Sergio Castellitto

Italian film director, actor and screenwriter

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Sergio Castellitto (born August 18, 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978, he began his theatrical career in Italian public theater with Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the Teatro di Roma and…

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Violette2026
In Utero — Ruggero Gentile2026
Roberto Rossellini - Living Without A Script — Roberto Rossellini2025
Zorro - Un eremita sul marciapiede2025
Enea — Celeste2024
Romeo Is Juliet — Federico Landi Porrini2024
Conclave — Tedesco2024
The Best Century of My Life — Gustavo Diotallevi2023
The General's Men — Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

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Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director whose career spans more than four decades, having appeared in more than 70 films across drama, adventure, and other genres. He has starred in dramas such as My Mother's Smile (2002), Don't Move (2004), and Twice Born (2012), while also reaching international audiences with roles in Mostly Martha (2001) and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). He has often collaborated with his wife, author and screenwriter Margaret Mazzantini, who wrote several films he directed and starred in. In addition to multiple Italian film honors, Castellitto has been recognized with European and North American awards, and in 2024 he was part of the ensemble cast of Conclave, which won the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Award.

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