Giuseppe Zeno (born May 8, 1976) is an Italian actor of cinema, theatre and television.

Career

Giuseppe Zeno was born in

Cercola Cercola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 9 km northeast of Naples. Cercola borders the following municipalities: Massa di Somma, Naples, Pollena Trocchia, San Seba ...

, Campania, but he lived in

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and in Vibo Marina. He attended the Nautical Institute in

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and received a diploma as a

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, and then attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in

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. In 1997, he debuted on the stage in the

Greek tragedy Greek tragedy is a form of theatre from Ancient Greece and Greek inhabited Anatolia. It reached its most significant form in Athens in the 5th century BC, the works of which are sometimes called Attic tragedy. Greek tragedy is widely believed t ...

The Trojan Women ''The Trojan Women'' ( grc, Τρῳάδες, translit=Trōiades), also translated as ''The Women of Troy'', and also known by its transliterated Greek title ''Troades'', is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides. Produced in 415 BC during ...

'' of

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. He was then cast in theatrical productions in

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and other countries in South America. Zeno also appeared in several television series, such as ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...

'', ''

Incantesimo Incantesimo (English translation: "Enchantment") is a long-running Italian drama series, originally broadcast on the RAI network from 1998 to 2008. It is mainly set in a hospital called ''Clinica Life'' in Rome, Italy, and revolves around the liv ...

'', '' Carabineri'', ''

Un Posto al Sole ''Un posto al sole'' (English: ''A Place in the Sun'') is an Italian soap opera transmitted by Rai 3 since 1996. It is set in a fictional apartment building called Palazzo Palladini, located in front of the sea in the Naples neighborhood of Posill ...

'', '' Gente di mare'', '' St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor'', '' Rossella'', ''

Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi ''Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi'' is an Italian police procedural television series that broadcast on Canale 5 from 2009 to 2016. Synopsis In the first four seasons, set in Palermo, the story of the struggle have told between the state an ...

'', ''Il clan dei camorristi'', as the boss Francesco Russo ''O' Malese'', ''

L'onore e il rispetto ''L'onore e il Rispetto'' is an Italian crime drama broadcast on Canale 5. It is composed of four seasons of six episodes each: the first aired in 2006, the second in 2009 and the third in 2012. The fourth season, initially scheduled for the fi ...

'', where he played the lead role of Santi Fortebracci, and ''Il paradiso delle signore''.

Personal life

On August 20, 2016, Zeno married Italian actress

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in a Catholic ceremony. The couple had two daughters: Angelica (born November 8, 2017) and Beatrice (born September 4, 2020).

Appearances

Theater

*''

'' (1997) *''Non tutti i ladri vengono per nuocere'' (1998) *''Gli imbianchini non-hanno ricordi'' (1998) *''La frontiera'' (1999) *''Babilonia'' (2000) *''

Oresteia The ''Oresteia'' ( grc, Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of th ...

'' (2001) *''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...

'' (2001) *''Medea'' (2002) *''

A View from the Bridge ''A View from the Bridge'' is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was first staged on September 29, 1955, as a one-act verse drama with ''A Memory of Two Mondays'' at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The run was unsuccessful, and M ...

'' (2003–2005) *''La lingua pugnalata'' (2004) *''Il vento'' (2006) *''Bang! ...ancora un giallo a Fumetti!?!'' (2011) *''Il compleanno di Baudelaire'' (2013)

Film

*''

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'' (1996) *''Un mondo d'amore'' (2002) *''DeKronos – Il demone del tempo'' (2005) *''Liberarsi – Figli di una rivoluzione minore'' (2008) *''La fabbrica dei tedeschi'' (2008) *''Francesco di Paola – La ricerca della verità'' (2009) *''Il sesso aggiunto'' (2011) *'' Tenderness'' (2017)

Television

*''Piccoli angeli'' (1994) *''La voce del sangue'' (1999) *''

'' (2000) *''

'' (2002–2003) *''

Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign polic ...

'' (2003) *''

'' (2004–2005) *'' Gente di mare'' (2005–2007) *''

'' (2006, 2009) *''Assunta Spina'' (2006) *''Graffio di tigre'' (2007) *'' St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor'' (2007) *''Fuga con Marlene'' (2007) *''Artemisia Sanchez'' (2008) *''Pane e libertà'' (2009) *''Gli ultimi del Paradiso'' (2010) *'' Rossella'' (2011) *''

'' (2011) *''Il clan dei camorristi'' (2013) *''Le mani dentro la città'' (2014) *''Il paradiso delle signore'' (2015) *''

La sonata del silencio ''The Sonata of Silence'' ( es, La sonata del silencio, links=no) is a Spanish period drama television series starring Marta Etura, Daniel Grao and Eduardo Noriega. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Paloma Sánchez-Garnica. Pr ...

'' (2016) * '' Scomparsa '' (2017) *''Tutto può succedere'' (2018) *''Mentre ero vida'' (2019) *''Imma Tataranni - Sostituto procuratore'' (2019) *''Come una madre'' (2020) *''Mina Settembre'' (2021) *''Storia di una famiglia per bene'' (2021) *''Luce dei tuoi occhi'' (2021) *'' Blanca'' (2021) *''Tutto per mio figlio'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeno, Giuseppe 1976 births Living people People from Cercola Italian male television actors Italian male film actors