Andrea Di Stefano (born 15 December 1972) is an Italian actor and film director.

Life and career

Born in Rome, he moved to

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to study acting at the

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. In the U.S., he appeared in ''Smile'', an independent movie directed by Andrew Hunt. He played the leading role in the 1997 film '' The Prince of Homburg'' directed by

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and entered into the

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. He has played in films such as '' Il fantasma dell'opera'' by

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, '' Almost Blue'' by Alex Infascelli, and '' Angela'' by Roberta Torre. Lately, he played the role of Giancarlo in the movie ''

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'' directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Andrea Di Stefano has also appeared in many TV episodes. In 1999, he played the role of Fabrizio Canepa in ''Ama il tuo nemico'' by Damiano Damiani. In 2006, he played in the TV movie ''I colori della gioventù'' directed by Gianluigi Calderone and in the most recent '' Medicina generale'' broadcast in spring 2007, he played Giacomo Pogliani, a talented doctor in a big Roman hospital. In 2012, he portrayed a priest in the Academy Award-winning film '' Life of Pi''. In 2014, di Stefano wrote and directed his first feature film, '' Escobar: Paradise Lost'', starring

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and Josh Hutcherson. In 2016, he played the role of Philip Catelli, in '' At War with Love'', directed by PIF. In 2019, he co-wrote (with Matt Cook and Rowan Joffé) and directed '' The Informer'', adapted from the crime novel by Börge Hellström and Anders Roslund. In 2023, Di Stefano directed a mystery thriller film '' Last Night of Amore,'' which was screened at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special on 24 February 2023.

Filmography

As filmmaker

References

External links

* 1972 births Italian male film actors Living people 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Male actors from Rome Actors Studio alumni Italian directors {{Italy-film-actor-stub