Giulio Scarpati (born 20 February 1956) is an Italian actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, pretty active on stage, after several small film roles Scarpati had his

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in 1991 as Marco, the main character in the

Giuseppe Piccioni Giuseppe Piccioni (born 2 July 1953) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1987. His 2004 film ''The Life That I Want'' was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

's drama film '' Chiedi la luna''. In 1994 he won a David di Donatello for best actor for his performance in Alessandro Di Robilant's '' Law of Courage''. Scarpati later obtained a large popularity with the role of Lele Martini in the

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television series ''

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''.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . Scarpati is married to the stage director Nora Venturini and has a son, Edoardo (27-05-1988), and a daughter, Lucia (27-11-1994). He also writes the sports column "Tribuna d’onore" for the newspaper ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Ask for the Moon ''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 Daniel ...

'' (1990) * '' The Raffle'' (1991) * '' Who Wants to Kill Sara?'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Mario, Maria and Mario'' (1993) * '' Law of Courage'' (1994) * '' Who Killed Pasolini?'' (1995) * ''

Penniless Hearts ''Penniless Hearts'' ( it, Cuori al verde, also known as ''Love, Money and Philosophy'' and ''Broke Hearts'') is a 1996 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Giuseppe Piccioni. Cast *Margherita Buy Margherita Buy (born 15 Ja ...

'' (1996) * '' Bits and Pieces'' (1996) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Magical Nights'' (2018)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarpati, Giulio 1956 births Male actors from Rome Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people David di Donatello winners 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors