• Source: Paolo Rotondo

      • Paolo Rotondo is a New Zealand director, writer and actor of stage and screen.


      Biography


      Rotondo was born in Napoli, Italy, from a Neapolitan father and New Zealand mother of Irish descent. He grew up in Italy and moved to New Zealand when he was eleven.
      As an actor, Rotondo is best known for his character Andrew Solomon on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. In 2016 he released his debut feature film "Orphans & Kingdoms" to great critical acclaim. He was a lead in the New Zealand feature film Stickmen. Television roles include on Xena: Warrior Princess, and When We Go to War. He was nominated for TV Guide Best actor' on two occasions. In 2016 Paolo played Johnny Torrio, Al Capone's infamous mentor in the US Television series The Making of the Mob: Chicago.
      As a writer Rotondo has written for film and theatre. The short films The Freezer and Dead Letters were both supported by the New Zealand Film Commission and are studied in New Zealand high schools. Plays he has written include Little Che inspired by The Motorcycle Diaries and Strange Resting Places co-written with Rob Mokaraka, produced by Taki Rua Productions and based on family stories of the Māori Battalion in Italy in World War II. Strange Resting Places was performed for over nine years and been published by Playmarket. It was also the opening feature-length episode of the six-part television series Atamira. It aired on Māori TV on 25 April 2012 at 8.30pm.
      As a TV Commercial Director Paolo is represented by Flying Fish films New Zealand. He directed the film Orphans and Kingdoms which was released for general exhibition in April 2016.
      He lives in the Hawkes Bay with his partner Renee Mark and their two children.
      Rotondo and Mark run a regular national film festival called Cinema Italiano: The Italian Film Festival.


      Directing credits


      Orphans & Kingdoms - Feature Film
      The Freezer - Short Film
      Dead Letters (Adaptation)


      Writing credits




      = Film

      =
      The Freezer (2003) - Short Film
      Dead Letters (Adaptation) (2006)
      Orphans & Kingdoms (2014) - Feature Film


      = Theatre

      =
      Little Che
      Strange Resting Places (co-written with Rob Mokaraka)
      Black Hands


      Acting




      = Television

      =
      Xena: Warrior Princess: Philius
      Cleopatra 2525: Porter
      The Insiders Guide to Happiness: Tim
      Serial Killers: Bevan
      Shortland Street: Andrew Solomon
      When We Go to War (2015): Alonso Moretti. Director Pete Burger
      Cancerman: Milan Brych
      Street Legal
      Jackson's Wharf
      Perfectly Frank - The Life of a NZ Writer
      The Call Up
      The Strip
      Spin Doctors
      Riverworld
      The Luminaries (2020): Aubert Gascoigne


      = Theatre

      =
      Tartuffe: Tartuffe - Silo Theatre
      The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs: Performer for Silo Theatre
      Little Dog Laughed Silo Theatre
      Black Hands: Writer/Actor/Producer
      Little Che: Writer/Actor/Producer
      Strange Resting Places: Writer/Actor - Taki Rua Productions
      Peer Gynt Narrator for Auckland Philharmonia
      Mr. Marmalade: Bradley - Auckland Theatre Company
      Twelfth Night: Sebastian - Auckland Theatre Company
      Fond Love and Kisses: Rob - Downstage Theatre
      The Butchers' Daughter: Emilian & Others
      A Streetcar Named Desire: Pablo Gonzales - Auckland Theatre Company
      Dog - Silo Theatre
      NeverNever - BATS
      The Young Baron Biaggio - Maidment Theatre
      Accidental Death of an Anarchist: Madman - Maidment Theatre
      Coriolanus: Brutus - Maidment Theatre
      Nowhere Fast: Bevan - Maidment Theatre
      Round About Thursday: Roger - Maidment Theatre


      = Film

      =
      The Ugly: Simon Cartwright
      Young Hercules: Enya
      Stickmen: Thomas
      Riverworld: Flavius
      The Rule of Jenny Pen: Psychologist


      = Voice-over

      =
      Power Rangers Mystic Force: Snow Prince
      Power Rangers Dino Charge: Duplicon
      Path of Exile: Daresso


      Awards


      Rome Fantastic Film Festival Fantafestival (1997) Best Actor: for The Ugly
      Air New Zealand Screen Awards (2006) Best Script - Short Film: for Dead Letters
      Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards (2007) - Winner - Best New Playwright - Strange Resting Places
      Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards (2007) - Nomination - Production Of The Year - Strange Resting Places
      Museum and New Zealand Society of Authors Research grant (2015)
      TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice - Best Actor - Milan Brych - Cancerman
      TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice Nomination - Best Actor - The Insiders Guide to Happiness
      Shakespeare Globe International Artistic Fellowship
      New Zealand Italian Film Scholarship (organised by Tony Lambert)


      References




      External links


      Paolo Rotondo at IMDb
      NZ Listener- Upfront: Paolo Rotondo
      http://orphansandkingdoms.com
      http://www.flyingfish.co.nz/paolo-rotondo/
      http://www.johnsonlaird.com/our-actors/Paolo_Rotondo

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