Renato Carpentieri (born 2 April 1943) is an Italian actor, stage director and playwright.
Life and career
Born in
Savignano Irpino,
Avellino
Avellino () is a city and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.
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, Carpentieri studied architecture in
Naples
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, where from 1965 to 1974 he was engaged in the organization and promotion of cultural events with the group Nuova Cultura.
In 1975 he was co-founder of the stage company Teatro dei Mutamenti, in which he was active until 1980 as a director, an actor and a playwright.
He made his film debut in 1990, almost fifty years old, in
Gianni Amelio's ''
Porte aperte''.
In 1993 he won a
Nastro d'Argento
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for
best supporting actor for his performance in
Gabriele Salvatores
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Biography
Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
' ''
Puerto Escondido''.
Since 1995 he has been the artistic director of the Neapolitan stage company Libera Scena Ensemble.
Partial filmography
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Open Doors'' (1990)
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The Yes Man'' (1991)
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The Stolen Children'' (1992)
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Puerto Escondido'' (1992)
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Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician'' (1992)
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Sud
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'' (1993)
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Caro diario'' (1993)
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Fiorile'' (1993)
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Law of Courage'' (1994)
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Five Stormy Days'' (1997)
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The Council of Egypt'' (2002)
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The Sweet and the Bitter'' (2007)
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Fort Apache Napoli'' (2009)
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We Believed'' (2010)
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The Jewel'' (2011)
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Heavenly Body'' (2011)
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Discovery at Dawn'' (2012)
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Leopardi
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'' (2014)
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Tenderness'' (2017)
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Cinderella the Cat'' (2017)
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The Stolen Caravaggio'' (2018)
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Piranhas'' (2019)
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Ordinary Happiness'' (2019)
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Hammamet'' (2020)
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The Life Ahead'' (2020)
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Io sto bene'' (2020)
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The Hand Of God
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'' (2021)
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Santa Lucia'' (2021)
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Bare Hands'' (2024)
References
External links
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1943 births
People from the Province of Avellino
Male actors from Campania
Italian male stage actors
David di Donatello winners
Nastro d'Argento winners
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Living people
Italian theatre directors
Theatre people from Naples