Dario Cantarelli (born 16 September 1945) is an Italian actor.

Dario Cantarelli
Born (1945-09-16) 16 September 1945 (age 79)
NationalityItalian
OccupationActor
Years active1973–present

Biography

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He began his acting career on stage in 1973 with Carlo Cecchi's Granteatro company, playing roles in plays by William Shakespeare (Antony and Cleopatra), Eduardo De Filippo (Filumena Marturano), Molière, Luigi Pirandello, Harold Pinter and Bertolt Brecht.[1] During those same years, he began acting in movies, directed by filmmakers such as Nanni Moretti, Marco Bellocchio, Paolo Sorrentino[2] and the Taviani brothers.

He also works with the Ater company in Alexandr Vasiljevič Suchovo-Kobylin's The Vampire of St. Petersburg and Italo Svevo's La burla riuscita. Later, with Valeria Moriconi's company, he took part in Eduardo De Filippo's Filumena Marturano, Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Knight of the Rose, William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau's Madame Sans-Gêne, Thomas Bernhard's Alla meta, and Aldo Palazzeschi's Interrogatorio della contessa Maria.

He flanked his career as a theater actor, with a film career, working with directors such as Marco Bellocchio, Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pupi Avati and Paolo Sorrentino. He also worked for television taking part in the series Un commissario a Roma with Nino Manfredi.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1976 Victory March
1981 Sweet Dreams Critic
1982 The Night of the Shooting Stars Priest
1984 Sweet Body of Bianca Dean
1984 Softly, Softly
1985 The Mass Is Ended Gianni
1988 It's Happening Tomorrow Abbé Flambert
1991 The Yes Man Carissimi
1995 L'assassino è quello con le scarpe gialle Otto
1997 The Best Man Edgardo Osti
1998 You Laugh Dottore (segment "Felice")
2001 The Son's Room Patient
2006 The Caiman Critico gastronomico
2007 The Right Distance Tiresia
2011 We Have a Pope Attore
2013 The Great Beauty Assistente Santa
2016 I figli della notte
2017 Metti una notte Renato
2018 The Invisible Boy - Second Generation Morfeo
2018 Loro Paolo Spagnolo
2022 Marcel! The suitor

Television

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  • A commissioner in Rome - TV series (1993)
  • Linda and the brigadier - TV series, one episode (2000)
  • I am Gaetano, directed by Rolando Colla - TV movie (2016)
  • 1993, by Giuseppe Gagliardi - TV series, episode 2x01 (2017)

References

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  1. ^ "Dario Cantarelli attore di verità". laprovinciacr.it (in Italian). 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  2. ^ "L'attore cremonese Cantarelli nel nuovo film su Berlusconi firmato da Paolo Sorrentino". cremonaoggi.com (in Italian). 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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