Valerio Mastandrea
Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian actor, filmmaker, and film producer.
Valerio Mastandrea
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- Name
- Valerio Mastandrea
- Birth Name
- Valerio Marco Massimo Maria Mastandrea
- Born
- 14 February 1972
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Nationality
- Italy
- Honours
- David di Donatello for Best Actor · David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
- Languages
- Italian
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Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian actor, filmmaker, and film producer.
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Valerio Mastandrea (born 1972) is an Italian actor, director and film director, among other activities. The actor was born in Rome.
Languages used include Italian. Valerio Mastandrea received David di Donatello for Best Actor and David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.
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Key facts
• Name — Valerio Mastandrea • Birth Name — Valerio Marco Massimo Maria Mastandrea • Born — 14 February 1972 • Occupation — * Actor • filmmaker • producer • Years Active — 1994–present • Birthplace — Rome, Italy
Life and career
Life and career
He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 late night talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show. After some occasional participation in stage plays and films, he had his breakout with the role of Tarcisio in the 1995 crime film Palermo – Milan One Way by Claudio Fragasso. In 1997 he got his first leading role in the sleeper box office hit We All Fall Down.
Television
Television
• Title — Year — Role — Network — Notes • I ragazzi del muretto — 1996 — Marcello — Rai 2 — Episode: "Sangue e amore" • Da cosa nasce cosa — 1997 — Mickey — Italia 1 — Television movie • Gli insoliti ignoti — 2003 — Cosimo Spadoni — Canale 5 — Television movie • Cefalonia — 2005 — Moreno — Rai 1 — Two-parts television movie • Buttafuori — 2006 — Cianca — Rai 3 — Lead role; 8 episodes • Boris — 2007 — Castings Actor — Fox — Episode: "Una giornata particolare" • Non pensarci – La serie — 2009 — Stefano Nardini — Main role; 12 episodes • Tutti pazzi per amore — 2010 — Himself — Rai 1 — Episode: "Almeno tu nell'universo" • La linea verticale — 2018 — Luigi — Rai 3 — Lead role; 8 episodes • Tear Along the Dotted Line — 2021 — Armadillo (voice) — Netflix — Main role; 6 episodes • This World Can't Tear Me Down — 2023 — Main role; 6 episodes • La Storia — 2024 — Remo — Rai 1 — Main role; 8 episodes • Antonia — Manfredi — Prime Video — Main role; 6 episodes • My 2 Cents — 2026 — Armadillo (voice) — Netflix — Main role; 6 episodes • Peccato — Rai 1 — Upcoming series
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Contemporary press record
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Valerio Mastandrea at the 79th Locarno Film Festival 2026
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Valerio Mastandrea at the 79th Locarno Film Festival 2026
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Film
• Title — Year — Role — Director — Notes • Ladri di cinema — 1994 — Valerio — Piero Natoli • Heartless — 1995 — Agent Inzerillo — Umberto Marino • Palermo – Milan One Way — Tarcisio Proietti — Claudio Fragasso • L'anno prossimo vado a letto alle dieci — Mirko — Angelo Orlando • Bruno aspetta in macchina — 1996 — Nanni — Duccio Camerini • Growing Artichokes in Mimongo — Enzo — Fulvio Ottaviano • A Cold, Cold Winter — Roby — Roberto Cimpanelli • La classe non è acqua — 1997 — Mauro Rizzuti — Cecilia Calvi • We All Fall Down — Walter Verra — Davide Ferrario • Stressati — Bertarelli — Mauro Cappelloni — Uncredited • Physical Jerks — Massimo Migliarini — Stefano Reali • Viola Kisses Everybody — 1998 — Samuele — Giovanni Veronesi • Abbiamo solo fatto l'amore — Leo — Fulvio Ottaviano • The Scent of the Night — Remo Guerra — Claudio Caligari • Barbara — Aldo — Angelo Orlando • La Carbonara — 2000 — Fabrizio — Luigi Magni • Zora the Vampire — Nicola Speranza — Manetti Bros. • Tomorrow — 2001 — Giovanni Moccia — Francesca Archibugi • Empty Eyes — Agent Rinaldi — Andrea Porporati • The Nest — 2002 — Giovanni — Florent-Emilio Siri • Ultimo stadio — Marco De Cesari — Ivano De Matteo • Maximum Velocity — Stefano — Daniele Vicari • People of Rome — 2003 — Guy on Bus — Ettore Scola • The Vanity Serum — 2004 — Franco Berardi — Alex Infascelli • Working Slowly (Radio Alice) — Lt. Lippolis — Guido Chiesa • Sorry, You Can't Get Through! — 2005 — Piero (Extrovert) — Paolo Genovese, Luca Miniero • L'orizzonte degli eventi — Max Flamini — Daniele Vicari • Amatemi — Andrea — Renato De Maria • Piano 17 — Street Vendor — Manetti Bros. — Cameo appearance • The Caiman — 2006 — Captain Cesari — Nanni Moretti • AD Project — MIB 1 — Eros Puglielli — Direct-to-video • Napoleon and Me — Ferrante Papucci — Paolo Virzì • Last Minute Marocco — 2007 — Sergio — Francesco Falaschi • Night Bus — Francesco Renzi — Davide Marengo • Don't Think About It — Stefano Nardini — Gianni Zanasi • Your Whole Life Ahead of You — 2008 — Giorgio Conforti — Paolo Virzì • Basette — Antonio — Gabriele Mainetti — Short film • Chi nasce tondo… — Mario — Alessandro Valori — Also co-writer • A Perfect Day — Antonio Buonocore — Ferzan Özpetek • Giulia Doesn't Date at Night — 2009 — Guido Montani — Giuseppe Piccioni • Good Morning Aman — Teodoro — Claudio Noce — Also co-producer • Nine — De Rossi — Rob Marshall • The First Beautiful Thing — 2010 — Adult Bruno Michelucci — Paolo Virzì • All at Sea — 2011 — Fantino — Matteo Cerami • Escort in Love — Narrator — Massimiliano Bruno — Voice role • Things from Another World — Ariele Verderame — Francesco Patierno • Ruggine — Adult Carmine — Daniele Gaglianone • Tormenti — Mario (voice) — Filiberto Scarpelli — Voice role • Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy — 2012 — Luigi Calabresi — Marco Tullio Giordana • The Landlords — Cosimo — Edoardo Gabriellini — Also co-writer • Balancing Act — Giulio — Ivano De Matteo • Garibaldi's Lovers — Leo — Silvio Soldini • Long Live Freedom — 2013 — Andrea Bottini — Roberto Andò • La mia classe — Professor — Daniele Gaglianone — Also co-producer • The Chair of Happiness — Dino — Carlo Mazzacurati • Caserta Palace Dream — 2014 — Charles III — James McTeigue — Short film • Pasolini — Nico Naldini — Abel Ferrara • The Face of an Angel — Edoardo — Michael Winterbottom • Ogni maledetto Natale — Tiziano / Baldovino — Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre • The Complexity of Happiness — 2015 — Enrico Giusti — Gianni Zanasi • Don't Be Bad — None — Claudio Caligari — Producer • Perfect Strangers — 2016 — Lele — Paolo Genovese • Sweet Dreams — Massimo — Marco Bellocchio • Fiore — Ascanio — Claudio Giovannesi — Also co-producer • The Place — 2017 — Mysterious Man — Paolo Genovese • Tito and the Aliens — 2018 — Professor Biondi — Paola Randi • Euphoria — Ettore Barbieri — Valeria Golino • La profezia dell'armadillo — None — Emanuele Scaringi — Co-writer • The King's Musketeers — Porthos — Giovanni Veronesi • Ride — None — Valerio Mastandrea — Directional debut; also writer and producer • Domani è un altro giorno — 2019 — Tommaso — Simone Spada • Figli — 2020 — Nicola — Giuseppe Bonito • The Players — Paolo — Stefano Mordini • The King's Musketeers: All for One, One for All — Porthos — Giovanni Veronesi • La terra dei figli — 2021 — Boia — Claudio Cupellini • Zeros and Ones — Luciano — Abel Ferrara • Anni da cane — Stella's Father — Fabio Mollo • Diabolik — Inspector Ginko — Manetti Bros. • Il pataffio — 2022 — Migone — Francesco Lagi • Dry — Loris — Paolo Virzì • Diabolik: Ginko Attacks! — Inspector Ginko — Manetti Bros. • The First Day of My Life — 2023 — Napoleone — Paolo Genovese • There's Still Tomorrow — Ivano Santucci — Paola Cortellesi • Diabolik: Who Are You? — Inspector Ginko — Manetti Bros. • Adagio — Polniuman — Stefano Sollima • True Blue — 2024 — Franco — Filippo Barbagallo • Feeling Better — 2025 — Him — Valerio Mastandrea — Also director, writer and producer • Five Seconds — Adriano Sereni — Paolo Virzì • No Pain — 2026 — Gianni Amelio — Post-production • The City of the Living — The Father — Edoardo Gabbriellini — Post-production • Armony — Armony — Dario Albertini — Post-production • È andata così — Christophe — Gianni Zanasi — Post-production • Il sopravvissuto — Andrea Marescalchi — Claudio Cupellini — Post-production • Gli ultimi giorni di vita di Leonardo Ravelli, figlio unico — Stefano Grasso — In production
Awards and nominations
• Award — Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Ref. Reference • 59th Venice International Film Festival — 2002 — Pasinetti Award for Best Actor — Maximum Velocity — rowspan="5" • Bari International Film Festival — 2018 — Gabriele Ferzetti Award for Best Actor — Tito and the AlienTito and the Aliens • Ciak d'Oro — 2008 — Best Actor — Don't Think About It • 2013 — Best Supporting Actor — Long Live Freedom • 2016 — Best Producer — Don't Be Bad • 2023 — Best Actor — There's Still Tomorrow • Cinematografo Award — 2025 — Best Actor — Five Seconds • David di Donatello — 2007 — Best Supporting Actor — Napoleon and Me — rowspan="2" • 2009 — Best Actor — Don't Think About It • 2010 — The First Beautiful Thing • 2012 — Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy • 2013 — Balancing Act — rowspan="2" • Best Supporting Actor — Long Live Freedom • 2016 — Best Actor — Perfect Strangers — rowspan="3" • Best Producer — Don't Be Bad • 2017 — Best Actor — Sweet Dreams • Best Supporting Actor — Fiore • 2018 — Best Actor — The Place — rowspan="13" • 2019 — Best New Director — Ride • Best Adapted Screenplay — La profezia dell'armadillo • Best Supporting Actor — Euphoria • 2021 — Best Actor — Figli • 2022 — Best Supporting Actor — Diabolik • 2024 — Best Actor — There's Still Tomorrow • 2026 — Five Seconds • Globo d'oro — 2007 — Best Actor — Night Bus • 2010 — The First Beautiful Thing • 2012 — Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy • 2013 — Balancing Act • 2026 — Five Seconds • La pellicola d'oro — 2015 — Special Award — Himself • 2021 — Best Actor — Figli • 2024 — There's Still Tomorrow • 2026 — Feeling Better • Locarno Film Festival — 1997 — Bronze Leopard Award — We All Fall Down — rowspan="2" • Moscow International Film Festival — 2019 — Silver Saint George for Best Director — Ride • Nastro d'Argento — 1998 — Best Actor — We All Fall Down — rowspan="6" • 1999 — The Scent of the Night • 2003 — Maximum Velocity • 2008 — Don't Think About It • 2010 — The First Beautiful Thing • 2013 — Balancing Act • 2016 — Special Nastro d'Argento — Perfect Strangers • 2017 — Best Supporting Actor — Fiore — rowspan="3" • 2018 — Best Actor — The Place • 2019 — Domani è un altro giorno • Best New Director — Ride — rowspan="4" • 2020 — Best Comedy Actor — Figli • 2025 — Best Story — Feeling Better • 2026 — Best Actor — Five Seconds
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore. 31. 2003. 8884402697.
- 2.Virzì's The First Beautiful Thing sets out to conquer Hollywood. cineuropa. 29 September 2010.
- 3.David di Donatello, il trionfo di Tornatore. Corriere della Sera. 15 June 2013.
- 4.Gabbriellini, Edoardo. The City of the Living. Cineuropa. 23 July 2026.
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