Mario Pupella (10 April 1945 – 22 January 2023) was an Italian actor and stage director.

Biography

Born in

Castelvetrano Castelvetrano () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte is located within the municipal territory. The municipality borders with Campobello di Mazara, Mazara del Vall ...

, Pupella made his professional debut on stage in a rendition of

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...

's '' Henry IV''. Mainly active on stage, he got his first film major role in 2002, in

Roberta Torre Roberta Torre (born 21 September 1962) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1997 she won the Nastro d'argento for best new director with her first film, ''Tano da morire'' ("To Die for Tano"). The film entered the 54th Venice Intern ...

's '' Angela''. He was also a stage director, and served as artistic director of several theaters in

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, namely Teatro Europa, Teatro Crystal and Teatro Sant'Eugenio. He died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 77.

Selected filmography

* '' Angela'' (2002) * ''

I, the Other ''I, the Other'' (, also known as ''Me, The Other'') is a 2007 Italian drama film about two fishermen, directed by Mohsen Melliti. The film won three Italian Golden Globes, for best first work, best actor (to Raoul Bova), and best cinematography ...

'' (2007) * '' I Viceré'' (2007) * '' The Sicilian Girl'' (2008) * '' La matassa'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' At War with Love'' (2016) * ''

Quel bravo ragazzo ''Quel bravo ragazzo'' () is a 2016 Italian comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark com ...

'' (2016) * '' Scappo a casa'' (2019) * ''

Padrenostro ''Padrenostro'' (; ) is a 2020 Italian coming-of-age drama film co-written and directed by Claudio Noce. It was selected to be shown in the main competition section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. At Venice, Pierfrancesco Favino ...

'' (2020) *'' School of Mafia'' (2021)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pupella, Mario 1945 births 2023 deaths People from Castelvetrano Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian theatre directors