Giancarlo Giannini

ActorDirectorArtWriterProducer Aug 1 (age 83) La Spezia, Liguria, Italy 1965–2026 (61 year career)

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Biography

Giancarlo Giannini (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor. Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predomin…

Known For

Film

Casino Royale

Mathis

Film

Man on Fire

Miguel Manzano

Film

Hannibal

Insp. Renaldo Pazzi

Film

Quantum of Solace

Mathis

Film

A Walk in the Clouds

Alberto Aragón

Film

Mimic

Manny

Film

Swept Away

Gennarino Carunchio

Film

Frank Herbert's Dune

Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV

Filmography

Acting (190)

Movies (173)

Tradita

2026

as Nicandro

Baracoa

2025

Albatross

2025

as Vito

5.0

Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita

2025

as Sé stesso

9.8

Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì

2025

Cabrini

2024

as Pope Leo XIII

7.8

Book Club: The Next Chapter

as Police Chief

Senza malizia

Buon Lavoro

Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist

as Self

Duetto

as Gino

Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore

2021

as Sé stesso

7.0

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5

I Fratelli De Filippo

as Eduardo Scarpetta

Hugo in Argentina

as Narrator (voice)

Gianni Schicchi

as Buoso Donati

Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta

Starman

as Se stesso

Sand and Fire

as Talleyrand

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Professor Eduardo Amaldi

6.2

Diminuta

2018

as Marco Aurelio

Magical Nights

2018

as Leandro Saponaro

6.1

Prigioniero della mia libertà

2018

as Ispettore Spaccini

2.0

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

as Self

The Neighborhood

as Gianluca Moretti

Nobili bugie

as Franco

Love Pret-a-porte

as Giorgio's father

Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle

as Catarella

Stanotte a Venezia

as Carlo Goldoni

Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes

2017

as Narratore (voice)

6.3

The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples

2017

as Principe

The Boy from Giudecca

2016

as Giudice Mangrella

5.2

Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan

2016

as Principe

Astrosamantha

2016

6.5

Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.3

On Air: Storia di Un Successo

2016

as Presidente

4.9

The Day of the Two Holy Popes

2015

Behind the White Glasses

2015

as Self

6.3

Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders

2015

as Principe

8.0

Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man

2015

as Himself

The First Line

2014

as Petros

6.0

27 aprile Racconto di un evento

2014

as Voice

Un angelo all'inferno

as Pietro Bardelli

Eurotrapped

as Don Ferracane

The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

as Nikita

Omamamia

as Lorenzo

Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone

2012

First Happiness

2011

as Ettore

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

as Self

I Will Return

as Borghi

La bella società

as Dott. Guarrasi

Quantum of Solace

as Mathis

Bastardi

as Il gatto

Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia

2008

as Benedetto Diveri

6.0

Io non dimentico

2008

as Salvatore Conticello

3.7

Il sangue e la rosa

2008

as Cardinal Rospigliosi

6.8

Il generale Dalla Chiesa

2007

as Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

6.1

Milan – Palermo: The Return

as Turi Leofonte

Casino Royale

as Mathis

A Beautiful Vacation

as Self

The Maidens' Conspiracy

2006

as The Emperor

4.0

Salvatore. Questa è la vita

as Timpaliscia

Shadows in the Sun

as Father Moretti

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

2005

as Self

6.7

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

2005

as Self

7.8

Raul - Right to Kill

2005

as Giudice Porfirio

Man on Fire

as Miguel Manzano

13 at a Table

as Giulio

Five Moons Plaza

as Branco

My House in Umbria

as Inspector Girotti

3 Women

as David

Incantato

as Cesare Balocchi

Forever

as Giovanni

Francesca and Nunziata

2003

as Giordano Montorsi

7.5

Il consiglio d'Egitto

as Narrator (voice)

Amnèsia

as Xavier (voice)

Darkness

as Albert Rua

Ti voglio bene Eugenio

as Eugenio

Joshua

as The Pope

The Bankers Of God: The Calvi Affair

as Flavio Carboni

Ciao America

as Zi' Felice

Dracula

as Dr. Enrico Valenzi

On the Set of CQ

2002

as Self

The Whole Shebang

as Pop Bazinni

as Enzo

Hannibal

as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi

6.8

Momo

2001

as Presidente (voice)

7.1

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

2001

as Self

6.7

A Long Long Long Night of Love

2001

as Marcello

5.0

A Night with Sabrina Love

as Leonardo

Viper

as Guastamacchia

The Wasteland

as Macrì

No Deposit, No Return

1999

as Cesena

6.0

Milonga

1999

as Commissario

Sweet Idleness

1999

as Count Nencini

7.0

La stanza dello Scirocco

1998

as Marchese di Acquafurata

The Dinner

as Professore

Mimic

as Manny

Vacation in Hell

as Ortega

Heaven Before I Die

as Thief

Ultimo bersaglio

as Leo Steiner

Celluloide

1996

as Sergio Amidei

6.5

Palermo – Milan One Way

as Turi Leofonte

La lupa

as Padre Angiolino

Elective Affinities

as Narrator (voice)

Más allá del jardín

as Bernardo

Fried Crumbed Brains

La frontiera

as Von Zirkenitz

New York Crossing

as Enzo

A Walk in the Clouds

as Alberto Aragón

Like Two Crocodiles

as Pietro Fraschini

Jacob

as Laban

Black as the Heart

as Valentino Bruio

Giovanni Falcone

as Paolo Borsellino

Once Upon a Crime

as Inspector Bonnard

In The Rose Garden

as Tramontano

Life with the Kids

as Adriano Setti

Dark Illness

as Giuseppe Marchi

The Amusements of Private Life

1990

as Charles Renard

3.0

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

as Self

6.7

Blood Red

1989

as Sebastian Collogero

4.6

Brown Bread Sandwiches

as Alberto

New York Stories

as Claudio

Time to Kill

as Il Maggiore

The Sleazy Uncle

as Riccardo

'o Re

as Francis II of the Two Sicilies

Snack Bar Budapest

as Avvocato

Ternosecco

as Domenico

I picari

as Guzmán de Alfarache

Saving Grace

as Abalardi

Fever Pitch

as Charley

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

1985

as Self

American Dreamer

1984

as Victor Marchand

6.2

Where's Picone?

1984

as Salvatore Cannavacciuolo

6.6

My Darling, My Dearest

1982

as Gennarino Laganà

Lili Marleen

as Robert

Life Is Beautiful

as Antonio Murillo

Lovers and Liars

as Guido Massacesi

Good News

as L'Innominato

A Night Full of Rain

as Paolo

Blood Feud

as Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'

The Innocent

as Tullio Hermil

Seven Beauties

as Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze

Midnight Pleasures

as Gino Benacio

The Murri Affair

as Tullio Murri

Swept Away

as Gennarino Carunchio

The Beast

as Nino Patrovita

The Sensual Man

as Paolo Castorini

How Funny Can Sex Be?

1973

as Domenico ('Signora sono le 8') / Cesaretto ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico ('Non è mai troppo tardi') / Lello ('Viaggio di nozze') / Giansiro ('Torna piccina mia') / The Donor ('Lavoratore italiano all'estero') / Michele Maccò ('La vendetta') / Saturnino ('Un amore difficile') / Dottor Bianchi ('L'ospite')

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