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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.
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 comedyBig 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")