Francesco Scianna

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Francesco Scianna
Margareth Madè (left) and Francesco Scianna (right) at the opening of Baaria, Toronto International Film Festival 2009.
Born	(1982-03-25) 25 March 1982 (age 39) Palermo, Italy
Years active	2002–present

Francesco Scianna (born 25 March 1982 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian actor.

Biography[]

Early education and career[]

Francesco Scianna began his acting career in theater, debuting in 1997 with the recital of poems by Salvatore Quasimodo, "CEI". Later he participated in many other works and graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D'Amico.

He debuted in the movie Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002), directed by Cristina Comencini, followed by L'odore del sangue, (2004), directed by Mario Martone. In 2007, he acted in the movie L'uomo di vetro.

After these films he performed on television, in and Il Capo dei Capi.

Major roles[]

His big break came in 2009 when he played the role of Peppino Torrenuova, the male protagonist in Baarìa , directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, next to newcomer Margareth Madè. The film succeeded at the box office and was nominated by Italy as its entry in the Oscars 2010^{[citation needed]} and also nominated for a Golden Globe.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010 Scianna acted in the movie Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male, playing the role of Francis Turatello, with Kim Rossi Stuart, directed by Michele Placido.^[1] Also that year, he acted in and in 2011 in .

Filmography[]

Films[]

• Il più bel giorno della mia vita by Cristina Comencini (2002)
• L'odore del sangue by Mario Martone (2004)
• Il regista di matrimoni by Marco Bellocchio (2006)
• L'uomo di vetro by Stefano Incerti (2007)
• Baarìa - La porta del vento by Giuseppe Tornatore (2009)
• Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male by Michele Placido (2010)
• by Marco Ponti (tv) (2011)
• by (2012)
• L'industriale by Giuliano Montaldo (2012)
• Come il vento by Marco Simon Puccioni (2013)
• Fasten Your Seatbelts by Ferzan Ozpetek (2014)
• Another South by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2014)
• by (2014)
• Latin Lover by Cristina Comencini (2015)
• The Price of Desire by Mary McGuckian (2015)
• by Stefano Lorenzi (2015)
• Ben-Hur by Timur Bekmambetov (2016)
• Mary Magdalene by Garth Davis (2018)
• Beware the Gorilla by Luca Miniero (2019)

Television[]

• , (2006)
• Il Capo dei Capi, (2007)
• , (2010)
• The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, (2016)^[2]
• The Trial (2019), shown in the USA on Netflix

References[]

External links[]

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