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Fausto Russo Alesi (born 13 October 1973) is an Italian
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
and
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Biography

Born in
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, Russo Alesi moved to
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to study acting, graduating in 1996 from the Paolo Grassi Drama School. He worked for several years at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, where he was directed by
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in various works. Parallel to his stage activity, he takes his first steps in the world of cinema: he is noticed by
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, who engages him for his films ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Sweet Dreams'', '' The Traitor'', ''
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'' and ''
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''.


Selected filmography


Film


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Russo Alesi, Fausto 1973 births Living people Male actors from Palermo Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors