| Maurizio Lombardi | |
|---|---|
 Lombardi in 2024 | |
| Born | 17 November 1973 (1973-11-17) (age 51) Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
Maurizio Lombardi (born 17 November 1973) is an Italian actor, playwright and stage director.
Life and career
Lombardi started his career in the stage company of Ugo Chiti, where he stayed ten years. He later formed the “Piccoli Briganti” stage company together with Nicola Magnini, specializing in comedy plays retelling old fables and children's novels such as Peter Pan and Snow White.
Lombardi made his playwriting debut with Stile Libero and in 2013 won the Florence Fringe Festival with the drama Fists of Sulfur ("Pugni di Zolfo"), which was later staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In the mid-2010s he had his breakout with the theatrical hit The Pride, directed by Luca Zingaretti, which got him a Le Maschere Award nomination, and later with the role of Cardinal Mario Assente in Paolo Sorrentino's series The Young Pope. In 2024, he won a Nastro d'Argento for best actor in a comedy film for Romeo Is Juliet.
Selected filmography
Cinema
- Up at the Villa (2000)
- Some Say No (2011)
- The First on the List (2011)
- L'Universale (2016)
- All the Money in the World (2017)
- Put Grandma in the Freezer (2018)
- The Invisible Boy: Second Generation (2018)
- The Nest (2019)
- Pinocchio (2019)
- Tigers (2020)
- On Our Watch (2021)
- School of Mafia (2021)
- Princess (2022)
- Robbing Mussolini (2022)
- Beautiful Rebel (2024)
- Romeo Is Juliet (2024)
Television
- 1992 (TV series, 2015)
- The Young Pope (TV series, 2016)
- 1993 (TV series, 2017)
- The Name of the Rose (miniseries, 2019)
- The New Pope (TV series, 2020)
- Ripley (TV series, 2024)
- Citadel: Diana (TV series, 2024)
- M. Son of the Century (miniseries, 2024)
References
- Aricò, Giacomo (5 April 2024). "Maurizio Lombardi «Sul set di Ripley con Andrew Scott, la scoperta di Hollywood e il mio amore per la moda»". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- Manca, Mario (8 August 2019). "Maurizio Lombardi: «Ho la faccia del cattivo, ma non è un male»". Vanity Fair (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Maurizio Lombardi". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- Redazione (16 May 2017). "Maurizio Lombardi padrino del Pietrasanta Film Festival 2017". VersiliaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- Stamptoscana (11 September 2014). "Attenti a quei due: vogliono fare di Firenze una città del teatro". thedotcultura (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- di Nonno, Eleonora (27 June 2024). "Nastri d'Argento 2024, vincitori e premi: trionfa Io Capitano di Matteo Garrone, a Cortellesi film dell'anno". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
