Gerardo Amato
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Gerardo Amato | |
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Born | Gerardo Placido 15 October 1948 Ascoli Satriano, Foggia, Italy |
Occupation | Actor |
Gerardo Amato (born 15 October 1948) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born Gerardo Placido in Ascoli Satriano, the brother of the actor and director Michele Placido, Gerardo Amato at a young age moved to Milan where he trained as an electrical engineer.[1] He later worked on stage, generally cast in roles of seducers, with Giorgio Strehler, Enrico Maria Salerno, and Ernesto Calindri, among others.[1][2] Amato was also active in films and TV-series, but mostly in secondary roles.[1] In 1977, he won the Grolla d'oro for best new actor thanks to his performance in A Sold Life.[3]
Filmography
- Una vita venduta (1976)
- Nina (1976)
- Difficile morire (1977)
- Blue Nude (1977)
- La notte dell'alta marea (1977)
- Eutanasia di un amore (1978)
- Io, Caligola (1979)
- Zappatore (1980)
- Passione d'amore (1981)
- Notturno con grida (1982)
- Caramelle da uno sconosciuto (1987)
- I frati rossi (1988)
- Ad un passo dall'aurora (1989)
- Io Gilda (1989)
- Ombre d'amore (1989)
- Ritorno a casa Gori (1996)
- Soft Air - Aria compressa (1998)
- Odi et amo (1998)
- Prigionieri di un incubo(2001)
- Tra due donne (2001)
- Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi (2007)
- Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca (2007)
- Qui scorre il fiume (2008)
- Backward (2009)
- Uccidere per amare (2009)
- Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male, (2010)
- Il sottile fascino del peccato (2010)
- Una diecimilalire (2015)
- 7 minuti (2016)
- Creed'C (2016)
References
- ^ a b c Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ Claudia Provvedini (15 May 1998). "La Grande Magia ferma il tempo". Corriere della Sera.
- ^ Piero Perona (3 July 1977). "Le Grolle a Sordi e Zurlini nessuna attrice è premiata". La Stampa. No. 147.
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