Riccardo Scamarcio facts for kids
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Riccardo Scamarcio
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Scamarcio in 2008
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| Born | 13 November 1979 Trani, Apulia, Italy
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| Education | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia |
| Occupation | Actor • film producer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Partner(s) | Angela Liso (1996–2006) Valeria Golino (2006–2016) Benedetta Porcaroli (2021–present) |
| Children | 1 |
Riccardo Dario Scamarcio (born November 13, 1979) is a famous Italian actor and film producer. He has starred in many movies and TV shows, both in Italy and internationally.
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Early Life and Education
Riccardo Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia, a town in Italy. His mother, Irene Petrafesa, is a painter.
He decided to become an actor and studied at the National School of Cinema in Rome. This is a very well-known acting school in Italy. He still lives in Rome today.
Acting Career
Riccardo Scamarcio started his acting journey in a TV series in the year 2000. His first main role in a movie was in Three Steps Over Heaven (2004). This film quickly made him popular, especially among young people in Italy.
In 2006, he appeared in The Black Arrow, a TV series based on a book by Robert Louis Stevenson. He also took on several movie roles. One important film was My Brother Is an Only Child (2007). For his work in this movie, he was nominated for a David di Donatello award, which is a big honor in Italian cinema. He also acted in Manual of Love 2 (2007), Ho voglia di te (2007), and Go Go Tales (2007).
In 2007, Riccardo began working on more films. These included At a Glance (2008), the comedy Italians (2009), and The Big Dream (2009), which was set in Italy in 1968. He also played an immigrant in Eden à l'Ouest. In The Cézanne Affair (2009), he acted alongside his partner at the time, Valeria Golino, who played his sister.
One of his best performances is thought to be in Valeria Golino's 2018 movie, Euforia.
He also appeared in the Hollywood movie John Wick: Chapter 2. In this film, he played Santino D'Antonio, a boss of the Italian Mob and a main bad guy.
More recently, in 2024, he starred in the Netflix movie Vanished into the Night. This film was directed by Renato De Maria and also featured Annabelle Wallis. It was very popular and made it into Netflix's top 10 list in July 2024.
Personal Life
From 2006 to 2016, Riccardo Scamarcio was in a relationship with actress and director Valeria Golino. Even after they broke up, they continued to work together and remain good friends.
Riccardo has a daughter, who was born in 2020, with Angharad Wood. As of 2024, he is dating Italian actress Benedetta Porcaroli.
Filmography
Film
| Title | Year | Role(s) | Director | Notes |
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| The Best of Youth | 2003 | Andrea Utano | Marco Tullio Giordana | |
| Prova a volare | Alessandro | Lorenzo Cicconi | ||
| Now or Never | Biri | Lucio Pellegrini | ||
| Three Steps Over Heaven | 2004 | Stefano Mancini | Luca Lucini | |
| L'uomo perfetto | 2005 | Antonio | ||
| Texas | Gianluca | Fausto Paravidino | ||
| Romanzo Criminale | Il Nero | Michele Placido | ||
| Manual of Love 2 | 2007 | Nicola | Giovanni Veronesi | |
| Ho voglia di te | Stefano Mancini | Luis Prieto | ||
| My Brother Is an Only Child | Manrico Benassi | Daniele Luchetti | ||
| Go Go Tales | Dr. Steven | Abel Ferrara | ||
| At a Glance | 2008 | Adrian Scala | Sergio Rubini | |
| Italians | 2009 | Marcello Polidori / Walter LoRusso | Giovanni Veronesi | Segment: "Primo episodio" |
| Eden Is West | Elias | Costa-Gavras | ||
| The Big Dream | Nicola | Michele Placido | ||
| The Front Line | Sergio Segio | Renato De Maria | ||
| The Cézanne Affair | Pinuccio | Sergio Rubini | ||
| Loose Cannons | 2010 | Tommaso Cantone | Ferzan Özpetek | |
| Polisse | 2011 | Francesco | Maïwenn | |
| The Ages of Love | Roberto | Giovanni Veronesi | ||
| To Rome with Love | 2012 | Hotel thief | Woody Allen | Cameo appearance |
| The Red and the Blue | Professor Giovanni Prezioso | Giuseppe Piccioni | ||
| Cosimo and Nicole | Cosimo | Francesco Amato | ||
| A Small Southern Enterprise | 2013 | Arturo | Rocco Papaleo | |
| The Informant | Mario / Claudio Pasco Lanfredi | Julien Leclercq | ||
| Third Person | Marco | Paul Haggis | ||
| A Golden Boy | 2014 | Davide Bias | Pupi Avati | |
| Effie Gray | Raffaele | Richard Laxton | ||
| Pasolini | Ninetto Davoli | Abel Ferrara | ||
| Wondrous Boccaccio | 2015 | Gentile Carisendi | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | |
| You Can't Save Yourself Alone | Gaetano | Margaret Mazzantini | ||
| First Light | Marco Mauri | Vincenzo Marra | ||
| Io che amo solo te | Damiano Scagliusi | Marco Ponti | ||
| Burnt | Max | John Wells | ||
| Pericle | 2016 | Pericle | Stefano Mordini | Also producer |
| La verità sta in cielo | Enrico De Pedis | Roberto Faenza | ||
| Ali and Nino | Melik Nakahararyan | Asif Kapadia | ||
| La cena di Natale | Damiano Scagliusi | Marco Ponti | ||
| Dalida | 2017 | Orlando | Lisa Azuelos | |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Santino D'Antonio | Chad Stahelski | ||
| Loro | 2018 | Sergio Morra | Paolo Sorrentino | |
| Early Man | Dug (voice) | Nick Park | Italian dub; voice role | |
| Welcome Home | Federico | George Ratliff | ||
| Euphoria | Matteo | Valeria Golino | ||
| The Summer House | Luca | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | ||
| Il testimone invisibile | Adriano Doria | Stefano Mordini | ||
| Cosa fai a Capodanno? | Valerio | Filippo Bologna | ||
| I'm Not a Killer | 2019 | Francesco Prencipe | Andrea Zaccariello | |
| If Only | Carlo | Ginevra Elkann | ||
| Il ladro di giorni | Vincenzo De Benedettis | Guido Lombardi | ||
| The Translators | Dario Farelli | Régis Roinsard | ||
| The Ruthless | Santo Russo | Renato De Maria | ||
| The Players | 2020 | Lorenzo | Stefano Mordini | Also producer and writer |
| The Binding | Francesco | Domenico De Feudis | Also producer | |
| The Last Paradise | 2021 | Ciccio Paradiso / Antonio Paradiso | Rocco Ricciardulli | Also producer and writer |
| Three Floors | Lucio Polara | Nanni Moretti | ||
| The Catholic School | Raffaele Guido | Stefano Mordini | ||
| The Shadow of the Day | 2022 | Luciano Traini | Giuseppe Piccioni | Also producer |
| Tu choisiras la vie | Elio De Angelis | Stéphane Freiss | ||
| Quasi orfano | Valentino | Umberto Carteni | ||
| Caravaggio's Shadow | Caravaggio | Michele Placido | ||
| A Haunting in Venice | 2023 | Vitale Portfoglio | Kenneth Branagh | |
| I Told You So | Riccardo | Ginevra Elkann | ||
| Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia | 2024 | Cesare Fiorio | Stefano Mordini | Also producer and writer |
| Sei fratelli | Marco | Simone Godano | ||
| Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness | Amedeo Modigliani | Johnny Depp | ||
| Vanished into the Night | Pietro Torre | Renato De Maria | ||
| Close to Me | Luca | Stefano Sardo |
Television
| Title | Year | Role(s) | Network | Notes |
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| Compagni di scuola | 2001 | Michele Reale | Rai 2 | 26 episodes |
| La freccia nera | 2006 | Marco di Monforte | Canale 5 | 6 episodes |
| Il segreto dell'acqua | 2011 | Angelo Caronia | Rai 1 | 6 episodes |
| London Spy | 2015 | Dopplergänger | BBC Two | Episode: "I Know" |
| Master of None | 2017 | Pino | Netflix | 3 episodes |
| Liberi sognatori | 2018 | Antonio Montinaro | Canale 5 | Episode: "La scorta di Borsellino: Emanuela Loi" |
| The Woman in White | Count Fosco | BBC One | 5 episodes | |
| Maradona: Blessed Dream | 2021 | Carmine Giuliano | Prime Video | Episode: "Vesuvio" |
Other Credits
| Title | Year | Role(s) |
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| Diarchia | 2010 | Short film; producer |
| L'uomo doppio | 2012 | Producer |
| Miele | 2013 | Producer |
| La vita oscena | 2014 | Co-producer |
| The Dream | Short film; producer | |
| Per amor vostro | 2015 | Producer |
| Pericle | 2016 | Producer |
| Dei | 2018 | Producer |
| The Players | 2020 | Writer and producer |
| The Binding | Producer | |
| The Last Paradise | 2021 | Writer and producer |
| The Shadow of the Day | 2022 | Producer |
| Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia | 2024 | Writer and producer |
Stage
| Title | Year | Role(s) | Venue | Director |
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| Romeo and Juliet | 2011 | Romeo | Teatro Smeraldo; Milan | Valerio Binasco |
See also
In Spanish: Riccardo Scamarcio para niños
