Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel.
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Career
He debuted at 17 in the autobiographical filmDi padre in figlio, written and directed with his father, under whose tutoring he later studied in the Theatre Workshop of Florence. Among his theatrical activity, he was noted for his playing in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Affabulazione (1984).
In 1996 he began an artistic partnership with his friend Gianmarco Tognazzi with whom he co-acted in popular movies like Uomini senza donne, Facciamo festa, Teste di cocco, Lovest, I miei più cari amici and Natale a Beverly Hills, in the theatrical version of Some Like It Hot and as dubbers of the Disney cartoon Eldorado. In 1997 he imposed internationally with Ferzan Özpetek's Hamam.
He was subsequently chosen by Yves Saint Laurent as testimonial for his perfume Opium, and posed in a nude calendar for the Italian magazine Max. He also became a testimonial for Lancia of Musa, as well as appearing in an ad for the Glen Grant liquor. As an actor, he worked for several TV miniseries and, in France, in the action movie Transporter 2, produced by Luc Besson. In 2006, Gassmann appeared in the comedy Non prendere impegni stasera.
He then took part in TV dramas such as Piccolo mondo antico, Le stagioni del cuore, La guerra è finita and La Sacra Famiglia; he also acted in the US action film Transporter 2 and in Italy in the comedy Non prendere impegni stasera.
In 2008 he acted in the film Caos calmo as the brother of the main lead, interpreted by Nanni Moretti. For this role, he was honoured by many awards: the David di Donatello award for a supporting actor, the Ciak d'oro, the Nastro d'Argento and the Globo d'oro of the foreign press. In the same year, he adapted for the stage the teleplay 12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose in 1954 that was made into a film by Sidney Lumet in 1957: the performance was taken up again in 2009, year in which he also appeared as leading actor in 4 padri single by Paolo Monico, Ex by Fausto Brizzi and Il compleanno by Marco Filiberti as well in the TV miniseries Pinocchio directed by Alberto Sironi.
He is acting Tutor in Cinecittà at ACT MULTIMEDIA.
Personal life
Gassmann is reportedly 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall. He has been married to Sabrina Knaflitz since 1998, who gave birth to their son Leo the same year.
Filmography
Actor
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Il Vangelo secondo Maria (announced)
2023
L'ordine del tempo (post-production)
2023
Billy as
Zippo
2022
My Name Is Vendetta as
Santo
2022
Il pataffio as
Frate Cappuccio
2021
Un professore (TV Series) as
Dante Balestra / Dante / Teacher Dante Balestra
- 12. Nietzsche (2021) - Dante Balestra
- 11. Rousseau (2021) - Dante Balestra
- 10. Schopenhauer (2021) - Dante Balestra
- 9. Stuart Mill (2021) - Dante Balestra
- 8. Guy Debord (2021)
- 7. Michel Foucault (2021)
- 5. Aristotele (2021)
- 6. Giordano Bruno (2021)
- 4. Platone (2021) - Dante
- 3. Kant (2021) - Dante
- 2. Roland Barthes (2021) - Teacher Dante Balestra
- 1. Socrate (2021) - Dante Balestra
2017
I bastardi di Pizzofalcone (TV Series) as
Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono / Giuseppe Lojacono
- Fuochi (2021) - Giuseppe Lojacono
- Tradimenti (2018) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Souvenir (2018) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Tango (2018) - Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Gioielli (2018) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Pane (2018) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Cuccioli (2018) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Buio (2017) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Misericordia (2017) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Gelo (2017) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Vicini (2017) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- Rabbia (2017) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
- I Bastardi (2017) - Ispettore Giuseppe Lojacono (as Alessandro Gassman)
2021
Il silenzio grande as
Gianluca Fideschi (uncredited)
2021
Ritorno al crimine as
Sebastiano
2020
Io ti cercherò (TV Series) as
Valerio Frediani
- Le divise (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- Due Padri (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- Dhaval (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- Fragile (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- Acqua (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- Il cercatore (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- La Fiducia (2020) - Valerio Frediani
- La via Lattea (2020) - Valerio Frediani
2020
Thou Shalt Not Hate as
Simone Segre
2019
Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri as
Davide Mazzariol
2019
An Almost Ordinary Summer as
Carlo (as Alessandro Gassman)
2019
All You Need Is Crime as
Sebastiano (as Alessandro Gassman)
2018
The Stolen Caravaggio as
Alessandro Pes (as Alessandro Gassman)
2017
The Prize as
Oreste Passamonte (as Alessandro Gassman)
2017
Cinderella the Cat as
Primo Gemito (voice, as Alessandro Gassman)
2017
Beata ignoranza as
Filippo (as Alessandro Gassman)
2016
Non c'è più religione as
Bilal (as Alessandro Gassman)
2016
Onda su onda as
Ruggero (as Alessandro Gassman)
2015
The Last Will Be the Last as
Stefano Colacci (as Alessandro Gassman)
2012
The Family (TV Series) as
Edoardo Rengoni / Edoardo
2015
God Willing as
Don Pietro (as Alessandro Gassman)
2015
An Italian Name as
Paolo (as Alessandro Gassman)
2014
The Dinner as
Massimo (as Alessandro Gassman)
2014
Tutta colpa di Freud as
Alessandro (as Alessandro Gassman)
2012
Un Natale con i fiocchi (TV Movie) as
Alex Morelli
2012
The Mongrel as
Roman (as Alessandro Gassman)
2012
Ferrarelle (Video short)(as Alessandro Gassman)
2012
Viva l'Italia as
Valerio Spagnolo (as Alessandro Gassman)
2011
Ex 2: Still Friends? as
Massimo Marangoni (as Alessandro Gassman)
2011
Baciato dalla fortuna as
Silvano Grandoni (as Alessandro Gassman)
2011
Un Natale per due (TV Movie) as
Claudio (as Alessandro Gassman)
2010
The Woman of My Life as
Dott. Giorgio Forti (as Alessandro Gassman)
2010
The Father and the Foreigner as
Diego Marini (as Alessandro Gassman)
2010
Basilicata Coast to Coast as
Rocco Santamaria (as Alessandro Gassman)
2009
Natale a Beverly Hills as
Marcello (as Alessandro Gassman)
2009
Pinocchio (TV Mini Series) as
Carlo Collodi
- Part 2 (2009) - Carlo Collodi (voice)
- Part 1 (2009) - Carlo Collodi
2009
David's Birthday as
Diego (as Alessandro Gassman)
2009
Ex as
Davide (as Alessandro Gassman)
2009
Four Single Fathers as
Jacopo (as Alessandro Gassman)
2008
Il seme della discordia as
Mario (as Alessandro Gassman)
2008
I Cesaroni (TV Series) as
Oreste / Francesco
- Sogno o son Giulio (2008) - Oreste (as Alessandro Gassman)