Toni Servillo

Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo
	Toni Servillo in 2017
Born	Marco Antonio Servillo; 25 January 1959; Afragola, Italy
Occupation	Film actor, theatre actor, theatre director, opera director
Years active	1987–present
Website	www.toniservillo.it

Marco Antonio Servillo[1] (Italian: [ˈtɔni serˈviːllo]; born 25 January 1959), known as Toni Servillo, is an Italian actor and theatrical director.

He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both Gomorrah and Il Divo and in 2013 for The Great Beauty, as well as winning the David di Donatello for Best Actor four times from 2002 to 2013.

Early life

Servillo was born 25 January 1959 in Afragola, Campania. He is the brother of musician Peppe Servillo.

Career

Toni Servillo (right) in 2007, with the then President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano.

His international breakthrough roles came in 2008 as Giulio Andreotti in Il Divo and Roberto's boss, Franco in Gomorrah. Both films were nominated in the Golden Palm awards.

Between 2000 and 2007, he also directed several opera productions,[1] including Cimarosa's Il marito disperato and Beethoven's Fidelio for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, where in 2003 he also staged Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.[2]

In 2013, Servillo was selected as best actor at the 26th European Film Awards for his appearance in Paolo Sorrentino's film The Great Beauty.[3]

In 2018 he portrayed Silvio Berlusconi in Loro.

Personal life

Since the 1960s he has lived in Caserta, with his wife and his children.

Filmography

Film

Toni Servillo as Jep Gambardella in The Great Beauty

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician	Pietro
1993	Rasoi	Il guappo	Also screenwriter
1997	The Vesuvians	Mayor of Naples	Segment: La Salita
1998	Rehearsals for War	Franco Turco
2001	One Man Up	Tony Pisapia
2001	Red Moon	Amerigo
2004	The Consequences of Love	Titta di Girolamo
	Changing Destiny	Angelo Cardi	As Antonio Servillo
	Notte senza fine	Salem
2005	Incidenti	Narrator (voice)
2007	Il pianto della statua	Narrator (voice)
	The Girl by the Lake	Giovanni Sanzio
	Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!	Maestro Domenico Falasco
2008	Gomorrah	Franco
	Il Divo	Giulio Andreotti
	Non chiederci la parola	Narrator (voice)
2009	L'ultima salita
2009	Deserto rosa
2010	Gorbaciof	Gorbaciof
	Noi credevamo	Giuseppe Mazzini
	A Quiet Life	Rosario Russo
	A View of Love	Sergio Bartoli
2011	The Jewel	Ernesto Botta
2012	It Was the Son	Nicola Ciarlo
	Dormant Beauty	Uliano Beffardi
	Il viaggio della signorina Vila	Narrator (voice)	Short film
2013	Long Live Freedom	Enrico Oliveri / Giovanni Ernani
2013	The Great Beauty	Jep Gambardella
2016	The Confessions	Roberto Salus
2017	Lasciati andare	Elia
2017	The Girl in the Fog	Agente Vogel
2018	Loro	Silvio Berlusconi / Ennio Doris
2019	5 is the Perfect Number	Peppino Lo Cicero
2019	L'uomo del labirinto	Bruno Genko

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Sabato, domenica e lunedì	Peppino Priore	Television film
2014	Le voci di dentro	Antonio Saporito	Television film

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result[4]
1998	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	The Vesuvians	Nominated
2001	Venice International Film Festival	Pasinetti Award	Red Moon	Won
2002	Golden Ciak	Best Supporting Actor	Red Moon	Nominated
	David di Donatello	Best Actor	One Man Up	Nominated
	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	One Man Up	Nominated
2005	David di Donatello	Best Actor	The Consequences of Love	Won
	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor		Won
	European Film Award	People's Choice Award for Best Actor		Nominated
2008	Venice International Film Festival	Pasinetti Award	The Girl by the Lake	Won
	David di Donatello	Best Actor		Won
	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor		Won
	Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor		Nominated
	Golden Ciak	Best Supporting Actor	Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!	Nominated
	European Film Award	Best Actor	Gomorrah and Il Divo	Won
2009	David di Donatello	Best Actor	Il Divo	Won
	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor		Won
	Golden Ciak	Best Actor		Won
	Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	Gomorrah	Won
2010	Rome Film Festival	Best Actor	A Quiet Life	Won
2011	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	A Quiet Life and The Jewel	Nominated
2011	Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	Gorbaciof	Nominated
2013	David di Donatello	Best Actor	Long Live Freedom	Nominated
	Golden Ciak	Best Actor	Long Live Freedom	Nominated
	Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award	Best Actor	The Great Beauty	Nominated
	European Film Award	Best Actor		Won
	Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor		Won
2014	David di Donatello	Best Actor		Won
2014	Golden Ciak	Best Actor		Won
2017	David di Donatello	Best Actor	The Confessions	Nominated
2017	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Lasciati andare	Nominated

References

Roberti, Bruno (2015). "Servillo, Toni". Enciclopedia Italiana - IX Appendice (in Italian). Treccani. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019.
"Biografia". Il sito Ufficiale di Toni Servillo (in Italian). 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019.
"Winners 2013". European Film Awards. European Film Academy. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
"Toni Servillo Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

External links

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[Roberti2015-1] Roberti, Bruno (2015). "Servillo, Toni". Enciclopedia Italiana - IX Appendice (in Italian). Treccani. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019.

[2] "Biografia". Il sito Ufficiale di Toni Servillo (in Italian). 13 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019.

[3] "Winners 2013". European Film Awards. European Film Academy. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[4] "Toni Servillo Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 14, 2017.