Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor.
Orlando was born and raised in
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy ''
Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'', directed by
Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
. Since then, he has collaborated multiple times with Salvatores, as well as more prominently with other Italian directors such as
Nanni Moretti,
Daniele Luchetti, and
Carlo Mazzacurati.
During his career, Orlando has been nominated seven times to the
David di Donatello Award for Best Actor, winning it in 2006 for his role in Moretti's ''
The Caiman''. In 2008 he won the
Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...
for his role in ''
Giovanna's Father''. Outside Italy, he is best known as scheming
Cardinal
Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to
* Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae
***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...
Voiello in the internationally co-produced TV series ''
The Young Pope''(2016) and its sequel ''
The New Pope''
(2020), both created by
Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino (; ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has of ...
.
On stage, Orlando most notably directed in 1988 two plays by
Peppino De Filippo, ''Don Rafelo 'o trombone'' and ''Cupido scherza e spazza'', while in 2008 he acted in
Roberto Paci Dalò's ''L'assedio delle ceneri''. His nephew is also an actor and playwright.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
Male actors from Naples
David di Donatello winners
Nastro d'Argento winners
Ciak d'oro winners
Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners
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