Giuseppe Fiorello

Giuseppe Fiorello
Giuseppe Fiorello, June 2008
Born	(1969-03-12) 12 March 1969 (age 52) Catania, Sicily, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Beppe Fiorello Fiorellino
Occupation	Actor Disc jockey Presenter

Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino (born 12 March 1969), is an Italian actor of the cinema and television.

Career[]

Fiorello was born in Catania, Sicily, the youngest of four children.^[1] His elder brother is the noted television and radio personality Rosario Fiorello, better known to Italian audiences as Fiorello.

Giuseppe's first job was as an electrician in a tourist village.^[2] In 1994, Giuseppe began his career in the entertainment business as a disk jockey on the nationally-aired Dee Jay Radio, using the name Fiorellino. That same year, he made his debut on television as a presenter for the Mediaset programme Karaoke, which his brother had also hosted. Four years later in 1998, he made his screen debut in the film L'ultimo capodanno, directed by Marco Risi. He played the part of Gaetano Malacozza. Since then he has performed regularly in films and television fiction, with many starring roles such as in L'uomo sbagliato, Joe Petrosino, La vita rubata, Giuseppe Moscati, Lo scandalo della Banca Romana and Volare in which he portrayed singer Domenico Modugno.

Filmography[]

Cinema[]

• L'ultimo capodanno, directed by Marco Risi (1998)
• , directed by Alessandro Di Robilant (1999)
• C'era un cinese in coma, directed by Carlo Verdone (2000)
• Tre mogli, directed by Marco Risi (2001)
• , directed by (2007)
• Galantuomini, directed by Edoardo Winspeare (2008)
• Baarìa, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2009)
• , directed by Roberta Torre (2010)
• Terraferma, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2011)
• Magnifica presenza, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2012)
• Benvenuto Presidente!, directed by Riccardo Milani (2013)
• , directed by Vittorio Moroni (2013)
• Era d'estate, directed by Fiorella Infascelli (2016)

Television[]

• , directed by (1998)
• , directed by - TV film (1999)
• Brancaccio, directed by (2001)
• , directed by (2002)
• Salvo D'Acquisto, directed by (2003)
• , directed by Stefano Reali (2005)
• Il Grande Torino, directed by Claudio Bonivento (2005)
• , directed by Paolo Bianchini (2005)
• Il cuore nel pozzo, directed by Alberto Negrin (2005)
• Joe Petrosino, directed by (2006)
• Crimini, directed by , episode "Troppi equivoci" (2006)
• Giuseppe Moscati - L'amore che guarisce, directed by Giacomo Campiotti (2007)
• , directed by (2008)
• , directed by Maurizio Zaccaro (2008)
• , directed by Stefano Reali (2010)
• Ballando con le stelle (2010)
• , directed by Giacomo Campiotti (2010)
• , directed by (2010)
• , directed by (2011)
• , directed by Riccardo Milani (2013)
• Io non mi arrendo, directed by Enzo Monteleone - miniseries (2016)

Writer[]

• , directed by (2011)

Short films[]

• con Rosario Fiorello (2011)

Theater[]

• (2013)

References[]

External links[]

• Giuseppe Fiorello at IMDb
• Media related to Giuseppe Fiorello at Wikimedia Commons