Gianni Capaldi
Gianni Capaldi | |
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Born | 1973 (age 47–48)[1] Hamilton, Scotland |
Occupation | Actor and film producer |
Years active | Since 2005 |
Gianni Capaldi is a Scottish actor and film and television producer.
Early life and education[]
Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire to parents Tony and Maria, Capaldi grew up in the town and went to St Mary's Primary School followed by Hamilton College before continuing his education at Glasgow Caledonian University. Before going into acting he played youth football with Motherwell. He is related to Scottish entertainers Jimmy Logan and Peter Capaldi.[citation needed]
Career[]
Capaldi has been credited with Best Actor Awards in San Diego's 2017 IndieFest Film Awards and Chicago's 2017 Amarcord Film Festival. [2]
Acting[]
Capaldi first role was appearing in the comedy film All In (2005). Although he has starred in various genre pieces ranging from drama to horror, he is mostly known in the action world.
Capaldi's first major role, where he portrayed a British gangster called English, saw him star alongside Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo and Tom Sizemore in the action Sony picture film Cross .[3] Capaldi worked alongside Morgan Freeman in the children's film, Wish Wizard, a film made in collaboration with the Make a Wish Foundation.[4] then in the paranormal moralistic drama The Between, with Isabelle Fuhrman, Joel Courtney and Peter Bogdanovich. Capaldi briefly expanded into television with appearances as himself in the HDnet reality television series Hollywood Royale.
Capaldi acting credits include Crossroads, romantic drama Don't Pass Me By, before teaming up with Jason Mewes for a web series, called Vigilante Diaries. Then he went onto star in Devil's Dozen, a horror feature directed by Jeremy London and also starring C. Thomas Howell, Jake Busey, Jeremy London and Eric Roberts, which premiered at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood in 2013[5]
Capaldi starred in a trio of action films directed by Giorgio Serafini. In Ambushed, Capaldi portrays an uncontrollable Scottish gangster alongside Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture. Blood of Redemption, showcases the softer side of Capaldi as an American FBI agent, and brother to Billy Zane and nephew to Robert Davi, in a constant struggle to vindicate his fathers murder with Dolph Lundgren and Vinnie Jones, on opposite sides of the fence. Capaldi also produced A Certain Justice, starring alongside martial arts specialist, Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan.[6]
Capaldi then filmed a theatrically released horror feature in Italy about an urban witch legend Janara (2014) where he played an American priest. He continued with filming in Europe in the BBC comedy short film Gasping, set in Scotland with director Greg Hemphill and comedian Frankie Boyle.[7] Gasping was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival.[8] Capaldi starred in Mickey Rooney's last film Jeckyl and Hyde, leading the cast as the despicable Edward Hyde where he teamed up with actor Margaret O'Brien.[7] He then went on to work on Last Man's club, a family film alongside Jake Bussey, Richard Riedle and Kate French.
In 2015, Capaldi starred in Bite, an action horror film alongside Costas Mandylor and Vinnie Jones, directed by Alberto Sciamma which was shot in Rome. Capaldi filmed Ghosts of Garip in Turkey playing the lead in an action adventure vampire driven horror alongside Selma Ergeç. This film has been released in theatres across Istanbul. Wicked Within was a gothic thriller executive produced by Courtney Solomon that highlights Capaldi's soft side as husband to a possessed wife, Sienna Guillory, and also stars Enzo Cilenti and Eric Roberts.[9]
Capaldi costarred in Nightfall which was shot in Bulgaria, alongside Robert Englund, before joining up with Lindsay Lohan in Belgium and starring with her in The Shadow Within as a Lieutenant mixed up in a political world of vampires and werewolves. Capaldi led the cast alongside Dominique Swain in the film Deprivation which was shot in Rome and directed by Brian Skiba.[10] Capaldi went on to film Chokehold in Canada starring with Casper Van Dien before heading to Turin, Italy to film thriller Ulysses with Danny Glover. Capaldi filmed Paper Empire in Miami , a television show alongside Wesley Snipes, Steve Guttenburg and Val Kilmer.
Capaldi filmed festival bound Cranley Gardens in December[when?] in London then he begun filming in Alabama, on the Western Hell On The Border alongside Frank Grillo, Ron Perlman and Rudy Youngblood where he portrayed the famous Tom Pinkerton.
2018 had a busy start for Capaldi with work on Robert The Bruce (shot in Scotland) , Astro (Los Angeles) and on the Becoming (Kentucky) alongside Toby Kebbell. Robert the Bruce was alongside Angus MacFadyen (Braveheart's Robert The Bruce) which followed the story of the Scottish historical icon. October 2018 saw him film in Connecticut, a Universal Christmas movie called Adventures of Santa alongside Denise Richards then onto LA to film horror flick Circus Road. River Runs Red which Capaldi shot last December in Kentucky alongside John Cusack, Luke Hemsworth, Taye Diggs and George Lopez came out theatrically in January 2019 across the USA. Capaldi plays a cop alongside Hemsworth who find themselves in a precarious position.
Capaldi filmed Christmas Movie for Universal Pictures, My Adventures for Santa, which was released in the Winter of 2019 alongside Barbara Eden and Denise Richards. Lionsgate's western, Hell On The Border, was released in November 2019 which saw Capaldi play Tom Pinkerton alongside Ron Perlman and Frank Grillo Capaldi then starred in action movie The Commando alongside Michael Jai White and Mickey Rourke which was shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2020.[11]
Deadline announced that Capaldi was cast alongside Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo in the movie A Day To Die.[12]
Personal life[]
He lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former NFL San Diego Chargers Cheerleader Amanda Fitz.[13][14]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Genre | Role | Notes |
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All In | 2005 | comedy | Sabastian | |
Cross | 2010 | action film-fantasy | English | |
Mandarin Orange Boys | 2010 | comedy | Caspian James | |
Wish Wizard | 2010 | comedy | Chevy | |
The Martini Shot | 2011 | Drama film | Leo | |
Crossroads | 2011 | action film | The Scotsman | < |
Don't Pass Me By | 2011 | Drama | Chris | |
Act of Betrayal | 2011 | Drama film | Ryan | |
Ambushed | 2013 | action film | Eddie | |
Blood of Redemption | 2013 | action film | Kurt | |
Unbelievable | 2013 | SciFi | Scotty | |
A Certain Justice | 2013 | action film | Vin | |
Janara | 2014 | horror film | Andrea | |
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | 2014 | horror film | Edward Hyde | |
Gasping | 2015 | comedy film | Frank | |
The Wicked Within | 2015 | Horror film | Luke | |
Last Man Club | 2015 | Drama | Frank | |
Bite/ Blood Trap | 2015 | horror thriller film | Boria | |
The Ghosts of Garip | 2015 | horror thriller film | John | as of 9 August 2015[needs update] |
Nightworld | 2015 | Horror | Martin | |
Deprivation | 2016 | Action | Jake | as of 1 February 2019[needs update] |
Chokehold | 2016 | Action | Feodor | |
Ulysses | 2016 | Thriller | Tony | |
Isolani | 2017 | Thriller | Thomas | |
Rottentail | 2017 | SciFi | Professor | as of 1 March 2019[needs update] |
Astro | 2018 | SciFi | Jesse Ronin | |
The Trouble | 2019 | Comedy | Johnny Turdo | as of 28 February 2019[needs update] |
Among The Shadows | 2019 | Action | Lt. McGregor | |
Robert The Bruce | 2019 | Action | David MacDonald | as of 8 November 2019[needs update] |
Cranley Gardens | 2019 | Drama | Mr Leaveaux | as of 28 February 2019[needs update] |
Circus Road | 2019 | Horror | Thomas Ferguson | as of 28 February 2019[needs update] |
Becoming | 2019 | Thriller | Dr Andrew Keenan | as of 28 February 2019[needs update] |
My Adventures of Santa | 2019 | Family | David | as of 8 November 2019[needs update] |
River Runs Red | 2019 | Thriller | Rory | |
Hell on the Border | 2019 | Western | Tom Pinkerton | as of 28 February 2019[needs update] |
The Commando | 2020 | Action | Dominic | |
A Day To Die | 2021 | Action | Tim |
Year | Title | Genre | Role | Notes |
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Hollywood Royale | 2010 | reality | Gianni | Lead Season 1 Post Production |
Vigilante Diaries | 2013 | series | Nigel Hawkes | |
Feel The Dead | 2016 | series | Matt | |
Still Game | 2019 | series | Shop Salesman | |
Paper Empire | 2019 | series | Sava | |
Salvage Marines | 2019 | series | Tyrol Gaius |
Producing[]
His producing credits include attribution as an associate producer for the Alien Express (2005) and 6 producer credits in The Martini Shot (2010), The Wicked Within (2010), Rush (2013), Blood of Redemption (2013),[15][16] with recent Certain Justice (2013), and Badge of Honor (2014) added to his list.
Year | Title | Genre | Attribution |
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Alien Express | 2005 | horror, science-fiction television film | assistant producer |
The Martini Shot | 2007 | romantic-comedy | producer |
Wicked Within | 2014 | Horror | producer |
Act of Betrayal | 2011 | Drama film | Producer |
Hard Rush | 2013 | action film | Producer |
Blood of Redemption | 2013 | action film | Producer |
Certain Justice | 2013 | action film | Producer |
Badge of Honor | 2014 | action film | Producer |
References[]
- ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ Awards Section IMDB/ Shows Awards confirmed by IMDB (8 March 2021)
- ^ Wiki Cross The Movie (31 May 2011). "Cross Film: London gangster English (Gianni Capaldi)"
- ^ Egyptian Entertainment Group (6 May 2011). "Egyptianman Entertainment Group: Tell us something about your new film "Wish Wizard" starring Morgan Freeman?"
- ^ Prlog announces Premiere and cast of Devils Dozen (2 February 2013)
- ^ Ultimate Dolph website announces Capaldi starring and producing with Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan (5 May 2013) [1]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Action Elite website interviews Capaldi on his starring in Certain Justice, his filming on Gasping with Frankie Boyle, filming Italian horror Janara and his Jeckyl and Hyde with Mickey Rooney (23 June 2014) [2]
- ^ EIFF unveils further Scottish titles (19 May 2015)
- ^ After Dark Films-8-films-to-die-for-the-wicked-within/ After Dark Films’ 8 Films to Die For: THE WICKED WITHIN (8 August 2015)
- ^ Deprivation Starts Shooting in Rome (10 March 2016)
- ^ Asif Akbar Interview for The Commando (7 December 2020)
- ^ Vertical Entertainment acquires A Day To Die (12 May 2021)
- ^ Actor Gianni Capaldi marries former American cheerleader, Daily Record, 6 June 2015
- ^ Actor Gianni Capaldi talks Celtic, Rangers and the future of Scottish football, HITC, 17 August 2016
- ^ Hollywood Reporter announces Capaldi Producing Blood of Redemption (2 February 2013) [3]
- ^ Variety Magazine announces Capaldi Producing Blood of Redemption (2 February 2013) [4]
External links[]
- 1973 births
- 20th-century Scottish male actors
- 21st-century Scottish male actors
- British people of Italian descent
- Living people
- People educated at Hamilton College, South Lanarkshire
- Scottish expatriates in the United States
- Scottish male film actors
- Scottish male television actors
- Scottish film producers
- Scottish people of Italian descent
- People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University