Francesco Di Leva (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in
Naples
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, Di Leva started acting in local amateur dramatics at 14 years old.
He is one of the co-founders of the "Nest Napoli Est Teatro" theatre in his hometown.
He made his film debut in 1999, in
Aurelio Grimaldi's ''
The Man-Eater''.
In 2011 Di Leva was nominated for the
David di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...
for
best supporting actor thanks his performance in ''
A Quiet Life''. In 2020 he received a nomination for David di Donatello for
best actor for his performance in
Mario Martone
Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian filmmaker. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world.
His films '' Nasty Love'' (1995) and ''Nostalgia ...
's ''
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
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''. Between 2022 and 2023, he won a
David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor () is a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actor who has worke ...
and a
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 for his performance in Martone's ''
Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The word ''nostalgia'' is a neoclassical compound derived from Greek language, Greek, consisting of (''nóstos''), a Homeric word me ...
''.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Male actors from Naples
David di Donatello winners
Nastro d'Argento winners
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors