Mariano Rigillo (born 12 September 1939) is an Italian actor.
Biography
In the 1960s, Rigillo attended the
Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his career on stage playing roles in plays by
William Shakespeare
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,
Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to:
*Carlo (name)
*Monte Carlo
*Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
*A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...
,
Bertolt Brecht
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and
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...
, and in those years he met
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director, and author.
He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent ...
with whom he has worked on numerous occasions.
In addition to his career as a theatrical, cinematographic and television actor, Rigillo also worked as a voice actor, giving his voice to
Harvey Keitel
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in ''
'',
Ben Gazzara
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in ''
Il camorrista'' and
Geoffrey Rush
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in ''
Elizabeth
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
'' and ''
Elizabeth: The Golden Age''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Metti, una sera a cena
''Metti, una sera a cena'' (a.k.a. "Love Circle", literally "Let's Say, an Evening for Dinner") is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Michel (Jean-Louis Trinti ...
'' (1969) - Comedian
* ''
Metello
''Metello'' is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. It starred Massimo Ranieri as the title character.
Plot
During the end of the 19th century, young Metello decides to start ...
'' (1970) - Olindo Tinai
* ''
Chronicle of a Homicide'' (1972) - Luca Binda
* ''Bronte: cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato'' (1972) - Nino Bixio
* ''
The Infamous Column
''The Infamous Column'' ( it, La colonna infame, also known as ''Pillar of Shame'') is a 1973 Italian historical drama film directed by Nelo Risi.
Plot
It is 1630, and a devastating plague has descended upon the city of Milan. Guglielmo Piazza ...
'' (1972)
* ''
Soldier of Fortune'' (1976) - Albimonte da Peretola
* ''
The Black Corsair
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'' (1976)
* ''
Arrivano i bersaglieri'' (1980) - La Marmora
* ''
Il camorrista'' (1986) - Il Professore (voice)
* ''
Regina'' (1987)
* ''
Il Postino: The Postman'' (1994) - Di Cosimo
* ''Passaggio per il paradiso'' (1998) - Lorenzo
* ''La strategia della maschera'' (1998) - Windisch-Roth
* ''Un affare trasversale'' (1998)
* ''Per tutto il tempo che ci resta'' (1998) - Michele Galvano
* ''
A Respectable Man'' (1999) - Giudice Istruttore Giorgio Fontana
* ''Sottovento!'' (2001) - Il professore
* ''Te lo leggo negli occhi'' (2004) - Longone
* ''E ridendo l'uccise'' (2005) - Boschetti
* ''
The Lark Farm
''The Lark Farm'' (Italian: ''La masseria delle allodole'') is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani about the Armenian genocide.
Plot
The story, drawn from ''La masseria delle allodole'', the best-selling novel by Ant ...
'' (2007) - Assadour
* ''
Flying Lessons'' (2007) - Rabbino
* ''Prova a volare'' (2007)
* ''Un amore di Gide'' (2008) - Gesuino
* ''Marcello Marcello'' (2008) - Mayor Del Ponte
* ''Per Sofia'' (2009) - Riccardo, padre Isak
* ''
Sorry If I Want to Marry You'' (2010) - Padre di Alex
* ''Anna, Teresa e le resistenti'' (2010)
* ''
Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films'' (2011) - Officiante (segment "Il Codice Teomondo Scrofalo")
* ''
To Rome with Love'' (2012) - Anna's Client
* ''100 metri dal paradiso'' (2012)
* ''Malanapoli - la ventunesima stella'' (2013)
* ''
Andiamo a quel paese'' (2014) - Padre Benedetto
* ''Leone nel basilico'' (2014) - Renato
* ''Oscar'' (2016) - Oscar ( old )
* ''
Cinderella the Cat'' (2017) - Renato
* ''Edhel'' (2017) - Ermete
* ''Gatta Cenerentola'' (2017) - Vittorio Basile (voice)
* ''
Solo no'' (2019)
* ''
Gli anni più belli'' (2020) - The lawyer
*''
Like a Cat on a Highway 2
''Like a Cat on a Highway 2'' ( it, Come un gatto in tangenziale - Ritorno a Coccia di Morto) is a 2021 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Milani
Riccardo Milani (born 15 April 1958) is an Italian film and television director and screenwr ...
'' (2021)
References
External links
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1939 births
Living people
Male actors from Naples
Italian male film actors
20th-century Italian male actors
21st-century Italian male actors