Filippo Timi
Filippo Timi | |
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 Timi at the 2009 Venice Film Festival | |
| Born | 27 February 1974 |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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Filippo Timi (born 27 February 1974) is an Italian actor, director and writer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Acting Career
[edit]Filippo Timi was born in Perugia and studied acting in Bologna.[2]
Filippo Timi was discovered as a film actor by the prominent Italian underground director Tonino De Bernardi. Timi debuted in De Bernardi's 1999 movie Appassionata, which was selected for the Venice Film Festival.[3][4][5] After Appassionata he played in De Bernardi's Rosatigre (2000) and Farelavita (2001), both of which became classics of Italian underground cinema.[6]
Despite his stutter and partial blindness, he has become a star of the big screen thanks to his wide range of activities as an author and entrepreneur for television, film, theater, magazines, and music shows. On stage he has been Orpheus, Danton, Perceval, Cupid, Hamlet and Satan. He has performed three different roles in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House directed by Andrée Ruth Shammah in 2016.[7][8][9]
Timi made his debut as a theater director in 2009, directing a Shakespeare adaptation of Amleto². Timi has also played the lead role. Tickets for the play sold out two years in advance. The play cemented Timi's reputation as one of the most recognized and talented writers of contemporary Italian theater. In 2025, the play returned to the stage of the Teatro Nazionale di Genova.[10]
His film career continued with roles in Ferzan Ozpetek's multiple award winning Saturn in Opposition and Saverio Costanzo's In Memory of Me, for which he was nominated for the Italian Syndicate of Film Journalists Award for Best Supporting Actor. He later starred in Wilma Labate's Miss F, and played in Giuliano Montaldo's The Demons of St. Petersberg alongside Isabella Rossellini. At the 2009 Moscow International Film Festival, Timi won the Best Actor award for his role in Gabriele Salvatores's As God Commands.[11]
Since 2009 Timi's films have been selected to compete in major festivals. He played the young Benito Mussolini in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio, the only Italian film in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[12] Timi played the lead role in Giuseppe Capotondi's debut The Double Hour, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. He has performed in both dramatic (Vallanzasca, Angel of Evil, Rust (2011)) and comedic roles (Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia).
Timi had his English-language debut acting alongside George Clooney in Anton Corbijn's action film The American.[9] He has also dubbed Tom Hardy's voice in the Italian release of The Dark Knight Rises, and voiced Manny in the Italian dub of the last two films of the Ice Age franchise, replacing Leo Gullotta.
Since 2013, he has played the lead role in the Italian TV series I delitti del BarLume.[13]
Staged in 2011, his surreal black comedy Favola immediately became a cult play. After many successful seasons, in 2018 Sebastiano Mauri directed a movie based on this production.[14] Favola's sequel, Mrs. Fairytale - Non si torna indietro dalla felicità, premiered in 2021.[15][16]
Writing Career
[edit]In 2006, Timi published his debut novel Tuttalpiù muoio, co-written with Edoardo Albinati. It is a partially autobiographical coming-of-age story that was a great success with critics and the public. It was followed by E lasciamole cadere queste stelle, a collection of short stories dedicated to female characters.[17] His third book, Peggio che diventare famoso, was published in 2008. The book followed the filming of As God Commands, a 2008 drama directed by Gabriele Salvatores. In the trilogy, Timi recalls his humble origins and through a vividly ironic and phantasmagorical lens, shows how he managed to transform youthful problems into a powerful and intense love of life.[18]
In 2023, he published “Marilyn”, a novel, a novel dedicated to one of Hollywood's most famous blondes. In Timi's book, she survives a suicide attempt and escapes to Rome.[19]
Personal life
[edit]Timi is openly gay. In 2016, he married his longtime boyfriend, the artist and writer Sebastiano Mauri, in a civil ceremony in New York City.[20] By 2022, they were already divorced.[13]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | In the Beginning There Was Underwear | Tasca | Feature film debut |
| Appassionate | Ricky | ||
| 2000 | Rosatigre | Antonello "Rosatigre" | Also screenwriter and costumer |
| Atomique. Les trois portes | None | Director | |
| 2001 | 500! | Nico | |
| Fare la vita | Antonello "Rosatigre" | Also screenwriter and composer | |
| Esile rosa tu | None | Director | |
| 2002 | Aprimi il cuore | Customer | |
| L'altra donna | Filippo | ||
| 2005 | Onde | Alex | |
| 2006 | L'eredità di Caino | Him | |
| 2007 | In memoria di me | Zanna | |
| Saturn in Opposition | Roberto | ||
| Signorina Effe | Sergio | ||
| 2008 | The Demons of St. Petersberg | Gusiev | |
| As God Commands | Rino Zena | ||
| 2009 | Vincere | Benito Mussolini | |
| The Double Hour | Guido | ||
| 2010 | The American | Fabio | |
| The Solitude of Prime Numbers | Clown | Cameo appearance | |
| Angel of Evil | Enzo | ||
| 2011 | When the Night | Manfred Sane | |
| Ruggine | Doctor Boldrini | ||
| Missione di pace | Che Guerava | ||
| Piazza Garibaldi | Himself | Documentary film | |
| 2012 | Love Is in the Air | Max Lamberti | |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | Manny (voice) | Italian voice-over role | |
| Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | Décurion patrouille | ||
| 2013 | A Castle in Italy | Ludovic Rossi-Levi | |
| Like the Wind | Umberto Mormile | ||
| 2014 | I corpi estranei | Antonio | |
| 2015 | Blood of My Blood | The Madman | |
| He Named Me Malala | The voice of Malala's father | Italian dub; documentary film | |
| 2016 | Icaros: A Vision | Pasajero Leonardo | |
| Questi giorni | Mr. Mariani | ||
| Ice Age: Collision Course | Manny (voice) | Italian voice-over role | |
| 2017 | Favola | Mrs. Fairytale | Also screenwriter |
| 2022 | The Invisible Thread | Paolo | |
| The Eight Mountains | Giovanni Guasti | ||
| Robbing Mussolini | Achille Borsalino |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Boris | Bruno Staffa | Episode: "La qualità non basta" |
| 2013–present | I delitti del BarLume | Massimo Viviani | Lead role |
| 2014–2015 | Il candidato | Piero Zucca | Lead role |
Selected plays
[edit]• Fuoco centrale, by Cesare Ronconi (1995) • G.A. story, by Robert Wilson (1996) • La rabbia, study by Pippo Delbono (1996) • Medea, by Filippo Timi e Federica Santoro; produced by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (1999) • F. di O., by Filippo Timi, produced by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (1999) • La tempesta, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (1999) • Il Graal, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2000) • Woyzeck, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2001) • Il gabbiano, by Anton Milenin (2001) • La morte di Danton, by Aleksandr Popowski (2004) • La vita bestia, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2006) • Il colore bianco, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2006) • Il popolo non ha il pane? Diamogli le brioche, by Filippo Timi (2009) • Favola. C'era una volta una bambina, e dico c'era perché ora non c'è più, by Filippo Timi (2011) • Giuliett'e Romeo. M'engolfi 'l core, amore, by Filippo Timi (2011) • Il Don Giovanni: vivere è un abuso, mai un diritto, by Filippo Timi (2013) • Skianto, by Filippo Timi (2014) • Una casa di bambola, by Andrée Ruth Shammah, (2015–16)
References
[edit]- ^ "Filippo Timi's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Filippo Timi". Napoli Film Festival. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Rosatigre". IFFR. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Piccino, Cristina (30 September 2001). "Al centro del cinema marginale". Il Manifesto. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Stratton, David (20 September 1999). "Appassionata". Variety. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ De Marco, Camillo (5 September 2005). "La vita interiore di Desiderio". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Filippo Timi | Rosaria Carpinelli Consulenze Editoriali" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ Brocardo, Enrica (7 January 2025). "Filippo Timi: «Non ho più un amore da chiamare, il successo e i soldi non portano la felicità. Ora recito con i D'Innocenzo, ma apro anche un negozietto di abiti vintage»". Vanity Fair Italia. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ a b Foreman, Liza (7 January 2010). "Powerful presence: Filippo Timi on playing Mussolini on film". The National. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ "Filippo Timi riporta in scena lo spettacolo cult "Amleto²" al Teatro Chiesa". GenovaToday. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Cinema; 'Come Dio comanda' vince premio critica a Festival Mosca". Eco di Bergamo. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ Foreman, Liza (7 January 2010). "Powerful presence: Filippo Timi on playing Mussolini on film". The National News. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Filippo Timi: "Il Paradiso dura un attimo"". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 21 January 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ Frigerio, Laura (22 May 2018). "Dal teatro al cinema: Favola di Filippo Timi, il film". GQ Italia. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Filippo Timi ne "L'uomo invisibile" si trasforma in Mrs. Fairytale alla Pergola". In Toscana. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Ciocca, Anastasia (13 January 2022). ""MRS FAIRYTALE. Non si torna indietro dalla felicità"". Frammenti Rivista. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Filippo Timi". Consulenze Editoriali. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Deluca, Alessia (26 January 2009). "Peggio che diventare famoso". Elle. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Piccardi, Gaia (7 September 2023). "Filippo Timi: «Marilyn Monroe non è morta. Sopravvissuta, partì per Roma»". Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Avete visto il marito di Filippo Timi? Il motivo per cui la coppia ha deciso di sposarsi a New York lascia l’amaro in bocca (in Italian)
External links
[edit]- Filippo Timi at IMDb
