Alessandro Gassmann
Alessandro Gassmann (born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director. Early life. Gassmann was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of 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 imposed internationally 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.