Bruno Zanin

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Bruno Zanin
Born (1951-04-09) 9 April 1951 (age 73)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1973–present
SpouseMonique
ChildrenFrancesco
Fiorenzo

Bruno Zanin (born 9 April 1951 in Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy) is an Italian film, theatre and TV actor and writer.

Life and career

Child of farmers and the sixth of seven brothers, Zanin studied at a school run by priests up to the age of fourteen when an event occurred that made him leave (detailed in his novel, Nobody Must Know). After a life on the road including time in jail, he became an actor by accident when

Goldoni but also in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
.

In 2007 he published his first novel, an autobiographical work titled Nobody Must Know. The book obtained special mention at the Città di Latisana per il Nord Est, an Italian literary awards event. The novel was published in Spanish by Trotta editorial (Madrid) as Que no se entere nadie.

Zanin has two sons, Francesco and Fiorenzo. He lives in a log cabin in the woods at Vanzone con San Carlo, a mountain village below Monte Rosa, Piedmont.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1973 Amarcord Titta Federico Fellini
1974
Un uomo, una città
Young Lover of Maria Romolo Guerrieri
1974 La prova d'amore Gianni Tiziano Longo
1975
La polizia ha le mani legate
Franco Ludovisi Luciano Ercoli
1975
La prima volta sull'erba - Danza d'amore sotto gli olmi
Gianluigi Calderone
1976
L'Agnese va a morire
Figlio di Cencio Giuliano Montaldo
1976 The Mistress Is Served Daniele Cardona, il figlio Mario Lanfranchi
1978 La borgata dei sogni Daniele Pettinari
1978 Mille e una vita
1982 Marco Polo Giulio Giuliano Montaldo TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes
1982 Il buon soldato Marco Franco Brusati
1983 Occhei, occhei Claudia Fiorio
1984 Notti e nebbie Bonetti Marco Tullio Giordana TV movie
1985 Inganni Luigi Faccini
1986
Il caso Moro
2nd Brigadist Giuseppe Ferrara
1987 L'isola del tesoro Morgan Antonio Margheriti TV Mini-Series, 5 episodes
2000 Francesca e Annunziata
2000 La donna del delitto Bruno D'Amato Corrado Colombo
2009 Reame del Nulla
2017 In Search of Fellini Beppi Taron Lexton

TV theatre

  • 1979: The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, dir. Gianfranco De Bosio with Sergio Fantoni, Andrea Giordana, Massimo Dapporto, Pino Ferrara, Lina Sastri, Bruno Zanin, Vittorio Stagni, Ilaria Occhini, Massimo Foschi, Gianrico Tedeschi, Antonio Garrani, Loris Loddi, (aired on March 24, 1979).

Theatre

  • 1974: Goldoni - La putta onorata and la buona moglie
  • 1975: Goldoni - Il Campiello
  • 1979: Shakespeare - Il Mercante di Venezia
  • 1982: Goldoni - I pettegolezzi delle donne
  • 1989: Goldoni - Il Ventaglio

Writing

  • 2006: Nobody must know (ed. Tullio Pironti)

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