Andrea Giordana (born 27 March 1946) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 14 films, 29 television and 35 theater shows since the mostly late 1950s.

Early life

He was born in Rome, Italy to film director

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and actress

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. His siblings are

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, Luca, Carlo and Cristina. He began acting as a child, appearing in 1957 film '' Erode il grande'' (''Herod the Great'') at the age of 11 as small Daniel.

Career

He made his television debut '' The Count of Monte Christo'' (''il conte di Montecristo'') playing Edmond Dantes in 1966. He starred in the 1971 miniseries '' Eneide'' as Turnus and ''Quaranta giorni di libertà'' (''Forty Days of Freedom''), directed by Leandro Castellani. In 1976 he played Colonel Sir William Fitzgerald in the German-Italian television series ''

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''. Giordana appeared in the 1967 film ''È stato bello amarti'' directed by Adimaro Sala. He made several recordings, including the 1966 album ''Dies Irae'' with band I Samurai. In 1969 he made the 45 "Ecstasy". He performed with actress

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and in 1971 ''Ti prego...non-scherzare con me!'' (''Please do mess with me''). From 1966 to 1973 he starred in several

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for the magazine ''Sogno''. Among his partners were

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, Laura Efrikian,

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, Susanna Martinková and Rosalba Grottesi. In 1983 he introduced the

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and was supported by

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. He co-presented with Hong Kong-born French singer

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in ''W le donne'', a variety of

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aired during 1984–1985. On 20 July 1995 he co-presented with Myriam Fecchi on the television show ''Tribute to

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. In 2007 he co-starred in the

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television series ''War and Peace'' as Count Rostov and directed by

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. His pseudonym was Chip Corman or Burt Nelson.

Selected filmography

* '' The Italian in Love'' (Le Italiani e l'amore) (1961) * ''

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'' (1964) * '' The Count of Monte Christo'' (1966) * ''

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(1967) * ''

Johnny Hamlet ''Johnny Hamlet'' ( it, Quella sporca storia nel West, lit=That Dirty Story in the West is a 1968 Italian film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film is a Spaghetti Western version of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet''. Plot Johnny Hamil ...

'' (1968) * '' Quanto Costa morire'' (1968) * '' Eneide'' (1971) * ''

'' (1976) * ''Beyond Fear'' (1995) * ''

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'' (2007) *''

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'' (2012)

References

External links

* 1946 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male singers Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Male Spaghetti Western actors Beauty pageant hosts {{Italy-actor-stub