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Tommaso Ragno

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Tommaso Ragno
Born (1967-06-01) 1 June 1967 (age 57)
Vieste, Apulia, Italy
EducationPaolo Grassi School of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Tommaso Ragno (born 1 June 1967) is an Italian stage and film actor.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Tommaso Ragno was born on 1 June 1967[1] in Vieste, a coastal town in the province of Foggia, as the eldest of two children. His family, mainly from Apulia and on the grand-maternal side from ex-Yugoslavia, moved to Piacenza when he was two years old. Always having been very introverted, he spent a lot of time in solitude reading books and studying literature, planning on becoming a writer.[2] However, later he went on to study acting at the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Art in Milan.[3]

After having spent a part of his life living in Berlin, Ragno currently resides in Rome, where he has also spent the pandemic lockdown.[4]

Stage and film career

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In 1988, he debuted as a stage actor in the Greek tragedy La seconda generazione, a collection of pieces by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides directed by Mario Martone.[citation needed] Since the 1990s, he has worked repeatedly with Carlo Checci, whom he calls his "greatest teacher".[5]

He made his film debut in 1997 starring in We All Fall Down by Davide Ferrario. In 2001 he was the lead in Chimera, directed by Pappi Corsicato, and in 2007, alongside Isabelle Huppert, in Medea Miracle by Tonino De Berdani. He also starred in The Council of Egypt (2002),[6] L'uomo privato (2007),[7][8] Me and You (2012), Like Crazy (2016) and Bloody Richard (2017).[9]

In 2018, he starred in Happy as Lazzaro, directed by Alice Rohrwacher, who won the Award for the best Screenplay for it at the Cannes Film Festival as well as the American National Board of Review's Best Foreign Language Film Award. In his role as the grown-up Tancredi, Ragno has been nominated at the CinEuphoria Awards for Best Ensemble - International Competition. Other notable works he starred in include Nanni Moretti's Three Floors in 2021[10] and Paolo Virzì's Dry in 2022.[11] directed by Paolo Virzi both of which were shot before the pandemic.[11] In 2022, he won the Nastro d'Argento for the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Mario Martone's Nostalgia.

Radio and television

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Starting in 1998 with Più luce non basta directed by Elisabetta Lodoli, Ragno has played various roles in different television productions, establishing himself as the protagonist in the series Distretto di polizia and Il tredicesimo apostolo.

Since 2004 he has been narrating literary classics such as The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, A Room with a View and Frankenstein on the program Ad alta voce on Rai Radio 3.[12]

For his role of Marcello in the 2018 series Il miracolo, directed by Niccolò Ammaniti, he won the Flaiano Prize as well as the Golden Screen Award. In 2020, he played the Italian mafia boss Donatello Fadda in the fourth season of Fargo, written and directed by Noah Hawley.

Filmography

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Films

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Notes
1997 We All Fall Down Lurido
2001 Chimera Sal
2002 The Council of Egypt Francesco Paolo Di Blasi
2004 L'iguana Don Fidenzio
2005 Along the Ridge Bontempo
Amatemi Angelo
Sexum superando - Isabella Morra Diego Sandoval
2007 Medea Miracle Jason
L'uomo privato Private Man
2010 La Passione Stefano
2011 Missione di pace Colonel Cervo
2012 Me and You Ferdinando
Pandemia Rino
2014 A Golden Boy Ludovica's husband
Mafia and Red Tomatoes Nicola Sansone
2015 I Killed Napoléon Gabriele
Poli opposti Paolo
Land of Saints Alfredo Raso
2016 Like Crazy Giorgio Lorenzini
2017 I peggiori Durim
Bloody Richard Edoardo
2018 Hotel Gagarin Franco Paradiso
Happy as Lazzaro Adult Tancredi
2019 Copperman Silvano
2020 Il buco in testa Guido Mandeli
The Bad Poet Giancarlo Maroni
2021 Three Floors Luigi
State a casa Spatola
With or Without You Rigoni
Security Walter Spezi
2022 Vetro Father
Nostalgia Oreste Spasiano
Burning Hearts Michele Malatesta
Dry Alfredo
My Soul Summer Vins
Robbing Mussolini Marcello Davoli
2023 Like Sheep Among Wolves Sante
2024 Vermiglio Cesare Graziadei
Sicilian Letters †

Television

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Year Title Role(s) Notes
1998 Più leggero non basta Paolo Television movie
2001 Distretto di Polizia Lorenzo Episode: "L'altro"
2003 Un papà quasi perfetto Music teacher Episode: "Episodio 3"
2005 Orgoglio Danilo Foschi Main role (season 2)
Il maresciallo Rocca Corrado Gianni Episode: "Il figlio di nessuno"
Elisa di Rivombrosa King Vittorio Amedeo III Main role (season 2)
2008 R.I.S. Delitti Imperfetti Tullio Gibertini Episode: "Killer in fuga"
2011–2012 Distretto di Polizia Antonio Corallo Main role (season 11)
2012–2014 Il tredicesimo apostolo Bonifacio Serventi Main role
2015 Le tre rose di Eva Francesco Maniero Main role (season 3)
Fuoriclasse Filippo Iaconello Recurring role
1992 Michele Mainaghi Recurring role
2016 Thou Shalt Not Kill Boris Episode: "Episodio 11"
2017 Kommissarin Lucas Daniele Grasso Episode: "Familiengeheimnis"
1993 Michele Mainaghi 2 episodes
2017–2023 La porta rossa Elvio Mayer Main role
2018 Il miracolo Father Marcello Main role
Fabrizio De André - Principe libero Riccardo Mannerini Television movie
2018–2020 Baby Alberto Fedeli Main role
2019 La stagione della caccia - C'era una volta Vigata Filippo Peluso Television movie
The Trial Gabriele Monaco Main role
2020 Fargo Donatello Fadda 2 episodes
2021 Anna Twins father Episode: "Ridono le iene"
Luna Park Antonio Marini Main role
Maradona: Blessed Dream Pope John Paul II Episode: "Libero"
2022–present Monterossi Carella Main role
2024 No Activity Leonida De Luca 3 episodes
TBA Costiera TBA TBA

Awards

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Year Award Category Production Status
2022 Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actor Nostalgia (2022) Won[13]
2021 Golden Ciak Best Supporting Actor Il buco in testa (2020) Nominated[14]
2019 CinEuphoria Awards Best Ensemble - International Competition Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice) (2018) Nominated[15]
2019 Flaiano Awards Best interpretation Award in Theatre, Cinema and Television The Miracle (Il Miracolo) (2018) Won[16]
2019 Golden Screen Awards Best Interpretation The Miracle (Il Miracolo) (2018) Won[17]
2019 Franco Enriquez Award Best Actor The Hunting Season (2019) Won[18]
2018 Series Mania International Competition — Best Actor The Miracle (Il Miracolo) (2018) Won[19]
2017 Voci Nell'Ombra Best Audio Book Narration The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Nominated[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Tommaso Ragno - Contatti". www.tommasoragno.it. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Monday Morning Critic Podcast: (Episode 210) "Fargo" Actor: Tommaso Ragno. on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Storia". Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Tommaso Ragno, la stagione dell'attore | Rolling Stone Italia" (in Italian). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "La zona franca della vita". www.ilfoglio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Greco, Emidio (6 March 2003), Il consiglio d'Egitto (Drama), Silvio Orlando, Tommaso Ragno, Renato Carpentieri, Marine Delterme, Factory, Rai Cinema, S.D.P. Films, retrieved 2 February 2021
  7. ^ Milano-Firenze, Mo-Net s r l. "L'uomo privato (2007)". mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ^ Greco, Emidio (2 November 2007), L'uomo privato (Drama, Mystery), Tommaso Ragno, Myriam Catania, Giulio Pampiglione, Mia Benedetta, ACHAB Film, Rai Cinema, Ripley's Film, retrieved 2 February 2021
  9. ^ "Riccardo va all'inferno". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ^ B, V. "Nanni Moretti movie up for top prize at Cannes Film Festival - Nemo.Guide". Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Tommaso Ragno, in "State a casa": "Roan Johnson, poi Moretti e Virzì. Momento magico dopo il lockdown"". www.leggo.it (in Italian). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Ad alta voce - attori - Ragno Tommaso - Rai Radio 3 - RaiPlay Radio". Rai (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Tommaso Ragno vince il Nastro d'Argento come attore non protagonista…". FM People (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  14. ^ Redazione (15 July 2022). "'Reggia Festival – Visioni Reali', si parte domenica 17 con Toni Servillo". Teleradio-News ♥ mai spam o pubblicità molesta (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Tommaso Ragno". IMDb. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  16. ^ Flaiano, Premi. "Vincitori Premi Internazionali Flaiano anno 2019". www.premiflaiano.com (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  17. ^ Portolan, Marcello (12 May 2019). "Serie tv: l'attore Tommaso Ragno e la serie Skam Italia vincono i premi della prima edizione di Series Con". Project Nerd (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Teatro cinema TV letteratura editoria comunicazione: ecco tutti i riconoscimenti del Premio "Franco Enriquez" 2019". www.lospettacoliere.it. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Archives". Festival Séries Mania. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  20. ^ "XVIII EDIZIONE | Nomination | Voci nell'Ombra". Vocinellombra (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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