Filippo Timi (born 27 February 1974) is an Italian actor, director and writer.

Biography

Winner of ‘best actor under 30’ at the 2004 UBU Awards, the maximum prize for

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, onstage he has been Orpheus, Danton, Perceval, Cupid, Hamlet and Satan, playing three different roles in

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by Andrée Ruth Shammah in 2016. Despite his stuttering and partial blindness he became a star of the big screen including a wide range of activities as author and entrepreneur for TV, cinema, theatre, magazines and musical shows; between 2006 and 2008 he published the best-seller trilogy Tuttalpiù muoio (At Worst I’ll die),

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and Peggio che diventare famoso (Worse than becoming famous) in which he recalls his humble origins and transform youth troubles into a powerful and intense love for life, through a vividly ironic and phantasmagoric lens. His 2009 Shakespeare adaptation Il popolo non ha il pane, diamogli le brioche (People don’t have bread, let's give them sweet rolls), written, directed and starring by him as Hamlet, was sold out for two years and legitimated his name as one of the most acclaimed and talented authors of

. His film career took off with roles in Ferzan Ozpetek's multiple award winning

Saturn in Opposition ''Saturn in Opposition'' ( it, Saturno contro) is a 2007 Italian-Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. The Turkish title is ''Bir ömür yetmez''. It had its United States premiere at Frameline in San Francisco on 20 June 2008. Plot A ...

and Saverio Costanzo's

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, for which he was nominated for a best supporting actor award by the Italian Syndicate of Film Journalists. After taking the lead roles in Wilma Labate's

Miss F ''Miss F'' ( it, Signorina Effe) is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Wilma Labate. A portrait of workers' life in Fiat's system, it entered the "Italian Panorama" section at the 2007 Turin Film Festival.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. '' ...

and Giuliano Montaldo's The Demons of St. Petersberg with

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, he won a Best Actor award for his leading role in Academy Award winner director Gabriele Salvatores's As God Commands. Since 2009 Timi's films were in competition in major festivals: at Cannes with Vincere by Marco Bellocchio, where he played the young Benito Mussolini, and at the Venice International Film Festival with the debut of Giuseppe Capotondi,

The Double Hour ''The Double Hour'' ( it, La doppia ora) is a 2009 Italian romantic thriller film. It is directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, produced by Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, and stars Filippo Timi and Kseniya Rappoport. Principal photography began in ...

, winner of the Coppa Volpi. He played dramatic roles in Vallanzasca, Angel of Evil (2011), the period drama Rust (2011) alongside comedies like Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012). The actor completed his English-language debut, acting alongside

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in Anton Corbijn's action film '' The American'', and dubbing Tom Hardy's voice in the Italian release of '' The Dark Knight Rises''. He also voiced Manny in the Italian dub of the last two films of the ''

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'' franchise, replacing Leo Gullotta.

Personal life

Timi is openly gay. In 2016, he married his longtime boyfriend, the artist and writer Sebastiano Mauri in a civil ceremony in

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.Avete visto il marito di Filippo Timi? Il motivo per cui la coppia ha deciso di sposarsi a New York lascia l’amaro in bocca
(in Italian) They have since separated.

Filmography

Films

Television

Selected plays

• Fuoco centrale, by

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(1995) • G.A. story, by Robert Wilson (1996) • La rabbia, study by

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(1996) • Medea, by Filippo Timi e Federica Santoro; produced by

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(1999) • F. di O., by Filippo Timi, produced by

(1999) • La tempesta, by

(1999) • Il Graal, by

(2000) • Woyzeck, by

(2001) • Il gabbiano, by

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(2001) • La morte di Danton, by

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(2004) • La vita bestia, by

(2006) • Il colore bianco, by

(2006) • Il popolo non ha il pane? Diamogli le brioche, by Filippo Timi (2009) • Favola. C'era una volta una bambina, e dico c'era perché ora non c'è più, by Filippo Timi (2011) • Giuliett'e Romeo. M'engolfi 'l core, amore, by Filippo Timi (2011) • Il Don Giovanni: vivere è un abuso, mai un diritto, by Filippo Timi (2013) • Skianto, by Filippo Timi (2014) • Una casa di bambola, by Andrée Ruth Shammah, (2015–16)

References

External links

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