Alessandro Gassmann (; born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director.

Early life

Born in

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, he is the son of Italian actor

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and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of Italian, 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 Gianmarco Tognazzi with whom he co-acted in popular movies like ''Uomini senza donne'', ''Facciamo festa'', ''Teste di cocco'', ''Lovest'', '' I miei più cari amici'' and '' Natale a Beverly Hills'', in the theatrical version of ''

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'' and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon ''

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''. In 1997 he won international acclaim with Ferzan Özpetek's ''

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''. He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as testimonial for his perfume ''Opium'', and posed in a nude calendar for the Italian magazine ''

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''. He also became a testimonial for

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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 '' Transporter 2'' (opposite Jason Statham), 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 '' Transporter 2'' 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 '' David di Donatello award'' for a supporting actor, the '' Ciak d'oro'', 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 '' 12 Angry Men'', written by

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in 1954 that was made into a

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in 1957: the performance was taken up again in 2009, year in which he also appeared as leading actor in '' 4 padri single'' by Paolo Monico, '' Ex'' by

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and '' Il compleanno'' by Marco Filiberti as well in the TV miniseries ''

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'' directed by Alberto Sironi. He is acting Tutor in Cinecittà at Act Multimedia.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

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