Pierfrancesco
Favino was born on August 24, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He has appeared in
more than forty European films and television series' since the early 1990s,
including Gabriele Muccino's “The Last Kiss”, Gianni Amelio's “The Keys to the
House”, Giuseppe Tornatore's “The Unknown Woman” and Ferzan Özpetek's “Saturn
in Opposition”. In 1999 he starred in the HBO film ‘Excellent Cadavers’,
adaptation of Alexander Stille's novel of the same name. He received the David
di Donatello award - Italian equivalent of the Oscar - in 2006 for his role in
the crime film “Romanzo Criminale”, directed by Michele Placido.
In
2006 he also portrayed Christopher Columbus in Twentieth Century Fox's “Night
at the Museum”. In 2008 he played General Glozelle, the leader of Miraz's
Telmarine troops in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”. He has worked
with American director Ron Howard twice: in the 2009 film “Angels & Demons”,
adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dan Brown, in which he played the
role of Inspector Ernesto Olivetti, and in the 2013 film “Rush”, in which he
played the role of Formula One racing car driver Clay Regazzoni.
Other
significant roles include the partisan leader Peppi Grotta in Spike Lee's “Miracle
at St. Anna” in 2008, the sadistic riot control force policeman Cobra in
Stefano Sollima's “ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards” in 2012, the anarchist
Giuseppe Pinelli in Marco Tullio Giordana's “Piazza Fontana”, and the W.H.O.
doctor in Marc Forster's apocalyptic-horror “World War Z” (2013).
Favino
has appeared in only one Euro-western short “B.B.K. (Baby Bounty Killer)” (1996).
Today
we celebrate Pierfrancesco Favino’s 45th birthday.
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