Christian De Sica
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Christian De Sica | |
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Born | Rome, Italy | 5 January 1951
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, scriptwriter |
Spouse |
Silvia Verdone (m. 1980) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Vittorio De Sica (father) María Mercader (mother) |
Relatives | Manuel De Sica (brother) Carlo Verdone (brother-in-law) |
Christian De Sica (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkristjan de ˈsiːka]; born 5 January 1951) is an Italian actor and film director.
Life
De Sica was born in Rome, the second son of Italian director
He was attracted to music, and participated in the
Acting career
With his father's help, he was able to take his first steps in the movie world with such teachers and mentors as
He married Silvia Verdone, sister of
After Night club, the last film directed by Italian director
As an actor, De Sica has won three David di Donatello awards: a prize for Giovannino in 1976, a special one together with Massimo Boldi in 2000, and the third one in 2009.
He received the America Award of the
Directing career
Since 1990 Christian De Sica has also been a director: he debuted with Faccione, whose script he wrote and tailor-made for actress Nadia Rinaldi. After Count Max, a homage to the cinema of his father and of Mario Camerini, that he interpreted with Ornella Muti, Anita Ekberg and his mother Maria Mercader, De Sica went on self-directing in Ricky & Barabba (1992), Men Men Men (1995), Tre (1996), Simpatici & antipatici (1998) and The Clan (2005).
A great admirer of Frank Sinatra and above all of Marlon Brando, he named his first child Brando in honour of the American actor. Criticism has often likened his acting to that of Alberto Sordi, from whom De Sica has drawn a lot of his expressions.
Filmography
Films
Title | Year | Role(s) | Director | Notes |
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Paulina 1880 | 1972 | Attilio Pandolfini | Jean-Louis Bertuccelli | Feature film debut |
A Brief Vacation | 1973 | Boy on train | Vittorio De Sica | Cameo appearance |
The Cousin | 1974 | Ninì Scuderi | Aldo Lado | |
Conviene far bene l'amore | 1975 | Daniele Venturoli | Pasquale Campanile | |
Sexycop | 1976 | Vito Militiello | Duccio Tessari | |
House of Pleasure for Women | Ugolino Facchini | Pupi Avati | ||
Giovannino | Giovannino Calì | Paolo Nuzzi | ||
An Almost Perfect Affair | 1979 | Carlo Barone | Michael Ritchie | |
Liquirizia | Gian Galeazzo Lo Cascio | Salvatore Samperi | ||
Il malato immaginario | Claudio Anzalone | Tonino Cervi | ||
Love in First Class | 1980 | Sales assistant | Salvatore Samperi | Cameo appearance |
I'm Getting a Yacht | Attilio | Sergio Corbucci | ||
Chaste and Pure | 1981 | Carletto Morosini | Salvatore Samperi | |
Teste di quoio | Carpets seller | Giorgio Capitani | Cameo appearance | |
Talcum Powder | 1982 | Marcello | Carlo Verdone | |
Grog | TV presenter | Francesco Laudadio | Cameo appearance | |
Viuuulentemente mia | Juan Lopez | Carlo Vanzina | ||
Time for Loving | 1983 | Felicino Carraro | ||
Acqua e sapone | Man at fashion show | Carlo Verdone | Cameo appearance | |
Vacanze di Natale | Roberto Covelli | Carlo Vanzina | ||
Vacanze in America | 1984 | Father Rodolfo | ||
Mi faccia causa | Giovanni Pennisi | Steno | ||
I pompieri | 1985 | Alberto Spina | Neri Parenti | |
Yuppies | 1986 | Sandro | Carlo Vanzina | |
Detective School Dropouts | Carlo Lombardi | Filippo Ottoni | ||
Grandi magazzini | Antonio Borazzi | Castellano & Pipolo | ||
Yuppies 2 | Sandro | Enrico Oldoini | ||
Montecarlo Gran Casinò | 1987 | Furio | Carlo Vanzina | |
Bellifreschi | Mario "Jerry" Marcelli | Enrico Oldoini | ||
I pompieri 2 | Alberto Spina | Giorgio Capitani | ||
Compagni di scuola | 1988 | Bruno Ciardulli | Carlo Verdone | |
Night Club | 1989 | Walter Danesi | Sergio Corbucci | |
Fratelli d'Italia | Cesare Proietti | Neri Parenti | ||
Vacanze di Natale '90 | 1990 | Tony | Enrico Oldoini | |
Count Max | 1991 | Alfredo / Count Max | Christian De Sica | Also director and screenwriter |
Faccione | None | Director and screenwriter | ||
Vacanze di Natale '91 | Enzo Lambertoni | Enrico Oldoini | ||
Anni 90 | 1992 | Cesare Proietti / Lando Marcelli | ||
Ricky & Barabba | Barabba | Christian De Sica | Also director and screenwriter | |
Anni 90: Parte II | 1993 | Rodolfo Buro / Roberto Torri | Enrico Oldoini | |
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago | 1994 | Cesare Atticus | Carlo Vanzina | |
Men Men Men | 1995 | Vittorio Mannino | Christian De Sica | Also director and screenwriter |
Vacanze di Natale '95 | Remo Proietti | Neri Parenti | ||
3 | 1996 | Jacopo Del Serchio | Christian De Sica | Also director and screenwriter |
A spasso nel tempo | Ascanio Orsini Varaldo | Carlo Vanzina | ||
A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua
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1997 | |||
Simpatici e antipatici | 1998 | Roberto | Christian De Sica | Also director |
Paparazzi | Cesare Proietti | Neri Parenti | ||
Tifosi | 1999 | |||
Vacanze di Natale 2000 | Giovanni Covelli | Carlo Vanzina | ||
Chicken Run | 2000 | Rocky (voice) | Peter Lord, Nick Park | Italian voice-over |
Body Guards | Fabio Leone | Neri Parenti | ||
Merry Christmas | 2001 | Fabio Trivellone | ||
Christmas on the Nile | 2002 | Mr. Ciulla | ||
Natale in India | 2003 | Fabio De Tassis | ||
Christmas in Love | 2004 | Fabrizio Barbetti | ||
The Clan | 2005 | Franco | Christian De Sica | Also director and screenwriter |
Natale a Miami | Giorgio Bassi | Neri Parenti | ||
Natale a New York | 2006 | Camillo Ferri | ||
Natale in crociera | 2007 | Paolo Cioffa | ||
Horton Hears a Who! | 2008 | Horton (voice) | Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino | Italian voice-over |
Natale a Rio | Paolo Berni | Neri Parenti | ||
Natale a Beverly Hills | 2009 | Carlo / Germano | ||
The Youngest Son | 2010 | Luciano Baietti | Pupi Avati | |
The Tourist | Colonel Lombardi | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | ||
Natale in Sudafrica | Carlo Boffa | Neri Parenti | ||
Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio
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2011 | Filippo | ||
Vacanze di Natale a Cortina | Roberto Covelli | |||
Buona giornata | 2012 | Prince Ascanio Cavallini | Carlo Vanzina | |
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Pirate Captain (voice) | Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt | Italian voice-over | |
Lightning Strike | Alberto Benni | Neri Parenti | Segment: "Primo episodio" | |
The Unlikely Prince | 2013 | Anastasio | Alessandro Siani | |
Colpi di fortuna | Gabriele Brunelli | Neri Parenti | ||
La scuola più bella del mondo | 2014 | Principal Brogi | Luca Miniero | |
Vacanze ai Caraibi | 2015 | Mario Grossi Tubi | Neri Parenti | Also screenwriter |
Fräulein | 2016 | Walter Bonelli | Caterina Carone | |
Poveri ma ricchi | Danilo Tucci | Fausto Brizzi | ||
Poveri ma ricchissimi | 2017 | |||
Amici come prima | 2018 | Cesare Proietti | Christian De Sica | Also director and screenwriter |
Sono solo fantasmi | 2019 | Tommaso Di Paola / Vittorio Di Paola | Also director and screenwriter | |
La mia banda suona il pop | 2020 | Tony Brando | Fausto Brizzi | |
In vacanza su Marte | Fabio Sinceri | Neri Parenti | ||
Comedians | 2021 | Bernardo Celli | Gabriele Salvatores | |
Chi ha incastrato Babbo Natale? | Santa Claus | Alessandro Siani | ||
Watch Out, We're Mad! | 2022 | Torsillo | YouNuts! | |
The Price of Family | Carlo | Giovanni Bognetti |
Television
Title | Year | Role(s) | Network | Notes |
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Blaise Pascal | 1972 | Lieutenant | Rai 1 | Miniseries; cameo appearance |
Alle sette della sera | 1974–1975 | Himself / Host | Rai 2 | Variety show |
La compagnia stabile della canzone con varietà e con comica finale | 1975 | Rai 1 | Special | |
Bambole, non c'e una lira | 1978 | Various | Variety show | |
Paris-Vichy | 1979 | Arnold | France 2 | Television movie |
Studio 80 | 1980 | Himself / Host | Rai 1 | Variety show |
Sotto le stelle | 1982 | Musical program (season 2) | ||
Flipper | 1983 | Photographer | Television movie | |
Cinema che follia! | 1988 | Himself / Host | Rai 2 | Variety show |
Belli freschi | 1993 | Various | Canale 5 | Sketch comedy |
Lo zio d'America | 2002–2006 | Massimo Ricciardi | Rai 1 | 12 episodes |
Attenti a quei tre | 2004 | Luca | Miniseries | |
Tale e quale show | 2012–2014, 2017, 2021 | Himself / Judge | Talent show (seasons 1–4, 7, 11) | |
Un matrimonio | 2013–2014 | Pippo Dagnini | 6 episodes | |
Striscia la notizia | 2015 | Himself / Guest host | Canale 5 | Variety show (from September 28–October 24) |
Mozart in the Jungle | 2016 | Mr. Beppi | Amazon Prime Video | 5 episodes |
Miss Italia | 2017 | Himself / Judge | La7 | Annual beauty contest |
Christian De Sica: Una serata tra amici | 2021 | Himself / Host | Rai 1 | Special |
References
- ^ María Mercader, la actriz catalana que amó a De Sica. El Pais, 30 Jan. 2011
- ^ Essere Liberi Archived 5 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 2004 (in Italian)
- Il Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 29 August 2020. Archivedfrom the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Christian De Sica compie 70 anni: "Sono un saltimbanco, un attore e uno showman"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Rooney, David (7 January 2002). "Local yokels deliver a boffo B.O holiday gift". Variety. p. 30.
- ^ Harford, Sonia (17 January 2003). "Diary/Rome". The Age (Melbourne, Australia). p. 4.
External links
- Official website
- Christian De Sica at IMDb