Michele Balducci is an Italian actor, director and playwright.

Biography

Born in

Umbertide Umbertide () is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Perugia, in the Italian region of Umbria, at the confluence of the Reggia river and the Tiber. It is 30 km (19 mi) north of Perugia and 20 km (12 mi) south ...

and raised in

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, Italy, he later on moved to Rome, where he lives. After studying acting in

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(at Centro Teatrale Universitario), Rome (at La maschera in soffitta and with acting coaches Gisella Burinato and

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), Milan (with actor

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) and London (at

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), he made his television debut at age 21, in 2008, with two small roles in La scelta di Laura, directed by Alessandro Piva, and

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, directed by

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and

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. He then went on appearing in many successful TV series, such as

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, directed by

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, and

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, directed by Marco Serafini. In 2013, he has a leading role in the very popular TV miniseries Pupetta – Il coraggio e la passione, directed by

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. In 2014 he is part of the main cast of the TV movie

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, directed by

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in English for the European market. In 2018 he is part of the recurring cast of Season 2 of

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. He made his big screen debut in 2009 with Meno male che ci sei, directed by Luis Prieto. In theatre, he has worked with many directors, such as

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('' Natura e origine della mente'') and Marco Maltauro ('' Grumi - memorie del cazzo''). In 2015 he starred in the new play written and directed by Luca De Bei, '' Nessuno muore'' and was part of the main cast of ''

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'', directed by

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at the

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. He has worked with renowned Italian theatre director and author Liv Ferracchiati in two shows: Todi is a small town in the center of Italy, part of the

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program of events in 2017, and

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, selected for RomaEuropa Festival program in 2019. He wrote, directed and starred in

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, a monologue based on the Italian poet Sandro Penna, in 2021. In 2022 and 2023 he starred in the experimental play XYZ. Dialoghi leggeri tra inutili generazioni directed by movie and theatre director Andrea Adriatico. In 2010 he started his activity as a playwright by writing three short plays (''Vivo'', ''Le mie muse'' and ''Violetta'' – the latter is included in the book ''La mia poetica'', published by Editoria&Spettacolo in 2012), and a play (''In mezzo al core''). He obtained a degree in Medicine with a thesis in

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, but he never practiced as a medician.

Selected credits

Stage

* '' 7 sogni'', directed by Alessandro Fea (2010) * '' Tremori'', directed by Marisa Vallone (2010) * '' Rabarbaro'', directed by Niccolò Matcovich (2010) * '' 5x4'', directed by Alessandro Fea (2010) * ''

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'', directed by Virginia Franchi (2011) * '' Spell - L'amore di Alda'', directed by Alessandro Fea (2011) * '' I principi che eravamo'', directed by Francesco Piotti (2012) * '' Grumi - memorie del cazzo'', directed by Marco Maltauro (2012) * ''

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'', directed by Virginia Franchi (2013) * '' Boy disappears'', directed by Anita Otto (2013) * '' Natura e origine della mente'', directed by

(2013) * '' Nessuno muore'', directed by Luca De Bei (2015) * ''

'', directed by

(2015) * '' Le scoperte geografiche'', directed by Virginia Franchi (2016) * '' Persone naturali e strafottenti'', directed by Giancarlo Nicoletti (2016) * '' Todi is a small town in the center of Italy'', directed by Liv Ferracchiati (2017) * ''

'', directed by Liv Ferracchiati (2018) * '' La vendita delle fanciulle ai mercanti'', directed by Luigi Presicce (2019) * '' Edipo Re'', directed by Chiara Guidi (2019) * '' Vorrei scrivere in tratti di fuoco'', directed by

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(2020) * ''Sandro'', directed by Michele Balducci (2021)

Filmography

* '' Meno male che ci sei'', directed by Luis Prieto (2009)

Television

* '' La scelta di Laura'', directed by Alessandro Piva (2008) * ''

'', directed by

and

(2008) * ''

'', directed by

(2009) * ''

'', directed by Marco Serafini (2011) * '' Pupetta - Il coraggio e la passione'', directed by

(2013) * '' Deadboy'', directed by Alessio Russo (2013) * '' Disordini'', directed by Sandro Vanadia (2013) * ''

'', directed by

(2014) * '' BLEAH!'', directed by Veronica Pivetti (2018) * ''

'', directed by

Jon Cassar John Francis "Jon" Cassar (born 27 April 1958) is a Maltese-Canadian television director and producer, known for his work on the first seven seasons of '' 24''. In 2006, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Seri ...

and Jan Michelini (2018)

External links

* * Interview t
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YouTube

References

Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Balducci, Michele 1986 births Living people People from Umbertide Male actors from Umbria