Filippo Timi

Filippo Timi at the presentation of his film The Double Hour at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival

Filippo Timi (born June 25, 1974 in Perugia , Umbria region , Italy ) is an Italian actor and author .

Life

Timi took on first theater roles with Dario Marconcini at the Centro per la Sperimentazione e la Ricerca teatrale in Pontedera , Province of Pisa in Tuscany and with Cesare Ronconi at the Teatro della Valdoca in Cesena in the Emilia-Romagna region . Further stations were work with Robert Wilson and Pippo Delbono . In 1996 he joined the theater company of Giorgio Barberio Corsetti .

Since the late 1990s, he has also played roles in Italian and international film productions, some of which premiered in competition at the Venice and Cannes International Film Festivals . His double role in Marco Bellocchio's drama Vincere as Benito Mussolini or his illegitimate son earned him a 2009 nomination for the European Film Prize .

Filmography (selection)

• 1999: In the beginning were the underpants (In principio erano le mutande) , directed by Anna Negri
• 2001: 500 !, directed by Giovanni Robbiano
• 2005. Onde, directed by Filippo Frei
• 2006: Transe, directed by Teresa Villaverde
• 2006: Saturno Contro - In Eternity Love (Saturno contro) , director: Ferzan Özpetek
• 2006: Homo Homini Lupus, short film, directed by Matteo Rovere
• 2009: The double hour (La doppia ora) , directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
• 2009: Vincere , directed by Marco Bellocchio
• 2010: The American , directed by Anton Corbijn
• 2010: Angel of Evil - The Story of an Enemy of the State (Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male) , directed by Michele Placido .
• 2010: The loneliness of the prime numbers (La solitudine dei numeri primi) , directed by Saverio Costanzo .
• 2011: Quando la notte, directed by Cristina Comencini .
• 2012: Asterix & Obelix - On Her Majesty's behalf (Astérix et Obélix: Au service de sa Majesté) , directed by Laurent Tirard
• 2013: A Castle in Italy (Un château un Italie) , directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• 2014 to date: TV series Il candidato - Zucca presidente , director: Ludovico Bassegato
• 2015: Sangue del mio sangue, directed by Marco Bellocchio
• 2015: I delitti del Bar Lume (TV series, two episodes)
• 2016: Questi giorni

Publications

• 2006: with Edoardo Albinati : Tuttalpiú muoio . Fandango, Milan, ISBN 88-6044-009-2 .
• 2007: E lasciamole cadere queste stelle. Fandango, Milan, ISBN 978-88-6044-024-2 .
• 2008: Peggio che diventare famoso. Garzanti, Milan, ISBN 978-88-11-67024-7 .
• 2009: Racconti Perugini: AA.VV. Midgard, Milan, ISBN 978-88-95708-56-0 .

Awards and nominations

• 2004: Premio Ubu theater award for best young actor
• 2007: Nomination for the Nastro d'Argento film award for In memoria di me (Best Supporting Actor)
• 2009: Pasinetti Prize at the Venice International Film Festival for his performance in The Solitude of the Prime Numbers
• 2009: Actor Award of the Chicago International Film Festival for Vincere
• 2009: Nomination for the European Film Award for Vincere (Best Actor)
• 2010: Nomination for the Nastro d'Argento for Come Dio comanda and Vincere (Best Actor)
• 2010: Nomination for the David di Donatello for Vincere (Best Actor)
• 2010: theater award Premio Lo Straniero of by Goffredo Fofi founded magazine Lo Straniero
• 2010: Actor Award of the Italian Film Festival Bastia for Come Dio comanda and Vincere

Web links

• Official website (Italian)
• Filippo Timi in the Internet Movie Database (English)