Pietro Ghislandi


Pietro Ghislandi was an Italian actor.
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Life and career

Ghislandi was introduced to the public as a ventriloquist and was a finalist in the 1986/87 edition of the RaiUno program Fantastico 7 with his dummy Sergio. In 1985 he worked as a stand-in for Renato Pozzetto in the movie È arrivato mio fratello. Immediately after, he had a small part in Grandi magazzini and performed in many commercials. In 1987 in Soldati – 365 all’alba, he played a gay recruit. Thanks to his expressive skills and to his surreal acting, similar to the already mentioned Renato Pozzetto, Ghislandi was often asked to play roles as character actor, working both in the cinema and on television, without until much later getting lead roles. He boasted roles in important films like Il muro di gomma of Marco Risi, I mitici – Colpo gobbo a Milano of Carlo Vanzina, Vajont and Porzûs of Renzo Martinelli and, later, was one of the actors chosen by Leonardo Pieraccioni in his successful movies.
He was known to the general public for being the one and only Italian ventriloquist. His comic quality was a bit fanciful and nonstandard for television cabaret comedy. Voice was an important element of his show entitled "The left ventriculus" that toured through Italy. His "vocal" experiences included the well-known cartoonist Bruno Bozzetto and the dubbing of the most famous characters of the Italian "Walt Disney".
Ghislandi was also known for his roles in two national commercials..
Ghislandi died after a long illness on 3 June 2025, at the age of 68.

Filmography

Television

Theater

  • Satie e il gruppo dei Sei, directed by Giacomo De Sanctis
  • I Litiganti of Racine, directed by Umberto Verdoni
  • Doctor Faust of Marlow, directed by Giancarlo Valenti
  • Student of Ryszard Cieslak, the actor of Grotowski
  • Fantastico in tour, directed by Gino Landi
  • Sconcerto, directed by Pietro Ghislandi and Roberto Frattini
  • La voce interna, directed by Asta Gröting
  • Prova d'orchestra with the great orchestra "Donizetti" and the pianist Lylian Zilberstein
  • L'ultimo burattino directed by Rino Denti with the orchestra "Astori"
  • Suonar Canzoni with Gianni Bergamelli and Gianluigi Trovesi
  • Pierino e il lupo with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecco headed by Savino Acquaviva
  • Tutti quanti voglion fare il jazz with the Latin Jazz Orchestra "Hermano Pedro" directed by Maurizio Carugno
  • Masterclass con Gino Vannelli with the international singer Gino Vannelli
  • John Coltrane, A Love Supreme with Gabriele Comeglio and Franco Ambrosetti
  • Tre piccole suite a forma di Pierrot with Marco Remondini, Stefano Bertoli and Gianluigi Trovesi
  • Pierino e il lupo with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Parma headed by Luciano Caggiati
  • Un ventriloquo al circo Ospite del Circo Folloni nella tournée in Lombardia
  • Scurricula Protagonista della conferenza-spettacolo per l'Università degli Studi di Bergamo nella rassegna "Orientamento, stage & placement" directed by Lorenzo Locatelli
  • Il gatto con gli stivali Protagonista della favola musicale di Charles Perrault with the "Banda S. Cecilia" di Borno headed by Tomaso Fenaroli
  • The jazz singer Protagonista del concerto-spettacolo con la Big Band "CDPM" di Bergamo directed by Sergio Orlandi