ore per farti innamorare \|rowspan=2\|2020 \|Enrico Dell'Orefice \|
scope=row\|È per il tuo bene \|Antonio \|
scope=row\|Con tutto il cuore \|rowspan=2\|2021 \|Ottavio Camaldoli \|Also director and writer
scope=row\|I fratelli De Filippo \|Riccardo Ruggiti \|
scope=row\|Il sesso degli angeli \|2022 \|Antonello Rovincello \|
scope=row\|'Le guerra dei nonni'' \|2023 \|Gerry \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Role(s)

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope=row|Sweet Dreams

|1981

|Cultural operator

|Uncredited

scope=row|Sweet Body of Bianca

|1984

|Massimiliano

scope=row|The Mass Is Ended

|1985

|Andrea

scope=row|C'è posto per tutti

|1990

|Tommaso

scope=row|Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

|1992

|Communist militant

|Cameo

scope=row|Il tuffo

|1993

|Matteo

scope=row|My Best Friend's Wife

|1998

|Roberto Cordova

|rowspan=2|Also director and writer

scope=row|Amore a prima vista

|1999

|Bruno Garramone

scope=row|Picasso's Face

|rowspan=2|2000

|Himself

|Cameo

scope=row|Freewheeling

|Pericle Caruso

|rowspan=2|Also director and writer

scope=row|Volesse il cielo!

|2002

|The Stranger

scope=row|Opopomoz

|rowspan=2|2003

|Joseph (voice)

|Voice role

scope=row|Ho visto le stelle!

|Antonio Savarese

|rowspan=2|Also director and writer

scope=row|Cose da pazzi

|2005

|Felice

scope=row|Olé

|rowspan=2|2006

|Salvatore Rondinella

scope=row|Baciami piccina

|Raoul Nuvolini

scope=row|SMS

|2007

|Tommaso Lampedusa

|rowspan=2|Also director and writer

scope=row|No Problem

|2008

|Arturo Cremisi

scope=row|Many Kisses Later

|rowspan=2|2009

|Filippo

scope=row|Baarìa

|Chief Comedian

scope=row|La vita è una cosa meravigliosa

|2010

|Antonio

scope=row|Make a Fake

|rowspan=4|2011

|Enzo Gesumunno

scope=row|Baciato dalla fortuna

|Gaetano

scope=row|Ex 2: Still Friends?

|Antonio Schiavone

scope=row|Lessons in Chocolate 2

|Gastone Conti

scope=row|10 Rules for Falling in Love

|rowspan=2|2012

|Renato

scope=row|Buona giornata

|Luigi Pirandi

scope=row|Us in the U.S.

|2013

|Antonio

scope=row|Sapore di te

|rowspan=3|2014

|Piero De Marco

scope=row|... E fuori nevica!

|Enzo Righi

|Also director and writer

scope=row|What's Your Sign?

|Augusto Fioretti

scope=row|Se mi lasci non vale

|rowspan=4|2016

|Vincenzo

|Also director and writer

scope=row|Non si ruba a casa dei ladri

|Antonio Russo

scope=row|Storks

|Toady (voice)

|Italian dub

scope=row|Prima di lunedì

|Vincenzo Briganti

scope=row|Caccia al tesoro

|rowspan=2|2017

|Domenico Greco

scope=row|Il contagio

|Walter

scope=row|Una festa esagerata

|rowspan=3|2018

|Gennaro

|Also director and writer

scope=row|Se son rose

|Mr. Formisano

scope=row|Vengo anch'io

|Michele

scope=row|Compromessi sposi

|2019

|Gaetano De Rosa

scope=row|7 ore per farti innamorare

|rowspan=2|2020

|Enrico Dell'Orefice

scope=row|È per il tuo bene

|Antonio

scope=row|Con tutto il cuore

|rowspan=2|2021

|Ottavio Camaldoli

|Also director and writer

scope=row|I fratelli De Filippo

|Riccardo Ruggiti

scope=row|Il sesso degli angeli

|2022

|Antonello Rovincello

scope=row|'Le guerra dei nonni''

|2023

|Gerry

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope=row\|Il cilindro \|1978 \|Antonio \|Television movie
scope=row\|Un'isola \|1986 \|Officer Vaporetto \|rowspan=2\|Two-parts television movie
scope=row\|Un siciliano in Sicilia \|1987 \|Mr. Quartullo
scope=row\|Distretto di Polizia \|2005 \|Himself \|Episode: "Il giustiziere"
scope=row\|Ballando con le Stelle \|2006 \|Contestant \|Season 3
scope=row\|Miss Italia \|2016 \|Judge \|Annual beauty contest
scope=row\|Tale e quale show \|2018–2020 \|Judge \|Talent show

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Role(s)

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope=row|Il cilindro

|1978

|Antonio

|Television movie

scope=row|Un'isola

|1986

|Officer Vaporetto