Gianni Capaldi is a Scottish actor and film and television producer.

Early life and education

Born in

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton ( sco, Hamiltoun; gd, Baile Hamaltan ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and nort ...

to parents Tony and Maria, Capaldi grew up in the town and went to St Mary's Primary School followed by

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

before continuing his education at

Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University ( gd, Oilthigh Chailleannach Ghlaschu, ), informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley, is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and G ...

. Before going into acting he played youth football with

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

. He is related to Scottish entertainers

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and

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Career

Acting

Capaldi first role was appearing in the

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''All In'' (2005). Although he has starred in various genre pieces ranging from drama to horror, he is mostly known in the action world appearing in blockbusters such as Blood of Redemption, Puncture Wounds, and Nightworld. Capaldi's first major role, where he portrayed a British gangster called English, saw him star alongside

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and

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in the action Sony picture film ''

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'' . Capaldi worked alongside

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in the children's film, ''Wish Wizard'', a film made in collaboration with the Make a Wish Foundation. then in the paranormal moralistic drama ''The Between'', with

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and

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. Capaldi briefly expanded into television with appearances as himself in the HDnet reality television series Hollywood Royale. Capaldi acting credits include ''Crossroads'', romantic drama ''Don't Pass Me By'', before teaming up with

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for a web series, called ''Vigilante Diaries''. Then he went onto star in ''Devil's Dozen'', a horror feature directed by Jeremy London and also starring

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, Jake Busey,

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and

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, which premiered at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood in 2013 Capaldi starred in a trio of action films directed by Giorgio Serafini. In ''Ambushed'', Capaldi portrays an uncontrollable Scottish gangster alongside

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and

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. '' Blood of Redemption'', showcases the softer side of Capaldi as an American FBI agent, and brother to

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and nephew to

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, in a constant struggle to vindicate his fathers murder with

and

, on opposite sides of the fence. Capaldi also produced ''A Certain Justice'', starring alongside martial arts specialist,

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and

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. Capaldi then filmed a theatrically released horror feature in Italy about an urban witch legend ''Janara'' (2014) where he played an American priest. He continued with filming in Europe in the BBC comedy short film ''Gasping'', set in Scotland with director

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and comedian

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. Gasping was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival. Capaldi starred in

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's last film ''Jeckyl and Hyde'', leading the cast as the despicable Edward Hyde where he teamed up with actor

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. He then went on to work on ''Last Man's club'', a family film alongside Jake Bussey, Richard Riedle and

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. In 2015, Capaldi starred in ''Bite'', an action horror film alongside

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and

, directed by Alberto Sciamma which was shot in Rome. Capaldi filmed ''Ghosts of Garip'' in Turkey playing the lead in an action adventure vampire driven horror alongside

Selma Ergeç Selma Sabine Ergeç (; born 1 November 1978) is a Turkish-German actress, beauty pageant titleholder, model, designer, philologist, psychologist and doctor. She is known for her performance in ''Asi'', ''Vatanım Sensin, Yaşamayanlar'' and ''M ...

. This film has been released in theatres across Istanbul. ''Wicked Within'' was a gothic thriller executive produced by Courtney Solomon that highlights Capaldi's soft side as husband to a possessed wife,

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, and also stars

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and

. Capaldi costarred in ''Nightfall'' which was shot in Bulgaria, alongside

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, before joining up with

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in Belgium and starring with her in ''The Shadow Within'' as a Lieutenant mixed up in a political world of vampires and werewolves. Capaldi led the cast alongside

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in the film ''Deprivation'' which was shot in Rome and directed by Brian Skiba. Capaldi went on to film ''Chokehold'' in Canada starring with

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before heading to Turin, Italy to film thriller ''Ulysses'' with

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. Capaldi filmed ''Paper Empire'' in Miami, a television show alongside

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, Steve Guttenburg and Val Kilmer. Capaldi filmed festival bound ''Cranley Gardens'' in December in London then he began filming in Alabama, on the Western ''Hell On The Border'' alongside

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and

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where he portrayed the famous Tom Pinkerton. 2018 had a busy start for Capaldi with work on ''Robert The Bruce'' (shot in Scotland), ''Astro'' (Los Angeles) and on the ''Becoming'' (Kentucky) alongside

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. ''Robert the Bruce'' was alongside

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(Braveheart's Robert The Bruce) which followed the story of the Scottish historical icon. October 2018 saw him film in Connecticut, a Universal Christmas movie called ''Adventures of Santa'' alongside

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then onto LA to film horror flick ''Circus Road''. ''River Runs Red'' which Capaldi shot last December in Kentucky alongside

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and

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came out theatrically in January 2019 across the USA. Capaldi plays a cop alongside Hemsworth who find themselves in a precarious position. Capaldi filmed Christmas Movie for Universal Pictures, ''My Adventures for Santa'', which was released in the Winter of 2019 alongside

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and

. Lionsgate's western, ''Hell On The Border'', was released in November 2019 which saw Capaldi play Tom Pinkerton alongside

and

Capaldi then starred in action movie The Commando alongside

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and

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which was shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2020. Deadline announced that Capaldi was cast alongside

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and

in the movie A Day To Die.

Personal life

He lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former NFL

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cheerleader Amanda Fitz.Actor Gianni Capaldi marries former American cheerleader
Daily Record, 6 June 2015 On 18 April 2022, TV presenter Jean Johansson accused Capaldi of using bigoted language during a private message exchange with her on the social media platform Twitter. In June 2022, a video emerged of Capaldi singing in support of the

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paramilitary organisation at a Celtic convention in Las Vegas.

Filmography

Producing

His producing credits include attribution as an associate producer for the ''Alien Express'' (2005) and 6 producer credits in ''The Martini Shot'' (2010), ''The Wicked Within'' (2010), ''Rush'' (2013), '' Blood of Redemption'' (2013), with recent ''Certain Justice'' (2013), and ''Badge of Honor'' (2014) added to his list.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Capaldi, Gianni 1973 births 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors British people of Italian descent Living people People educated at Hamilton College, South Lanarkshire Scottish expatriates in the United States Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Scottish film producers Scottish people of Italian descent People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University Date of birth missing (living people)