Marco Antonio "Toni" Servillo (; born 25 January 1959) is an Italian actor and theatrical director. He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both '' Gomorrah'' and ''

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'' and in 2013 for '' The Great Beauty'', as well as winning the David di Donatello for Best Actor four times from 2002 to 2013. In 2020, ''

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'' ranked him #7 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.

Early life

Servillo was born on 25 January 1959 in

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. He is the brother of musician

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Career

His international breakthrough roles came in 2008 as

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in ''

'' and Roberto's boss Franco in '' Gomorrah''. Both films were nominated in the Golden Palm awards. Between 2000 and 2007, he also directed several opera productions, including Cimarosa's ''Il marito disperato'' and Beethoven's ''

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'' for the

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in Naples, and Mussorgsky's ''

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'' at the

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in Lisbon, where in 2003 he also staged Richard Strauss's ''

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''. In 2013, Servillo was selected as best actor at the 26th European Film Awards for his appearance in

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's film '' The Great Beauty''. In 2018 he portrayed

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and Ennio Doris in Sorrentino's '' Loro''.

Personal life

Since the 1960s he has lived in

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, with his wife and his children.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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