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Gaetano "Nino" D'Angelo (born 21 June 1957) is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, television personality, film director, screenwriter and author. He was born to a poor family in
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, a suburb of
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, and dropped out of school, taking jobs like ice cream vendor and wedding singer. His first album, ''A storia mia'' (
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: "My Story") was received very well, especially in
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. In 1979 he married Annamaria with whom he had two sons. He started a career as an actor in '' sceneggiate'' musical dramas, a genre native to Naples, and later as a cinema actor. His first film was ''Celebrità'', released in 1981, a star vehicle written around his singing and the first of five films he acted in that was directed or produced by Ninì Grassia. In 1982 he released the album ''Un jeans e una maglietta'' ("Jeans and a T-shirt") and a film with the same title. The album sold over one million copies and the film surpassed the Hollywood movie ''
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'' at the box office. He participated in the
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in 1986 with the song "Vai" ("Go"). His album ''Cantautore'' was the best seller at the time, although it was not listed in the official ''
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''. He performed in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, United States, and France—where he debuted 15 December 1987 at the Olympia in Paris. In 1990, following the deaths of both his parents, he released the album "Tiempo" (Neapolitan for "Time"), which was championed by Italian music critic Goffredo Fofi. In 1997 he wrote his first musical, ''Core pazzo'' ("Mad Heart"), and co-hosted the Dopofestival show that aired immediately after each night of the
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with
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. He also won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Music for his soundtrack to the film ''
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''. In 2000, he also starred, directed, wrote and performed the music for ''Aitanic'', a ''
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'' parody and starring fellow Italian actors Sabina Began and
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. The following year he competed in the Sanremo Festival, singing "Senza giacca e cravatta" ("Without Suit and Tie") and reaching 8th place. He also took part in Sanremo in 2002 and 2003 with the songs "Mari'" and "'A Storia 'E Nisciuno" (Neapolitan for "Nobody's Story"). In 2003 he sang in
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,
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, and appeared in the film Incantato directed by
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, which he won a
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for Best Supporting Actor. He was popular with teenagers in the 1970s and into the 1980s, charting ''
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'' several times. In 2008, he also starred in a film directed and written by his son, Toni. In 2013, he was one of the protesters after the mafia dumped toxic waste across the country including Naples. Nino D'Angelo is Roman Catholic.


Filmography

*''Celebrità'' (1981) *''Tradimento'' (1982) *''Giuramento'' (1982) *''L'Ave Maria'' (1982) *''Lo studente'' (1983) *''Un jeans e una maglietta'' (1983) *''La discoteca'' (1983) *''L'ammiratrice'' (1983) *''Uno scugnizzo a New York'' (1984) *''Popcorn e patatine'' (1985) *''Giuro che ti amo'' (1986) *''Fotoromanzo'' (1986) *''Quel ragazzo della curva B'' (1987) *''La ragazza del metrò'' (1988) *''Fatalità'' (1991) *''Attenti a noi due'' (1994) *''
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'' (1997) *''
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'' (1998) *''Ama il tuo nemico'' (1999) *''
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'' (1999) *''
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'' (1999) *''Aitanic'' (2000) *'' Il cuore altrove'' (2003) *''4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo'' (2006) *''Una notte'' (2007), credited as Toni D'Angelo


Discography

*A storia mia ('O Scippo)'' (1976) *''Nino D'Angelo vol.2'' (1977) *''Nino D'Angelo vol.3'' (1978) *''Celebrità'' (1980) *A discoteca'' (1981) *''Le due facce di Nino D'Angelo:Storia – Core 'e papà'' (1982) *''Un jeans 'e 'na maglietta'' (1982) *''Sotto 'e stelle'' (1983) *''Forza campione'' (1983) *''Nino D'Angelo'' (1984) *''Eccomi qua'' (1985) *''Cantautore'' (1986) *''Fotografando l'amore'' (1986) *''Cose di cuore'' (1987) *''Le canzoni che cantava mammà'' (1988) *''Il cammino dell'amore'' (1988) *''Inseparabili'' (1989) *''Amo l'estate'' (1990) *''...e la vita continua'' (1991) *''Bravo ragazzo'' (1992) *''...Tiempo'' (1993) *''Musicammore'' (1994) *''A neve 'e 'o sole'' (1995) *''A 'nu passo d"a città'' (1997) *''Stella 'e matina'' (1999) *''Terranera'' (2001) *''La festa'' (2002) *O schiavo 'e 'o rre'' (2003) *''Senza giacca e cravatta'' (2004) – Romanian only releaseNino D'Angelo – Senza Giacca E Cravatta
/ref> *''Il ragu' con la guerra'' (2005) *''Gioia Nova'' (2007) *''D'Angelo cantabruni'' (2008) *''Jammo jà'' (2010) *''Tra terra e stelle'' (2012)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Angelo, Nino 1957 births Living people Italian male singers David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Italian male actors Italian Roman Catholics Musicians from Naples Folk-pop singers