# Michele Morrone

Michele Morrone (Italian pronunciation:; born 3 October 1990) is an Italian actor and singer. He gained international recognition after portraying the lead role in the 2020 erotic thriller 365 Days and its sequels, 365 Days: This Day and The Next 365 Days in 2022.

## Early life

Morrone was born on 3 October 1990 in Bitonto, Italy. He is the youngest of four children, and he has three sisters. His father worked as a construction worker and died in 2003, when Morrone was 12 years old. His mother, Angela, a seamstress, and his father, Natale, were both from Bitonto, but moved to Melegnano when their children were young in order to find better employment opportunities.
Morrone decided to become an actor after watching a Harry Potter film at age 11. He began acting in an after school program at his middle school. Morrone repeated his first year of high school after being held back for bad behavior. He then studied professional acting in a theater in the city of Pavia, at the Teatro Fraschini.

## Career
### Acting

Morrone's acting career began in 2011 by playing the role of Riccardo in Second Chance, a three-episode web series directed by Piergiorgio Seidita, which was cancelled after one season. He also appeared in a music video by the Italian girl band, Makay, in 2012. After gaining more experience in the field, he started playing lead roles in short films. He acted in Il Tempo di una Sigaretta and E la Vita Continua. He was featured in a drama show titled Che Dio ci Aiuti. His projects include Italian TV series including Come un Delfino (2011), Provaci Ancora (2015), Squadra Antimafia (2015), Sirene (2016), Renata Fonte (2017), Il Processo (The Trial) (2018), and Medici (2018). In 2016, he took part in the eleventh season of the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars (Ballando con le Stelle), where he placed second. In 2019, Morrone played the lead role of Luigi in Bar Giuseppe.
In 2020, Morrone became internationally known after performing the lead role of Massimo Torricelli, a mafia crime boss, in 365 Days. The film was released theatrically in Poland on 7 February 2020 and was subsequently made available on Netflix on 7 June 2020. He signed a three-year contract with the production company and filmed two more films to complete the trilogy.

### Music

Morrone is a professional guitarist and singer. He learned to play guitar at the age of 25 by watching YouTube videos. He released an album titled Dark Room, which has several songs featured in the official 365 Days soundtrack including one of his most famous songs, "Feel It", that has scenes with actress Anna Maria Sieklucka (Laura Biel), from the film, in its music video. The album was released on 14 February 2020 and was produced by label company AGORA S.A.
Morrone joined YouTube on 16 January 2020. He has gained over two million subscribers and 411 million overall views on his channel (as of 21 December 2024). The most viewed video on his channel is the music video of "Hard for me [pl]", which has gained 80 million views.

### Other ventures

On 2 August 2020, Morrone launched a women's beachwear clothing brand, AurumRoma. He confirmed the creation of the company via an Instagram live story on 8 August 2020. Shortly after the announcement, the website of the clothing brand crashed due to heavy traffic. Morrone makes his own designs in collaboration with fashion designer Chiara Pollano. The company is owned by Morrone, and run by Spazio Arcó company.

## Personal life

Morrone married Rouba Saadeh, a Lebanese stylist, in 2014. The couple had a civil marriage in Italy and Lebanon. They are legally divorced, as he has mentioned in several interviews. They have two sons together, one born in 2014, and the other born in 2017.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | Details | SWI | FR | BE (Wal) | PL | GER |
| 2020 | Dark Room | Released: 14 February 2020 Label: Universal Music & Polydor Germany Format: CD, MP3, LP, digital download, streaming | 63 | 195 | 178 | 2 | 72 |
| 2023 | Double | Released: 29 September 2023 Label: Universal Music & Polydor Germany Format: CD, MP3, LP, digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — |

### Singles
#### Lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certification | Album |
| Title | Year | POL (airplay) | POL (airplay nowości) | RUM (airplay) | Certification | Album |
| "Feel It" | 2020 | 27 | 5 | 72 | PMB: Platinum | Dark Room |
| "Hard For Me" | 2020 | — | — | — | PMB: Platinum | Dark Room |
| "Beautiful" | 2021 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "Another Day" | 2022 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "Player" | 2022 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "Angels" | 2022 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "Push Me" | 2023 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "Bad Game" | 2023 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "Sweat Dreams (Are Made Of This)" | 2023 | — | — | — | | Double |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

### Promotional singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | BEL (Wal) | POL (airplay) | POR | SWI | Album |
| "Next" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "Dad" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "Do It Like That" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "Drink Me" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "No One Cares" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "Dark Room" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "Hard For Me" | 2020 | — | 45 | 12 | 68 | Dark Room |
| "Rain In The Hearth" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "Watch Me Burn" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Dark Room |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Who's the Beast | Peter | Short film |
| 2018 | L'ultimo giorno del toro | Valerio | |
| 2019 | Bar Giuseppe | Luigi | |
| 2020 | 365 Days | Don Massimo Torricelli | |
| 2022 | 365 Days: This Day | Don Massimo Torricelli / Adriano Torricelli | |
| 2022 | The Next 365 Days | Don Massimo Torricelli | |
| 2022 | Duetto | Marcello Bianchini | |
| 2024 | Subservience | Nick | |
| 2025 | Another Simple Favor | Dante Versano | |
| 2025 | The Housemaid | Enzo | Filming |
| TBA | Home Sweet Home Rebirth | Mek | Post-production |
| TBA | Maserati: The Brothers | Alfieri Maserati | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Provaci ancora prof! | Bruno Sacchi | Episode: "Passioni sprecate" |
| 2017 | Sirene | Ares aka Gegè | TV series |
| 2018 | Renata Fonte | Marcello My | Television film |
| 2019 | Medici | Ship Captain | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Trial | Claudio Cavalleri | 8 episodes |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Singer(s) | Label |
| 2020 | "Hard For Me" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music |
| 2020 | "Hard For Me (Acoustic)" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music |
| 2020 | "Dad (Acoustic)" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music |
| 2021 | "Beautiful" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music |
| 2022 | "Another Day" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music |
| 2022 | "Mud Mud Ke" | Tony Kakkar, Neha Kakkar | Desi Music Factory |
| 2023 | "Push Me" | Michele Morrone | Universal Music |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards | — | Himself | Won | |
| 2021 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actor | 365 Days | Nominated | |