Alessandro Roja (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.

Life and career

Born in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Roja studied at the

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The (; CSC), also referred to as the (), is an Italian national film school headquartered in Rome, with satellite educational hubs in five other Italian regions. It was established in 1935 and aims to promote the art and technique of cinemat ...

, graduating in 2003, and made his professional debut in 2004, in the

RAI (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels a ...

TV-series ''

Incantesimo ''Incantesimo'' (English: ''Enchantment'') is a long-running Italian soap opera, drama series, originally broadcast on the RAI network from 1998 to 2008. It is mainly set in a hospital called ''Clinica Life'' in Rome, Italy, and revolves around t ...

''. He had his breakout in 2008, playing the Roman gangster Dandi in the crime series ''

Romanzo criminale – La serie ''Romanzo criminale – La serie'' (; meaning "Criminal Novel – The Series") is an Italian crime drama television series based on the novel of the same name by the judge Giancarlo De Cataldo. The series is an adaptation of the film ''Romanzo C ...

''. In 2014 Roya was nominated for the

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was founded in 1959 by the Foreign Press Association in Italy. The Globo d'oro Awards for Italian cinema are given by the Foreign Press. The fi ...

for best actor and for the

Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

in the same category thanks his performance in the Manetti Bros. film ''

Song'e Napule ''Song'e Napule'' is a 2013 Italian heist comedy film written and directed by Manetti Bros. and starring Alessandro Roja and Giampaolo Morelli. It premiered at the 2013 Rome Film Festival. For their performances, Carlo Buccirosso and Paolo Sas ...

''.

Personal life

Roya is married to Claudia Ranieri, the daughter of football manager

Claudio Ranieri Claudio Ranieri (; born 20 October 1951) is an Italian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of Serie A club AS Roma, Roma but will leave on 30 June 2025, followin ...

Selected filmography

*''

Your Whole Life Ahead of You ''Your Whole Life Ahead of You'' () is a 2008 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni. Plot The events of a freshly graduated young woman in the universe of precarious work. Cast * Isabella R ...

'' (2008) *'' The Greatest of All '' (2011) *''

Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood ''Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood'', or only ''Diaz'', is a 2012 Italian-French-Romanian drama film directed by Daniele Vicari, focusing on the final days of the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, when police stormed Armando Diaz, a school in Ge ...

'' (2012) *''

Magnificent Presence ''Magnificent Presence'' (, also known as ''A Magnificent Haunting'') is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Pietro Pontechievello is a gay man who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro q ...

'' (2012) *''

'' (2014) *''

It's the Law ''It's the Law'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian legal information television series which aired on CBC Television in 1956. Premise Legal concepts and information were explained to average Canadians on this series. Each episode featured an e ...

'' (2017) *'' The End?'' (2017) *'' I'm Back'' (2018) *''

Don't Stop Me Now "Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by the British rock band Queen, featured on their 1978 album ''Jazz'' and released as a single on 26 January 1979. Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August 1978 at Super Bear Studios in ...

'' (2018) *''

Diabolik ''Diabolik'' () is an Italian comic series created by sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani. One of the most popular series in the history of Italian comics, ''Diabolik'' was created in 1962 and consists of more than 900 volumes, and has led to ...

'' (2021) *'' Watch Out, We're Mad'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roja, Alessandro 1978 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni