About
Giancarlo Giannini (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor. Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in Rita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975). His other films include...
Known for
Casino RoyaleMovie • 2006
Quantum of SolaceMovie • 2008
Man on FireMovie • 2004
Catch-22Series • 2019
LeonardoSeries • 2021
Book Club: The Next ChapterMovie • 2023
Frank Herbert's DuneSeries • 2000
A Walk in the CloudsMovie • 1995
ToysMovie • 1992
Rise of the RavenSeries • 2025
CabriniMovie • 2024
MimicMovie • 1997
New York StoriesMovie • 1989
CQMovie • 2001
AnzioMovie • 1968
The Catcher Was a SpyMovie • 2018
The Secret of Santa VittoriaMovie • 1970
Lili MarleenMovie • 1981
Shadows in the SunMovie • 2005
The InnocentMovie • 1976
Once Upon a CrimeMovie • 1992
Love and AnarchyMovie • 1973
Indian SummerMovie • 1972
Seven BeautiesMovie • 1975