Alessandro Gassmann

Alessandro Gassmann
Gassmann in 2008
Born	Alessandro Gassman[1] (1965-02-24) 24 February 1965 (age 59) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Sabrina Knaflitz ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	Leo Gassmann
Parent(s)	Vittorio Gassman Juliette Mayniel

Alessandro Gassmann (né Gassman; born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director.

Early life

Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of Italian, German, Jewish and French descent.^[2]

Career

He debuted at 17 in the autobiographical film Di padre in figlio, written and directed with his father, under whose tutoring he later studied in the Theatre Workshop of Florence. Among his theatrical activity, he was noted for his playing in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Affabulazione (1984).

In 1996 he began an artistic partnership with his friend Gianmarco Tognazzi with whom he co-acted in popular movies like Uomini senza donne, Facciamo festa, Teste di cocco, Lovest, I miei più cari amici and Natale a Beverly Hills, in the theatrical version of Some Like It Hot and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon Eldorado. In 1997 he won international acclaim with Ferzan Özpetek's Hamam.

He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as testimonial for his perfume Opium, and posed in a nude calendar for the Italian magazine Max. He also became a testimonial for Lancia of Musa, as well as appearing in an ad for the Glen Grant liquor. As an actor, he worked for several TV miniseries and, in France, in the action movie Transporter 2 (opposite Jason Statham), produced by Luc Besson. In 2006, Gassmann appeared in the comedy Non prendere impegni stasera.

He then took part in TV dramas such as Piccolo mondo antico, Le stagioni del cuore, La guerra è finita and La Sacra Famiglia; he also acted in the US action film Transporter 2 and in Italy in the comedy Non prendere impegni stasera.

In 2008 he acted in the film Caos calmo as the brother of the main lead, interpreted by Nanni Moretti. For this role, he was honoured by many awards: the David di Donatello award for a supporting actor, the Ciak d'oro, the Nastro d'Argento and the Globo d'oro of the foreign press. In the same year, he adapted for the stage the teleplay 12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose in 1954 that was made into a film by Sidney Lumet in 1957: the performance was taken up again in 2009, year in which he also appeared as leading actor in 4 padri single by Paolo Monico, Ex by Fausto Brizzi and Il compleanno by Marco Filiberti as well in the TV miniseries Pinocchio directed by Alberto Sironi.

He is acting Tutor in Cinecittà at Act Multimedia.

Personal life

Since 1998, Gassmann has been married to actress Sabrina Knaflitz. They have a son, Leo.

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role(s)	Director	Notes
Di padre in figlio	1982	Himself	Vittorio Gassman	Biographical film
Devils of Monza	1987	Osio	Luciano Odorisio
Big Deal After 20 Years		Waiter	Amanzio Todini	Cameo appearance
When We Were Repressed	1992	Federico	Pino Quartullo
Ostinato destino		Marcello Rambaldi	Gianfranco Albano
Golden Balls	1993	Miguel	Bigas Luna
A Month by the Lake	1995	Vittorio Balsari	John Irvin
Uomini senza donne	1996	Alex	Angelo Longoni
Stella's Favor		Rodolfo	Giancarlo Scarchilli
Facciamo fiesta	1997	Sandro	Angelo Longoni
Lovest		Johnny	Giulio Base
Hamam		Francesco	Ferzan Özpetek
My Dearest Friends	1998	Rossano	Alessandro Benvenuti
Toni	1999	Toni	Philomène Esposito
La bomba		Nino	Giulio Base
The Road to El Dorado	2000	Miguel (voice)	Bibo Bergeron, Don Paul	Italian dub
Teste di cocco		Pietro Tiraboschi	Ugo Giordani
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair	2002	Francesco Pazienza	Giuseppe Ferrara
Guardians of the Clouds	2004	Batino	Luciano Odorisio
La separazione	2005	Antonio	Mariano Provenzano	Short film
Transporter 2		Gianni Chellini	Louis Leterrier
Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight	2006	Giorgio	Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Monday		Alex	Simone Catania	Short film
Quiet Chaos	2008	Carlo Paladini	Antonello Grimaldi
The Seed of Discord		Mario	Pappi Corsicato
Carnera: The Walking Mountain		None	Renzo Martinelli	Co-writer
Many Kisses Later	2009	Davide	Fausto Brizzi
David's Birthday		Diego	Marco Filiberti
Natale a Beverly Hills		Marcello	Neri Parenti
Basilicata Coast to Coast	2010	Rocco Santamaria	Rocco Papaleo
The Father and the Foreigner		Diego	Ricky Tognazzi
The Woman of My Dreams		Giorgio	Luca Lucini
Baciato dalla fortuna	2011	Silvano	Paolo Costella
Ex 2: Still Friends?		Massimo Marangoni	Carlo Vanzina
Viva l'Italia	2012	Valerio Spagnolo	Massimiliano Bruno
The Mongrel	2013	Roman	Alessandro Gassman	Also director
Tutta colpa di Freud	2014	Alessandro	Paolo Genovese
The Dinner		Massimo	Ivano De Matteo
An Italian Name	2015	Paolo Pontecorvo	Francesca Archibugi
God Willing		Father Pietro	Edoardo Falcone
The Little Prince		Snake (voice)	Mark Osborne	Italian dub
The Last Will Be the Last		Stefano Colacci	Massimiliano Bruno
Torn		Himself	Alessandro Gassman	Documentary; also writer and director
Onda su onda	2016	Ruggero	Rocco Papaleo
Non c'è più religione		Marietto / Bilal	Luca Miniero
Ignorance Is Bliss	2017	Filippo	Massimiliano Bruno
Cinderella the Cat		Primo Gemito (voice)	Alessandro Rak, Marino Guarnieri	Italian dub
The Prize		Oreste Passamonte	Alessandro Gassman	Also writer and director
Una storia senza nome	2018	Alessandro Pes	Roberto Andò
The Grinch		Grinch (voice)	Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney	Italian dub
All You Need Is Crime	2019	Sebastiano	Massimiliano Bruno
An Almost Ordinary Summer		Carlo	Simone Godano
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs		Davide Mazzariol	Stefano Cipani
The Croods: A New Age	2020	Phil Betterman (voice)	Joel Crawford	Italian dub
Thou Shalt Not Hate		Simone Segre	Mauro Mancini
Ritorno al crimine	2021	Sebastiano	Massimiliano Bruno	Direct-to-video
Il silenzio grande		Gianluca Fideschi	Alessandro Gassman	Cameo; also writer and director
Il pataffio	2022	Frate Cappuccio	Francesco Lagi
My Name Is Vendetta		Santo Romeo	Cosimo Gomez
The Order of Time	2023	Pietro Balestrieri	Liliana Cavani
Bare Hands	2024	Minuto	Mauro Mancini

Television

Title	Year	Role(s)	Network	Notes
Un bambino di nome Gesù	1987	Adult Jesus	Canale 5	Television film
A Season of Giants	1990	Francesco Granacci	Rai 1	Television film
Il commissario Corso	1991	Giulio	Rai 2	Episode: "La confessione"
Sněhurka a sedm trpasliku	1992	Prince Andreas	ZDF	Television film
La famiglia Ricordi	1995	Gaetano Donizetti	Rai 1	Main role
Samson and Delilah	1996	Amrok	Rai 1	Television film
Nessuno escluso	1997	Nicola Fiorillo	Rai 2	Television film
Lourdes	2000	Henri / Bernard Guillaumet	Rai 1	Television film
Piccolo mondo antico	2001	Franco Maironi	Canale 5	Television film
La guerra è finita	2002	Claudio Varzi	Rai 1	Television film
Le stagioni del cuore	2004	Sergio Valenti	Canale 5	Lead role
Dalida	2005	Luigi Tenco	Canale 5	Television film
Codice rosso	2006	Pietro Vega	Canale 5	Lead role
The Holy Family		Saint Joseph	Canale 5	Television film
I Cesaroni	2008	Oreste	Canale 5	2 episodes
Pinocchio	2009	Carlo Collodi	Rai 1	Television film
Un Natale per due	2011	Claudio Colonna	Sky Cinema	Television film
Una grande famiglia	2012–2015	Edoardo Rengoni	Rai 1	Main role
Un Natale con i fiocchi	2012	Alex Morelli	Sky Cinema	Television film
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone	2017–2023	Giuseppe Lojacono	Rai 1	Lead role
Io ti cercherò	2020	Valerio Frediani	Rai 1	Lead role
Un professore	2021–present	Dante Balestra	Rai 1	Lead role

References

1. Aldo Grasso (16 October 2011). "Gassman e la nuova "n": l' ho aggiunta al cognome". Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
2. "Vittorio Gassman Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi". Ovguide.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

External links

• Alessandro Gassmann at IMDb