Ricky Tognazzi
Ricky Tognazzi | |
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 Tognazzi on set | |
| Born | Riccardo Tognazzi 1 May 1955 Milan, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
| Years active | 1963-present |
| Spouse | |
Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; Italian pronunciation: [ˈriːki toɲˈɲattsi]; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film The Escort was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
In 1991, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Ultra.[2] Five years later, his film Strangled Lives won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
He is the son of film actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and the half-brother of actor Gianmarco Tognazzi and film director Maria Sole Tognazzi. In 2016, he appeared as an out-of touch variety show host in the music video for "Tutti Frutti" by English rock band New Order.[4]
He's an outspoken atheist,[5] even if he admires some religious figures such as Saint Thomas, Pope John XXIII and Pope Francis.[6]
Selected filmography
[edit]Director
[edit]- Little Misunderstandings (1989)
- Ultra (1991)
- The Escort (1993)
- Strangled Lives (1996)
- Excellent Cadavers (1999)
- Canone inverso - Making Love (2000)
- The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003)
- The Father and the Foreigner (2010)
Actor
[edit]- I mostri (1963)
- Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)
- Petomaniac (1983)
- Aurora (1984)
- Colpo di fulmine (1985)
- I pompieri (1985)
- Fatto su misura (1985)
- The Family (1987)
- Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole (1988)
- Time to Kill (1989)
- A Season of Giants (1990)
- A Simple Story (1991)
- Sentimental Maniacs (1994)
- An Ordinary Hero (1995)
- Il cielo in una stanza (1999)
- Thomas (2001)
- The Best Day of My Life (2002)
- The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003)
- In questo mondo di ladri (2004)
- Nine (2009)
- See You Tomorrow (2013)
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Escort". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1996 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (23 January 2016). "Watch New Order's Delirious 'Tutti Frutti' Video". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ Toaff, Alisa (11 March 2021). "Covid: Tognazzi, 'cinema non riaprono? manca volontà, per anima importanti come chiese'". OlbiaNotizie (in Italian). AdnKronos. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (30 July 2021). "Credo in Dio ma solo in TV, nella vita sono ateo". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 30. pp. 98–101.
External links
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- 1955 births
- Italian male film actors
- Italian male television actors
- Italian film directors
- Italian male screenwriters
- Italian atheists
- Living people
- Italian people of Irish descent
- Male actors from Milan
- Silver Bear for Best Director recipients
- David di Donatello winners
- Nastro d'Argento winners
- Ciak d'oro winners