Andrea Di Stefano (born 15 December 1972) is an Italian actor and film director.

Life and career

Born in Rome, he moved to

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to study acting at the Actors Studio. In the U.S. he played in ''Smile'', an independent movie directed by Andrew Hunt. He played the leading role in the 1997 film '' Il principe di Homburg'' directed by

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and entered into the

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. He has played in films such as '' Il fantasma dell'opera'' by

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, ''

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'' by

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, and '' Angela'' by

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. Lately, he played the role of Giancarlo in the movie ''

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'' directed by

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. Andrea Di Stefano has also appeared in many TV episodes. In 1999 he played the role of Fabrizio Canepa in ''Ama il tuo nemico'' by Damiano Damiani. In 2006 he played in the TV movie ''I colori della gioventù'' directed by

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and in the most recent ''

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'' broadcast in spring 2007 in which he played Giacomo Pogliani, a talented doctor in a big Roman hospital. In 2012, he portrayed a priest in the Academy Award-winning film ''

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''. In 2014, di Stefano wrote and directed his first feature film, '' Escobar: Paradise Lost'', starring

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and

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. In 2016, he played the role of Philip Catelli, in '' In guerra per amore'', directed by PIF. In 2019, he co-wrote (with Matt Cook and

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) and directed '' The Informer'', adapted from the crime novel by Börge Hellström and Anders Roslund. In 2023, Di Stefano directed a mystery thriller film ''

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''. The film was screened at the

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in Berlinale Special on 24 February 2023.

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* 1972 births Italian male film actors Living people 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Male actors from Rome Actors Studio alumni Italian directors {{Italy-actor-stub