Valerio Binasco (born 20 June 1964) is an Italian actor, stage director, and playwright.

Life and career

Born in Paderna, Binasco graduated at the drama school of the Stabile di Genova, where he made his professional debut in 1987. He won two Ubu Awards, in 1999 for playing

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

in an adaptation directed by

Carlo Cecchi Carlo Cecchi (born 25 January 1939) is an Italian actor. Born in Florence, Cecchi studied under the Living Theatre and with the Workshop of Eduardo De Filippo. In 1968, he made his debut for cinema in '' La sua giornata di gloria''. In 1971, he ...

and in 2004 for playing

Polynices In Greek mythology, Polynices (also Polyneices) (; ) was the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia and the older brother of Eteocles. When Oedipus was discovered to have killed his father and married his mother, Oedipus was expelled ...

in a stage adaptation of ''

Oedipus at Colonus ''Oedipus at Colonus'' (also ''Oedipus Coloneus''; , ''Oidipous epi Kolōnō'') is the second of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson ...

'' directed by

Mario Martone Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian filmmaker. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world. His films '' Nasty Love'' (1995) and ''Nostalgia ...

. Also active in films, in 2016 Binasco was nominated for

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

for Best Supporting Actor thanks to his performance in ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* ''

This Is Not Paradise ''This Is Not Paradise'' () is a 2000 Italian neo-noir film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli and starring Fabrizio Gifuni. It is loosely based on actual events happened in Turin in 1996. It was nominated for two Silver Ribbons, f ...

'' (2000) * '' Domenica'' (2001) * '' Two Friends'' (2002) * ''

Working Slowly (Radio Alice) ''Working Slowly (Radio Alice) '' () is a 2004 Italian drama film directed by Guido Chiesa. It is based on actual events involving Radio Alice, a 1970s pirate radio which was politically aligned with the autonomism movement. It entered the compet ...

'' (2004) * ''

The Beast in the Heart ''Don't Tell'' (, ) is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Cristina Comencini, based on a novel written by her. It was nominated for Golden Lion prize at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival, and also for the Best Foreign Language Fil ...

'' (2005) * ''

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

'' (2005) * ''

Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight ''Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight'' () is a 2006 Italian drama film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. It was screened in the Horizons section at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, in which Micaela Ramazzotti won the Well ...

'' (2006) * '' A Perfect Day'' (2008) * ''

Blood of the Losers ''Blood of the Losers'' (, also known as ''The Blood of the Victims'') is a 2008 Italian war drama film directed by Michele Soavi. It is based on a book by Giampaolo Pansa. Plot Cast * Michele Placido as Franco Dogliani * Barbora Bobuľová ...

'' (2008) * '' We Believed'' (2010) * ''

Leopardi Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest a ...

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2015) * ''

A Woman's Name ''A Woman's Name'' (Italian: ''Nome di donna'') is a 2018 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and starring Cristiana Capotondi. For her performance in the film, Adriana Asti received a Nastro d'argento nomination f ...

'' (2018) * ''

Darkness Darkness is the condition resulting from a lack of illumination, or an absence of visible light. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance because the hue-sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina a ...

'' (2019) * '' Lord of the Ants'' (2022)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Binasco, Valerio 1964 births 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors Italian dramatists and playwrights People from the Province of Alessandria Male actors from Piedmont Living people