Gianmarco Tognazzi (born 11 October 1967) is an Italian actor.

Life and career

Born on 11 October 1967 in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, the son of actors

Ugo Tognazzi Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...

and Franca Bettoia,Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . from his youth, Giammarco Tognazzi attended the film sets alongside his father. He debuted in a small role in

Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ...

's '' Don't Touch the White Woman!'' (1974). After working as an assistant director, he graduated at the Institute of State for cinematography and television "Roberto Rossellini" in Rome. In 1991 he won a Grolla d'oro for his performance in

Emidio Greco Emidio Greco (20 October 1938 – 22 December 2012) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1974 film '' Morel's Invention''. Life and career Born in Leporano, in the province of Taranto, Greco moved in Turin as ...

's '' A Simple Story''. He was also nominated to

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 ...

twice, in 2000 as best actor for '' First Light of Dawn'' and in 2006 in the supporting actor category for ''

Romanzo Criminale ''Romanzo criminale'' (; "Criminal Novel") is an Italian-language crime drama film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido. It was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn inspi ...

''. In the second half of the 1980s Tognazzi also worked as a television presenter, notably as host of the 1989 edition of the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...

Selected filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tognazzi, Gianmarco 1967 births Male actors from Rome Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people Italian people of Lombard descent