Claudio Amendola

Claudio Amendola
Born	(1963-02-16) 16 February 1963 Rome, Italy
Occupations	Actor director television presenter
Years active	1983–present
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouses	Marina Grande ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1997)​ Francesca Neri ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	3, including Alessia Amendola
Parent(s)	Ferruccio Amendola Rita Savagnone
Relatives	Deddi Savagnone (aunt) Mario Amendola (great-uncle)

Claudio Amendola (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film The Escort, which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

Biography

Born in Rome and the son of actors and voice dubbers Ferruccio Amendola and Rita Savagnone, Amendola started his movie career during the 1980s, playing comic roles in some Italian comedies directed by Carlo Vanzina. In 1987 he played his first dramatic role in Soldati - 365 all'alba, directed by Marco Risi, and in the following decade he confirmed his dramatic skills in some movies such as Ultra (1990) and The Escort (1993), both directed by Ricky Tognazzi. During the 2000s Amendola became a very popular television actor, acting in the popular fiction I Cesaroni, the Italian version of Los Serrano.

Personal life

Amendola is married to actress Francesca Neri and they have a son together, Rocco. He also has two daughters from a previous marriage. One of them is voice actress Alessia Amendola.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1983	Lontano da dove	Mario
	Vacanze di Natale	Mario Marchetti
1984	Amarsi un po'	Marco Coccia
	Vacanze in America	Alessio Liberatore
1985	The Venetian Woman	Bernardo
1987	Soldati - 365 all'alba	Claudio Scanna
1988	Days of Inspector Ambrosio	Luciano
1989	Forever Mary	Pietro Giancona
1990	Captain Fracassa's Journey	Agostino
1991	Ultra	Principe
1992	Un'altra vita	Mauro
1993	The Escort	Angelo Mandolesi
	Briganti - Amore e libertà	Giovanni
1994	The Heroes	Fabio
	La Reine Margot	Annibal de Coconas
1995	Policemen	Lorenzo Ferri
	Who Killed Pasolini?	'Trepalle'
	The Horseman on the Roof	Paolo Maggionari
1996	My Generation	Claudio Braccio
1997	Lady and the Tramp	Tramp (voice)	Italian voice-over
	Un paradiso di bugie	Sergio
	An Eyewitness Account	Sandro Nardella
	The Grey Zone	Dario Campisi
	Other Men	Michele Croce
	Santo Stefano	Bruno D'Assisi
1998	Mare largo	Edoardo
2000	La Carbonara	Lupone
	Il grande botto	Antonio Nunziante
	Johnny the Partisan	Piero Balbo
2001	Domenica	Inspector Sciarra
	Sottovento	Paolo
2003	Caterina in the Big City	Manlio Germano
	Ho visto le stelle	Renato / Claudio
	Senza freni	Uncle Claudio	Unreleased
2005	Il ritorno del Monnezza	Rocky Giraldi	Also writer
	Melissa P.	None	Producer
2010	La fisica dell'acqua	Claudio
2011	Bar Sport	Client	Cameo appearance
2013	Cha cha cha	Torre
2014	The Move of the Penguin	None	Director and writer
2015	The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles	Sergio
	Suburra	Samurai
2017	Il permesso - 48 ore fuori	Luigi	Also director and writer
	Like a Cat on a Highway	Sergio
	Pino Daniele: Il tempo resterà	Himself	Documentary
2018	Hotel Gagarin	Elio Beato
	Show Dogs	Deepak (voice)	Italian voice-over
2020	Abbi fede	Adamo
2021	Like a Cat on a Highway 2	Sergio
2022	I cassamortari	None	Director and writer

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1982	Storia d'amore e d'amicizia	Davide	Miniseries
1984	Quei trentasei gradini	Pino	Miniseries
1987	L'ombra nera del Vesuvio	Nini Sposito	Miniseries
	Professione vacanze	Antonio Palombelli	Episode: "A qualcuno piace il calcio"
	Little Roma	Augusto	Main role
1990	Il colore della vittoria	Attilio Ferraris	Miniseries
1991–1992	Pronto soccorso	Augusto	Main role
1991–1993	Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri	Antonio Stasi	Main role
1996	Nostromo	Nostromo	Miniseries
1999	Squadra mobile scomparsi	Inspector Spada	Recurring role; 5 episodes
	Jesus	Barabbas	Television film
2000	L'impero	Dario Ferri	Miniseries
2001	L'attentatuni - Il grande attentato	Cardine	Miniseries
2002	Napoléon	Joachim Murat	Miniseries
2003	Inferno Below	Antonino	Miniseries
2005	La caccia	Pietro Sacco	Miniseries
	Cefalonia	Mikis	Television film
2006	48 ore	Diego Montagna	Lead role
2006–2014	I Cesaroni	Giulio Cesaroni	Main role
2010	Tutti per Bruno	Inspector Bruno Miranda	Lead role
2011	Dov'è mia figlia?	Claudio Valle	Miniseries
2016	Lampedusa - Dall'orizzone in poi	Marco Serra	Miniseries
2018–present	Carlo & Malik	Carlo Guerrieri	Lead role

External links

• Claudio Amendola at IMDb
• Claudio Amendola at AllMovie