Alessandro Gassman

Alessandro Gassmann (born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director.

Early life

Gassmann was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of German, Jewish and French descent.

Career

He debuted at 17 in the autobiographical film ''Di padre in figlio'', written and directed with his father, under whose tutoring he later studied in the Theatre Workshop of Florence. Among his theatrical activity, he was noted for his playing in Pier Paolo Pasolini's '' Affabulazione'' (1984).

In 1996 he began an artistic partnership with his friend Gianmarco Tognazzi with whom he co-acted in popular movies like ''Uomini senza donne'', ''Facciamo festa'', ''Teste di cocco'', ''Lovest'', '' I miei più cari amici'' and ''Natale a Beverly Hills'', in the theatrical version of '' Some Like It Hot'' and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon ''Eldorado''.
In 1997 he won international acclaim with Ferzan Özpetek's '' Hamam''.

He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as testimonial for his perfume ''Opium'', and posed in a nude calendar for the Italian magazine '' Max''. He also became a testimonial for Lancia of Musa, as well as appearing in an ad for the Glen Grant liquor.
As an actor, he worked for several TV miniseries and, in France, in the action movie ''Transporter 2'' (opposite Jason Statham), produced by Luc Besson. In 2006, Gassmann appeared in the comedy ''Non prendere impegni stasera''.

He then took part in TV dramas such as '' Piccolo mondo antico'', '' Le stagioni del cuore'', '' La guerra è finita'' and '' La Sacra Famiglia''; he also acted in the US action film ''Transporter 2'' and in Italy in the comedy '' Non prendere impegni stasera''.

In 2008 he acted in the film '' Caos calmo'' as the brother of the main lead, interpreted by Nanni Moretti. For this role, he was honoured by many awards: the ''David di Donatello award'' for a supporting actor, the ''Ciak d'oro'', the ''Nastro d'Argento'' and the ''Globo d'oro'' of the foreign press. In the same year, he adapted for the stage the teleplay ''12 Angry Men'', written by Reginald Rose in 1954 that was made into a film by Sidney Lumet in 1957: the performance was taken up again in 2009, year in which he also appeared as leading actor in ''4 padri single'' by Paolo Monico, '' Ex'' by Fausto Brizzi and ''Il compleanno'' by Marco Filiberti as well in the TV miniseries ''Pinocchio (TV miniseries), Pinocchio'' directed by Alberto Sironi.

He is acting Tutor in Cinecittà at Act Multimedia.

Personal life

Since 1998, Gassmann has been married to actress Sabrina Knaflitz. They have a son, Leo Gassmann, Leo.

Filmography

Film

* ''Di padre in figlio'' (1982)
* ''Big Deal After 20 Years'' (1987)
* ''Devils of Monza'' (1987)
* ''When We Were Repressed'' (1992)
* ''Ostinato destino'' (1992)
* ''Golden Balls (film), Golden Balls'' (1993)
* ''Sì, ma vogliamo un maschio'' (1994)
* ''A Month by the Lake'' (1995)
* ''Uomini senza donne'' (1996)
* ''Stella's Favor'' (1996)
* ''Facciamo fiesta'' (1997)
* ''Lovest'' (1997)
* '' Hamam'' (1997)
* ''My Dearest Friends'' (1998)
* ''Toni (1999 film), Toni'' (1999)
* ''La bomba (film 1999), La bomba'' (1999)
* ''Teste di cocco'' (2000)
* ''The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair'' (2002)
* ''Guardians of the Clouds'' (2004)
* ''La sperarazione'' (2005)
* ''Transporter 2'' (2005)
* ''Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight'' (2006)
* ''Quiet Chaos (film), Quiet Chaos'' (2008)
* ''The Seed of Discord'' (2008)
* ''4 padri single'' (2009)
* ''Many Kisses Later'' (2009)
* ''David's Birthday'' (2009)
* ''The Father and the Foreigner'' (2009)
* ''Natale a Beverly Hills'' (2009)
* ''Basilicata Coast to Coast'' (2010)
* ''The Woman of My Dreams (2010 film), The Woman of My Dreams'' (2010)
* ''Ex 2: Still Friends?'' (2011)
* ''Viva l'Italia'' (2012)
* ''The Dinner (2014 film), The Dinner'' (2014)
* ''God Willing (2015 film), God Willing'' (2015)
* ''The Last Will Be the Last'' (2015)
* ''An Italian Name'' (2015)
* ''Torn'' (2015)
* ''Onda su onda'' (2016)
* ''Non c'è più religione'' (2016)
* ''Cinderella the Cat'' (2017)
* ''Ignorance Is Bliss (film), Ignorance Is Bliss''(2017)
* ''The Prize (2017 film), The Prize'' (2017)
* ''Una storia senza nome'' (2018)
* ''All You Need Is Crime'' (2019)
* ''An Almost Ordinary Summer'' (2019)
* ''My Brother Chases Dinosaurs'' (2019)
* ''Though Shalt Not Hate'' (2020)
* ''Ritorno al crimine'' (2021)
* ''The Great Silence'' (2021)
* ''Il pataffio'' (2022)
* ''My Name Is Vendetta'' (2022)

TV

* ''Un bambino di nome Gesù'', directed by Franco Rossi (director), Franco Rossi (1987)
* ''Il commissario Corso'', directed by Gianni Lepre and Alberto Sironi (1987)
* ''Il giudice istruttore'' (1 episodio, 1987)
* ''L'altro enigma'', directed by Vittorio Gassman and Carlo Tuzii (1988)
* ''Il commissario Corso'' (1 episode)
* ''La primavera di Michelangelo'', directed by Jerry London (1991)
* ''Comprarsi una vita'', directed by Domenico Campana (1991)
* ''Ulisse e la balena bianca'', directed by Rubino Rubini (1992)
* ''Schneewittchen und das Geheimnis der Zwerge'', directed by Ludvík Ráza (1992)
* ''Due volte vent'anni'', directed by Livia Giampalmo (1993)
* ''La famiglia Ricordi'', directed by Mauro Bolognini (1995)
* ''Sansone e Dalila'', directed by Nicolas Roeg (1996)
* ''Nuda proprietà vendesi'', directed by Enrico Oldoini (1997)
* ''Nessuno escluso'', directed by Massimo Spano (1997)
* ', directed by (2000)
* ''The Crusaders (2001 film), Crociati'', directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard (2001)
* '' Piccolo mondo antico'', directed by Cinzia Th. Torrini (2001)
* '' La guerra è finita'', directed by Lodovico Gasparini (2002)
* '' Le stagioni del cuore'', directed by Antonio Luigi Grimaldi (2004)
* ''Dalida (2005 film), Dalida'', directed by Joyce Buñuel (2005)
* ''The Holy Family (film), The Holy Family'', directed by Raffaele Mertes (2006)
* ''Codice rosso'' (12 episodi, 2006)
* ''Pinocchio (TV miniseries), Pinocchio'', directed by Alberto Sironi (2008)
* ''I Cesaroni'' (2 episodes, 2008)
* ''Natale per due'', directed by Giambattista Avellino (2011)
* ''I bastardi... (2017)
* ''Io ti cercherò'', a.k.a. ''Standing Tall'' (2020)

References

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1965 births
20th-century Italian male actors
21st-century Italian male actors
David di Donatello winners
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Italian people of French descent
Italian people of German descent
Italian people of Jewish descent
Living people
Male actors from Rome
Nastro d'Argento winners