Luigi Maria Burruano

Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 in Palermo – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films.

Burruano was arrested in 2006 and charged with non-payment of alimony and child support.

Roles

Stage

Plays in which Burruano appeared include:

• I giganti della montagna
• Coriolano
• La saga del signore della nave
• Il giardino di inverno
• La coltellata
• Pulcinella
• Studio per una finestra
• Ohi Bambulè!
• L'aquila deve volare
• Rudens
• Sticus
• Palermo, oh cara

Filmography

• Cose Belle, directed by Lillina (1970)
• L'amore coniugale, directed by Dacia Maraini (1970)
• Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani (1985)
• Mery per sempre, directed by Marco Risi (1989)
• Ragazzi fuori, directed by Marco Risi (1990)
• La discesa di Aclà a Floristella, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi (1992)
• Nel continente nero, directed by Marco Risi (1992)
• The Escort, directed by Ricky Tognazzi (1993)
• Quattro bravi ragazzi, directed by Claudio Camarca (1993)
• Le buttane, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi (1994)
• L'uomo delle stelle, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (1995)
• Luna e l'altra, directed by Maurizio Nichetti (1996)
• Italiani, directed by Maurizio Ponzi (1996)
• Il figlio di Bakunin, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu (1997)
• Oltremare - Non è l'America, directed by Nello Correale (1998)
• Sotto la luna, directed by Franco Bernini (1998)
• Amore a prima vista, directed by Vincenzo Salemme(1999)
• La fame e la sete, directed by Antonio Albanese (1999)
• Cuore scatenato, directed by Gianluca Sodaro (2000)
• I cento passi, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2000)
• Benzina, directed by Monica Stambrini (2001)
• E adesso sesso, di Carlo Vanzina (2001) (with the name of Luigi Burruano)
• Nati stanchi, directed by Dominick Tambasco (2001)
• Ginostra, directed by Manuel Pradal (2002)
• Il trasformista, directed by Luca Barbareschi (2002)
• Liberi, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2002)
• Nowhere, directed by Luis Sepúlveda (2002)
• Il ritorno di Cagliostro, directed by Daniele Ciprì e Franco Maresco (2003)
• Miracolo a Palermo!, directed by Beppe Cino (2003)
• Concorso di colpa, directed by Claudio Fragasso (2004)
• Te lo leggo negli occhi, directed by Valia Santella (2004)
• Tre giorni d'anarchia, directed by Vito Zagarrio (2004)
• ...e se domani, directed by Giovanni La Parola (2005)
• Baciami piccina, directed by Roberto Cimpanelli (2005)
• Eccezzziunale veramente - Capitolo secondo... me, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2005)
• Quo Vadis, Baby?, directed by Gabriele Salvatores (2005)
• Milano-Palermo: il ritorno, directed by Claudio Fragasso (2007)
• Il sangue dei vinti, directed by Michele Soavi (2008)
• Pochi giorni per capire, directed by Carlo Fusco (2009)
• Baarìa, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2009)
• Le ultime 56 ore, directed by Claudio Fragasso (2010)
• In questa vita, mediometraggio, directed by Eitan Pitigliani (2010)
• Qualunquemente, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2011)
• Vespro d'un rinnegato, directed by Carlo Fusco (2012)
• The Ideal City, directed by Luigi Lo Cascio (2012)

Television

• La Piovra 8, directed by Giacomo Battiato (1997)
• Turbo, directed by Antonio Bonifacio (1999)
• L'attentatuni, directed by Claudio Bonivento (2001)
• Il commissario Montalbano - series, episode 3x02 (2001)
• Salvo D'Acquisto, directed by Alberto Sironi (2003)
• Il maresciallo Rocca - series, episode 4x06 (2003)
• Paolo Borsellino, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (2004)
• Mio figlio, directed by Luciano Odorisio - miniseries (2005)
• Il giudice Mastrangelo, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2005)
• L'onore e il rispetto, directed by Salvatore Samperi (2006)
• R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2006) directed by Alexis Sweet
• Raccontami - series (2006)
• Il giudice Mastrangelo - series (2007)
• Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi - series (2009)
• Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi - series (2011)
• Camera Café - series (episode 'Concorrenza')
• Il segreto dell'acqua, directed by Renato De Maria - miniseries (2011)
• Sangue caldo, directed by Luigi Parisi, Alessio Inturri - miniseries (2011)

References

• Palermo, accoltella l'ex genero arrestato l'attore Burruano
• Luigi Maria Burruano at IMDb