Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Rubini was born in

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to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with ''Figlio mio infinitamente caro'' (1985), which was followed by ''Desiderando Giulia'' and ''

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''. In 1987 he appeared in

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''. In 1989 Rubini debuted also as director with ''

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'', written with his friend Umberto Marino. The film won a

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and a David di Donatello as best debut work. In 1994 he was again actor in

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's ''Al lupo al lupo'', and the following year he directed himself and

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''. In 1994 he co-wrote

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's '' Una pura formalità''. In 1997 he had a

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'', and the same year he directed and starred in '' The Bride’s Journey'' (''Il viaggio della sposa'') with Giovanna Mezzogiorno. In 2000 Rubini was directed again by Salvatores in ''

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''. In 2004, he cast as

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''.

Filmography

Actor

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Figlio mio infinitamente caro ''My Dearest Son'' ( it, Figlio mio infinitamente caro) is a 1985 Italian drama film. It represents the last film written and directed by Valentino Orsini. It is also the film debut of Italian actor Sergio Rubini. Plot Cast *Ben Gazzara as ...

'' (1985) - Marco Morelli * '' Desiderando Giulia'' (1986) - Stefano * ''

'' (1986) - Giovanni Moro * ''

'' (1987) - Reporter / Sergio Rubini * ''Il Grande Blek'' (1987) - Razzo * '' Una notte, un sogno'' (1988) * '' Treno di panna'' (1988) - Giovanni Maimeri * ''I giorni randagi'' (1988) - Pino * ''

Mortacci ''Mortacci'' is a 1989 Italian dark comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. Plot summary In a small town cemetery, the deceased every night host a meeting. They are doomed not to enter the next stage of the afterlife, till the last living human ...

'' (1989) - Lucillo Cardellini * ''Nulla ci può fermare'' (1989) - Il postino * ''Oltre l'oceano'' (1990) * '' The Station'' (1990) - Domenico * ''

Chiedi la luna ''Ask for the Moon'' ( it, Chiedi la luna) is a 1991 Italian comedy drama film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni. Cast * Giulio Scarpati as Marco * Margherita Buy as Elena Bacchelli * Roberto Citran as Francesco * Daniela Giordano as Daniela * ...

'' (1991) - The Hitchhiker * ''

Al lupo al lupo ''Al lupo al lupo'' (''Wolf! Wolf!'') is a 1992 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. The film won two Nastro d'Argento awards, for best script and best score. Plot Gregorio, his brother Vanni and their sister Livia have progressively l ...

'' (1992) - Vanni Sagonà * ''

'' (1993) - Tommaso * ''

Condannato a nozze ''Condannato a nozze'' (also known as ''Diary of a Man Condemned to Marriage'') is a 1993 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni. It entered the Panorama section at the 50th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Sergio Rubini ...

'' (1993) - Roberto * '' Una pura formalità'' (1994) - Andre, the Young Policeman * ''Prestazione straordinaria'' (1994) - Aldo Fiore * ''

Love Story with Cramps ''Love Story with Cramps'' ( it, Storie d'amore con i crampi) is a 1995 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Pino Quartullo. Plot Cast * Pino Quartullo as Francesco * Chiara Caselli as Marcella/Amanda * Sergio Rubini as Rob ...

'' (1995) - Roberto * ''

Il cielo è sempre più blu ''Bits and Pieces'', originally ''Il cielo è sempre più blu'', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonello Grimaldi. The title of the film is a reference to a song by Rino Gaetano. The film depicts several short stories set in a si ...

'' (1996) * ''

'' (1997) - Joystick * '' The Bride's Journey'' (1997) - Bartolo * '' L'albero delle pere'' (1998) - Massimo * ''

Del perduto amore ''Of Lost Love'' ( it, Del perduto amore) is a 1998 Italian drama film directed by Michele Placido. For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Pasinetti Award at the 55th Venice International Film Festival and the 1999 Nastro d'Argento for ...

'' (1998) - Italo * ''

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'' (1998, TV Mini-Series) - Bertuccio * ''

Ecco fatto ''Ecco fatto'' is a 1998 Italian film directed by Gabriele Muccino. Plot Cast * Giorgio Pasotti: Matteo * Claudio Santamaria: Piterone * Barbora Bobuľová: Margherita * Enrico Silvestrin: Paolo * Ginevra Colonna: Floriana * Stefano Abb ...

'' (1998) - Madman (uncredited) * ''Panni sporchi'' (1999) * ''Die letzte Station'' (1999) - Nelu * ''

The Talented Mr. Ripley ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' is a 1955 psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. This novel introduced the character of Tom Ripley, who returns in four subsequent novels. It has been adapted numerous times for screen, including ''Purpl ...

'' (1999) - Inspector Roverini * ''

Mirka Mirka ( ar, مِركة) is a Palestinian territories, Palestinian village in the West Bank, located Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of ...

'' (2000) - Helmut * '' Tutto l'amore che c'è'' (2000) - Carlo's Father * ''Giorni dispari'' (2000) * ''

'' (2000) - Antonio * ''

Momo alla conquista del tempo ''Momo'' ( it, Momo alla conquista del tempo, also known as ''Momo, the Conquest of Time'') is a 2001 Italian-German animation film directed by Enzo D'Alò. It is an adaptation of the 1973 fantasy novel ''Momo'' by Michael Ende. It spawned an anim ...

'' (2001) - Primo Uomo Grigio (voice) * ''

Amnèsia ''Amnèsia'' is an Italian comedy-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores and released in March 8 2002. Plot Several stories unfold simultaneously over three days on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. A man stumbles upon a risky opportunity t ...

'' (2002) - Angelino * '' La forza del passato'' (2002) - Gianni Orzan * ''L'anima gemella'' (2002) - Angelantonio * '' A. A. A. Achille'' (2003) - Remo * '' Mio cognato'' (2003) - Toni Catapano * ''

'' (2004) - Dismas * ''L'amore ritorna'' (2004) - Giacomo * ''

Manuale d'amore ''Manual of Love'' ( it, Manuale d'amore) is a 2005 Italian blockbuster romantic comedy film in four quartets. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, '' Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi'' in 2007, and '' Manuale ...

'' (2005) - Marco * '' La Terra'' (2006) - Tonino * ''

Commediasexi ''Commediasexi'' is a 2006 Italian comedy film. Plot Starring Paolo Bonolis, Sergio Rubini and Stefania Rocca, the film mocks the Italian political class and its hypocrisy. The zealot politician Massimo (Paolo Bonolis), proponent of a law about ...

'' (2006) - Mariano Di Virgilio * ''

Manual of Love 2 ''Manual of Love 2'' ( it, Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi) is a 2007 Italian romantic comedy film in four quartets directed by Giovanni Veronesi. It is the sequel of '' Manual of Love'' and was followed by '' Manual of Love 3''. Plot ...

'' (2007) - Fosco * ''Colpo d'occhio'' (2008) - Lulli * ''No Problem'' (2008) - Enrico Pignataro * ' (2009) - Egidio - Saras Onkel und Barbesitzer * ''Cosmonauta'' (2009) - Armando * ''L'uomo nero'' (2009) - Ernesto Rossetti * ''Tutto l'amore del mondo'' (2010) - Maurizio Marini * ''Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso'' (2010) - Patient on the bench (uncredited) * ''

Qualunquemente ''Qualunquemente'' is a 2011 Italian satirical comedy film starring comedian Antonio Albanese as his famous character Cetto La Qualunque, a sleazy Southern Italy politician. The title means "whichever-ly" (adding ungrammatical adverbial endings i ...

'' (2011) - Gerardo Salerno * ''6 sull'autobus'' (2012) * '' Discovery at Dawn'' (2012) - Lorenzo, Barbara's boyfriend * ''Mi rifaccio vivo'' (2013) - Avvocato Mancuso * ''

How Strange to Be Named Federico ''How Strange to Be Named Federico'' ( it, Che strano chiamarsi Federico) is a 2013 documentary film directed by Ettore Scola. The film documents Scola's relationship with his friend and inspiration, film director Federico Fellini. Scola has desc ...

'' (2013) - Madonnaro * ''

Road 47 ''Road 47'' ( pt, A Estrada 47) is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Vicente Ferraz, based on real events, about Brazil's involvement in World War II. The film stars Daniel de Oliveira, Richard Sammel, Sergio Rubini and Julio Andrade. T ...

'' (2013) - Roberto * ''

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'' (2013) - Fabrizio Del Monte * ''La nostra terra'' (2014) - Cosimo * ''

Ever Been to the Moon? ''Ever Been to the Moon?'' ( it, Sei mai stata sulla Luna?) is a 2015 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Paolo Genovese and starring Raoul Bova and Liz Solari. The theme song "Sei mai stata sulla Luna?" by Francesco De Gregori w ...

'' (2015) - Delfo * '' Let's Talk'' (2015) - Vanni * ''La stoffa dei sogni'' (2016) - Oreste Campese * '' Questi giorni'' (2016) - il papà di Angela * ''

No Country for Young Men ''No Country for Young Men'' ( it, Non è un paese per giovani) is a 2017 Italian comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother ...

'' (2017) - Padre di Sandro * ''Terapia di coppia per amanti'' (2017) - Prof. Malavolta * ''Quando sarò bambino'' (2018) * ''Il bene mio'' (2018) - Elia * '' The King's Musketeers'' (2018) - Aramis * ''Il grande spirito'' (2019) - Tonino * ''

Se mi vuoi bene ''Se mi vuoi bene'' () is a 2019 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Fausto Brizzi. Cast *Claudio Bisio as Diego Anastasi *Sergio Rubini as Massimiliano *Flavio Insinna as Edoardo *Maria Amelia Monti as Giulia *Lucia Ocone as Loredana *Gian ...

'' (2019) - Massimiliano * ''

The Story of My Wife ''The Story of My Wife: The Reminiscences of Captain Storr '' is a Hungarian novel by Milán Füst. First published in Hungary in 1946, it was eventually translated into English by Ivan Sanders in 1988. The book is written as if it is a memoir a ...

'' (2020)

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'' (1993) * '' Prestazione straordinaria'' (1994) * ''

Il viaggio della sposa ''The Bride's Journey'' ( it, Il viaggio della sposa) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film written, directed and starred by Sergio Rubini. Plot In the 16th century, in Abruzzo, the noblewoman Porzia Colonna is promised as a bride to a nobleman ...

'' (1997) * '' Tutto l'amore che c'è'' (2000) * '' L'anima gemella'' (2001) * '' L'amore ritorna'' (2004) * '' La Terra'' (2006)Presentation of La Terra on Eurochannel
/ref> * '' Colpo d'occhio'' (2008) * '' L'uomo nero'' (2009) * '' Mi rifaccio vivo'' (2013) * '' Let's Talk'' (2015) * '' Il Grande Spirito'' (2019) * '' I fratelli De Filippo'' (2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubini, Sergio 1959 births Living people People from the Province of Bari Italian male actors Italian film directors Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners