Occupation Actor, director Role Actor Name Michele Placido | Religion Roman Catholicism Years active 1972–present Height 1.85 m | |
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Children Violante Placido, Brenno Placido, Inigo Placido, Gabriele Placido, Michelangelo Placido Parents Beniamino Placido, Maria Iazzetti Movies Romanzo Criminale, Vallanzasca – Gli angeli del male, The Choice, The Lookout, The Big Dream Similar People Violante Placido, Federica Vincenti, Brenno Placido, Simonetta Stefanelli, Kim Rossi Stuart | ||
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Michele Placido ([miˈkɛle ˈplatʃido]; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.
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- michele placido dressed by gianfranco ferr by canale moda
- Simonetta Stefanelli and Michele Placido in Scandal in the Family 1975
- Life and career
- Filmography
- References
Simonetta Stefanelli and Michele Placido in Scandal in the Family (1975)
Life and career
Placido was born at Ascoli Satriano, into a poor family from Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata; he is a descendant of the known brigand Carmine Crocco. Placido had a number of jobs since his youth. He studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and with Silvio D'Amico at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his debut as an actor in the play Midsummer's Night Dream in 1969. Two years later he started film work under directors such as Luigi Comencini, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Damiano Damiani, Francesco Rosi, Walerian Borowczyk, Marco Bellocchio, Paolo Cavara and Carlo Lizzani. His first success came with the role of soldier Paolo Passeri in Marcia trionfale (1976, directed by Bellocchio), for which he won a David di Donatello. Two years later he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival for his role of the homosexual worker in ironical melodrama Ernesto (1978, by Samperi).
He appeared in several TV movies in the 1970s, but 1983 marked the beginning of his greatest television popularity when he played the lead as a police inspector investigating the Mafia in Damiano Damiani's TV series La Piovra. He went on to play the same part in the subsequent three series, until his character's assassination. Afterwards he would appear as a law enforcement official in a number of other films and TV productions dealing with organized crime, including a semi-biographical movie about Giovanni Falcone, where he acted as the titular judge. In 2008, in a reversal of roles, he portrayed longtime Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano in the TV movie L'ultimo padrino. A recognizable role to US audiences is that of an Italian businessman in the 1988 comedy Big Business.
Until a divorce in 1994, he was married to actress Simonetta Stefanelli, who is best known for having played Michael Corleone's first (Sicilian) wife in The Godfather. Their daughter Violante Placido is also an actress.
Since 2012 he has been married to actress Federica Vincenti (b. 8 November 1983) after over 10 years of dating each other
Filmography
Actor
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Il Visionario (pre-production)
2022
Arnoldo Mondadori as
Arnoldo Mondadori
2022
Orlando as
Orlando
2022
Falla girare as
Diego
2022
Vincenzo Malinconico, avvocato d'insuccesso (TV Series) as
Avvocato Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo
- Divorziare con stile (2022) - Avvocato Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo
- Un quarto d'ora di celebrità (2022) - Avvocato Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo
- I frigoriferi degli uomini soli (2022) - Avvocato Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo (credit only)
- Non avevo capito niente (2022) - Avvocato Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo (credit only)
2022
Caravaggio's Shadow as
Cardinal Del Monte
2022
Oltre il Confine (Short) as
Voce
2022
Ti mangio il cuore as
Vincenzo Montanari
2022
Run to You as
Padre di Gianni
2021
All Star - Ritorno al cinema (Short) as
Spettatore
2021
Appunti di un venditore di donne as
Amedeo Sangiorgi
2020
Calibro 9 as
Rocco Musco
2020
La stanza (Short) as
Policeman
2020
I Hate Summer as
Maresciallo
2016
La cena di Natale as
Don Mimì
2016
7 Minutes as
Michele Varazzi - il proprietario della fabbrica
2015
In Treatment (TV Series) as
Guido
- Guido - 7ª e ultima settimana (2016) - Guido
- Guido - 6ª settimana (2015) - Guido
- Guido - 5ª settimana (2015) - Guido
- Guido - 4ª settimana (2015) - Guido
- Guido - 3ª settimana (2015) - Guido
- Guido - 2ª settimana (2015) - Guido
- Guido - 1ª settimana (2015) - Guido
2015
Questo è il mio paese (TV Mini Series) as
Giannino Cafuero
- Episode #1.6 (2015) - Giannino Cafuero
- Episode #1.5 (2015) - Giannino Cafuero
- Episode #1.4 (2015) - Giannino Cafuero
- Episode #1.3 (2015) - Giannino Cafuero
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Giannino Cafuero
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Giannino Cafuero
2015
Io che amo solo te as
Domenico Scagliusi aka don Mimì
2015
La scelta as
Emilio Nicotri
2014
Living Legends as
Christiano Negri
2013
Masterpiece (TV Series) as
Special Guest
2013
Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia (TV Movie) as
Trilussa
2013
Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno (TV Movie) as
Vittorio De Sica
2012
Itaker - Vietato agli italiani as
Pantano'
2012
The Mongrel as
Avv.Silvestri
2012
Viva l'Italia as
Michele Spagnolo
2012
The Lookout as
Giovanni
2012
Tulpa: Demon of Desire as
Roccaforte
2011
Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio as
Duccio Villani di Masi
2011
The Ages of Love as
Augusto
2010
Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso as
Alberto
2009
Just Married as
Sabino Impanato
2009
The Big Dream as
Andrea
2009
Baaria as
Communist
2008
Il sangue dei vinti as
Commissario Franco Dogliani
2008
Aldo Moro - Il presidente (TV Movie) as
Aldo Moro
2008
La luna nel deserto (Short) as
Leone (voice)
2008
Smutek paní Snajderové as
Count Sternberk
2008
L'ultimo padrino (TV Movie) as
Bernardo Provenzano
2007
2061: Un anno eccezionale as
Cardinale Bonifacio Colonna
2007
Piano, solo as
Giovanni
2007
SoloMetro as
Enrico Alvari
2006
Commediasexi as
Salvatore Lisassi
2006
Le rose del deserto as
Frate Simeone
2006
The Unknown Woman as
Muffa
2006
Assunta Spina (TV Movie) as
Michele Boccadifuoco
2006
Karol - The Pope, the Man (TV Movie) as
Dr. Renato Buzzonetti
2006
The Caiman as
Marco Pulici / Silvio Berlusconi
2006
The Goodbye Kiss as
Anedda
2005
Romanzo Criminale as
Padre Freddo
2005
Il grande Torino (TV Movie) as
Angelo, 2004
2004
The Scent of Blood as
Carlo
2004
L'amore ritorna as
Dottor Bianco
2003
Un papà quasi perfetto (TV Mini Series) as
Michele Salvi
- Episode #1.6 (2003) - Michele Salvi
- Episode #1.5 (2003) - Michele Salvi
- Episode #1.4 (2003) - Michele Salvi
- Episode #1.2 (2003) - Michele Salvi
- Episode #1.1 (2003) - Michele Salvi
- Episode #1.3 (2003) - Michele Salvi
2003
Caterina in the Big City as
Michele (Special Guest)
2003
Soraya (TV Movie) as
Enrico Mattei
2003
Il posto dell'anima as
Salvatore
2002
Searching for Paradise as
Giorgio Mattei
2002
Il sequestro Soffiantini (TV Movie) as
Giuseppe Soffiantini
2001
Tra due mondi as
Uzeda
2000
Padre Pio: Tra cielo e terra (TV Movie) as
Padre Pio da Pietralcina
2000
Liberate i pesci! as
Michele Verrio
1999
The Wasteland as
Frà Salvatore
1999
A Respectable Man as
Enzo Tortora
1999
The Nanny as
Belli
1999
Panni sporchi as
Furio Cimin
1998
Del perduto amore as
Don Gerardo
1998
Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) as
Carlo
1998
La missione (TV Movie) as
Padre Ramboni
1997
Racket (TV Mini Series) as
Guido Gerosa
- Episode #1.6 (1997) - Guido Gerosa
- Episode #1.5 (1997) - Guido Gerosa
- Episode #1.4 (1997) - Guido Gerosa
- Episode #1.3 (1997) - Guido Gerosa
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - Guido Gerosa
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - Guido Gerosa
1996
La lupa as
Malerba
1995
Un eroe borghese as
Silvio Novembre
1995
Poliziotti as
Sante Carella
1994
Lamerica as
Fiore
1994
Padre e figlio as
Corrado
1993
Giovanni Falcone as
Giovanni Falcone
1993
Quattro bravi ragazzi as
Marcione
1993
Man of Respect (TV Movie) as
Nino
1992
Close Friends as
Padre di Simona
1992
Scoop (TV Mini Series) as
Marco Bonelli
- Servizi segreti - Seconda parte (1992) - Marco Bonelli
- Servizi segreti - Prima parte (1992) - Marco Bonelli
- Segreto professionale - Seconda parte (1992) - Marco Bonelli
- Segreto professionale - Prima parte (1992) - Marco Bonelli
- Fattore umano - Seconda parte (1992) - Marco Bonelli
- Fattore umano - Prima parte (1992) - Marco Bonelli
1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (TV Mini Series) as
Col. Roberto Chavez
- Part II (1992) - Col. Roberto Chavez
- Part I (1992) - Col. Roberto Chavez
1991
Afghan Breakdown as
Major Mikhail Bandura
1989
Forever Mary as
Marco Terzi
1984
La piovra (TV Series) as
Commissario Corrado Cattani
1988
Via Paradiso as
Francesco
1988
Big Business as
Fabio Alberici
1988
Private Affairs as
Lionello Martini
1988
Ya bon les blancs as
Michel
1986
Grandi magazzini as
Il Direttore
1986
Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil as
Giuseppe Catania aka Beppe
1985
The Sicilian Connection as
Mario Aloia
1985
Les amants terribles as
Sergio
1983
Art of Love as
Macarius
1983
Il passo falso (TV Movie) as
Gabriele Rossi
1982
Chopin as
Francesco Maria Vitale
1981
Cargo as
Giovanni
1981
Les ailes de la colombe as
Sandro
1981
Three Brothers as
Nicola Giuranna
1980
Fontamara as
Berardo Viola
1980
Lulu as
Schwarz
1980
A Leap in the Dark as
Giovanni Sciabola
1979
Volontari per destinazione ignota (TV Movie) as
Antonio Stella
1979
Sabato, domenica e venerdì as
Mario (segment "Domenica")
1979
Il prato as
Enzo
1979
Un uomo in ginocchio as
Antonio Platamonte
1979
Tigers in Lipstick as
Angelo / The Photographer
1979
Ernesto as
The Man
1978
Yerma (TV Movie) as
Victor
1978
Corleone as
Michele Labruzzo
1978
Io sono mia as
Giacinto
1977
The Pyjama Girl Case as
Antonio Attolini
1977
Beach House as
Vincenzino
1977
Kleinhoff Hotel as
Pedro
1977
Oedipus orca as
Michele Turrisi
1976
L'Agnese va a morire as
Tom
1976
Plot of Fear as
Inspector Gaspare Lomenzo
1976
Victory March as
Paolo Passeri
1976
Snatch as
Michele Turrisi
1975
The Divine Nymph as
Martino Ghiondelli
1975
Scandal in the Family as
Milo
1974
Moses the Lawgiver (TV Mini Series) as
Caleb
- Part VI (1974) - Caleb
- Part V (1974) - Caleb
- Part IV (1974) - Caleb
- Part III (1974) - Caleb
- Part II (1974) - Caleb
1974
Orlando furioso (TV Mini Series) as
Agramante
- Episode #1.5 (1974) - Agramante
- Episode #1.4 (1974) - Agramante
- Episode #1.3 (1974) - Agramante
1974
Romanzo popolare as
Agente Giovanni Pizzullo
1974
Till Marriage Do Us Part as
Silvano Pennacchini
1974
Processo per direttissima as
Stefano Baldini
1973
Il picciotto (TV Mini Series) as
Rosario Mandalà
- Episode #1.3 (1973) - Rosario Mandalà
- Episode #1.2 (1973) - Rosario Mandalà
- Episode #1.1 (1973) - Rosario Mandalà
1973
Teresa the Thief as
Tonino Santità
1973
Non ho tempo as
Studente
1973
The Black Hand as
Antonio Turris (as Mike Placido)
1973
My Wife, a Body to Love as
Partner di Simona al night
1972
The Pisciotta Case as
Amerigo Lo Jacono
1972
Joe Petrosino (TV Mini Series) as
Carlo Costantino
- Episode #1.5 (1972) - Carlo Costantino
- Episode #1.3 (1972) - Carlo Costantino
- Episode #1.1 (1972) - Carlo Costantino
1971
K2 + 1 (TV Series)
- Aller guten Dinge sind zehn (1971)
Director
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Il Visionario (pre-production)
2022
Caravaggio's Shadow
2022
Presto sarà domani (Short)
2021
Isolation (Documentary) (segment "Death Close By")
2018
A Jacket (Short) (mentor)
2017
Suburra: Blood on Rome (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Plebes and Patricians (2017)
- 21 Days (2017)
2016
7 Minutes
2015
La scelta
2014
Prima di andar via
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (Documentary) (segment "Yorich's Speech")
2012
The Lookout
2010
Angel of Evil
2009
The Big Dream
2009
L'Aquila 2009 - Cinque registi tra le macerie (Video documentary short) (segment "Le mani di Osmai")
2005
Romanzo Criminale
2004
Another Life
2002
A Scandalous Journey
1998
Del perduto amore
1995
Un eroe borghese
1992
Close Friends
1990
Pummarò
Writer
2022
Caravaggio's Shadow (screenplay)
2021
Isolation (Documentary) (segment "Death Close By")
2016
7 Minutes (screenplay)
2015
La scelta (screenplay)
2012
Itaker - Vietato agli italiani (written by)
2010
Angel of Evil (dialogue supervisor) / (screenplay)
2009
The Big Dream (writer)
2007
L'uomo giusto (screenplay)
2005
Romanzo Criminale (screenplay)
2004
Another Life (story & screenplay)
2002
A Scandalous Journey
1998
Del perduto amore (writer)
1998
La missione (TV Movie)
1997
Racket (TV Mini Series) (idea - 6 episodes)
- Episode #1.6 (1997) - (idea - 1997)
- Episode #1.5 (1997) - (idea - 1997)
- Episode #1.4 (1997) - (idea - 1997)
- Episode #1.3 (1997) - (idea - 1997)
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - (idea - 1997)
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - (idea - 1997)
1992
Close Friends (idea and screenplay)
1990
Pummarò
Producer
2019
Calypso (executive producer)
2010
Vampyre Compendium (Short) (producer)
2007
SoloMetro (producer)
2007
L'uomo giusto (producer)
1991
The Conviction (producer)
Miscellaneous
2008
Romanzo criminale - La serie (TV Series) (supervision - 2008)
2001
Another World Is Possible (Documentary) (support)
Editor
2014
Prima di andar via
Thanks
2018
In viaggio con Adele (the director wishes to thank)
2018
Aquarius Visionarius - Il cinema di Michele Soavi (Documentary) (special thanks)
Self
2022
Un marziano di nome Ennio (Documentary) as
Vittorio De Sica
2022
Noi (TV Series) as
Self
- La luna (2022) - Self
2022
La voglia matta di vivere (Documentary)
2021
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore (Documentary)
2021
Isolation (Documentary) as
Self (segment "Death Close By")
2021
Canzone segreta (TV Movie) as
Self
2020
Preghiera per la vita (Documentary short) as
Self
2019
Fernando, l'ultimo poeta rivoluzionario venuto dal sud (Documentary short) as
Voce Narrante
2019
20 anni che siamo italiani (TV Mini Series) as
Self
2019
Lectura Ovidii as
Self
2018
Monica! (Documentary) as
Self
2018
Flavioh - Tributo a Flavio Bucci (Documentary) as
Self
2018
Aquarius Visionarius - Il cinema di Michele Soavi (Documentary) as
Self
2017
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2017
I Love... Marco Ferreri (Documentary) as
Self
2017
Canto alla durata - Omaggio a Peter Handke (Documentary short)(voice)
2016
Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life (Documentary) as
Self
2016
Opening David di Donatello (Short) as
Self
2016
Un'avventura romantica (Documentary) as
Vittorio De Sica
2014
Masterpiece (TV Series) as
Self
- Fase Finale (2014) - Self
- Fase Finale (2014) - Self
2014
Il meglio d'Italia (TV Series) as
Self
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (Documentary) as
Self (segment: "Yorick's Speech")
2012
Ben e Clara - Le ultime lettere (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Mussolini - Il fantoccio grottesco (2012) - Narrator
- Mussolini - Il mondo perduto (2012) - Narrator
- Mussolini - Il sognatore naufragato (2012) - Narrator
- Mussolini - Il cadavere vivente (2012) - Narrator
2010
Portrait Of My Father (Documentary) as
Self
2010
Io canto (TV Series) as
Self
- 27 febbraio 2010 (2010) - Self
2009
Che tempo che fa (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #7.9 (2009) - Self - Guest
2009
Días de cine (TV Series) as
Self - Interviewee
- Episode dated 10 September 2009 (2009) - Self - Interviewee
2009
Di me cosa ne sai (Documentary) as
Self
2009
Negli occhi (Documentary) as
Self
2009
Focaccia blues (Documentary) as
Proiezionista
2007
Marco Ferreri: Il regista che venne dal futuro (Documentary) as
Self / Narrator
2007
Viaggio in corso nel cinema di Carlo Lizzani (Documentary) as
Self
2006
Gran premio internazionale della TV (TV Series) as
Self - Winner
- 23rd Edition (2007) - Self - Winner
- 22nd Edition (2006) - Self - Winner
2006
The 2006 European Film Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2002
Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio as
Self
2001
Torno Sabato (TV Series) as
Self
- Torno Sabato - La Lotteria (2001) - Self
1999
Ciao Darwin (TV Series) as
Self - Presidente di giuria
- Donne: Italiane contro Straniere (1999) - Self - Presidente di giuria
1997
Uno sguardo dal ponte (TV Movie documentary)
1995
Cuori d'oro (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 29 March 1995 (1995) - Self
1995
Domenica in (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 12 March 1995 (1995) - Self
1994
La vera vita di Antonio H. as
Self
1993
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (TV Movie documentary)
1993
Le divan (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Michele Placido (1993) - Self
1992
Scommettiamo che...? (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 March 1992 (1992) - Self
1989
Fantastico 10 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 November 1989 (1989) - Self
1988
Stars in der Manege (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- 1988 (1988) - Self
1986
Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) as
Self
- Wetten, dass..? aus Linz (1986) - Self
1982
Toute une vie dans un dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Pierre Perret (1982) - Self
Archive Footage
2022
Visioni senza tempo - Anna Napoli e il montaggio cinematografico (Video)
2015
Did You Know? (TV Series) as
Self
- Michele Placido (2015) - Self
2007
Quelli che... il calcio (TV Series) as
Self / Various / Self - Various
- Episode #16.24 (2009) - Self
- Episode #15.8 (2007) - Various
- Episode #15.3 (2007) - Self - Various
2006
Cannes 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (TV Movie) as
Self
1990
La piovra (TV Series) as
Commissario Corrado Catani / Corrado Cattani / Commissario Corrado Cattani
- Episode #10.2 (2001) - Commissario Corrado Catani (uncredited)
- La piovra 10 (2001) - Commissario Corrado Catani (uncredited)
- Episode #7.1 (1995) - Corrado Cattani (uncredited)
- Episode #5.1 (1990) - Commissario Corrado Cattani (uncredited)
References
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