Claudio Amendola

Claudio Amendola (Rome,16 February 1963) is an Italian actor and a director.

He is a son of the actor and voice dubber Ferruccio Amendola and dubber Rita Savagnone. His son is voice dubber Alessia Amendola and his girlfriend is actress Francesca Neri. He starred in the 1993 film The Escort, which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Career

Claudio Amendola started his movie career during 1980s, playing comic roles in some Italian comedies directed by Carlo Vanzina. In 1987 he played his first dramatic role in Soldati - 365 all'alba, directed by Marco Risi, and in the following decade he confirmed his dramatic skills in some movies like Ultrà (1990) and The Escort (1993), both directed by Ricky Tognazzi. During 2000s Amendola became also a very popular television actor, playing in the popular fiction named I Cesaroni, the Italian version of Los Serrano.

Filmography

• Vacanze di Natale, directed by Carlo Vanzina (1983)
• Amarsi un po', directed by Carlo Vanzina (1984)
• Vacanze in America, directed by Carlo Vanzina (1984)
• La venexiana, directed by Mauro Bolognini (1986) - With Laura Antonelli, Monica Guerritore, Jason Connery.
• Soldati - 365 all'alba, directed by Marco Risi (1987)
• Little Roma, directed by Francesco Massaro (1988)
• I giorni del commissario Ambrosio, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1988)
• Mery per sempre, directed by Marco Risi (1989)
• Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa, directed by Ettore Scola (1990)
• Ultrà, directed by Ricky Tognazzi (1990)
• Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri, directed by Gianfranco Albano and Felice Farina (1990)
• Un'altra vita, directed by Carlo Mazzacurati (1992)
• The Escort, directed by Ricky Tognazzi (1993)
• Briganti - Amore e Libertà, directed by Marco Modugno (1993)
• I mitici - Colpo gobbo a Milano, directed by Carlo Vanzina (1994)
• Poliziotti, directed by Giulio Base (1994)
• La Reine Margot, directed by Patrice Chéreau (1994)
• The Horseman on the Roof, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1995)
• La mia generazione, directed by Wilma Labate (1996)
• Testimone a rischio, directed by Pasquale Pozzessere (1996)
• Un paradiso di bugie, directed by Pasquale Pozzessere (1996)
• Nostromo (mini-series), diected by Alastair Reid (1996)
• Altri uomini,directed by Claudio Bonivento(1997)
• Le mani forti, directed by Franco Bernini (1997)
• La carbonara, directed by Luigi Magni (1999)
• Il partigiano Johnny, directed by Guido Chiesa (2000)
• Il grande botto, directed by Leone Pompucci (2000)
• Sottovento!, directed by Stefano Vicario (2001)
• Napoléon, directed by Yves Simoneau (2001)
• Fratella e sorello, directed by Sergio Citti (2002)
• Caterina in the Big City, directed by Paolo Virzì (2003)
• Ho visto le stelle!, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (2003)
• Il ritorno del Monnezza, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2005)
• Melissa P. , directed by Luca Guadagnino (2005)
• La fisica dell'acqua, directed by Felice Farina (2009)

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Escort". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2582/year/1993.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 

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