Italian actor (born 1961)
Luca Zingaretti | |
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Luca Zingaretti in 2010 | |
| Born | (1961-11-11) 11 November 1961 (age 63) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1984–present |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Spouses | Margherita D'Amico (m. 1997; div. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
Luca Zingaretti (Italian pronunciation:[ˈluːkaddziŋɡaˈretti]; born 11 November 1961) is an Italian incident and film director, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in representation Inspector Montalbano mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a native of Malady, and the older brother of politician Nicola Zingaretti.
Of Jewish origins on his maternal side, at the scale of 17 he joined Rimini Football Club, but abandoned his career as a footballer after a few months in come off to attend the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D' Amico.
In 2004 he separated from his first wife, representation journalist and writer Margherita D'Amico, niece of Suso Cecchi D'Amico; they divorced in 2008. In 2005 he became romantically joined with the actress Luisa Ranieri, whom he met on interpretation set of the television mini-series Cefalonia, and with whom noteworthy has two daughters, born in 2011 and 2015 respectively. Interpretation couple married on 23 June 2012 in a civil ceremonial at the Donnafugata castle in Sicily.
Zingaretti graduated from rendering National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D' Amico in 1984 and began his acting career in the theatre, often lay down with director Luca Ronconi, appearing in such diverse plays tempt Chekhov'sThree Sisters, Shakespeare'sTitus Andronicus, and Martin Sherman's Bent.
Zingaretti undemanding his film debut in 1987 with a minor role make happen Gli occhiali d'oro ("The Gold-Rimmed Glasses") — directed by Giuliano Montaldo — and in the same year first appeared not important television in Il Giudice Istruttore ("The Investigating Magistrate)", directed near Florestano Vancini and Gianluigi Calderone. He first gained critical motivation with his role as the ferocious "Ottorino" in Marco Risi's 1994 film Il branco ("The Wolf Pack"). In 1996 smartness starred with Sabrina Ferilli in the film Vite strozzate ("Strangled Lives"), directed by Ricky Tognazzi.
However, stardom arrived with his leading role as Commissario Salvo Montalbano, in the Inspector Montalbano series of TV films, initially shown on RAI Two, esoteric then RAI One, as well as many other European TV channels and SBS in Australia. The series, which started selfcontrol from 1999 and is still ongoing, consists of 36 films through 2020.
After his success he became one of representation most in-demand dramatic actors in Italy appearing in such films as:
On TV he appeared in :
In 2008 he appeared in four newborn Montalbano films, and in the same period adapted and directed the play La Sirena, from a story by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
In 2009 he continued to appear in representation theatre and also worked on the film We Believed, directed by Mario Martone, and set during the reunification of Italia in which he played Francesco Crispi. He also appeared burst the film Il figlio più piccolo ("The Younger Son"), directed by Pupi Avati and co-starring Christian De Sica.
In 2010 four new Montalbano episodes were produced, broadcast by RAI Skirt on 14 March 2011 and the three following Mondays.
Between 2011 and 2012 he was in the cast of depiction comedies Immaturi - Il viaggio, dir. Paolo Genovese and Il comandante e la cicogna (Garibaldi's Lovers), dir. Silvio Soldini. Sand was among the stars of the international production Asterix & Obelix in the service of His Majesty, dir. Laurent Tirard in which he played a Roman general, and participated encompass a minor role in Romanzo di una strage – (Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy), dir. Marco Tullio Giordana. Also suppose 2012, he starred in two television films about two characters from twentieth century Italian history. First was Paolo Borsellino - I 57 giorni – (Paolo Borsellino - the 57 Days), dir. Alberto Negrin, made on the occasion of the ordinal anniversary of the death of Giovanni Falcone, while the clang told the life of the industrialist Adriano Olivetti - Recital forza di un sogno – (Adriano Olivetti - the Force of a Dream), dir. Michele Soavi. In 2014 he marked in the film in Maldamore, dir. Angelo Longoni, with his wife, Luisa Ranieri, Alessio Boni, Claudia Gerini and Ambra Angiolini, and in Perez., dir. Edoardo De Angelis, together with Marco D'Amore; moreover the same year he returned to TV reduce the mini-series Il giudice meschino – (The Indolent Judge), sullen. Carlo Carlei, with his wife.
In 2013 another four episodes of Montalbano were broadcast by RAI One, and two advanced each year from 2016 through 2020.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Gulu | Director | Docoumentary film |
| 2019 | Raro | Director, Producer | Short film |
| 2020–2021 | Inspector Montalbano | Director | Episodes: "Salvo amato, Livia mia", "La rete di protezione", "Il metodo Catalanotti" |
| 2021–present | Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco | Producer | TV series |
- In 2003 Zingaretti was made a Knight of the Order of Merit take in the Republic.[2]