Carlo Buccirosso (born 7 July 1954[1]) is an Italian actor, theatre director and playwright.[2]

Carlo Buccirosso
Carlo Buccirosso at the 2010 Giffoni Film Festival
Born (1954-07-07) 7 July 1954 (age 70)
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director, playwright
Years active1976–present

As an actor, he's best known for his roles in comedy films, especially the ones by Vincenzo Salemme and Carlo Vanzina, in which he's often typecast as a stereotypical lower middle-class Neapolitan man. For his performance as corrupt politician Paolo Cirino Pomicino in Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo (2008) he received critical praise and was nominated to David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.[3] Buccirosso also appeared in Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (2013) and in popular TV series Un ciclone in famiglia (2006—2008) as Peppino Esposito.

In 2014, he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in crime-comedy Song'e Napule (2013).[4] The following year, he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in comedy The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015).[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 L'ultima scena
1993 Daddy Don't Blush Brigadier Scarrafone
1998 My Best Friend's Wife Michelino Seta
Premiata pasticceria Bellavista Ermanno Bellavista
1999 Amore a prima vista Peppino
2000 Il grande botto Michele Caldarulo
Freewheeling Mario Pecorella
2002 Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting Antonio Faiella
Il mare non c'è paragone Professor Serapide
2004 The Jokes Rossi / Maniac
In questo mondo di ladri Fabio
2006 Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two Beniamino
2008 Il Divo Paolo Cirino Pomicino Golden Ciak for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
2009 The New Monsters Today Carlo / Michele / Gregorio / Sotto
Un'estate ai Caraibi Roberto De Paola
2011 Petty Letters and Love Crimes Warden
2013 The Great Beauty Lello Cava
Song'e Napule Commissioner Vitali BIFEST Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
Indovina chi viene a Natale? Antonio
2014 People Who Are Well Carabinieri Marshall
...e fuori nevica! Stefano Righi
2015 The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles Vito David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
2016 Se mi lasci non vale Alberto
Un paese quasi perfetto Nicola
2017 Mom or Dad? Bertelli
La banda dei tre Di Gaetano
Love and Bullets Don Vincenzo / Francesco De Rosa Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
Caccia al tesoro Ferdinando
2019 5 Is the Perfect Number Totò o' Macellaio
Sono solo fantasmi Carlo

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006—2008 Un ciclone in famiglia Peppino Esposito 17 episodes
2007 Two Cheaters and a Half Commissioner Di Mauro Television movie
2008 VIP Concierge Television movie
2010 Due imbroglioni e mezzo Commissioner Di Mauro 4 episodes
2019—2023 Imma Tataranni: Deputy Prosecutor Alessandro Vitali 18 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Radio2 come voi". Rai.it (Podcast) (in Italian). December 26, 2016. Event occurs at 72:40. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "Napoletani a Broadway: Carlo Buccirosso in Lucera". FoggiaToday (in Italian). Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "David di Donatello 2009: tutte le candidature". Comingsoon.it (in Italian). April 9, 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  4. ^ Arianna Finos (June 29, 2014). "Nastri d'argento, trionfo di Virzì ma tanto spazio ai giovani". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Premi David di Donatello 2015: ecco tutti i vincitori". Comingsoon.it (in Italian). June 12, 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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