Valerio Mastandrea


Valerio Mastandrea is an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 late night talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show.
After some occasional participation in stage plays and films, he had his breakout with the role of Tarcisio in the 1995 crime film Palermo – Milan One Way by Claudio Fragasso. In 1997 he got his first leading role in the sleeper box office hit We All Fall Down.

Awards

Mastandrea won the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his role in The First Beautiful Thing in 2010.
In 2013, he won both the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Ivano De Matteo's Balancing Act and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Roberto Andò's Long Live Freedom.

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Palermo – Milan One WayAgent Tarcisio Proietti
1996A Cold, Cold WinterRoby
1996Growing Artichokes in MimongoEnzo
1997We All Fall DownWalter Verra
1997Physical JerksMassimo Migliarini
1998Viola Kisses EverybodySamuele
1998The Scent of the NightRemo Guerra
2000La CarbonaraFabrizio
2001TomorrowGiovanni Moccia
2001Empty EyesRinaldi
2002The NestGiovanni
2002Maximum Velocity (V-Max)Stefano
2004The Vanity SerumFranco Berardi
2004Working Slowly (Radio Alice)Tenente Lippolis
2005Sorry, You Can't Get Through!Piero
2006Napoleon and MeFerrante Papucci
2007Last Minute MaroccoSergio
2007Night BusFrancesco 'Franz' Renzi
2008Don't Think About ItStefano Nardini
2008Your Whole Life Ahead of YouGiorgio Conforti
2008Un giorno perfettoAntonio
2009Good Morning AmanTeodoro
2009Giulia Doesn't Date at NightGuido
2009NineDe Rossi
2010The First Beautiful ThingBruno Michelucci - 2009
2011Things from Another WorldAriele Verderame
2011All at SeaFantino
2012Piazza Fontana: The Italian ConspiracyLuigi Calabresi
2012The LandlordsCosimoAlso screenwriter
2012Balancing ActGiulio
2012Garibaldi's LoversLeo
2013Long Live FreedomAndrea Bottini
2013The Chair of HappinessDino Morosi
2014The Face of an AngelEdoardo
2014PasoliniNico Naldini
2015The Complexity of HappinessEnrico Giusti
2016Perfect StrangersLele
2016Sweet DreamsMassimo
2016FioreAscanio Bonori
2017The PlaceL'uomo
2018EuphoriaEttore
2018The King's MusketeersPortos
2018Ride–Director
2019Tomorrow's a New DayTomasso
2020FigliNicola
2021DiabolikGinko
2022DryLoris
2022Diabolik: Ginko AttacksGinko
2023The First Day of My LifeNapoleone
2023There's Still TomorrowIvano Santucci
2023Diabolik: Who Are You?Ginko
2023AdagioPolniuman
2024Feeling BetterLuiAlso director