Ninni Bruschetta

• Occupation — * Actor • writer • director • Born — 6 January 1962 • Birthplace — Messina, Italy • Height — 1.73 m

Born on 6 January 1962, in Messina, Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi "Nutrimenti terrestri", a stage company which primarily focused on subjects of social value, and was active both as an actor and a director. In 1987, he debuted as a screenwriter with the indie drama La gentilezza del tocco, and in 1989 he co-directed the indie film Private Screening. He is also very active as an actor in films and television series.

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes • 2002 — La squadra — Mimmo Iovine — Recurring role; 4 episodes • 2004 — Paolo Borsellino — Ninni Cassarà — Two-parts television movie • 2005 — Distretto di Polizia — Giacomo's Father — Episode: "Padri e figli" • 2006 — R.I.S. – Delitti imperfetti — Sergio Bonezzi — Episode: "Testimone silenzioso" • Attacco allo Stato — Spano — Television movie • Un ciclone in famiglia — Lawyer — Episode: "Sesta puntata" • Crimini — Merli — Episode: "Il covo di Teresa" • Don Matteo — Vittorio Mella — Episode: "Sogni e bisogni" • 2007 — Il generale Dalla Chiesa — Pio La Torre — Two-parts television movie • 2007–2022 — Boris — Duccio Patanè — Main role; 47 episodes • 2008 — L'ultimo padrino — Pasquale Cafiero — Two-parts television movie • Aldo Moro – Il presidente — Oreste Leonardi — Television movie • 2009–2010 — Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi — Fabrizio "Alfiere" Lorri — Main role (season 1), recurring role (season 2); 10 episodes • 2010 — Lo scandalo della Banca Romana — Inspector Cavaterra — Television movie • 2011 — The Secret of Water — Sabino Tomei — Main role; 6 episodes • La donna della domenica — Inspector De Palma — Television movie • Don Matteo — Rino Torre — Episode: "Generazione Y" • 2011–2012 — Distretto di Polizia — Marco Gallo — Recurring role (season 11); 14 episodes • 2011–2015 — Fuoriclasse — Salvatore Lobascio — Main role; 28 episodes • 2012 — Mai per amore — Mr. Fossati — Episode: "La fuga di Teresa" • Camera Café — 'Giappone Ripieno' Owner — Episode: "L'ultima katana" • 2013 — Trilussa – Storia d'amore e di poesia — Director Malgesi — Two-parts television movie • 2014 — Gli anni spezzati — Antonio Allegra — Episode: "Il commissario" • Le mani dentro la città — Filippo Diolosà — Main role; 12 episodes • 2015 — Ragion di Stato — General Ranieri — Television movie • Questo è il mio paese — Cardi — Main role; 6 episodes • The Candidate — Father Franco — Episode: "Conversione" • 2016 — Il sistema — Nicola Nardelli — Recurring role; 3 episodes • Romanzo siciliano — Salvatore Buscemi — Main role; 8 episodes • Un posto al sole — Gualtiero — Episode dated September 29, 2016 • 2017 — L'isola di Pietro — Enrico Rovandi — Main role (season 1); 6 episodes • Paolo Borsellino – Adesso tocca a me — Rino Germanà — Television movie • 2018 — The Immature: The Series — Gianni — Main role; 7 episodes • Liberi sognatori — Nino — Episode: "Libero Grassi" • La linea verticale — Giuseppe Barbieri — Main role; 8 episodes • 2018–2023 — The Bastards of Pizzofalcone — Giacomo Caruso — Recurring role; 6 episodes • 2019 — La stagione della caccia — Father Macaluso — Television movie • Non ho niente da perdere — Valdorsi — Television movie • Made in Italy — Pasquale Mastrangelo — Recurring role; 8 episodes • 2020 — Come una madre — Alberto — 2 episodes • La concedsione del telefono — Father Macaluso — Television movie • 2021–present — Lolita Lobosco — Police Commissioner Iacovella — Main role; 12 episodes • 2023 — The Lions of Sicily — Baron Chiaramonte Bordonaro — Episode: "Episode 5" • 2024 — Viola come il mare — Leonardo Piazza — Main role; 12 episodes • Il patriarca — Rais — Recurring role (season 2); 5 episodes • 2024–2025 — Màkari — Alfonso — 2 episodes • 2026 — A testa alta – Il coraggio di una donna — Angelo Bodoni — Main role; 3 episodes • The Law According to Lidia Poët — Giovanni Cantamessa — Main role (season 3); 5 episodes