Corrado Fortuna

• Name — Corrado Fortuna • Birth Name — Corrado Fortuna • Born — 31 March 1978 • Birthplace — Palermo, Sicily, Italy • Occupation — Actor, director • Years Active — 2002–present

Born in Palermo, Fortuna debuted in 2002 with the title role in the film My Name Is Tanino, directed by Paolo Virzi, with whom he then worked as assistant director on the film Caterina in the Big City in 2003. In the same year, he played the title role in an autobiographical drama film that marked the directorial debut by singer-songwriter Franco Battiato, Lost Love. Thanks to his performance in My Name Is Tanino and Lost Love, in 2004 Fortuna won the "Guglielmo Biraghi" prize awarded by Italian Film Journalists Union. In the same year, he had a role in the film Come into the Light (the biography of Father Pino Puglisi, a priest murdered by the Mafia), directed by Roberto Faenza with Luca Zingaretti. In 2009 Fortuna returned to the cinema to star in Baaria, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. In 2012 he had a small role in the film To Rome with Love directed by Woody Allen. In 2014, he was among the lead actors in Scusate se esisto!, with Paola Cortellesi and Raul Bova. Over the years, he developed simultaneously his acting career and his work as a director of documentaries and video clips. In 2014 he published his first novel, Un giorno sarai un posto bellissimo, published by Baldini & Castoldi.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Cefalonia — Nicola — Two-parts television movie • 2008 — Inspector De Luca — Leopoldo Pugliese — Main role • 2008–2011 — Tutti pazzi per amore — Elio Franci — Main role (seasons 1-2); guest (season 3) • 2010 — Mia madre — Ettore — Two-parts television movie • 2011 — La nuova squadra — Benni — 2 episodes • 2017 — Di padre in figlia — Giuseppe Nunzio — Main role • 2020 — La concessione del telefono - C'era una volta Vigata — Sasà La Ferlita — Television movie • 2021 — Anna — Damiano — 2 episodes • Purché finisca bene — Pasquale — Episode: "Tutta colpa della fata Morgana" • 2024–present — Vanina — Dr. Manfredi Monterreale — Main role

• Year — Title — Artist(s) • 2015 — "Ciao per sempre" — Levante • 2019 — "Giorni buoni" — Dimartino