Gianni Capaldi

Gianni Capaldi
Capaldi in 2015
Born	Hamilton, Scotland
Education	Glasgow Caledonian University
Occupation(s)	Actor, film producer
Years active	2005–present
Partner	Amanda Fitz
Relatives	Jimmy Logan, Lewis Capaldi, Peter Capaldi

Gianni ‘Aldi’ Capaldi is a Scottish actor and film and television producer.

Personal life and education

Capaldi was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire to parents Tony and Maria. He attended St Mary's Primary School and Hamilton College before continuing his education at Glasgow Caledonian University. He played youth football for Motherwell.

Capaldi is related to Scottish entertainers Jimmy Logan, Lewis Capaldi and Peter Capaldi.^[1][2]

Capaldi lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former NFL San Diego Chargers cheerleader Amanda Fitz.^[3][4] On 18 April 2022, TV presenter Jean Johansson accused Capaldi of using "abusive" language during a private message exchange with her on the social media platform Twitter.^[5][6] In June 2022, a video emerged of Capaldi singing in support of the New IRA paramilitary organisation at a Celtic convention in Las Vegas.^[7]

Career

Capaldi has starred in various genres, from drama to horror, he is mostly known in the action world appearing in films such as Blood of Redemption (2013), Puncture Wounds (2014), and Nightworld (2017).

Capaldi's first major role, portraying a British gangster called English, saw him star alongside Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo and Tom Sizemore in the action Sony picture film Cross.^{[citation needed]} Capaldi worked alongside Morgan Freeman in the children's film, Wish Wizard, a film made in collaboration with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.^[8] then in the paranormal moralistic drama The Between, with Isabelle Fuhrman, Joel Courtney and Peter Bogdanovich.

Capaldi briefly expanded into television with appearances as himself in the HDnet reality television series Hollywood Royale.

Capaldi's acting credits include Crossroads and romantic drama Don't Pass Me By, before teaming up with Jason Mewes for a web series, Vigilante Diaries. He went onto star in Devil's Dozen, a horror feature directed by Jeremy London and also starring C. Thomas Howell and Eric Roberts, which premiered at Graumann's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, in 2013.^[9]

Capaldi starred in a trio of action films directed by Giorgio Serafini. In Ambushed, Capaldi portrays an uncontrollable Scottish gangster alongside Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture. Blood of Redemption showcases the softer side of Capaldi as an American FBI agent, and brother to Billy Zane and nephew to Robert Davi, in a constant struggle to vindicate his fathers murder with Dolph Lundgren and Vinnie Jones, on opposite sides of the fence. Capaldi also produced A Certain Justice, starring alongside martial arts specialist, Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan.^[10]

Capaldi filmed a theatrically released horror feature in Italy about an urban witch legend Janara (2014) where he played an American priest. He continued with filming in Europe in the BBC comedy short film Gasping, set in Scotland with director Greg Hemphill and comedian Frankie Boyle.^[11] Gasping was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival.^[12] Capaldi starred in Mickey Rooney's last film Jeckyl and Hyde, leading the cast as Edward Hyde.^[11] He then went on to work on Last Man's club, a family film alongside Jake Bussey, Richard Riedle and Kate French.

In 2015, Capaldi starred in Bite, an action horror film shot in Rome, alongside Costas Mandylor and Vinnie Jones, directed by Alberto Sciamma. Capaldi filmed Ghosts of Garip in Turkey playing the lead in an action adventure vampire driven horror alongside Selma Ergeç. Wicked Within, a gothic thriller showed Capaldi's soft side as husband to a possessed wife, Sienna Guillory.^[13]

Capaldi costarred in Nightfall, shot in Bulgaria, alongside Robert Englund, before joining up with Lindsay Lohan in Belgium and starring with her in The Shadow Within as a Lieutenant mixed up in a political world of vampires and werewolves. Capaldi led the cast alongside Dominique Swain in the film Deprivation, shot in Rome and directed by Brian Skiba.^[14] Capaldi went on to film Chokehold in Canada, starring with Casper Van Dien before heading to Turin, Italy, to film the thriller Ulysses with Danny Glover. Capaldi filmed Paper Empire in Miami, a television show alongside Wesley Snipes, Steve Guttenberg and Val Kilmer.

Capaldi filmed festival bound Cranley Gardens in December^[when?] in London then he began filming in Alabama, on the Western Hell On The Border alongside Frank Grillo, Ron Perlman and Rudy Youngblood where he portrayed Tom Pinkerton.

In 2018 Capaldi shot Robert The Bruce in Scotland, Astro in Los Angeles, Becoming in Kentucky, a Universal Christmas movie Adventures of Santa in Connecticut alongside Denise Richards and film horror Circus Road. River Runs Red which Capaldi shot last December in Kentucky alongside John Cusack, Luke Hemsworth, Taye Diggs and George Lopez came out theatrically in January 2019 across the USA. Capaldi plays a cop alongside Hemsworth who find themselves in a precarious position.

Capaldi appeared alongside Michael Jai White and Mickey Rourke in action film The Commando (2020).^[15]

Deadline Hollywood announced that Capaldi was cast alongside Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo in the movie A Day to Die.^[16]

Films

Year	Title	Genre	Role	Notes
All In	2005	Comedy	Sabastian
Cross	2010	Action fantasy	English
Mandarin Orange Boys		Comedy	Caspian James
Wish Wizard		Comedy	Chevy
The Martini Shot	2011	Drama	Leo
Crossroads		Action	The Scotsman
Don't Pass Me By		Drama	Chris
Act of Betrayal		Drama	Ryan
Ambushed	2013	Action	Eddie
Blood of Redemption		Action	Kurt
Unbelievable		Science fiction	Scotty
A Certain Justice		Action	Vin
Janara	2014	Horror	Andrea
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde		Horror	Edward Hyde
Gasping	2015	Comedy	Frank
The Wicked Within		Horror	Luke
Last Man Club		Drama	Frank
Bite/Blood Trap		Horror thriller	Boria
The Ghosts of Garip		Horror thriller	John
Nightworld		Horror	Martin
Deprivation	2016	Action	Jake
Chokehold		Action	Feodor
Ulysses		Thriller	Tony
Isolani	2017	Action	Thomas
Rottentail		Science fiction	Professor
Astro	2018	Science fiction	Jesse Ronin
The Trouble	2019	Comedy	Johnny Turdo
Among the Shadows		Action	Lt. McGregor
Robert the Bruce		Action	David MacDonald
Cranley Gardens		Drama	Mr Leaveaux
Circus Road		Horror	Thomas Ferguson
Becoming		Thriller	Dr Andrew Keenan
My Adventures of Santa		Family	David
River Runs Red		Thriller	Rory
Hell on the Border		Western	Tom Pinkerton
The Commando	2022	Action	Dominic
A Day to Die		Action	Tim
Damaged	2024	Action thriller	Glen Boyd	Producer Also wrote screenplay and story

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
Hollywood Royale	2010	Gianni	Season 1 lead post-production
Vigilante Diaries	2013	Nigel Hawkes
Feel The Dead	2016	Matt
Still Game	2019	Shop Salesman
Paper Empire		Sava
Salvage Marines	2022	Tyrol Gaius

Producer

Year	Title	Genre	Role
Alien Express	2005	Science fiction horror	Assistant producer
The Martini Shot	2007	Romantic comedy	Producer
Act of Betrayal	2011	Drama
Hard Rush	2013	Action
Blood of Redemption
Certain Justice
Badge of Honor	2014
Wicked Within		Horror

References

1. Felperin, Leslie (4 January 2022). "The Commando review – Mickey Rourke stars in military-grade dross". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
2. Gregory Wakeman (20 April 2024). "New film brings Gianni Capaldi back to home turf in Scotland". thenational.scot. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
3. Actor Gianni Capaldi marries former American cheerleader Archived 26 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Record, 6 June 2015
4. Actor Gianni Capaldi talks Celtic, Rangers and the future of Scottish football, HITC, 17 August 2016
5. "Angry Jean Johannson hits back at LA-based celebrity Celtic fan on Twitter". 18 April 2022.
6. "Jean Johansson slams actor Gianni Capaldi on Twitter over 'abusive' messages". 18 April 2022.
7. Reynolds, John. "Martin Compston filmed dancing as Celtic fans sing IRA lyrics".
8. Egyptian Entertainment Group (6 May 2011). "Egyptianman Entertainment Group: Tell us something about your new film "Wish Wizard" starring Morgan Freeman?"
9. Prlog announces Premiere and cast of Devils Dozen (2 February 2013)
10. Ultimate Dolph website announces Capaldi starring and producing with Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan (5 May 2013) [1]
11. Action Elite website interviews Capaldi on his starring in Certain Justice, his filming on Gasping with Frankie Boyle, filming Italian horror Janara and his Jeckyl and Hyde with Mickey Rooney (23 June 2014) [2]
12. EIFF unveils further Scottish titles (19 May 2015)
13. Dark Films-8-films-to-die-for-the-wicked-within/ After Dark Films’ 8 Films to Die For: THE WICKED WITHIN (8 August 2015)
14. Deprivation Starts Shooting in Rome (10 March 2016)
15. Asif Akbar Interview for The Commando (7 December 2020)
16. Vertical Entertainment acquires A Day To Die (12 May 2021)

External links

• Gianni Capaldi at IMDb
• Official website
• Gianni Capaldi on Twitter