Roberto Citran (born 26 January 1955) is an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in
Padua
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, Citran graduated in psychology and founded the university film club CinemaUno.
After some sporadic stage works he founded a small theater company, "Punto e Virgola".
Citran is best known for his films with fellow Paduan director
Carlo Mazzacurati, who in 1989 got him his first main role in ''
Il prete bello''.
In 1994, Citran won a
Volpi Cup for best supporting actor for his performance in Mazzacurati's ''
The Bull''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Italian Night'' (1987) - Gábor
* ''
Little Misunderstandings'' (1989) - Giuliano
* ''Corsa di primavera'' (1989) - Il padre di Isacco
* ''Il prete bello'' (1989) - Don Gastone
* ''Io, Peter Pan'' (1989) - Fabio
* ''
The Amusements of Private Life'' (1990) - Belzé
* ''
Condominio'' (1991) - Roberto Sgorlon
* ''
Ask for the Moon'' (1991) - Francesco
* ''Quattro figli unici'' (1992) - Giorgio
* ''Ambrogio'' (1992) - Leo
* ''
Love Burns'' (1994) - il marito tradito
* ''
The Bull'' (1994) - Loris
* ''Agosto'' (1994)
* ''
Policemen'' (1995) - Guido
* ''
Bits and Pieces'' (1996) - Middle-aged man
* ''Italiani'' (1996) - Leonardo
* ''
Marching in Darkness'' (1996) - Capitano Marsili
* ''
Vesna Goes Fast'' (1996) - Il cameriere
* ''Cervellini fritti impanati'' (1996) - Valerio
* ''
The Truce'' (1997) - Unverdorben
* ''
The Acrobats'' (1997) - Ex marito di Elena
* ''La terza luna'' (1997) - Luca Fabiani
* ''La classe non è acqua'' (1997) - Prof. Guido Marinelli
* ''
Nora'' (2000) - Roberto Prezioso
* ''Tobia al caffè'' (2002) - Giuseppe
* ''
Captain Corelli's Mandolin'' (2001) - General Gandin
* ''
Paz!'' (2002) - Professore
* ''
Two Friends'' (2002) - Negoziante di elettrodomestici
* ''
El Alamein: The Line of Fire'' (2002) - The Colonel
* ''A cavallo della tigre'' (2002)
* ''
The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' (2003, TV Movie) - Monsignor Loris Capovilla
* ''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story'' (2003)
* ''
The Fugitive'' (2003) - Massimo's Father
* ''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish'' (2004) - Raoul Wallenberg
* ''
An Italian Romance'' (2004) - Alvaro
* ''
Hotel Rwanda
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'' (2004) - Priest
* ''
The Life That I Want'' (2004) - Giordani
* ''A Life in Suitcases'' (2005) - Raoul Wallenberg
* ''4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo'' (2006) - Tricella (segment "Meglio di Maradona")
*''
Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God'' (2006)
* ''
I Trust You'' (2007) - Aleotti
* ''
Flying Lessons'' (2007) - Stefano - padre di Curry
* ''7/8'' (2007) - Alberto Molaien
* ''
Night Bus'' (2007) - Diolaiti
* ''Detesto l'elettronica stop'' (2008) - Il Comunista solitario
* ''
Generation 1000 Euros'' (2009) - Tassista
* ''
The Red Shadows'' (2009) - Editore Bergonzi
* ''
Nine
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'' (2009) - Doctor Rondi
* ''Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio'' (2010) - Professor Marini
* ''
Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven'' (2010, TV Movie) - Cardinal Capurso
* ''Passannante'' (2011) - Avvocato Tarantini
* ''
Some Say No'' (2011) - Edmondo Giannotti
* ''
Shun Li and the Poet
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'' (2011) - Avvocato
* ''
Il giorno in più'' (2011) - Ricardi
* ''
Mary of Nazareth'' (2012, TV Movie) - Joachim
* ''
Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot'' (2013) - Alfio
* ''
First Snowfall'' (2013) - Commissario
* ''
Wannabe Widowed'' (2013) - Fenoglio
* ''
The Chair of Happiness'' (2013) - The Fishmonger
* ''Patria'' (2014) - Giorgio
* ''Fuori Mira'' (2014) - Farmacista
* ''Una nobile causa'' (2016) - Giulio
* ''
Alex & Co: How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents'' (2016) - Augusto Ferrari
* ''Noi eravamo'' (2017) - Dr. Bassani
* ''L'ordine delle cose'' (2017) - Grigoletto
* ''
The Last Prosecco'' (2017) - Sergio Leonardi
* ''1991'' (2018)
* ''Noite mágica'' (2018) - Vincenzo lo sceneggiatore
* ''Il grande passo'' (2019) - Piovesan
* ''Letto numero 6'' (2019)
* ''
I Hate Summer'' (2020)
* ''
Diabolik
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'' (2021)
* ''
The Wedding Days'' (2022)
* ''
The Great Ambition
''The Great Ambition'' () is a 2024 Italian biographical drama film directed by Andrea Segre. It stars Elio Germano as politician Enrico Berlinguer, who led the Italian Communist Party from 1972 to 1984. It opened the 19th Rome Film Festival on 1 ...
'' (2024)
* ''
Conclave
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'' (2024) as Cardinal Lombardi
* ''
The Last One for the Road'' (2025)
References
External links
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1955 births
Male actors from Padua
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Living people
Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners