Toni Servillo


Marco Antonio "Toni" Servillo is an Italian actor and theatrical director.
He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both Gomorrah and Il Divo and in 2013 for The Great Beauty, as well as winning the David di Donatello for Best Actor four times between 2002 and 2013. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #7 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Early life

Servillo was born on 25 January 1959 in Afragola, Campania. He is the brother of musician Peppe Servillo.

Career

His international breakthrough roles came in 2008 as Giulio Andreotti in Il Divo and Roberto's boss Franco in Gomorrah. Both films were nominated in the Golden Palm awards.
Between 2000 and 2007, he also directed several opera productions, including Cimarosa's Il marito disperato and Beethoven's Fidelio for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, where in 2003 he also staged Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.
In 2013, Servillo was selected as best actor at the 26th European Film Awards for his appearance in Paolo Sorrentino's film The Great Beauty.
In 2018 he portrayed Silvio Berlusconi and Ennio Doris in Sorrentino's Loro.

Personal life

Since the 1960s he has lived in Caserta, with his wife and his children.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Death of a Neapolitan MathematicianPietro
1993RasoiIl guappoAlso screenwriter
1997The VesuviansMayor of NaplesSegment: La Salita
1998Rehearsals for WarFranco Turco
2001One Man UpTony Pisapia
2001Red MoonAmerigo
2004The Consequences of LoveTitta di Girolamo
2004Changing DestinyAngelo CardiAs Antonio Servillo
2004Notte senza fineSalem
2005IncidentiNarrator
2007Il pianto della statuaNarrator
2007The Girl by the LakeGiovanni Sanzio
2007Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!Maestro Domenico Falasco
2008GomorrahFranco
2008Il DivoGiulio Andreotti
2008Non chiederci la parola Narrator
2009L'ultima salitaNarrator
2009Deserto rosaNarrator
2010GorbaciofGorbaciof
2010We BelievedGiuseppe Mazzini
2010A Quiet LifeRosario Russo
2010A View of LoveSergio Bartoli
2011The JewelErnesto Botta
2012It Was the SonNicola Ciarlo
2012Dormant BeautyUliano Beffardi
2012Il viaggio della signorina VilaNarrator Short film
2013Long Live FreedomEnrico Oliveri / Giovanni Ernani
2013The Great BeautyJep Gambardella
2016The ConfessionsRoberto Salus
2017Lasciati andareElia
2017The Girl in the FogAgente Vogel
2018LoroSilvio Berlusconi / Ennio Doris
20195 is the Perfect NumberPeppino Lo Cicero
2019Into the LabyrinthBruno Genko
2021The Hand of GodSaverio Schisa
2021The King of LaughterEduardo Scarpetta
2021The Inner CageGaetano Gargiuolo
2022Exterior NightPope Paul VI
2022StrangenessLuigi Pirandello
2023The First Day of My LifeThe Man
2023AdagioDaytona
2024Sicilian LettersCatello
2025The IllusionVincenzo Giordano Orsini
2025President Mariano De Santis-