Ettore Bassi

Ettore Bassi
Born Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi
(1970-04-16) 16 April 1970
Bari, Province of Bari, Italy
Occupation Actor, television presenter

Ettore Bassi, full name Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi (born 16 April 1970), is an Italian actor and television presenter.

Biography

Having loved magic since he was a child, he decided to study to become a magician and began to work as an animator in tourist villages. At the age of 19 he started his training as an actor attending the Acting School at Tangram Teatro di Torino. In 1992 he participated in the TV program Il più bello d'Italia, winning the title as the best talent. In 1993 he debuted as a television presenter in the TV program of Rai 1, La Banda dello Zecchino. In 1994 he started his career as an actor in the TV miniseries Italian Restaurant, directed by Giorgio Capitani. From that moment and for many years he alternates the work of a television presenter to the work of an actor of fiction, photo-romances, cinema, and theatre.

In 2000, alongside Pope John Paul II, he presented the Jubilee World Youth Day, transmitted on a worldwide basis. He became famous in Italy playing the role of Marshal Andrea Ferri in the TV series Carabinieri from 2002 to 2005. In 2003 he won the premium of Telegrolla d'oro as the best actor of Italian fiction. In 2005 he received the Agesp Prize for the Best TV Fiction at the Busto Arsizio Film Festival. In the same year he started participating in car racing, following the passion for motoring, inherited from his father. He cultivated this passion for many years with discrete results.

In 2005 he played in the TV miniseries Imperium: Saint Peter, directed by Giulio Base, and Pope John Paul II, directed by John Kent Harrison. From 2006 to 2007, he played the role of the paediatrician Corrado Milani in the TV series Nati ieri, bringing to this character some features of his own, like playing magic tricks to children. In 2007, alongside Giuseppe Fiorello, he played the role of Giorgio Piromallo in the TV miniseries St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor, directed by Giacomo Campiotti. In the same year he played the role of Saint Francis of Assisi in the TV miniseries Clare and Francis, directed by Fabrizio Costa. In 2008 he received the Sant'Antonio International Award for the Television category for this interpretation.

In 2009 he played the protagonist in the TV mini-series Mal'aria. In 2010 it was announced that he is the successor of Kaspar Capparoni in the Austrian-Italian police TV series Inspector Rex. He played in the 14th and 15th season of the TV series Inspector Rex where he interpreted the role of Inspector Davide Rivera. In 2014 he played in the movie Maldamore, then he performed in TV series Fuoriclasse and È arrivata la felicità. In 2015, along with his daughters, he presented the TV program Quando Mamma non c'è.

Alongside television work, he had many theatrical commitments. He played in performances, such as Il muro (The Wall), a small rock opera inspired by Pink Floyd's music, Trappola mortale (Deathtrap), for which he won the Charlot Theatre Prize in 2015, L'amore migliora la vita, Il sindaco pescatore. In 2016 he received the Monopoli City Prize for the Performance category. In 2017 he played in the stage musical The Bodyguard - Guardia del corpo, where he interpreted the role of Frank Farmer, who in the original film of 1992 was Kevin Costner.

Filmography

Cinema

  • Quello che le ragazze non dicono, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2000)
  • La regina degli scacchi, directed by Claudia Florio (2001)
  • Promessa d'amore, directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani (2004)
  • Taxi Lovers, directed by Luigi Di Fiore (2005)
  • Forget You Not (Per non dimenticarti), directed by Mariantonia Avati (2006)
  • This Night Is Still Ours (Questa notte è ancora nostra), directed by Paolo Genovese and Luca Miniero (2008)
  • La vita dispari, directed by Luca Fantasia (2011)
  • Maldamore, directed by Angelo Longoni (2014)

Television

Short films

  • Io ti voglio bene assai, directed by Fernando Muraca (2006)
  • Pentito, directed by Marcello Conte (2006)
  • Sali e Tabacchi, directed by Fabio Di Credico and Tommy Dibari (2006)
  • Detenuto senza colpa, directed by Andrea Costantini (2015)

Advertising

  • Shampoo Johnson (1992)
  • Telecom (1994-1996)
  • Unica 5 (2009)
  • Nurith, directed by Andrea Costantini (2012)

Dubbing

Theatre

  • Uno sguardo dal ponte, directed by Teodoro Cassano (1996/1998)
  • Adorabili amici, written by Carole Greep, directed by Patrick Rossi Gastaldi (2008)
  • La grande cena, directed by Camilla Cuparo (2009)
  • Banda (dis)armata, directed by Roberto Marafante (2010)
  • Il muro, directed by Angelo Longoni (2013)
  • Trappola Mortale, directed by Ennio Coltorti (2013/2015)
  • L'amore migliora la vita, directed by Angelo Longoni (2015/2017)
  • Il sindaco pescatore, directed by Enrico Maria Lamanna (2015/2018)
  • Miles Gloriosus, directed by Cristiano Roccamo (2016)
  • The Bodyguard - Guardia del corpo, il Musical, directed by Federico Bellone (2017)
  • Anfitrione, directed by Cristiano Roccamo (2017)
  • Pseudolo, directed by Cristiano Roccamo (2018)

Television programs

  • Piacere Raiuno (Rai 1, 1991)
  • Buon pomeriggio (Rete 4, 1992)
  • A casa nostra (Rete 4, 1992)
  • Il più bello d'Italia (Rete 4, 1992) – winner
  • La Banda dello Zecchino (Rai 1, 1993, 1999-2001) – presenter
  • Tutti a casa (Rai 1, 1994) – member of Cavazza family
  • Disney Club (Rai 1, 1995) – presenter
  • Zap Zap (TMC, 1996, 1998-1999) – presenter
  • Lo Zecchino d'Oro, 43°-44° editions (Rai 1, 2000-2001) – presenter
  • Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù, the Jubilee (Rai 1, 2000) – presenter
  • Festa della mamma (Rai 1, 2000-2001) – presenter
  • Concerto di primavera (Rai 1, 2001-2002) – presenter
  • Luce del mondo, sale della terra (Rai 1, 2002) – presenter
  • Ma che domenica (Rai 1, 2002) – presenter
  • Cosa non farei (Rete 4, 2004) – presenter
  • Acchiappo i sogni (Rai Premium, 2014-2015) – presenter
  • Quando mamma non c'è (Sky Gambero Rosso, 2015) – presenter

Radio programs

  • Voci della Luna (Radionorba e Radionorba TV, 2018) – presenter

Award

  • 2003 - Telegrolla d'oro - the best actor of fiction
  • 2005 - Agesp Prize for the Best TV Fiction at the Busto Arsizio Film Festival
  • 2008 - Sant'Antonio International Award for the Television category
  • 2015 - Charlot Theatre Prize
  • 2016 - Monopoli City Prize for the Performance category

References

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