whose family came from Campobasso
, attended the 'National Academy of Dramatic Arts
without ending and begins soon in
theater, working with major
as Luigi Squarzina ,
Aldo Trionfo in Chandler
(
1981) and Enzo
Muzii Wandering in
by Schnitzler
(
1985). In
1987 he married Margaret Mazzantini
known starring in
The three sisters of Chekhov
, she has four children: Peter, Anna, Maria, Caesar. In the nineties
successes achieved in the hit comedy by Neil Simon
Barefoot in the Park (
1994) and in the play
Recital on Derek Jarman (
1995). In 1996
debut as stage director
Manola with the play, written and performed by Margaret Mazzantini and
Nancy Brilli . In 2004
brings to the stage as a director and interpreter of the play a second wife,
Zorro. In
cinema debut in 1981
as simple appearance, and after a few films in which he holds minor roles, it is noted as the protagonist
first of several works made by young directors, and its best test of the first period in
seems dead ... but it's just passed out of Happy Meal, which he also wrote the story and collaborated on the screenplay
. Makes himself known to the general public in the comedies of
Small misunderstandings Ricky Tognazzi and Tonight at Alice's house of Carlo Verdone, appreciate the roles of individual commitment in
The meat of Ferreri and The Religion Hour of
Marco Bellocchio. High demand abroad, working with a certain continuity in
France. Vince
two
Silver Ribbons with The Great Pumpkin of
Archibugi and The Starmaker of
Tornatore, and a David di Donatello
for
Do not move, taken from '
novel of the same name of his wife Margaret Mazzantini
and he also directed and scripted. This was not, however, its onset behind the camera since 1999 in
had directed and starred in a grotesque comedy,
Libero Burro, who did not get great reception. In 2006
back to play with
Bellocchio in the film The Wedding and works for the first time with Gianni Amelio
in the movie The Missing Star . On the small screen
appears for the first time in 1982
, but since the mid-eighties
that his presence becomes constant. Achieved great success in the series
A maverick , headed by Captains
, which portrays with ottima aderenza fisica il personaggio di un giudice. Il trionfo arriva con le eccellenti interpretazioni e di straordinaria intensità emotiva di
Fausto Coppi ,
Don Lorenzo Milani ,
Padre Pio ed
Enzo Ferrari , ma conosce anche l'insuccesso, nel
2004 , con l'interpretazione del
commissario Maigret nella serie di due telefilm per
Mediaset diretti da Renato De Maria.
Attore tra i più completi del panorama
italiano , si dimostra incisivo in ruoli drammatici, ma si trova a proprio agio anche nella commedia - con preferenza per quella grottesca - grazie ad un volto serioso che esprime però immediata simpatia e una recitazione nervosa is not detached from irony. Emblematic in this sense, his performance in
Caterina va in città of
Paolo Virzi, where she played a mediocre high school teacher and talkative.
Castellitto starred in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian the role of King Miraz, the antagonist of the young Caspian. The news is interesting is Castellitto has really lived in the town of Narni
in
Umbria, the ancient Romans of Narnia by CS Lewis which
, the author of the novel that inspired the film, he took inspiration for the name of his work