Michele Placido

Placido's directorial debut, Pummarò, was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara.

Michele Placido studied at Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico and Experimental Centre of Cinematography. The recorded working language is Italian. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Silver Bear for Best Actor, David di Donatello for Best Script and Targa d'Oro.

• Name — Michele Placido • Born — 19 May 1946 • Birthplace — Ascoli Satriano, Apulia, Italy • Education — Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico • Occupation — * Actor • film director • screenwriter • Years Active — 1972–present • Children — 4, including Violante • Relatives — Gerardo Amato (brother)

Placido was born at Ascoli Satriano, into a poor family from Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata; he is a descendant of the known brigand Carmine Crocco. Placido had a number of jobs since his youth. For a time, he worked as a police officer in Rome, and was involved in the Battle of Valle Giulia. He studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and with Silvio D'Amico at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica.

• Illustration — Placido in 1975's The Divine Nymph Placido made his debut as an actor in the play Midsummer Night's Dream in 1969. Two years later he started film work under directors such as Luigi Comencini, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Damiano Damiani, Pasquale Squitieri, Francesco Rosi, Walerian Borowczyk, Marco Bellocchio, Paolo Cavara and Carlo Lizzani. His first success came with the role of soldier Paolo Passeri in Marcia trionfale (1976, directed by Bellocchio), for which he won a David di Donatello. Two years later he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival for his role of the homosexual worker in ironical melodrama Ernesto (1978, by Samperi). He appeared in several TV movies in the 1970s, but 1983 marked the beginning of his greatest television popularity when he played the lead as a police inspector investigating the Mafia in Damiano Damiani's TV series La piovra. He went on to play the same part in the subsequent three seasons, until his character's assassination. Afterwards he would appear as a law enforcement official in a number of other films and TV productions dealing with organized crime, including a semi-biographical movie about Giovanni Falcone, where he acted as the titular judge. In 2008, in a reversal of roles, he portrayed longtime Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano in the TV movie L'ultimo padrino. A recognizable role to US audiences is that of an Italian businessman in the 1988 comedy Big Business.

• Illustration — Placido and his second wife Federica Vincenti, 2008 Placido was married to actress Simonetta Stefanelli until their divorce 1994. Their daughter Violante Placido is also an actress. In 2012, he married actress Federica Vincenti; they divorced in December 2017. He supported the candidacy for mayor of Rome of the Italian entrepreneur Alfio Marchini in the 2016 Italian local elections.

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes • 1971 — K2 + 1 — Delivery Boy — Episode: "10° marito" • 1972 — Joe Petrosino — Carlo Costantino — 3 episodes • 1974 — Moses the Lawgiver — Caleb — Main role • 1975 — Orlando Furioso — Agramante — Main role • 1978 — Yerma — Victor — Television film • Volontari per destinazione ignota — Paolo Stella — Television film • 1984–1989 — La piovra — Inspector Corrado Cattani — Lead role (season 1–4) • 1985 — Il passo falso — Gabriele — Television film • 1992 — Scoop — Marco Bonelli — Lead role • 1993 — Un uomo di rispetto — Nino — Television film • 1997 — Racket — Guido Gerosa — Television film • 1998 — La missione — Father Ramboni — Television film • 2000 — Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth — Padre Pio — Two-parts television film • 2002 — Il sequestro Soffiantini — Giuseppe Soffiantini — Two-parts television film • 2003 — Soraya — Enrico Mattei — Two-parts television film • 2005 — Il Grande Torino — Older Angelo — Television film • 2006 — Karol: The Pope, The Man — Dr. Renato Buzzonetti — Two-parts television film • 2008 — L'altro padrino — Bernardo Provenzano — Two-parts television film • Aldo Moro: Il presidente — Aldo Moro — Television film • 2013 — Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno — Vittorio De Sica — Two-parts television film • Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia — Trilussa — Television film • 2015–2016 — In Treatment — Guido — Recurring role; 7 episodes • 2022 — Noi — Himself — Episode: "La luna"

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes • 1990 — Pummarò — * Director * writer — Directing debut • 1991 — The Conviction — Producer • 1992 — Close Friends — * Director * writer * actor • 1995 — Un eroe borghese — * Director * actor • 1998 — Of Lost Love — * Director * writer * actor • 2002 — A Journey Called Love — * Director * writer • 2004 — Ovunque sei — * Director * writer • 2005 — Romanzo Criminale — * Director * actor • 2007 — SoloMetro — * Producer * actor • L'uomo giusto — Producer • 2009 — The Big Dream — * Director * writer • 2010 — Angel of Evil — * Director * writer • Vampyre Compendium — Producer — Short film • 2012 — The Lookout — * Director * actor • 2015 — The Choice — * Director * writer * actor • 2016 — Calypso — Producer • 7 Minutes — * Director * writer * actor • 2017 — Suburra: Blood on Rome — Director — TV series (episodes: "21 giorni" and "Patrizi e plebei") • 2021 — Isolation — Director — Documentary • 2022 — Caravaggio's Shadow — * Director * writer * actor • Presto sarà domani — Director — Short film • 2024 — Eternal Visionary — * Director * writer * actor

Michele Placido is recorded with the occupation film director. Established in Library of Congress under nr98006415. Recorded as actor, screenwriter and director. Established in Discogs under 5698699. Established in FAST under 413738.