Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Gender: Male
Born: 6th December 1941
Died: 7th January 1994
TV programs: Värsta språket, La Piovra
Movies: The Wounded Man, Jenatsch, Scream of Stone, Three Brothers, Golem: The Spirit of Exile, Café Express, Moon in the Gutter, The Conviction
Vittorio Mezzogiorno (December 6, 1941 - January 7, 1994) was an Italian actor.
Mezzogiorno was born in Cercola, the youngest of seven children. His older brother Vincenzo, who wanted to become a director, introduced him to the theatre.
At 18, Mezzogiorno enrolled at the university and began medical studies before choosing law. Then he had his first experience as an actor at the Teatro S. theatre where he recited texts by Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco. Desiring to improve his diction he spent long nights exercising his voice with extracts of the Penal Code. In 1962, at age 21, he played Estragon in Waiting for Godot at the "Piccolo Teatro" of Naples.
In 1966 - 1967, he joined the troupe of Eduardo De Filippo and obtained his university diploma. In 1969, he met actress Cecilia Sacchi. Their collaboration quickly turned to a romantic relationship and they were married on 14 October 1972. On 9 November 1974 their only child Giovanna Mezzogiorno, who also became an actress, was born.
The family then settled in Rome where Mezzogiorno fully dedicated himself to the theatre.
In 1983 Jean-Jacques Beineix opened the doors of French cinema with Moon in the Gutter where he acted alongside
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