Actor

Vittorio Gassman

September 1, 1922 · Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈɡazman]; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements. Gassman's debut was in Milan, in 1942, with Alda Borelli in Niccodemi's La Nemica (theatre). He then moved to Rome and acted at the Teatro Eliseo joining Tino Carraro and Ernesto Calindri in a team that remained famous for some time; with them he acted in a range of plays from bourgeois comedy to sophisticated intellectual theatre. In 1946, he made his film debut in Preludio d'amore, while only one year later he appeared in five films.

Notable work

7.6
Sleepers (1996)
as King Benny
8.2
Il Sorpasso (1962)
as Bruno Cortona
8.1
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
as Peppe il pantera
8.3
We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
as Gianni Perego
7.7
For Love and Gold (1966)
as Brancaleone da Norcia
8.1
The Great War (1959)
as Giovanni Busacca

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