Carmine Recano (born 28 November 1980) is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Commander Massimo Esposito in the
teen drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
television series ''
The Sea Beyond'' (2020–present).
Biography
Recano was born in
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
and raised in the
district
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of
Secondigliano
Secondigliano (; ) is a suburb in the north of Naples, Campania, Italy. It is part of the 7th municipality of Naples, along with the suburbs of Miano and San Pietro a Patierno.
An ancient rural farmhouse, first mentioned in 1113, developed tha ...
. His father was a baker and his mother was a homemaker.
He began acting by chance after accompanying a friend to an audition at the age of 17.
He married Donatella Tipaldi in 2024. They have two children.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
20th-century Italian male actors
21st-century Italian male actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Male actors from Naples
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