RDOC man specializing in grumpy and cynical types (“on the other hand, with this face I have…”), Marco Giallini turns 60 today, April 4, 2023. Actor loved by the general public above all, since 2016 he is for everyone Rocco Schiavone the series based on the novels by Antonio Manzini who tomorrow, April 5, returns to prime time with its fifth season. Sly smile, unmistakably deep and hoarse voice, Giallini is a man of many lives.
Six times nominated for the David di Donatello, won three Silver Ribbons (the last one, “special” for Perfect strangers by Paolo Genovese) has become a character in our cinema belatedlyat 49, after the disappearance of his wife Loredana.
The former suburban boy Marco Giallini turns 60
Son of the working class, Marco Giallini was a small town boy who dreamed of becoming a rock star. In the early eighties he played with a band, i Sandy Banana & The MonitorsJoy Division cover. And in fact, even today he cultivates a passion for bass, guitar and drums. He couldn’t stand school (“my children did the Classic, for me doing the Classic meant going around on a moped”). Instead, he jumped from one job to another, from house painter to soda vendor. Until it occurred to him to go to drama school The ladder From Rome. Thanks to which she had the opportunity to work with some great names of the Italian theater, from Arnoldo Foà to Angelo Orlando.
The first roles in the cinema
Film debut? In 1986 with an appearance (uncredited, for the substantial fee of 250,000 lire) in the marketing department of Department stores by Castellano and Pipolo (appears in the meeting scene, next to Heather Parisi and Michele Placido). A first important role is obtained in 1995 thanks to Angelo Orlando in his film directorial debut. Giallini is a policeman, the first of a series, in the film Next year I go to bed at ten.
Noticed at the theater by Marco Risi and behind signaled by his friend Valerio Mastandrea, he was chosen in 1998 for theLast New Years next to Monica Bellucci. Among the first important roles of him, that from co-star, suburban cop, in the’Smell of the nightAnd Of Claudio Caligari alongside Valerio Mastandrea. The scene in which he forces Little Tony to sing is unforgettable Crazy Heart while cleaning his house.
From Criminal novel to Perfect strangers And Rocco Schiavone
And if Giallini owes much to partnerships with directors such as Sergio Castellitto (Do not move, 2004, La donkey beauty, 2010), Carlo Verdone (Me, them and Lara2009, e Standing room in heaven2012) and Paolo Genovese (from A perfect family). the bang, the real one, instead owes it to the cult TV series Criminal novel. He is the boss of Centocelle enemy number one of the Lebanese.
In the wake of that success, the roles of the following years, from Me, them and Lara by Carlo Verdone a They who? with Edoardo Leo (2015) passing through ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards. 2016 was one of his golden years, divided between two Roccos: that of Perfect strangers by Paolo Genovese and Rocco Schiavone. In 2017 she was next to Alessandro Gassman in Blessed Ignorance. In 2022 we saw it in Once upon a time there was crime by Massimiliano Bruno, My shadow is yours by Eugenio Cappuccio and The prince of Rome by Edoardo Falcone.
Marco Giallini on the red carpet of Il Principe Di Roma” at the Rome Film Fest (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
The private life of Marco Giallini
Yellows he has two sons, Rocco and Diego, born in 1998 and 2005 by his wife Loredana, who died in 2011 for a cerebral hemorrhage. The words that the actor dedicates to her are always touching. «The thought of her returning home at any moment lasts two years, then, you understand that dying is practice. Not at 40. Not in my arms, while we pack for the holidays,” he explained in an interview with Corriere.
The passions of Marco Giallini, from motorcycles to Rome
Two wheels are Giallini’s first love, ever since his acting school days (he went there with a Yamaha). And this despite riding one of his own three bikes in 2007 it was involved in a terrible accident which sent him into a coma (with 52 multiple fractures). He recovered and after only 90 days he showed up on set.
Love her music, it has already been said (on all the Clash, the Who and the Sex Pistols) and collects vinyls. It’s a romanist diehard.
60 years, time to take stock?
“NoI don’t give a damn,” Schiavone said in an interview with Agi: “For me it’s like when I was 35 years old. I do the same caciara, I say the same things, I ride a motorcycle. Usually we sleep less as we get older, but I sleep more… I do like Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button: I sleep a lot, I go to bed and sleep».
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