Ettore Bassi facts for kids

Ettore Bassi, whose full name is Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi, was born on April 16, 1970. He is a well-known Italian actor and television presenter.

About Ettore Bassi

Ettore Bassi loved magic from a young age. He even learned to be a magician and worked as an animator (someone who entertains people) at holiday resorts. When he was 19, he started acting classes at the Tangram Teatro in Turin.

In 1992, he was on a TV show called Il più bello d'Italia (The Most Handsome in Italy). He won the title for being the best talent! A year later, in 1993, he started presenting TV shows on Rai 1. His first show was La Banda dello Zecchino.

In 1994, Ettore began his acting career in a TV mini-series called Italian Restaurant. It was directed by Giorgio Capitani. For many years after that, he worked as both a TV presenter and an actor. He appeared in TV shows, photo-stories, movies, and plays.

In 2000, Ettore helped present the Jubilee World Youth Day alongside Pope John Paul II. This event was shown all over the world! He became very famous in Italy for playing Marshal Andrea Ferri in the TV series Carabinieri. He was on this show from 2002 to 2005.

In 2003, he won an award called Telegrolla d'oro for being the best actor in Italian TV shows. In 2005, he received the Agesp Prize for Best TV Fiction. This was at the Busto Arsizio Film Festival.

Ettore also loves car racing, a passion he got from his father. He even tried racing cars himself and had some success!

In 2005, he acted in two TV mini-series: Imperium: Saint Peter and Pope John Paul II. From 2006 to 2007, he played a children's doctor named Corrado Milani in the TV series Nati ieri. He even added some of his own magic tricks to his character!

In 2007, he played Giorgio Piromallo in the TV mini-series St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor. He also played Saint Francis of Assisi in the TV mini-series Clare and Francis. In 2008, he won the Sant'Antonio International Award for his acting in this role.

In 2009, Ettore played the main character in the TV mini-series Mal'aria. In 2010, it was announced that he would join the police TV series Inspector Rex. He played Inspector Davide Rivera in the 14th and 15th seasons of Inspector Rex.

In 2014, he acted in the movie Maldamore. He also appeared in the TV series Fuoriclasse and È arrivata la felicità. In 2015, he presented the TV show Quando Mamma non c'è with his daughters.

Besides his TV work, Ettore has also been very active in theatre. He performed in plays like Il muro (The Wall), which was a rock opera inspired by Pink Floyd's music. He also won the Charlot Theatre Prize in 2015 for his role in Trappola mortale (Deathtrap). In 2017, he starred in the musical The Bodyguard - Guardia del corpo. He played Frank Farmer, the role that Kevin Costner played in the original movie.

Ettore Bassi's Work

Movies

• What Girls Never Say, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2000)
• La regina degli scacchi, directed by Claudia Florio (2001)
• Promessa d'amore, directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani (2004)
• Taxi Lovers, directed by Luigi Di Fiore (2005)
• Forget You Not (Per non dimenticarti), directed by Mariantonia Avati (2006)
• This Night Is Still Ours (Questa notte è ancora nostra), directed by Paolo Genovese and Luca Miniero (2008)
• La vita dispari, directed by Luca Fantasia (2011)
• Maldamore, directed by Angelo Longoni (2014)
• Finché giudice non ci separi, directed by Toni Fornari and Andrea Maia (2018)

Television Shows

• Italian Restaurant, directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV mini-series (1994)
• I ragazzi del muretto 3 - TV series (1996)
• Il maresciallo Rocca 1 - TV series (1996)
• Un posto al sole - soap opera (1997)
• Un medico in famiglia - TV series (1999)
• Casa famiglia, directed by Riccardo Donna - TV series (2001-2003)
• Carabinieri - TV series (2002-2005)
• Imperium: Saint Peter (San Pietro), directed by Giulio Base - TV mini-series (2005)
• Pope John Paul II, directed by John Kent Harrison - TV mini-series (2005)
• Der Todestunnel, directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard - TV film (2005)
• Nati ieri, directed by Carmine Elia, Paolo Genovese, and Luca Miniero - TV series (2006-2007)
• St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor (Giuseppe Moscati - L'amore che guarisce), directed by Giacomo Campiotti - TV mini-series (2007)
• Clare and Francis (Chiara e Francesco), directed by Fabrizio Costa - TV mini-series (2007)
• Bakhita, directed by Giacomo Campiotti - TV mini-series (2009)
• Mal'aria, directed by Paolo Bianchini - TV mini-series (2009)
• Il sorteggio, directed by Giacomo Campiotti - TV film (2010)
• Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky (Sotto il cielo di Roma), directed by Christian Duguay - TV mini-series (2010)
• Inspector Rex (Rex) - TV series (2012-2013)
• Un matrimonio, directed by Pupi Avati - TV mini-series (2014)
• Fuoriclasse, directed by Riccardo Donna and Tiziana Aristarco - TV series (2014-2015)
• A testa alta - I martiri di Fiesole, directed by Maurizio Zaccaro - TV film (2014)
• È arrivata la felicità, directed by Riccardo Milani and Francesco Vicario - TV series (2015)
• Boris Giuliano - Un poliziotto a Palermo, directed by Ricky Tognazzi - TV mini-series (2016)
• La porta rossa, directed by Carmine Elia - TV series (2017-2019)
• L'isola di Pietro, directed by Giulio Manfredonia - TV series (2018)

Short Films

• Io ti voglio bene assai, directed by Fernando Muraca (2006)
• Pentito, directed by Marcello Conte (2006)
• Sali e Tabacchi, directed by Fabio Di Credico and Tommy Dibari (2006)
• Detenuto senza colpa, directed by Andrea Costantini (2015)

Commercials

• Shampoo Johnson (1992)
• Telecom (1994-1996)
• Unica 5 (2009)
• Nurith, directed by Andrea Costantini (2012)

Voice Acting

• He was the voice for Mark Consuelos in American Horror Story.

Theatre Plays

• Uno sguardo dal ponte, directed by Teodoro Cassano (1996/1998)
• Adorabili amici, written by Carole Greep, directed by Patrick Rossi Gastaldi (2008)
• La grande cena, directed by Camilla Cuparo (2009)
• Banda (dis)armata, directed by Roberto Marafante (2010)
• Il muro, directed by Angelo Longoni (2013)
• Trappola Mortale, directed by Ennio Coltorti (2013/2015)
• L'amore migliora la vita, directed by Angelo Longoni (2015/2017)
• Il sindaco pescatore, directed by Enrico Maria Lamanna (2015/2019)
• Miles Gloriosus, directed by Cristiano Roccamo (2016)
• The Bodyguard - Guardia del corpo, il Musical, directed by Federico Bellone (2017)
• Anfitrione, directed by Cristiano Roccamo (2017)
• Pseudolo, directed by Cristiano Roccamo (2018)
• Mi amavi ancora..., directed by Stefano Artissunch (2019)
• L'attimo Fuggente, directed by Marco Iacomelli (2019)

TV Programs He Presented

• Piacere Raiuno (Rai 1, 1991)
• Buon pomeriggio (Rete 4, 1992)
• A casa nostra (Rete 4, 1992)
• Il più bello d'Italia (Rete 4, 1992) – winner
• La Banda dello Zecchino (Rai 1, 1993, 1999-2001) – presenter
• Tutti a casa (Rai 1, 1994) – member of Cavazza family
• Disney Club (Rai 1, 1995) – presenter
• Zap Zap (TMC, 1996, 1998-1999) – presenter
• Lo Zecchino d'Oro, 43°-44° editions (Rai 1, 2000-2001) – presenter
• Giornata Mondiale della Gioventù, the Jubilee (Rai 1, 2000) – presenter
• Festa della mamma (Rai 1, 2000-2001) – presenter
• Concerto di primavera (Rai 1, 2001-2002) – presenter
• Luce del mondo, sale della terra (Rai 1, 2002) – presenter
• Ma che domenica (Rai 1, 2002) – presenter
• Cosa non farei (Rete 4, 2004) – presenter
• Acchiappo i sogni (Rai Premium, 2014-2015) – presenter
• Quando mamma non c'è (Sky Gambero Rosso, 2015) – presenter
• Ballando con le stelle (Rai 1, 2019)

Radio Programs He Presented

• Voci della Luna (Radionorba and Radionorba TV, 2018-2019) – presenter

Awards Ettore Bassi Has Won

• 2003 - Telegrolla d'oro - for being the best actor in TV shows
• 2005 - Agesp Prize for the Best TV Fiction at the Busto Arsizio Film Festival
• 2008 - Sant'Antonio International Award for Television
• 2015 - Charlot Theatre Prize
• 2016 - Monopoli City Prize for Performance

See also

In Spanish: Ettore Bassi para niños