Marcello Fonte
Marcello Fonte | |
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| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Marcello Fonte (born 1978) is an Italian actor. He received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Dogman.
Early life and education[edit]
Fonte lived his childhood and adolescence in the suburbs of Reggio Calabria, where at the age of 10 he learned to play the snare drum in the town's band. He then moved to Rome in 1999, where he worked as guardian[further explanation needed] at the Teatro Valle. Here he became passionate about acting, and was given small parts in television and film productions.[1]
Accolades and awards[edit]
In 2018, Fonte received critical acclaim for his performance in Matteo Garrone's Dogman[2] and was awarded the Best Actor Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[3] He was also awarded the European Film Award for Best Actor at the 31st European Film Awards for his performance in this film.[4]
Partial filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
- Unfair Competition (2001)
- The Order (2003)
- Blood of the Losers (2008)
- Heavenly Body (2011)
- Asino vola (2015)
- Dogman (2018)
- Io sono Tempesta (2018)
- Pinocchio (2019)
- Vivere (2019)
- The New Gospel (2020)[5]
- The Turning Point (2022)
- Il sesso degli angeli (2022)
TV[edit]
- Stracult (2001)
- Don Matteo (2001)
- Diritto di difesa (2004)
- The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2016)
- I Know This Much Is True (2020)
References[edit]
- ^ "Marcello Fonte - Planet Film". planetfilm.it. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ ""Sognavo in silenzio l'arte da un cantina occupata. Ero un intruso e oggi sono Dogman. Un film che è un universo d'amore"". Huffington Post. 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Cannes, Palma d'oro a Kore'eda. E l'Italia vince con Marcello Fonte e Alice Rohrwacher". La Repubblica. 19 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Marcello Fonte vince come miglior attore agli Efa". La Repubblica. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ GmbH, Vinca Film. "Das neue Evangelium. Ein Film von Milo Rau. Offizielle Website (Schweiz)". www.dasneueevangelium-film.ch. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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