Lino Musella (born 21 October 1980) an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Musella studied at the Naples Academy of Dramatic Art and the Paolo Grassi Civic School in Milan. Mainly active on theater, in 2009 he formed the Musella-Mazzarelli stage company together with

Paolo Mazzarelli Paolo Mazzarelli (born 21 January 1975) is an Italian actor. Career Theatre In July 1999 he graduated as an actor in the school "Paolo Grassi" in Milan. In 1997 he was co-founder of the collective ''Vulesse fa'mmore co' Dioniso!'', with whom ...

. In 2013, he made his film debut in ''Happy Days Motel'', and in 2015 he had his breakout with the role of Rosario 'o Nano Ercolano in the crime series '' Gomorrah''. In 2019, Musella was awarded the theatrical prize for best actor for his performance in

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's ''The Night Writer''. In 2021, he was nominated for

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in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in the

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's film ''

Bad Tales ''Bad Tales'' ( it, Favolacce) is a 2020 Italian-Swiss drama film written and directed by Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festiva ...

''.

Selected filmography

Cinema

* '' Perez.'', directed by

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(2014) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2018) * '' Loro'', directed by

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(2018) * ''

The Bad Poet ''The Bad Poet'' ( it, Il cattivo poeta) is a 2020 Italian biographical-drama film directed by Gianluca Jodice. The film is inspired by the book by the Italian journalist and writer Roberto Festorazzi, "D'Annunzio and the Fascist Octopus", first ...

'', directed by Gianluca Iodice (2020) * '' The Beast'', directed by Ludovico Di Martino (2020) * ''

'', directed by

(2020) * '' You Came Back'', directed by

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(2020) * ''

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'', directed by Ronnie Sandahl (2020) * '' We Still Talk'', directed by

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(2021) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2021) * ''

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'', directed by Paolo Sorrentino (2021) * '' The Hidden Child'', directed by

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(2021) * ''

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'', directed by Roberto De Paolis (2022) * '' The Shadow of the Day'', directed by

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(2022) * ''

Il Boemo ''Il Boemo'' () is a 2022 feature film about the life and career of the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781), directed by Petr Václav. Mysliveček was one of the most acclaimed and prolific composers of opera seria in Italy in the sec ...

'', directed by

Petr Václav Petr Václav (born 11 June 1967) is a Czech film director and screenwriter whose films have received many awards, both in the Czech Republic and internationally. He has lived in Paris since 2003 and holds both French and Czech citizenship. Li ...

(2022) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2023)

Television

* '' Gomorrah'' (TV series, 2014–5) * ''

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'' (TV series, episode 1x04, 2016) * ''

Liberi tutti ''Liberi tutti'' is a 2019 Italian television series written and directed by Giacomo Ciarrapico and Luca Vendruscolo. Produced by Rai Fiction and Italian International Film, it was released on RaiPlay on 14 December 2019. The series aired on Rai ...

'' (TV series, 2020)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Musella, Lino 1980 births Living people People from Naples Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors