# Valerio Mastandrea

Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor.

## Life and career

He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular participation in the Canale 5 late night talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show.
After some occasional participation in stage plays and films, he had his breakout with the role of Tarcisio in the 1995 crime film Palermo – Milan One Way by Claudio Fragasso. In 1997 he got his first leading role in the sleeper box office hit We All Fall Down.

## Awards

Mastandrea won the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his role in The First Beautiful Thing in 2010.
In 2013, he won both the David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Ivano De Matteo's Balancing Act and the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Roberto Andò's Long Live Freedom.

## Selected filmography
### Film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Palermo – Milan One Way | Agent Tarcisio Proietti | — |
| 1996 | A Cold, Cold Winter | Roby | — |
| 1996 | Growing Artichokes in Mimongo | Enzo | — |
| 1997 | We All Fall Down | Walter Verra | — |
| 1997 | Physical Jerks | Massimo Migliarini | — |
| 1998 | Viola Kisses Everybody | Samuele | — |
| 1998 | The Scent of the Night | Remo Guerra | — |
| 2000 | La Carbonara | Fabrizio | — |
| 2001 | Tomorrow | Giovanni Moccia | — |
| 2001 | Empty Eyes | Rinaldi | — |
| 2002 | The Nest | Giovanni | — |
| 2002 | Maximum Velocity (V-Max) | Stefano | — |
| 2004 | The Vanity Serum | Franco Berardi | — |
| 2004 | Working Slowly (Radio Alice) | Tenente Lippolis | — |
| 2005 | Sorry, You Can't Get Through! | Piero | — |
| 2006 | Napoleon and Me | Ferrante Papucci | — |
| 2007 | Last Minute Marocco | Sergio | — |
| 2007 | Night Bus | Francesco 'Franz' Renzi | — |
| 2008 | Don't Think About It | Stefano Nardini | — |
| 2008 | Your Whole Life Ahead of You | Giorgio Conforti | — |
| 2008 | Un giorno perfetto | Antonio | — |
| 2009 | Good Morning Aman | Teodoro | — |
| 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Guido | — |
| 2009 | Nine | De Rossi | — |
| 2010 | The First Beautiful Thing | Bruno Michelucci - 2009 | — |
| 2011 | Things from Another World | Ariele Verderame | — |
| 2011 | All at Sea | Fantino | — |
| 2012 | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Luigi Calabresi | — |
| 2012 | The Landlords | Cosimo | Also screenwriter |
| 2012 | Balancing Act | Giulio | — |
| 2012 | Garibaldi's Lovers | Leo | — |
| 2013 | Long Live Freedom | Andrea Bottini | — |
| 2013 | The Chair of Happiness | Dino Morosi | — |
| 2014 | The Face of an Angel | Edoardo | — |
| 2014 | Pasolini | Nico Naldini | — |
| 2015 | The Complexity of Happiness | Enrico Giusti | — |
| 2016 | Perfect Strangers | Lele | — |
| 2016 | Sweet Dreams | Massimo | — |
| 2016 | Fiore | Ascanio Bonori | — |
| 2017 | The Place | L'uomo | — |
| 2018 | Euphoria | Ettore | — |
| 2018 | The King's Musketeers | Portos | — |
| 2018 | Ride | – | Director |
| 2019 | Tomorrow's a New Day | Tomasso | — |
| 2020 | Figli | Nicola | — |
| 2021 | Diabolik | Ginko | — |
| 2022 | Dry | Loris | — |
| 2022 | Diabolik: Ginko Attacks | Ginko | — |
| 2023 | The First Day of My Life | Napoleone | — |
| 2023 | There's Still Tomorrow | Ivano Santucci | — |
| 2023 | Diabolik: Who Are You? | Ginko | — |
| 2023 | Adagio | Polniuman | — |
| 2024 | Feeling Better | Lui | Also director |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Tear Along the Dotted Line | Armadillo | Voice role, 6 episodes |