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Paolo Sassanelli (born 29 October 1958) is an Italian stage, film and television actor and director.
Life and career
Born in Bari, Sassanelli made his stage debut in his hometown in the second half of the 1980s. He then moved to Rome and had his breakout in the early 1990s with the role of Gabriele Serra in the TV-series Classe di ferro. In 2014, Sassanelli won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in the crime-comedy film Song'e Napule.
His short film debut Guerra (War) won as best fiction at The Palace International Short Film Festival, in 2010.
Selected filmography
Colpo di luna (1995)
Marriages (1998)
Un medico in famiglia (TV, 1998-2014)
Without Filter (2001)
Compagni di scuola (TV, 2001)
Now or Never (2003)
The Life That I Want (2004)
Red Like the Sky (2005)
Codice rosso (TV, 2006)
Last Minute Marocco (2007)
Don't Think About It (2007)
Days and Clouds (2007)
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009)
Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show (2010)
Unlikely Revolutionaries (2010)
Questo mondo è per te (2011)
Make a Fake (2011)
Paura (2012)
Song'e Napule (2013)
Ever Been to the Moon? (2015)
Somewhere Amazing (2015)
Youtopia (2018)
Notti Magiche (Magical Nights), directed by Paolo Virzì (2018)
Tuttapposto (2019)
Nevermind, directed by Eros Puglielli (2018)
L'eroe (The hero), directed by Cristiano Anania (2019)
Tutta un'altra vita, directed by Alessandro Pondi (2019)
Tuttapposto, directed by Gianni Costantino (2019)
Surprise Trip, directed by Roberto Baeli (2021)
Sulla Giostra, directed by Giorgia Cecere (2021)
Quasi Orfano, directed by Umberto Carteni (2022)
La tentazione di esistere, directed by Fabio Pellegrini (2023)
Provincia Bianca, directed by Angelo Calculli (2023)
Il Pirata - Memorie da Spoon River, directed by Cristiano Ciliberti (2023)
Stolen Moments, directed by Stefano Landini (2024)
= Director
=Feature films
Two Little Italians, 2018
Short films
Bei capelli (Beautiful hair), (2003)
Uerra (War), (2009)
Ammore (Love), (2013)
Amore Disperato (Desperate Love), (2016)
Un voto all'italiana (An Italian-style vote), (2017)
References
External links
Paolo Sassanelli at IMDb