Acting
Feb 5, 1956
Naples, Italy
Peppe Lanzetta
Acting
Biography
Peppe Lanzetta (born 6 February 1956, Naples) is an Italian actor, writer, director, and lyricist. He began his career as a lyricist, collaborating with Edoardo Bennato, Pino Daniele, and Franco Battiato, then made his theatrical debut in 1983. His film debut was Blues metropolitano (1985). He is best known internationally for playing Lorenzo in Spectre (2015) and the Bishop in Parthenope (2024), for which he received the Capri Breakout Actor Award (2024) and a David di Donatello nomination for Best Supporting Actor (2025). He has also published novels and directed short films. His filmography includes: Il camorrista (1986) (Claudio Santamaria, Laura Morante); L'amore molesto (1995) (Licia Maglietta, Pierfrancesco Favino); One Man Up (2001) (Valerio Mastandrea, Luisa Ranieri); Marcello Marcello (2008) (Alessandro Siani, Anna Foglietta); Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009) (Gianfranco Gallo, Mimmo Rana); Take Five (2013) (Giampaolo Morelli, Gianmarco Tognazzi); Spectre (2015) (Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz); Due soldati (2017) (Valerio Mastandrea, Giuliana Lojodice); Welcome at Esposito's (2021) (Gianni Di Gregorio, Anna Bonaiuto); Parthenope (2024) (Silvio Orlando, Gary Oldman); Io e te dobbiamo parlare (2024) (Alessandro Siani, Ludovica Nastri). TV: Il camorrista - La serie (2025) (Pierfrancesco Favino, Mimmo Borrelli); Inspector Ricciardi (2021) (Luigi Lo Cascio, Giuliana Lojodice).
Feature Films (25)
During the Covid-19 lockdown, a film crew is shooting an adaptation of Camus' La Peste. Reality and fiction start to blur between each other.
La cura
Traveling from New York to Italia, pretty Mary rushes into moody macho lawyer Tito. The girl immediately falls for the guy with the gruffy manners and in an very impertinent way, she leans on him as she gets in trouble: Not only that she gets tied up in her suite by some Gangsters, but also, her new husband is found dead.
Il burbero
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
All the Invisible Children
When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged parent's secret life, she'll face the hidden memories that shaped her family history.
Troubling Love
Two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, see their lives go downhill in 1980s Naples. One is a crooner embroiled in a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.
One Man Up
Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.
Parthenope
Television & Series (3)
Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.
Anti-Mafia Squad
One of the most enthralling crime series among Italian viewers: airing on Rai Tre from March 3, 2000, "La Squadra" offers a realistic overview of the world of crime through the cases investigated by the Sant'Andrea Police Station in Naples.
