Francesco Di Leva (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.

Life and career

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, 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 Aurelio Grimaldi (born 22 November 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Whores'' was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Ragazzi fuori'' (1990) * '' The Rebel'' (1993) * ''The Whore ...

'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'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the '' Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award ca ...

for best supporting actor thanks his performance in ''

A Quiet Life ''A Quiet Life'' ( it, Una vita tranquilla) is a 2010 Italian neo-noir film directed by Claudio Cupellini. It entered the competition at the 2010 Rome International Film Festival, in which Toni Servillo was awarded for Best Actor. Plot Antonio d ...

''. In 2020 he received a nomination for David di Donatello for

best actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

for his performance in

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's ''

The Mayor of Rione Sanità ''The Mayor of Rione Sanità'' ( it, Il sindaco del Rione Sanità) is a 2019 Italian crime drama film directed by Mario Martone, based on the 1960 play of the same name by Eduardo De Filippo. The film is intended as a modern take on the play, i ...

''. Between 2022 and 2023, he won a

David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor ( it, David di Donatello per il migliore attore non protagonista) is a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstand ...

and a

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italian ...

in the same category for his performance in Martone's '' Nostalgia''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Man-Eater'' (1999) *'' Malefemmene'' (2001) *''

Pater Familias The ''pater familias'', also written as ''paterfamilias'' (plural ''patres familias''), was the head of a Roman family. The ''pater familias'' was the oldest living male in a household, and could legally exercise autocratic authority over his ext ...

'' (2003) *'' A Children's Story '' (2004) *''

Bets and Wedding Dresses ''Bets and Wedding Dresses'' ( it, Tris di donne e abiti nuziali) is a 2009 Italian drama film written and directed by Vincenzo Terracciano. It was screened out of competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. Cast *Sergio Caste ...

'' (2009) *''

We Believed ''We Believed'' ( it, Noi credevamo) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone, based on a screenplay by Martone and Giancarlo De Cataldo inspired by events around the 19th-century Young Italy political movement and based on the nov ...

'' (2010) *''

'' (2010) *'' Natale col Boss'' (2015) *'' Put Grandma in the Freezer'' (2018) *''

'' (2019) *'' The King of Laughter'' (2021) *'' Nostalgia'' (2022) *''

Burning Hearts ''Burning Hearts'' ( it, Ti mangio il cuore, meaning "I'll eat your heart") is a 2022 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by . The film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It is based on a ...

'' (2022) *''

Mixed by Erry ''Mixed by Erry'' is a 2023 Italian biographical film, biographical comedy film co-written and directed by Sydney Sibilia. It is based on real life events surrounding three Naples, Neapolitan brothers who established a successful Piracy (media), pi ...

'' (2023) *''

Last Night of Amore ''Last Night of Amore'' ( it, L’ultima notte di Amore) is a 2023 Italian crime thriller film written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano. The film starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Linda Caridi, Antonio Gerardi, Francesco Di Leva, and Camilla Se ...

'' (2023) *''

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'' (2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Leva, Francesco 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