Carlo Buccirosso

Carlo Buccirosso
Carlo Buccirosso at the 2010 Giffoni Film Festival
Born	(1954-07-07) 7 July 1954 (age 71) Naples, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, theatre director, playwright
Years active	1976–present

Carlo Buccirosso (born 7 July 1954^[1]) is an Italian actor, theatre director and playwright.^[2]

As an actor, he is best known for his roles in comedy films, especially those directed by Vincenzo Salemme and Carlo Vanzina, in which he is often typecast as a stereotypical lower middle-class Neapolitan man. For his performance as corrupt politician Paolo Cirino Pomicino in Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo (2008) he received critical praise and was nominated to David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.^[3] Buccirosso also appeared in Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (2013) and in popular TV series Un ciclone in famiglia (2006—2008) as Peppino Esposito.

In 2014, he won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in crime-comedy Song'e Napule (2013).^[4] The following year, he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in comedy The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015).^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	L'ultima scena
1993	Daddy Don't Blush	Brigadier Scarrafone
1998	My Best Friend's Wife	Michelino Seta
	Premiata pasticceria Bellavista	Ermanno Bellavista
1999	Amore a prima vista	Peppino
2000	Il grande botto	Michele Caldarulo
	Freewheeling	Mario Pecorella
2002	Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting	Antonio Faiella
	Il mare non c'è paragone	Professor Serapide
2004	The Jokes	Rossi / Maniac
	In questo mondo di ladri	Fabio
2006	Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two	Beniamino
2008	Il Divo	Paolo Cirino Pomicino	Golden Ciak for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
2009	The New Monsters Today	Carlo / Michele / Gregorio / Sotto
	Un'estate ai Caraibi	Roberto De Paola
2011	Petty Letters and Love Crimes	Warden
2013	The Great Beauty	Lello Cava
	Song'e Napule	Commissioner Vitali	BIFEST Award for Best Supporting Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
	Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?	Antonio
2014	People Who Are Well	Carabinieri Marshall
	... E fuori nevica!	Stefano Righi
2015	The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles	Vito	David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
2016	Se mi lasci non vale	Alberto
	Un paese quasi perfetto	Nicola
2017	Mom or Dad?	Bertelli
	La banda dei tre	Di Gaetano
	Love and Bullets	Don Vincenzo / Francesco De Rosa	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor
	Caccia al tesoro	Ferdinando
2019	5 Is the Perfect Number	Totò o' Macellaio
	Sono solo fantasmi	Carlo
2022	Everyone on Board	Mario

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006—2008	Un ciclone in famiglia	Peppino Esposito	17 episodes
2007	Two Cheaters and a Half	Commissioner Di Mauro	Television movie
2008	VIP	Concierge	Television movie
2010	Due imbroglioni e mezzo	Commissioner Di Mauro	4 episodes
2019—2023	Imma Tataranni: Deputy Prosecutor	Alessandro Vitali	18 episodes

References

1. "Radio2 come voi". Rai.it (Podcast) (in Italian). December 26, 2016. Event occurs at 72:40. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
2. "Napoletani a Broadway: Carlo Buccirosso in Lucera". FoggiaToday (in Italian). Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
3. "David di Donatello 2009: tutte le candidature". Comingsoon.it (in Italian). April 9, 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
4. Arianna Finos (June 29, 2014). "Nastri d'argento, trionfo di Virzì ma tanto spazio ai giovani". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2015.
5. "Premi David di Donatello 2015: ecco tutti i vincitori". Comingsoon.it (in Italian). June 12, 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

External links

• Carlo Buccirosso at IMDb