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| Pasquale Aleardi | |
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 Jan Georg Schütte, Pasquale Aleardi (centre) and Ludwig Blochberger in 2014, cast of Death in Brittany [de] | |
| Born | (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971 (age 53) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Pasquale Aleardi (born 1 June 1971) is a Swiss actor. He is known for playing the role of 'J.D. Salinas' in Resident Evil. He also starred as Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago.
In 2016, Aleardi starred in the lead role of Tommaso, an Italian Miner in Gotthard [de] (2016). The film is the largest-scale Swiss TV production ever made and screened as a world premiere on 2 August 2016 for the traditional Prefestival evening, at the Festival del film Locarno 2016.
Aleardi is the son of Greco-Italian emigrants. Aleardi was hired for his first Swiss film role in Jazz (1994). Despite the sudden success he ended 1995, the Theatre Academy and went to Germany, where he took engagements at theaters in Bonn, Düsseldorf and Cologne.
After several theater successes on German stages with pieces such as The Big Bang by Arthur Miller (Best Production NRW 96 / Berlin Theatre Meeting), his interest focused on the movie. He played among others on the side of Veronica Ferres in the TV movie Forever Lost, for its German cinema debut At Night in the Park [de] to cast him alongside Heike Makatsch and Heino Ferch, with the main role in a film version of Bertolt Brecht's Baal he mimed the role of Ekart alongside Matthias Schweighofer and his performance on the side of Milla Jovovich in the 80 million expensive production Resident Evil gave him first on the international stage.
One of the greatest successes landed Pasquale to his home country, when copilot Peter Landolt Pasquale Aleardi celebrated in January 2006 hit movie in the Swiss cinema production Grounding - The Last Days of Swissair.
In Germany, Aleardi played in 2006 in the spring at the Berlinale in the film Beautiful Life, as well as in the theater adaptation of Frank Wedekind Lulu. In Anke Engelke series womanizing he put his comedy talent. In autumn 2006 launched the German film comedy Where Is Fred? in which Aleardi was an egocentric Marketing Manager, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jürgen Vogel and Til Schweiger makes life difficult. Simultaneously launched in Switzerland, the television production sweets, in which he tries to save as a charming Blender his company with all the tricks from ruin.
Pasquale Aleardi lives in Berlin, speaks five languages; next to the spectacle is music his second passion. He is active as a singer, plays the piano and is a member of the Cologne music project since 2004.
In 2017 he won a Swiss Film Award for Best Leading Actor for playing the role of Tommaso in Gotthard in (2016).
Selected filmography
- 1994: Jazz - Renato
- 1995: Das sprechende Grab - Adrian, the Magician
- 2001: Die Salsaprinzessin (TV Movie) - Ruben
- 2001: Mein Vater die Tunte - Max
- 2002: Resident Evil - J.D.
- 2002: At Night in the Park [de] - Rosenblum
- 2002: 24 heures de la vie d' une femme - Paulo
- 2002: Weihnachtsmann gesucht (TV Movie) - Phillip Wittkamp
- 2003: Instinct for Crime [de] (TV Movie) - Frieder Goltz
- 2003: Für immer verloren (TV Movie) - Yussuf Öztürk
- 2004: Baal (TV Movie) - Ekart
- 2004: Chaos Mum (TV Movie) - Cesar
- 2004: Schöne Männer hat man nie für sich alleine (TV Movie) - Daniel
- 2005: Die Bullenbraut – Ihr erster Fall (TV Movie) - Dr. Alexander Pahlenberg
- 2006: Grounding – Die letzten Tage der Swissair - Peter Landolt
- 2006: Schöner leben - Josef Maurer
- 2006: Storm Tide [de] (TV Movie) - Mario Puzzo
- 2006: Süssigkeiten (TV Movie) - Nick Sander
- 2006: Where Is Fred? - Benno Held
- 2007: Verrückt nach Clara (TV Series) - Simon
- 2007: Sperling (Episode: "Sperling und die kalte Angst") - Barras
- 2007: Der letzte Zeuge (Episode: "Totgeschwiegen")
- 2007: Polizeiruf 110 – Tod eines Fahnders (TV Series) - Robert Sakowski
- 2007: Manatu [de] (TV Movie) - Mark Mickler
- 2007: Missing (TV Movie) - Gabriel Siebert
- 2007: Erdbeereis mit Liebe (TV Movie) - Fabio
- 2007: Keinohrhasen - Anwalt
- 2008: Fast Track: No Limits - Gregor Gargolov
- 2008: Willkommen im Westerwald (TV Movie) - Ahmad al Mansur
- 2008: Eine bärenstarke Liebe (TV Movie) - Beat Geser
- 2008: Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf (TV Movie) - Torben / Robert
- 2009: Dutschke [de] (TV Movie) - Gaston Salvatore
- 2009: Volcano [de] (TV Movie) - Phil Friedrichs
- 2010: Spook Inn [de] (TV Movie) - Ralf Dienert
- 2010: Masserberg [de] (TV Movie) - Carlo Sanchez
- 2010: Taxiphone - Oliver
- 2011: Schicksalsjahre (TV Series) - Wolfgang Heye
- 2011: Ein Sommer in Paris (TV Movie) - Philippe Clement
- 2011: What a Man - Etienne
- 2011: Men in the City 2 [de] - Maurizio Marquez
- 2012: Im Brautkleid meiner Schwester (TV Movie) - Xavier
- 2012: Munich '72 [de] (TV Movie) - André Spitzer
- 2012: The Spinning Program [de] (TV Movie) - Angelo Manuardi
- 2012: Nur eine Nacht (TV Movie) - Marc Simon
- 2013: Bereullin - Dagan
- 2013: Wer liebt, lässt los! (TV Movie) - Stephan Iwersen
- 2013: Herztöne (TV Movie) - Paul Ingwersen
- 2013: Scale 6 [de] (TV Movie) - Sebastian Scherrer
- 2013: Tatort (Episode: "Die Wahrheit stirbt zuerst" [de]) - Peter Albrecht
- 2013: Robin Hood and I [de] (TV Movie) - Robin Hood
- 2013: The Dad Test [de] (TV Movie) - Moritz Kaiser
- since 2014: Brittany Mystery (TV Series, 11 episodes) - Commissaire Georges Dupin
- 2014: Head Full of Honey - Carabinieri Straßensperre
- 2015: Famous Five 4 [de] - Prosecutor
- 2015: The Small and the Wicked [de] - Rolf Schäfers
- 2016: Gotthard [de] (TV Movie) - Tommaso Lazzaroni
- 2019: Bingo im Kopf (TV Movie) – Mirko Mortauk
- 2022: The Ordinaries - Herr Cooper
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival Award | Mini-Series – Best Performance by an Actor | Men in the City 2 | Nominated |
| 2017 | Swiss Film Award | Best Actor | Gotthard (TV mini series) | Won |
References
- "Pasquale Aleardi and NaTasha Yvette Williams Join Broadway's CHICAGO Tonight". Broadway World. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- "Gotthard features on the Piazza Grande". Pardo Live.