Gerardo Amato (born 15 October 1948) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

Life and career

Born Gerardo Placido in

Ascoli Satriano Ascoli Satriano (; ) is a town and ''comune ''in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It is located on the edge of a large plain in Northern Apulia known as the Tavoliere delle Puglie.Curtis, DanielIs there an ‘agro- ...

, the brother of the actor and director

Michele Placido Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Belloc ...

, Gerardo Amato at a young age moved to

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where he trained as an

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. He later worked on stage, generally cast in roles of seducers, with

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an Italian stage director, theatre practitioner, actor, and politician. Strehler was one of the most significant figures in Italian theatre during his lifetime, described by Mel Gu ...

, Enrico Maria Salerno, and Ernesto Calindri, among others. Amato was also active in films and TV-series, but mostly in secondary roles. In 1977, he won the Grolla d'oro for best new actor thanks to his performance in '' A Sold Life''.

Filmography

*'' Una vita venduta'' (1976) *''Nina'' (1976) *''Difficile morire'' (1977) *'' Blue Nude'' (1977) *'' La notte dell'alta marea'' (1977) *'' Eutanasia di un amore'' (1978) *''Io, Caligola'' (1979) *''

Zappatore ''Zappatore'' is an Italian drama film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring Mario Merola. The film was released in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western E ...

'' (1980) *''

Passione d'amore ''Passion of Love'' () is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola and was adapted from the 1869 novel ''Fosca (novel), Fosca'' by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. The film was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and served as the inspirat ...

'' (1981) *''Notturno con grida'' (1982) *'' Caramelle da uno sconosciuto'' (1987) *'' I frati rossi'' (1988) *''Ad un passo dall'aurora'' (1989) *''Io Gilda'' (1989) *''Ombre d'amore'' (1989) *'' Ritorno a casa Gori'' (1996) *''Soft Air - Aria compressa'' (1998) *''Odi et amo'' (1998) *''Prigionieri di un incubo''(2001) *''Tra due donne'' (2001) *'' Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi'' (2007) *'' Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca'' (2007) *''Qui scorre il fiume'' (2008) *'' Backward'' (2009) *''Uccidere per amare'' (2009) *''

Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male ''Angel of Evil'' (, also known as ''Vallanzasca – Angels of Evil'') is a 2010 Italian crime film directed by Michele Placido. It is based on the biography ''Il fiore del male. Bandito a Milano'' (The flower of evil. Bandit in Milan) of bank r ...

'', (2010) *''Il sottile fascino del peccato'' (2010) *''Una diecimilalire'' (2015) *'' 7 minuti'' (2016) *''Creed'C'' (2016)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amato, Gerardo 1952 births People from the Province of Foggia Male actors from Apulia Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people