Sebastiano Lo Monaco (18 September 1958 – 16 December 2023) was an Italian actor of theatre, film, and television.

Career

Sebastiano Lo Monaco was born in

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. He attended the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts and, in 1989, he became "capocomico" and

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. With his

theater company Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicat ...

, he produced several theatrical plays, like '' Henry IV'', ''

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'', ''Il berretto a sonagli'', '' Tonight We Improvise'', ''

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'', ''Non si sa come'' by

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, ''

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, ''A View from the Bridge'' by

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, ''

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, '' Non è vero... ma ci credo'' by

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and ''Per non morire di mafia'' by

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, where he was always the protagonist. From May 2000 to March 2004, he was the artistic director of the Vittorio Emanuele II Theatre in

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. Lo Monaco also appeared in a lot of films and television series, like '' Festa di laurea'', '' I Vicerè'', '' Dove siete? Io sono qui'', '' Body Guards'', '' Gli angeli di Borsellino'', ''Joe Petrosino'' (as Vito Cascio Ferro), '' A Violent Life'', '' La piovra 8'' and ''9'' (as Lawyer Torrisi), and ''

L'onore e il rispetto ''L'onore e il Rispetto'' is an Italian crime drama broadcast on Canale 5. It is composed of four seasons of six episodes each: the first aired in 2006, the second in 2009 and the third in 2012. The fourth season, initially scheduled for the fir ...

'' (as Lawyer Vasile). Sebastiano Lo Monaco died on 16 December 2023, at the age of 65.

Filmography

Film

* ''

Petomaniac ''Il petomane'', internationally released as ''Petomaniac'', is a 1983 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. It is loosely based on real life events of Joseph Pujol, best known as " Le Pétomane". Cast * Ugo T ...

'' (1983) * ''

Graduation Party ''Festa di laurea'', internationally released as ''Graduation Party'', is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. For his soundtrack Riz Ortolani won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Score. Plot Romagna countryside, 1950, near the sea. T ...

'' (1985) * ''Spogliando Valeria'' (1989) * ''

Panama Sugar ''Panama Sugar'' is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Marcello Avallone and starring by Scott Plank and Oliver Reed. Plot On an idyllic Caribbean island, Panama Sugar and his friends, engage a battle with Fox Perry, the wealthy American bos ...

'' (1990) * ''Body Puzzle'' (1992) * '' Where Are You? I'm Here'' (1993) * ''Prima del tramonto'' (1999) * ''Maestrale'' (2000) * '' Body Guards'' (2000) * '' Gli angeli di Borsellino'' (2003) * ''Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo - Moro: Un'altra storia'' (2004) * '' I Vicerè'' (2007) * '' Baarìa'' (2009) * ''Io, Don Giovanni'' (2009) * ''

La vita è una cosa meravigliosa ''La vita è una cosa meravigliosa'' () is a 2010 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria T ...

'' (2010) * ''

Napoletans ''Napoletans'' is a 2011 Italian film directed by Luigi Russo. Plot In a small town in southern Italy there is the family Di Gennaro. Gennaro, the householder, is a noted dentist, married to Anna, a housewife, a few years converted to Buddhism. ...

'' (2011) * ''Lilith's Hell'' (2015)

Television

* ''Vita di Antonio Gramsci'' (1981) * '' A Violent Life'' (1990) * '' La piovra'', (1997) * ''

Un prete tra noi ''Un prete tra noi'' (English: ''A Priest Among Us'')is an Italian drama television series. The series tells the story of Don Marco, a Catholic priest, who is assigned to a penitentiary as a chaplain. Cast * Massimo Dapporto: Don Marco * Julia ...

'' (1997) * '' La piovra'', (1998) * ''Sarò il tuo giudice'' (2001) * ''Storia di guerra e d'amicizia'' (2002) * ''

Don Matteo ''Don Matteo'' () is an Italian mystery comedy television series that has been airing on Rai 1 since 2000. History The protagonist of the series is Father Matteo (portrayed by Terence Hill), a Catholic priest in a parish of the town of Gubbio ...

'' (2004) * ''Joe Petrosino'' (2006) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven'' (2010) * ''Il delitto di Via Poma'' (2011)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lo Monaco, Sebastiano 1958 births 2023 deaths Italian male television actors Italian male film actors Male actors from Sicily People from the Province of Syracuse

Career

Filmography

Film

Television

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