Acting
Feb 19, 1955
Gallese, Viterbo, Italy
Ennio Fantastichini
Acting
Biography
Ennio Fantastichini (20 February 1955, Gallese, province of Viterbo – 1 December 2018, Naples) was an Italian actor. The son of a Carabinieri officer, he grew up in Fiuggi and at twenty moved to Rome to study at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. He first worked in theatre, performing with Dario Fo and the avant-garde group Falso Movimento, before his film debut in Fuori dal giorno (1983, dir. Paolo Bologna). His breakout role was Tommaso Scalia in Open Doors (1990, dir. Gianni Amelio) (Gian Maria Volontè, Valeria Golino), which earned him a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, a Ciak d'Oro, and a European Film Award as Discovery of the Year. He won a second Nastro d'Argento and a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor in 2010 for Loose Cannons (dir. Ferzan Özpetek). He died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in Naples at the age of 63. His filmography includes: Open Doors (1990) (Gian Maria Volontè, Valeria Golino); August Vacation (1996, dir. Paolo Virzì) (Sabrina Ferilli, Edoardo Gabbriellini); Napoléon (2002, TV miniseries) (Serge Regiani, Sonia Braga); Saturn in Opposition (2007, dir. Özpetek) (Kasia Smutniak, Alessandro Gassman); I, Don Giovanni (2009, dir. Carlos Saura) (Isabelle Huppert, Rufus); Loose Cannons (2010, dir. Özpetek) (Kasia Smutniak, Micaela Ramazzotti); Studio illegale (2013, dir. Umberto Carteni) (Fabio Volo, Zoé Félix); The Move of the Penguin (2014, dir. Claudio Amendola) (Vincenzo Salemme, Giuliana De Sio); Me, Myself & Her (2015, dir. Maria Sole Tognazzi) (Valeria Solarino, Giorgio Pasotti); The Music of Silence (2017, dir. Andrea Bocelli) (Anthony Hopkins, Isabella Ferrari); Citizens of the World (2019, dir. Giovanni Veronesi) (Valerio Mastandrea, Elena Sofia Ricci).
Feature Films (72)
A biblical epic from the Book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering his conversion from Saul of Tarsus to his ministry to the Gentiles.
Saint Paul
Coming back from work by night, shy watchmaker Tommaso runs over a girl with his car, luckily without serious consequences. Next day he finds her waiting for him at his door. She asks him for help, as she can't remember anything prior to the incident.
The Blonde
This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.
Saturn in Opposition
Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di Mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in a 19th century Italian village.
The Purple Sea
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
Loose Cannons
Television & Series (15)
A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe, then his fall, and exile.
Napoleon
Fabrizio De André: Principe libero is a poignant and atmospheric Italian biopic that delves into the formative years and artistic awakening of one of Italy's most revered and enigmatic singer-songwriters, Fabrizio De André. Rather than attempting a cradle-to-grave biography, the film focuses on the crucial period that forged his unique voice and worldview.
Fabrizio De André: Free Prince
A Swedish agent vows revenge on a mob family after his partner is slain during hostage negotiations.
Vendetta
The miniseries tells the eight double murders committed from 1968 to 1985, in the Florentine countryside, where young couples who were massacred appartavano in their cars looking for intimacy. It particularly emphasizes the personal battle of Renzo Rontini, father of Pia killed with her boyfriend Claudio Stefanacci in Vicchio, in Mugello (29 July 1984), in the search for the culprit of the death of his daughter.
