| Gianfelice Imparato | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 August 1956 (1956-08-09) (age 68) Castellammare di Stabia, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Gianfelice Imparato (born 9 August 1956) is an Italian actor, playwright and stage director.
Life and career
Born in Castellammare di Stabia, Imparato left his universitary law studies to devote himself to an acting career, and made his professional debut in the second half of the 1970s with the stage company of Mico Galdieri. He then took part in several Eduardo De Filippo's comedies and in Roberto De Simone's La Gatta Cenerentola. In 1982, he entered the stage company of Carlo Cecchi, that he left in 1987 to enter the company of Luigi De Filippo. He made his film debut in 1983, in Marco Risi's A Boy and a Girl.
In 1994, Imparato made his debut as playwright with Casa di frontiera, which he also starred in under the direction of Gigi Proietti. He started his career as stage director in 1996, directing his own comedy play Una tragedia tutta da ridere. In films, he worked with Marco Bellocchio, Matteo Garrone, Paolo Sorrentino, Nanni Moretti, Ettore Scola, Mario Monicelli, Gabriele Muccino, Mario Martone. In 2022, he got a Nastro d'Argento nomination for his performance in Querido Fidel.
Selected filmography
Cinema
- A Boy and a Girl (1983)
- Sweet Body of Bianca (1984)
- Henry IV (1984)
- Facciamo paradiso (1995)
- The Story of a Poor Young Man (1995)
- Pugili (1995)
- Dirty Linen (1999)
- Two Friends (2002)
- My Mother's Smile (2002)
- Gomorrah (2008)
- Il divo (2008)
- Fort Apache Napoli (2009)
- Into Paradiso (2010)
- Banana (2014)
- Good for Nothing (2014)
- Natale col Boss (2015)
- There's No Place Like Home (2018)
- Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente (2019)
- Figli (2020)
- The King of Laughter (2021)
- Blessed Boys (2021)
- The Hidden Child (2021)
- U.S. Palmese (2024)
Television
- A che punto è la notte, TV miniseries (1994)
- Un medico in famiglia, TV series (Season 8, 2013)
- 1992, TV series (2015)
- The Bastards of Pizzofalcone, TV series (2017-present)
- 1993, TV series (2017)
- 1994, TV series (2019)
References
- ^ Dose, Nicoletta. "Gianfelice Imparato: Uomo di teatro". Mymovies (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- Baffi, Giulio (13 August 2017). "Gianfelice Imparato: "Il teatro, gioia e fatica"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Magarini, Manuel (15 August 2021). "Chi è Gianfelice Imparato: il Don Ciro di Gomorra". Donna Glamour (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- Raboni, Giovanni (25 January 1994). "Se Ciro e Gennaro diventano Lumbard". Corriere della Sera. p. 26.
- Urbani, Ilaria (4 June 2022). "Nastri d'argento: sfida tra Sorrentino e Martone poi Servillo e tanta Napoli". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- Costabile, Ilaria (3 June 2022). "Nastri d'argento 2022, tutte le candidature: Martone e Sorrentino fanno incetta di nomination". Fanpage (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
