Andrea Tidona (born 30 November 1951) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Tidona formed at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici and later worked several years at the Piccolo Teatro in

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, under

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and die ...

. In 2004, he won the Nastro d'Argento for best actor for his performance in

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's '' The Best of Youth''. He is well known for the role of Carmine Fazio in '' The Young Montalbano''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Life Is Beautiful ''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who emplo ...

'' (1997) * ''

One Hundred Steps ''I cento passi'' (English: ''One Hundred Steps'' or ''The Hundred Steps'') is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe Impastato, Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed ...

'' (2000) * '' Il commissario'' (2001) * '' The Best of Youth'' (2001) * ''

Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide ''Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide'' ( it, Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti) is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The film concerns undocumented migration to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Plot A young ...

'' (2005) * '' The Caiman'' (2006) * '' The Listening'' (2006) * '' Butta la luna'' (2006) * ''

Il 7 e l'8 ''Il 7 e l'8'' () it is a 2007 film, directed by Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone and Giambattista Avellino and portrayed by the comic duo Ficarra and Picone. Together with the two comedians, the dancer Eleonora Abbagnato makes her movie deb ...

'' (2007) * ''

Il Capo dei Capi ''Il Capo dei Capi'' (''The Boss of the Bosses'') is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias ''Totò u Curtu'' (Totò the Short), a mafioso boss f ...

'' (2007) * ''

The Entrepreneur ''The Entrepreneur'' ( it, L'industriale) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. The film premiered out of competition at the 2011 Rome Film Festival. It won three Italian Golden Globes for best film, cinematography and best ...

'' (2011) * '' The Young Montalbano'' (2012) * '' The Face of an Angel'' (2014) * '' Italo'' (2014)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tidona, Andrea 1951 births People from Modica Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors Living people 21st-century Italian male actors Nastro d'Argento winners Actors from the Province of Ragusa