Sergio Castellitto
Acting • Born 1953-08-18
Biography
Sergio Castellitto (born August 18, 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978, he began his theatrical career in Italian public theater with Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the Teatro di Roma and with roles in other plays such as La Madre by Brecht, Merchant of Venice, and Candelaio by Giordano Bruno. At the Teatro di Genova he starred in the roles of Tuzenbach in Chekhov's Three Sisters and Jean in Strindberg's Miss Julie, both under the direction of Otomar Krejka. In the coming years, he also starred in such theatrical productions as L'infelicità senza desideri and Piccoli equivoci at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. He also appeared in Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. During his years in the theatre, he worked alongside many famous actors, including Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo, and Enzo Muzii. Castellitto began his film career in 1983 beside Marcello Mastroianni and Michel Piccoli in The General of the Dead Army by Luciano Tovoli. He interpreted many films like Sembra morto...ma è solo svenuto directed by Felice Farina, Piccoli equivoci by Ricky Tognazzi and Stasera a casa di Alice by Carlo Verdone. He became more famous with the films The Great Pumpkin by Francesca Archibugi and The Star Maker by Giuseppe Tornatore. In the late 1980s, Castellitto appeared in several Italian television miniseries, including Un siciliano in Sicilia (1987), Cinque storie inquietanti (1987), Piazza Navona (1988), Cinéma (1988), and Come stanno bene insieme (1989). He also appeared in the miniseries Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes (2000). Success arrived with the films La famiglia, L'ultimo bacio, Caterina in the Big City, My Mother's Smile, Mostly Martha, and especially with Don't Move, written by his wife Margaret Mazzantini. Other films that he interpreted include Il regista di matrimoni by Marco Bellocchio and La stella che non c'è by Gianni Amelio. In France, Castellitto played the male lead opposite Jeanne Balibar in Jacques Rivette's Va savoir (2001). His most recent accomplishment as an actor has been in his role as Padre Pio: Miracle Man, arguably the defining role of his career. The first film that he directed is Libero Burro, followed by Don't Move. He played the role of the antagonist, King Miraz, in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. His most recent film as director was Twice Born, which played at the Toronto Film Festival (2012), where it was not well received by much of the English speaking press. Most recently, Castellitto appeared in the television series In Treatment in the role of Giovanni. Castellitto is married to Margaret Mazzantini with four children, one of these is Pietro, actor and film director himself. Source: Article "Sergio Castellitto" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
104 credits
The Big Blue
Movie • 1988
Novelli
Paris Je T'aime
Movie • 2006
Le mari (Bastille)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Movie • 2008
King Miraz
Mostly Martha
Movie • 2001
Mario
The Wedding Director
Movie • 2006
Franco Elica
The Missing Star
Movie • 2006
Vincenzo Buonavolontà
Italians
Movie • 2009
Fortunato
Bets & Wedding Dresses
Movie • 2009
Franco Campanella
The Family
Movie • 1987
Carletto as a young man
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
Movie • 2021
Non ti pago
Movie • 2021
The Star Maker
Movie • 1995
Joe Morelli (Giuseppe Romolo)
Ferrari
Movie • 2003
Enzo Ferrari
Raise Your Head
Movie • 2009
Mero
Don't Move
Movie • 2004
Timoteo
My Mother's Smile
Movie • 2002
Ernesto Picciafuoco
Caterina in the Big City
Movie • 2003
Giancarlo Iacovoni
Nero
Movie • 1992
Federico Zardo
The Flesh
Movie • 1991
Paolo
Libero Burro
Movie • 1999
Libero Burro
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Movie • 2001
Ugo
The Great Pumpkin
Movie • 1993
Arturo
Tonight at Alice's
Movie • 1990
Filippo
Love & Slaps
Movie • 2010
Marcello
Unfair Competition
Movie • 2001
Leone Della Rocca
For Sale
Movie • 1998
Luigi Primo
Around a Small Mountain
Movie • 2009
Vittorio
Le Cri de la soie
Movie • 1996
Gabriel de Villemer
Alberto Express
Movie • 1990
Alberto Capuano
Enea
Movie • 2024
Celeste
Ne quittez pas !
Movie • 2004
Félix Mandel
Love and Fear
Movie • 1988
Roberto
Una famiglia perfetta
Movie • 2012
Leone
Rossini! Rossini!
Movie • 1991
Gioacchino Rossini, giovane
Inmate
Movie • 1981
Scapricciatiello
La trappola di Maigret
Movie • 2004
Jules Maigret
Toxic Affair
Movie • 1993
Mister Ray-Ban
L'ombra cinese
Movie • 2004
Jules Maigret
Romeo Is Juliet
Movie • 2024
Federico Landi Porrini
Dolce assenza
Movie • 1987
Vittorio
Piccoli equivoci
Movie • 1989
Paolo
Fuga per la libertà - L'aviatore
Movie • 2008
Massimo Teglio
Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana
Movie • 1997
Don Lorenzo Milani
Hotel Laguna
Movie • 2001
Joe Sollazzo
Marx Can Wait
Movie • 2021
Ernesto Picciafuoco (archive footage) (uncredited)
He Looks Dead... But He's Only Fainted
Movie • 1987
Romano Duranti
The Hole
Movie • 2014
Oscar
The Best Century of My Life
Movie • 2023
Gustavo Diotallevi
'O professore
Movie • 2008
Nessuno siamo perfetti
Movie • 2015
Self
Una fredda mattina di maggio
Movie • 1990
Ruggero Manni
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Movie • 2010
Self
Seul face au crime
Movie • 1991
Dario De Santis
Shadow Play
Movie • 1996
Guido
Nessuno
Movie • 1992
Tropia
Tre colonne in cronaca
Movie • 1990
Quinto Cecconi - il giornalista
The General of the Dead Army
Movie • 1983
The Expert
Pronto
Movie • 1997
Tommy "The Zip" Bucks
The Major Fisherman
Movie • 2016
Angelo Vassallo
Marcello, una vita dolce
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Carefree Giovanni
Movie • 1986
Giovanni
Silenzio... si nasce
Movie • 1996
Il Forte
Quadrille
Movie • 1997
Carl Herickson
Piccoli crimini coniugali
Movie • 2017
Elia
With Closed Eyes
Movie • 1994
Signor Alberto
Twice Born
Movie • 2012
Giuliano
Il Grande Fausto
Movie • 1995
Fausto Coppi
The Last Kiss
Movie • 2001
Prof. Eugenio Bonetti
Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
Movie • 2008
Self
Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head
Movie • 2018
Rocco Chinnici
Magic Moments
Movie • 1984
Roberto 'Bo'
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Movie • 2017
Self
The Handyman
Movie • 2018
Salvatore Toti Bellastella
Aldo Moro - il Professore
Movie • 2018
Aldo Moro
Dreamfools
Movie • 2018
Sergio
Lucky
Movie • 2017
Infermiere/Carabieniere
Mafia Inc.
Movie • 2020
Frank Paternò
A Bookshop in Paris
Movie • 2021
Vincenzo
The Bad Poet
Movie • 2021
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Nour
Movie • 2020
Pietro Bartolo
The Talent of the Hornet
Movie • 2020
Ascoltatore
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Natale in casa Cupiello
Movie • 2020
Luca Cupiello
Crazy for Football - Matti per il calcio
Movie • 2021
Saverio Lulli
Dante
Movie • 2022
Giovanni Boccaccio
Hotel Paura
Movie • 1996
Carlo Ruggeri
Cinque Storie Inquietanti: La Parete della Stanza Accanto
Movie • 1987
Roberto Valente
Conclave
Movie • 2024
Tedesco
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Padre Pio
Movie • 2000
Padre Pio
Violette
Movie • 2026
Sequestered - Inside Conclave
Movie
Self (archival footage)
Roberto Rossellini - Più di una vita
Movie • 2025
Roberto Rossellini
Va savoir+
Movie • 2001
Ugo Bassani
Zorro - Un eremita sul marciapiede
Movie • 2025
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
TV • 2000
Padre Pio
Ferrari
TV • 2003
Enzo Ferrari
In Treatment
TV • 2013
Dr. Giovanni Mari
Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
TV • 2018
The General's Men
TV • 2023
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Pezzi unici
TV • 2019
Vanni Bandinelli
Cinéma
TV • 1988
Rocco
Come stanno bene insieme
TV • 1989
Ugo
Western di cose nostre
TV • 1984
Pasqualino Cuntrera