Alessandro Gassmann

• Name — Alessandro Gassmann • Birth Name — Alessandro Gassman • Born — 24 February 1965 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Occupation — * Actor • film director • Years Active — 1982–present • Children — Leo Gassmann • Parents — Vittorio Gassman Juliette Mayniel

Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of Italian, German, Jewish and French descent.

He debuted at age 17 in the autobiographical film Di padre in figlio, written and directed with his father, under whose tutoring he later studied in the Theatre Workshop of Florence. Among his theatrical activities, he was noted for his playing in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Affabulazione (1984). In 1996, he began an artistic partnership with his friend Gianmarco Tognazzi with whom he co-acted in popular movies like Uomini senza donne, Facciamo festa, Teste di cocco, Lovest, I miei più cari amici and Natale a Beverly Hills, in the theatrical version of Some Like It Hot and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon The Road to El Dorado. In 1997, he won international acclaim with Ferzan Özpetek's Hamam. He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as a testimonial for his perfume Opium, and posed in a nude calendar for the Italian magazine Max. He also became a testimonial for Lancia of Musa, as well as appearing in an ad for the Glen Grant liquor. As an actor, he worked for several TV miniseries and, in France, in the action movie Transporter 2 (opposite Jason Statham), produced by Luc Besson. In 2006, Gassmann appeared in the comedy Non prendere impegni stasera. He then took part in TV dramas such as Piccolo mondo antico, Le stagioni del cuore, La guerra è finita and La Sacra Famiglia; he also acted in the US action film Transporter 2 and in Italy in the comedy Non prendere impegni stasera. In 2008, he acted in the film Caos calmo as the brother of the main lead, interpreted by Nanni Moretti. For this role, he was honoured by many awards: the David di Donatello award for a supporting actor, the Ciak d'oro, the Nastro d'Argento and the Globo d'oro of the foreign press. In the same year, he adapted for the stage the teleplay 12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose in 1954 that was made into a film by Sidney Lumet in 1957: the performance was taken up again in 2009, year in which he also appeared as leading actor in 4 padri single by Paolo Monico, Ex by Fausto Brizzi and Il compleanno by Marco Filiberti as well in the TV miniseries Pinocchio directed by Alberto Sironi. He is an acting Tutor in Cinecittà at Act Multimedia.

Since 1998, Gassmann has been married to actress Sabrina Knaflitz. They have a son, Leo.

• Title — Year — Role(s) — Network — Notes • Un bambino di nome Gesù — 1987 — Adult Jesus — Canale 5 — Television film • A Season of Giants — 1990 — Francesco Granacci — Rai 1 — Television film • Il commissario Corso — 1991 — Giulio — Rai 2 — Episode: "La confessione" • Sněhurka a sedm trpasliku — 1992 — Prince Andreas — ZDF — Television film • La famiglia Ricordi — 1995 — Gaetano Donizetti — Rai 1 — Main role • Samson and Delilah — 1996 — Amrok — Rai 1 — Television film • Nessuno escluso — 1997 — Nicola Fiorillo — Rai 2 — Television film • Lourdes — 2000 — Henri / Bernard Guillaumet — Rai 1 — Television film • Piccolo mondo antico — 2001 — Franco Maironi — Canale 5 — Television film • La guerra è finita — 2002 — Claudio Varzi — Rai 1 — Television film • Le stagioni del cuore — 2004 — Sergio Valenti — Canale 5 — Lead role • Dalida — 2005 — Luigi Tenco — Canale 5 — Television film • Codice rosso — 2006 — Pietro Vega — Canale 5 — Lead role • The Holy Family — Saint Joseph — Canale 5 — Television film • I Cesaroni — 2008 — Oreste — Canale 5 — 2 episodes • Pinocchio — 2009 — Carlo Collodi — Rai 1 — Television film • Un Natale per due — 2011 — Claudio Colonna — Sky Cinema — Television film • Una grande famiglia — 2012–2015 — Edoardo Rengoni — Rai 1 — Main role • Un Natale con i fiocchi — 2012 — Alex Morelli — Sky Cinema — Television film • The Bastards of Pizzofalcone — 2017–2023 — Giuseppe Lojacono — Rai 1 — Lead role • Io ti cercherò — 2020 — Valerio Frediani — Rai 1 — Lead role • Un professore — 2021–present — Dante Balestra — Rai 1 — Lead role • Guerrieri: La regola dell'equilibrio — 2026 — Guido Guerrieri — Rai 1 — Lead role

His recorded language was Italian. He was the child of Vittorio Gassman and Juliette Mayniel. He married Sabrina Knaflitz. One child is recorded: Leo Gassmann. Other recorded relations include Ugo Pagliai.