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Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor born on August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Liguria. He works in stage, film, television, and dubbing. His professional career began in 1965. He was educated at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and speaks Italian.
Giannini has received several awards, including the David di Donatello for Best Actor, the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor, the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He is married to Livia Giampalmo and has a child named Adriano Giannini.
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Film & TV
La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Giancarlo Giannini (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor. Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco…
Known for
- Tradita — Nicandro2026
- Albatross — Vito2025
- Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita — Sé stesso2025
- Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì2025
- Baracoa2025
- Judas' Gospel — narrator (voice)2025
- Tonight in Turin — Fred Buscaglione2025
- Rise of the Raven — Pope Eugene IV.2025
- Cabrini — Pope Leo XIII2024
- Tonight in Rome — Ospite2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-08-01 ) 1 August 1942 (age 83) , La Spezia , Italy
- Alma mater
- Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
- Occupations
- Actor voice artist film director screenwriter
- Years active
- 1961–present
- Spouses
- Livia Giampalmo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) Eurilla del Bono ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Children
- 4, including Adriano Giannini
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giancarlo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- La Spezia
- Child
- Adriano Giannini
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- Giancarlo Giannini.jpg
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- Giancarlo Giannini
- date of birth
- 1942-08-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- name in native language
- Giancarlo Giannini
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Encyclopedic overview
Giancarlo Giannini ( Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor . He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor.
Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in Rita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975).
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