Saverio Marconi (born 1 April 1948) is an Italian stage director and actor.
Life and career
Born in
Rome, after his debut as a stage actor, Marconi had his
breakout role in 1977 playing
Gavino Ledda
Gavino Ledda (; born 30 December 1938) is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian. He is best known for his autobiographical work '' Padre Padrone'' (1975).
Biography
Early life
Ledda was born in Siligo, in the Prov ...
in the
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's drama film ''
Padre Padrone''.
For his performance in that film he was nominated to a
BAFTA Award and won the
Nastro d'Argento for best new actor.
[Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. .]
After some other significant roles in films directed by, among others,
Gillo Pontecorvo,
Luigi Comencini and
Pasquale Squitieri, in the mid-eighties Marconi retired from acting to devote himself to a career of stage director, especially of Italian editions of famous American musicals.
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1948 births
Male actors from Rome
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Living people
Nastro d'Argento winners
Italian theatre directors