Carmine Recano

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Carmine Recano
Born (1980-11-28) 28 November 1980 (age 44)
Naples, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Donatella Tipaldi
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(m. 2024)​
Children2

Carmine Recano (born 28 November 1980) is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Commander Massimo Esposito in the teen drama television series The Sea Beyond (2020–2023).

Biography

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Recano was born in Naples and raised in the district of Secondigliano.[1] His father was a baker and his mother was a homemaker.[2] He began acting by chance after accompanying a friend to an audition at the age of 17.[3][4]

He married Donatella Tipaldi in 2024. They have two children.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Ref.
1999 Un nuovo giorno [it] Roberto [2]
2001 The Ignorant Fairies Israele [6]
Terrarossa [it] Filippo [3]
2002 La vita degli altri [it] Salvatore
Pesi leggeri Nino [3]
2003 Three-Step Dance Luca
I cinghiali di Portici [it] Antimo
2004 A Children's Story Damiano [3]
2008 A Perfect Day Poliziotto
2010 Loose Cannons Marco
2011 Tatanka Rosario
2012 Faccia d'angelo [it] Ispettore Bruno Ricci
2014 The Price of Crime [it] Gennaro Cavani [7]
La strada dritta [it] Gaetano De Angelis [3]
2017 Naples in Veils Domenico [8]
2018 Anche senza di te [it] Luca
2019 The Goddess of Fortune Doctor
2024 Diamonds Leonardo Cavani [9]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Don Matteo Marco Baldini 1 episode [10]
2002 Un posto al sole Ciro Gambardella 1 episode
2003–2005 Sospetti Ridge 9 episodes
2006 Orgoglio 1 episode
Crimini 1 episode
2006–2008 Capri Carmelo 2 episodes [10]
2007 Gente di mare 1 episode
2008 Carabinieri 1 episode
Provaci ancora prof! Renato Aiello 1 episode
2009–2011 La nuova squadra [10]
2013 Il clan dei camorristi [it] Antonio Ruggero 3 episodes [6]
2014 Gli anni spezzati [it] Luca Varesi 1 episode
2017 Amore pensaci tu [it] Jacopo La Neve 20 episodes [11]
2019–2023 La porta rossa Federico Testa [10]
2020–2023 The Sea Beyond Massimo Esposito 8 episodes [12]
2022 Sopravvissuti [it] Ivan De Santis 2 episodes [13]
2025 Belcanto [it] Domenico Bernasca 8 episodes [14]
Sara: Woman in the Shadows [it] Massimiliano Tamburi 6 episodes [15]
Noi del Rione sanità Don Giuseppe Santoro [16]

References

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  1. ^ Pezzino, Laura (24 December 2022). "Carmine Recano, l'uomo dietro la divisa (di Mare fuori)". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tricomi, Antonio (24 September 2024). "Carmine Recano:"Dopo Mare fuori sarò don Antonio Loffredo il prete della Sanità"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ramani, Donato (20 February 2015). "Carmine Recano". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. ^ Pezzino, Laura (24 December 2022). "Carmine Recano, l'uomo dietro la divisa (di Mare fuori)". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. ^ Coviello, Monica (29 May 2024). "Carmine Recano, il Comandante di Mare Fuori si è sposato". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b Cecchi, Roberta (8 March 2023). "Mare Fuori, dove avevamo già visto il cast della fiction Rai". Cosmopolitan (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. ^ De Marco, Camillo (21 October 2014). "I Milionari, the rise and fall of the "good guys" from Naples". Cineuropa. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. ^ Grando, Elisa (29 October 2017). ""Napoli velata": il teaser trailer del nuovo film di Ferzan Ozpetek". Ciak (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. ^ De Marco, Camillo (4 October 2024). "Ferzan Ozpetek's Diamanti is now in post-production". Cineuropa. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d Gallo, Giovanna (10 March 2025). "Carmine Recano, dall'IPM di Mare Fuori 5 al successo di Belcanto". Elle Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  11. ^ Toia, Paola (16 February 2017). "«Amore pensaci tu»: trama, cast e personaggi". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  12. ^ Aricò, Giacomo (11 February 2025). "Mare fuori 5, tutto sulla nuova stagione con protagonista Rosa Ricci: ecco i personaggi e le trame dei primi 6 episodi". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  13. ^ D'Onofrio, Stefano (10 October 2022). "Da Mare Fuori a Sopravissuti: tutti gli attori che hai visto in entrambe le serie". Ciak Generation (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  14. ^ Whittock, Jesse (23 January 2024). "'Bel Canto': 'The Sea Beyond' Stars & Others Join Rai's Italian Opera Drama As Production Begins; Netflix Italy Nears Second Window Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  15. ^ De Marco, Camillo (29 June 2023). "Netflix announces a new crime series called Sara, produced by Palomar". Cineuropa. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  16. ^ Di Lorenzo, Paolo (9 September 2025). ""Noi del Rione Sanità", a ottobre la nuova fiction con Carmine Recano su Rai1". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2025.
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