Renato Carpentieri (born 2 April 1943) is an Italian actor, stage director and playwright.

Life and career

Born in

Savignano Irpino Savignano Irpino is a village and '' comune'' in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of southern Italy. Located in Irpinia historical district, the town is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, and it is aw ...

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

, Carpentieri studied architecture in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...

, where from 1965 to 1974 he was engaged in the organization and promotion of cultural events with the group Nuova Cultura. In 1975 he was co-founder of the stage company Teatro dei Mutamenti, in which he was active until 1980 as a director, an actor and a playwright. He made his film debut in 1990, almost fifty years old, in Gianni Amelio's ''

Porte aperte ''Open Doors'' ( it, Porte aperte) is a 1990 Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio. Set in Palermo in the 1930s, a judge who is morally against the death penalty is confronted with the case of a man who has murdered his wife and two colleagues in ...

''. In 1993 he won a

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italian ...

for best supporting actor for his performance in

Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...

' '' Puerto Escondido''. Since 1995 he has been the artistic director of the Neapolitan stage company Libera Scena Ensemble.

Partial filmography

*'' Open Doors'' (1990) *''

The Yes Man ''The Yes Man'' ( it, Il portaborse) is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Silvio Orlando - Luciano Sandulli * Nanni Moretti - Cesare Botero * Giulio Brogi - Franc ...

'' (1991) *''

The Stolen Children ''The Stolen Children'' ( it, Il ladro di bambini) is a 1992 Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plo ...

'' (1992) *'' Puerto Escondido'' (1992) *'' Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician'' (1992) *'' Sud'' (1993) *'' Caro diario'' (1993) *'' Fiorile'' (1993) *''

Law of Courage ''Law of Courage'' ( it, Il giudice ragazzino, literally "the kid judge") is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Di Robilant. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Blue Angel Award. For th ...

'' (1994) *'' The Council of Egypt'' (2002) *'' The Sweet and the Bitter'' (2007) *'' Fort Apache Napoli'' (2009) *'' Noi credevamo'' (2010) *'' The Jewel'' (2011) *'' Heavenly Body'' (2011) *''

Discovery at Dawn ''Discovery at Dawn'' ( it, La scoperta dell'alba) is a 2012 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. It is loosely based on the novel ''La scoperta dell'alba'' by Walter Veltroni. The film premiered at the 2012 Rome In ...

'' (2012) *'' Leopardi'' (2014) *'' Tenderness'' (2017) *''

Cinderella the Cat ''Cinderella the Cat'' (Italian: ''Gatta Cenerentola'') is a 2017 Italian adult animated crime drama film directed by Alessandro Rak (who previously directed ''The Art of Happiness''), Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario Sansone, loosely b ...

'' (2017) *''Una storia senza nome'' (2018) *'' Piranhas'' (2019) *'' Ordinary Happiness'' (2019) *'' Hammamet'' (2020) *''

The Life Ahead ''The Life Ahead'' ( it, La vita davanti a sé) is a 2020 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1975 novel '' The Life Before Us'' by Romain Gary. It sta ...

'' (2020) *'' Io sto bene'' (2020)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpentieri, Renato 1943 births People from the Province of Avellino Italian male stage actors David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people Italian theatre directors Theatre people from Naples