Luca Zingaretti

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Luca Zingaretti
Luca Zingaretti in 2010
Born	(1961-11-11) 11 November 1961 (age 62) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor film director
Years active	1984–present
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouses	Margherita D'Amico ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2008)​ Luisa Ranieri ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2

Luca Zingaretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈluːka ddziŋɡaˈretti]; born 11 November 1961) is an Italian actor and film director, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a native of Rome, and the older brother of politician Nicola Zingaretti.

Life and career

Of

Zingaretti graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D' Amico in 1984 and began his acting career in the theatre, often working with director Luca Ronconi, appearing in such diverse plays as Chekhov's Three Sisters, Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and Martin Sherman's Bent.

Zingaretti made his film debut in 1987 with a minor role in Gli occhiali d'oro ("The Gold-Rimmed Glasses") — directed by Giuliano Montaldo — and in the same year first appeared on television in Il Giudice Istruttore ("The Investigating Magistrate)", directed by Florestano Vancini and Gianluigi Calderone. He first gained critical attention with his role as the ferocious "Ottorino" in Marco Risi's 1994 film Il branco ("The Wolf Pack"). In 1996 he starred with Sabrina Ferilli in the film Vite strozzate ("Strangled Lives"), directed by Ricky Tognazzi.

However, stardom arrived with his leading role as Commissario

• Prima dammi un bacio ("First Give Me a Kiss") (2003), dir. Ambrogio Lo Giudice
• I giorni dell'abbandono ("Days of Abandonment") (2005), dir. Roberto Faenza
• Tutte le donne della mia vita ("All The Women Of My Life") (2007), dir. Simona Izzo

On TV he appeared in :

• Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano ("Perlasca : An Italian Hero") (2002)
• Doppio agguato ("Double Ambush") (2003)
• Cefalonia ("
  Kefalonia
  ") (2005)
• Alla luce del sole ("To The Sunlight") (2005), a film on the life of Don Pino Puglisi.

In 2008 he appeared in four new Montalbano films, and in the same period adapted and directed the play La Sirena, from a story by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

In 2009 he continued to appear in the theatre and also worked on the film Noi credevamo, directed by Mario Martone, and set during the

• (2000) Gulu - Documentary
• (2007) Passa una vela... spingendo la notte più in là - Play
• (2007) Conversazioni con Suso - Documentary
• (2008) La Sirena - Play
• (2013) La torre d'avorio - Play
• (2015) The Pride - Play
• (2018) The Deep Blue Sea - Play

Voiceovers

• (2003)
  Marlin
  in Italian version
• (2006) La Grande Finale, Official documentary of the 2006 FIFA World Cup - narrator
• (2010) L'altra verità (Route Irish), dir. Ken Loach - voice of Fergus (Mark Womack)
• (2016)
  Marlin
  in Italian version
• (2016) Le confessioni, dir. Roberto Andò - voice of Daniel Roché (Daniel Auteuil)

Theatre

• La Sirena, from the story "Lighea" by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, adapted by Luca Zingaretti
• Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, dir. Luca Ronconi
• Le due commedie in commedia by Giambattista Andreini, dir. Luca Ronconi
• Bent by Martin Sherman, dir. Marco Mattolini
• I villeggianti and La madre by Maxim Gorky, dir. Sandro Sequi
• Come gocce su pietre roventi by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, dir. Marco Mattolini
• The Fairy Queen by F. Pourcell, dir. Luca Ronconi
• Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, dir. Luca Ronconi
• Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot, dir. Franco Branciaroli
• Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare, dir. Peter Stein
• The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus, dir. Luca Ronconi
• The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux, dir. Luca Ronconi
• Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, dir. Nanni Loy
• The Break of Noon by Paul Claudel, dir. Franco Però
• Trompe l'oeil by Cagnoni, Camilli, Martelli, dir. Federico Cagnoni
• Maratona di New York by Edoardo Erba, dir. Edoardo Erba
• The Prisoners of War by J. R. Ackerley, dir. Luca Zingaretti and Fabio Ferrari
• Line by Al Horowitz, dir. Piero Maccarinelli
• Cannibal by Richard Crowe and Richard Zajdlic, dir. Patrick Rossi Gastaldi
• Separation by Tom Kempinski, dir. Patrick Rossi Gastaldi
• Three Hotels, by Jon Robin Baitz, dir. Toni Bertorelli
• Confortate il male antico, by Gianclaudio Mantovani, dir. Luca Zingaretti
• The Ivory Tower, by Ronald Harwood, dir. Luca Zingaretti ^[1]
• The Pride, by Alexi Kaye Campbell, dir. Luca Zingaretti

Awards

- In 2003 Zingaretti was made a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic.^[2]

• (2004) Nastro d'Argento ("Silver Ribbon") for Best Dubbing for the voice of Marlin in Finding Nemo (Italian version)
• (2005) David di Donatello for Best Actor Award for Alla luce del sole
• (2005)
  Karlovy Vary Best Actor Award
  for Alla luce del sole
• (2008)
  Middle East International Film Festival Black Pearl for Best Actor for Sangue pazzo
• (2010) Nastro d'Argento ("Silver Ribbon") as Best Supporting Actor for Il figlio più piccolo and La nostra vita.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://cultura.studionews24.com/la-torre-d-avorio-colpevole-innocenza/ News article. Retrieved March 10, 2013 (Italian)
2. ^ http://www.vigata.org/ufficiale/ufficiale.shtml la Repubblica, 11.02.2003 (in Italian)
3. ^ Platania, Angela (2012). "Nastri D'argento 2010". guide.supereva.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 February 2012.

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