Giuseppe Fiorello

Giuseppe Fiorello
Giuseppe Fiorello, June 2008
Born (1969-03-12) 12 March 1969
Catania, Sicily, Italy
Nationality Italian
Other names Beppe Fiorello
Fiorellino
Occupation Actor
Disc jockey
Presenter

Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino (born 12 March 1969), is an Italian actor of the cinema and television.

Career

Fiorello was born in Catania, Sicily, the youngest of four children.[1] His elder brother is the noted television and radio personality Rosario Fiorello, better known to Italian audiences as Fiorello.

Giuseppe's first job was as an electrician in a tourist village.[2] In 1994, Giuseppe began his career in the entertainment business as a disk jockey on the nationally-aired Dee Jay Radio, using the name Fiorellino. That same year, he made his debut on television as a presenter for the Mediaset programme Karaoke, which his brother had also hosted. Four years later in 1998, he made his screen debut in the film L'ultimo capodanno, directed by Marco Risi. He played the part of Gaetano Malacozza. Since then he has performed regularly in films and television fiction, with many starring roles such as in L'uomo sbagliato, Joe Petrosino, La vita rubata, Giuseppe Moscati, Lo scandalo della Banca Romana and Volare in which he portrayed singer Domenico Modugno.

Filmography


Cinema

Television

  • Ultimo, directed by Stefano Reali (1998)
  • Il morso del serpente, directed by Luigi Parisi - TV film (1999)
  • Brancaccio, directed by Gianfranco Albano (2001)
  • La guerra è finita, directed by Lodovico Gasparini (2002)
  • Salvo D'Acquisto, directed by Alberto Sironi (2003)
  • L'uomo sbagliato , directed by Stefano Reali (2005)
  • Il Grande Torino, directed by Claudio Bonivento (2005)
  • Il bambino sull'acqua, directed by Paolo Bianchini (2005)
  • Il cuore nel pozzo, directed by Alberto Negrin (2005)
  • Joe Petrosino, directed by Alfredo Peyretti (2006)
  • Crimini, directed by Andrea Manni, episode "Troppi equivoci" (2006)
  • Giuseppe Moscati - L'amore che guarisce, directed by Giacomo Campiotti (2007)
  • La vita rubata, directed by Graziano Diana (2008)
  • Il bambino della domenica, directed by Maurizio Zaccaro (2008)
  • Lo scandalo della Banca Romana, directed by Stefano Reali (2010)
  • Ballando con le stelle (2010)
  • Il sorteggio, directed by Giacomo Campiotti (2010)
  • La leggenda del bandito e del campione, directed by Lodovico Gasparini (2010)
  • Sarò sempre tuo padre, directed by Lodovico Gasparini (2011)
  • Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno, directed by Riccardo Milani (2013)
  • Io non mi arrendo, directed by Enzo Monteleone - miniseries (2016)

Writer

  • Sarò sempre tuo padre, directed by Lodovico Gasparini (2011)

Short films

Theater

  • Penso che un sogno così (2013)

References

  1. ↑ RAI International Online, Interview with Beppe Fiorello, 17 December 2009
  2. ↑ RAI International Online
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