Marcello Mastroianni Biography
Marcello Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, Italy in 1924, but soon his family moved to Turin and then Rome. During WW2 he was sent to a German prison camp, but he managed to escape and hide in Venice.
He debuted in films as an extra in Marionette (1939), then started working for the Italian department of “Eagle Lion Films” in Rome and joined a drama club, where he was discovered by director Luchino Visconti. In 1957 Visconti gave him the starring part in his Fyodor Dostoevsky adaptation Le Notti Bianche (1957) and in 1958 he was fine as a little thief in Mario Monicelli’s comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958).
But his real breakthrough came in 1960, when Federico Fellini cast him as an attractive, weary-eyed journalist of the Rome jet-set in La Dolce Vita (1960); that film was the genesis of his “Latin lover” persona, which Mastroianni himself often denied by accepting parts of passive and sensitive men.
He would again work with Fellini in several major films, like the exquisite 8½ (1963) (as a movie director who finds himself at a point of crisis) and the touching Ginger and Fred (1986) (as an old entertainer who appears in a TV show).
He also appeared as a tired novelist with marital problems in Michelangelo Antonioni’s La Notte (1961), as an impotent young man in Mauro Bolognini’s Bell’ Antonio (1960) , as an exiled prince in John Boorman’s Leo the Last (1970), as a traitor in Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s Allonsanfan (1974) and as a sensitive homosexual in love with a housewife in Ettore Scola’s A Special Day (1977).
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, for Divorce Italian Style (1961), A Special Day (1977), and Dark Eyes (1987). During the last decade of his life he worked with directors, like Theodoros Angelopoulos, Bertrand Blier and Raoul Ruiz, who gave him three excellent parts in Three Lives and Only One Death (1996). He died of pancreatic cancer in 1996.
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He has two daughters; Chiara Mastroianni and Barbara Mastroianni.
Marcello Mastroianni Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Marionette | Extra | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Una storia d’amore | Extra | |
| 1944 | I bambini ci guardano | Extra | Uncredited |
| 1948 | I Miserabili | Un Rivoluzionario | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Vertigine d’amore | ||
| Vent’anni | |||
| 1950 | Domenica d’agosto | Ercole Nardi | |
| Contro la legge | Marcello Curti | ||
| Cuori sul mare | Massimo Falchetti | ||
| Vita da cani | Carlo Danesi | ||
| 1951 | Atto d’accusa | Renato La Torre | |
| Passaporto per l’oriente | Aldo Mazzetti | ||
| Parigi è sempre Parigi | Marcello Venturi | ||
| 1952 | Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna | Marcello Sartori | |
| L’eterna catena | Walter Ronchi | ||
| Tragico ritorno | Marco | ||
| Sensualità | Carlo Santori | ||
| Penne nere | Pietro Cossuti | ||
| Gli eroi della domenica | Carlo Vagnetti | ||
| La muta di Portici | Extra | Uncredited | |
| 1953 | Lulù | Soletti | |
| Il viale della speranza | Mario | ||
| Febbre di vivere | Daniele | ||
| Non è mai troppo tardi | Riccardo | ||
| La valigia dei sogni | |||
| 1954 | Cronache di poveri amanti | Ugo | |
| Tempi nostri | Il marito di Maria | (segment “Pupo, Il”) | |
| Schiava del peccato | Giulio Franchi | ||
| Giorni d’amore | Pasquale Droppio | Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Casa Ricordi | Gaetano Donizetti | ||
| La principessa delle Canarie | Don Diego | ||
| 1955 | Peccato che sia una canaglia | Paolo | Grolla d’Oro for Best Actor |
| Tam tam mayumbe | Alessandrini | ||
| La bella mugnaia | Luca | ||
| 1956 | La fortuna di essere donna | Corrado Betti | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor |
| The Bigamist | Mario De Santis | ||
| 1957 | Padri e figli | Cesare | |
| La ragazza della salina | Piero | ||
| Il momento più bello | Pietro Valeri | ||
| Le notti bianche | Mario | Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Il medico e lo stregone | Dr. Francesco Marchetti | ||
| 1958 | Un ettaro di cielo | Severino Balestra | |
| I soliti ignoti | Tiberio | ||
| Racconti d’estate | Marcello Mazzoni | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Amore e guai | Franco | ||
| 1959 | La Loi | Enrico Tosso | |
| Il nemico di mia moglie | Marco Tornabuoni | ||
| Everyone’s in Love | Giovanni | ||
| Ferdinando I, re di Napoli | Gennarino | ||
| 1960 | La Dolce Vita | Marcello Rubini | Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor |
| Il bell’Antonio | Antonio Magnano | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Adua and Friends | Piero Salvagni | ||
| 1961 | La notte | Giovanni Pontano | |
| L’assassino | Alfredo Martelli | ||
| Fantasmi a Roma | Reginaldo | ||
| Divorzio all’italiana | Ferdinando (Fefè) Cefalù | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor | |
| 1962 | Vita privata | Fabio Rinaldi | |
| Cronaca familiare | Enrico | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| 1963 | 8½ | Guido Anselmi | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor |
| I compagni | Prof. Sinigaglia | ||
| Ieri, oggi, domani | Carmine Sbaratti | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role David di Donatello for Best Actor | |
| 1964 | Matrimonio all’italiana | Domenico Soriano | David di Donatello for Best Actor Golden Globe Henrietta Award – World Film Favorite Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor |
| 1965 | Casanova 70 | Maggiore Colombetti | San Sebastian International Film FestivalBest Actor |
| La decima vittima | Marcello Poletti | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Oggi, domani e dopodomani | Mario / Michele | episodes (segments L’uomo dei cinque palloni, L’ora di punta and La moglie biond) | |
| Break Up | Mario | ||
| 1966 | Io, io, io… e gli altri | Peppino Marassi | Nominated – Golden Globe Henrietta Award – World Film Favorite Actor |
| The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Inspector Mosca | ||
| Shoot Loud, Louder… I Don’t Understand | Alberto Saporito | ||
| 1967 | Lo straniero | Arthur Meursault | |
| Questi fantasmi | The Ghost | Uncredited | |
| 1968 | Diamonds for Breakfast | Grand Duke Nikolay Vladimirovich Godunov | |
| Amanti | Valerio | ||
| 1970 | The Pizza Triangle | Oreste Nardi | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor |
| I girasoli | Antonio | ||
| Leo the Last | Leo | ||
| Giochi particolari | Sandro | ||
| The Priest’s Wife | Don Mario | ||
| 1971 | Scipio the African | Scipione l’Africano | |
| Ça n’arrive qu’aux autres | Marcello | ||
| Permette? Rocco Papaleo | Rocco Papaleo | ||
| 1972 | Correva l’anno di grazia 1870 | Augusto Parenti | |
| La cagna | Giorgio | ||
| What? | Alex | ||
| 1973 | Mordi e fuggi | Giulio Borsi | |
| La Grande Bouffe | Marcello | ||
| Niente di grave: suo marito è incinto | Marco Mazetti | ||
| Rappresaglia | Father Pietro Antonelli | ||
| Salut l’artiste | Nicolas | ||
| L’idolo della città | Nicolas Montei | ||
| 1974 | Touche pas à la femme blanche | George A. Custer | |
| Allonsanfàn | Fulvio Imbriani | ||
| 1975 | La pupa del gangster | Charlie Colletto | |
| Per le antiche scale | Professor Bonaccorsi | ||
| Divina creatura | Michele Barra | ||
| La donna della domenica | Commissioner Salvatore Santamaria | Globo d’Oro Award for Best Actor]] | |
| 1976 | Todo modo | Don Gaetano | |
| Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen | Paolo T. Fiume | ||
| Lunatics and Lovers | Marchese Luca Maria | ||
| 1977 | Una giornata particolare | Gabriele | Globo d’Oro Award for Best Actor Grolla d’oro for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| Mogliamante | Luigi De Angelis | ||
| Doppio delitto | Bruno Baldassarre | ||
| 1978 | Ciao maschio | Luigi Nocello | |
| Così come sei | Giulio Marengo | ||
| Blood Feud | Rosario Maria Spallone | ||
| 1979 | L’ingorgo – Una storia impossibile | Marco Montefoschi | |
| Giallo napoletano | Raffaele Capece | ||
| 1980 | La terrazza | Luigi | |
| La città delle donne | Snàporaz | ||
| 1981 | Fantasma d’amore | Nino Monti | |
| La pelle | Curzio Malaparte | ||
| 1982 | La Nuit de Varennes | Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor |
| Oltre la porta | Enrico Sommi | ||
| The Last Horror Film | Himself | Uncredited | |
| 1983 | Storia di Piera | Lorenzo | Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film |
| Gabriela, Cravo e Canela | Nacib | ||
| Il generale dell’armata morta | General Ariosto | ||
| 1984 | Enrico IV | Enrico IV | Globo d’Oro Award for Best Actor |
| 1985 | Le due vite di Mattia Pascal | Mattia Pascal | |
| Maccheroni | Antonio Jasiello | Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Big Deal After 20 Years | |||
| 1986 | Ginger e Fred | Pippo Botticella (Fred) | David di Donatello for Best Actor Globo d’Oro Award for Best Actor Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film |
| O Melissokomos | Spyros | ||
| 1987 | Oci ciornie | Romano | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Actor Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
| Intervista | Himself | ||
| 1988 | Miss Arizona | Rozsnyai Sándor | |
| 1989 | Splendor | Jordan | |
| Che ora è? | Marcello | Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| 1990 | Stanno tutti bene | Matteo Scuro | |
| Verso sera | Prof. Bruschi | Globo d’Oro Award for Best Actor Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Honorary Golden Lion | |||
| 1991 | To meteoro vima tou pelargou | Missing Politician | |
| Le voleur d’enfants | Bigua | ||
| A Fine Romance | Cesareo Grimaldi | ||
| 1992 | Used People | Joe Meledandri | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1993 | Di questo non si parla | Ludovico D’Andrea | |
| Un, deux, trois, soleil | Constantin Laspada, le père | Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Sergei (Sergio) | National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble |
| The True Life of Antonio H. | Himself | ||
| 1995 | Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | L’ami italien / The Italian Friend | |
| Sostiene Pereira | Pereira | David di Donatello for Best Actor Nominated – Nastro d’Argento for Best Actor | |
| Al di là delle nuvole | The Man of All Vices | ||
| 1996 | Trois vies et une seule mort | Mateo Strano / Georges Vickers / Butler / Luc Allamand | Silver Wave |
| 1997 | Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo | Manoel | (Final film appearance), released posthumously |
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