# Alessandro Gassmann

Alessandro Gassmann (né Gassman; born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director.

## Early life

Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of Italian, German, Jewish and French descent.

## Career

He debuted at 17 in the autobiographical film Di 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 won international acclaim 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 (opposite Jason Statham), 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

Since 1998, Gassmann has been married to actress Sabrina Knaflitz. They have a son, Leo.

## Filmography
### Film

| Title | Year | Role(s) | Director | Notes |
| Di padre in figlio | 1982 | Himself | Vittorio Gassman | Biographical film |
| Devils of Monza | 1987 | Osio | Luciano Odorisio | |
| Big Deal After 20 Years | 1987 | Waiter | Amanzio Todini | Cameo appearance |
| When We Were Repressed | 1992 | Federico | Pino Quartullo | |
| Ostinato destino | 1992 | Marcello Rambaldi | Gianfranco Albano | |
| Golden Balls | 1993 | Miguel | Bigas Luna | |
| A Month by the Lake | 1995 | Vittorio Balsari | John Irvin | |
| Uomini senza donne | 1996 | Alex | Angelo Longoni | |
| Stella's Favor | 1996 | Rodolfo | Giancarlo Scarchilli | |
| Facciamo fiesta | 1997 | Sandro | Angelo Longoni | |
| Lovest | 1997 | Johnny | Giulio Base | |
| Hamam | 1997 | Francesco | Ferzan Özpetek | |
| My Dearest Friends | 1998 | Rossano | Alessandro Benvenuti | |
| Toni | 1999 | Toni | Philomène Esposito | |
| La bomba | 1999 | Nino | Giulio Base | |
| The Road to El Dorado | 2000 | Miguel (voice) | Bibo Bergeron, Don Paul | Italian dub |
| Teste di cocco | 2000 | Pietro Tiraboschi | Ugo Giordani | |
| The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | 2002 | Francesco Pazienza | Giuseppe Ferrara | |
| Guardians of the Clouds | 2004 | Batino | Luciano Odorisio | |
| La separazione | 2005 | Antonio | Mariano Provenzano | Short film |
| Transporter 2 | 2005 | Gianni Chellini | Louis Leterrier | |
| Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight | 2006 | Giorgio | Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | |
| Monday | 2006 | Alex | Simone Catania | Short film |
| Quiet Chaos | 2008 | Carlo Paladini | Antonello Grimaldi | |
| The Seed of Discord | 2008 | Mario | Pappi Corsicato | |
| Carnera: The Walking Mountain | 2008 | None | Renzo Martinelli | Co-writer |
| Many Kisses Later | 2009 | Davide | Fausto Brizzi | |
| David's Birthday | 2009 | Diego | Marco Filiberti | |
| Natale a Beverly Hills | 2009 | Marcello | Neri Parenti | |
| Basilicata Coast to Coast | 2010 | Rocco Santamaria | Rocco Papaleo | |
| The Father and the Foreigner | 2010 | Diego | Ricky Tognazzi | |
| The Woman of My Dreams | 2010 | Giorgio | Luca Lucini | |
| Baciato dalla fortuna | 2011 | Silvano | Paolo Costella | |
| Ex 2: Still Friends? | 2011 | Massimo Marangoni | Carlo Vanzina | |
| Viva l'Italia | 2012 | Valerio Spagnolo | Massimiliano Bruno | |
| The Mongrel | 2013 | Roman | Alessandro Gassman | Also director |
| Blame Freud | 2014 | Alessandro | Paolo Genovese | |
| The Dinner | 2014 | Massimo | Ivano De Matteo | |
| An Italian Name | 2015 | Paolo Pontecorvo | Francesca Archibugi | |
| God Willing | 2015 | Father Pietro | Edoardo Falcone | |
| The Little Prince | 2015 | Snake (voice) | Mark Osborne | Italian dub |
| The Last Will Be the Last | 2015 | Stefano Colacci | Massimiliano Bruno | |
| Torn | 2015 | Himself | Alessandro Gassman | Documentary; also writer and director |
| Onda su onda | 2016 | Ruggero | Rocco Papaleo | |
| Non c'è più religione | 2016 | Marietto / Bilal | Luca Miniero | |
| Ignorance Is Bliss | 2017 | Filippo | Massimiliano Bruno | |
| Cinderella the Cat | 2017 | Primo Gemito (voice) | Alessandro Rak, Marino Guarnieri | Italian dub |
| The Prize | 2017 | Oreste Passamonte | Alessandro Gassman | Also writer and director |
| Una storia senza nome | 2018 | Alessandro Pes | Roberto Andò | |
| The Grinch | 2018 | Grinch (voice) | Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney | Italian dub |
| All You Need Is Crime | 2019 | Sebastiano | Massimiliano Bruno | |
| An Almost Ordinary Summer | 2019 | Carlo | Simone Godano | |
| My Brother Chases Dinosaurs | 2019 | Davide Mazzariol | Stefano Cipani | |
| The Croods: A New Age | 2020 | Phil Betterman (voice) | Joel Crawford | Italian dub |
| Thou Shalt Not Hate | 2020 | Simone Segre | Mauro Mancini | |
| Ritorno al crimine | 2021 | Sebastiano | Massimiliano Bruno | Direct-to-video |
| Il silenzio grande | 2021 | Gianluca Fideschi | Alessandro Gassman | Cameo; also writer and director |
| Il pataffio | 2022 | Frate Cappuccio | Francesco Lagi | |
| My Name Is Vendetta | 2022 | Santo Romeo | Cosimo Gomez | |
| The Order of Time | 2023 | Pietro Balestrieri | Liliana Cavani | |
| Bare Hands | 2024 | Minuto | Mauro Mancini | |

### Television

| Title | Year | Role(s) | Network | Notes |
| Un bambino di nome Gesù | 1987 | Adult Jesus | Canale 5 | Television film |
| A Season of Giants | 1990 | Francesco Granacci | Rai 1 | Television film |
| Il commissario Corso | 1991 | Giulio | Rai 2 | Episode: "La confessione" |
| Sněhurka a sedm trpasliku | 1992 | Prince Andreas | ZDF | Television film |
| La famiglia Ricordi | 1995 | Gaetano Donizetti | Rai 1 | Main role |
| Samson and Delilah | 1996 | Amrok | Rai 1 | Television film |
| Nessuno escluso | 1997 | Nicola Fiorillo | Rai 2 | Television film |
| Lourdes | 2000 | Henri / Bernard Guillaumet | Rai 1 | Television film |
| Piccolo mondo antico | 2001 | Franco Maironi | Canale 5 | Television film |
| La guerra è finita | 2002 | Claudio Varzi | Rai 1 | Television film |
| Le stagioni del cuore | 2004 | Sergio Valenti | Canale 5 | Lead role |
| Dalida | 2005 | Luigi Tenco | Canale 5 | Television film |
| Codice rosso | 2006 | Pietro Vega | Canale 5 | Lead role |
| The Holy Family | 2006 | Saint Joseph | Canale 5 | Television film |
| I Cesaroni | 2008 | Oreste | Canale 5 | 2 episodes |
| Pinocchio | 2009 | Carlo Collodi | Rai 1 | Television film |
| Un Natale per due | 2011 | Claudio Colonna | Sky Cinema | Television film |
| Una grande famiglia | 2012–2015 | Edoardo Rengoni | Rai 1 | Main role |
| Un Natale con i fiocchi | 2012 | Alex Morelli | Sky Cinema | Television film |
| The Bastards of Pizzofalcone | 2017–2023 | Giuseppe Lojacono | Rai 1 | Lead role |
| Io ti cercherò | 2020 | Valerio Frediani | Rai 1 | Lead role |
| Un professore | 2021–present | Dante Balestra | Rai 1 | Lead role |