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

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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

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. Among his theatrical activity, he was noted for his playing in

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's '' Affabulazione'' (1984). In 1996 he began an artistic partnership with his friend

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with whom he co-acted in popular movies like ''Uomini senza donne'', ''Facciamo festa'', ''Teste di cocco'', ''Lovest'', '' I miei più cari amici'' and ''

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'', in the theatrical version of '' Some Like It Hot'' and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon ''

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''. In 1997 he won international acclaim with

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'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

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, 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 ''

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), produced by

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. 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 ''

'' 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

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. For this role, he was honoured by many awards: the ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the ''Globo d'oro'' of the foreign press. In the same year, he adapted for the stage the teleplay ''

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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 ''

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and ''

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as well in the TV miniseries ''

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Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

* ''Di padre in figlio'' (1982) * '' Big Deal After 20 Years'' (1987) * '' Devils of Monza'' (1987) * '' When We Were Repressed'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Golden Balls'' (1993) * '' Sì, ma vogliamo un maschio'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Uomini senza donne'' (1996) * '' Stella's Favor'' (1996) * '' Facciamo fiesta'' (1997) * '' Lovest'' (1997) * '' Hamam'' (1997) * ''

My Dearest Friends ''My Dearest Friends'' (Italian: ''I miei più cari amici'') is a 1998 Italian thriller-comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. Cast * Alessandro Benvenuti as Alessio *Athina Cenci as Martha * Eva Robin's as Loretta *Alessandro Gassmann a ...

'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' La bomba'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair'' (2002) * ''

Guardians of the Clouds ''Guardians of the Clouds'' ( it, Guardiani delle nuvole) is a 2004 Italian drama film written and directed by Luciano Odorisio and starring Alessandro Gassmann, Franco Nero and Anna Galiena. It won the Golden Pyramid at the 28th Cairo Internation ...

'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Quiet Chaos'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' David's Birthday'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' The Woman of My Dreams'' (2010) * '' Ex 2: Still Friends?'' (2011) * '' Viva l'Italia'' (2012) * '' The Dinner'' (2014) * '' God Willing'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''Torn'' (2015) * ''Onda su onda'' (2016) * '' Non c'è più religione'' (2016) * '' Cinderella the Cat'' (2017) * '' Ignorance Is Bliss''(2017) * '' 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) * ''

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TV

* '' Un bambino di nome Gesù'', directed by Franco Rossi (1987) * '' Il commissario Corso'', directed by

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'', directed by

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(1991) * '' Comprarsi una vita'', directed by

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'', directed by

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(1992) * ''

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'', directed by Ludvík Ráza (1992) * ''

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(1993) * '' La famiglia Ricordi'', directed by

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(1995) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1996) * '' Nuda proprietà vendesi'', directed by

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(1997) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1997) * ', directed by (2000) * '' Crociati'', directed by

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(2001) * '' Piccolo mondo antico'', directed by

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(2001) * '' La guerra è finita'', directed by

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(2002) * '' Le stagioni del cuore'', directed by

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(2004) * ''

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(2006) * ''

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'' (12 episodi, 2006) * ''

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(2008) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2011) * '' I bastardi... (2017) * '' Io ti cercherò'', a.k.a. ''Standing Tall'' (2020)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gassmann, Alessandro 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