# Claudio Amendola

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claudio_Amendola
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Claudio_Amendola.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Amendola
> Source revision: 1332253907
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Italian actor, television presenter and director

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Claudio Amendola" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2024)

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (May 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Italian article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at [[:it:Claudio Amendola]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|it|Claudio Amendola}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Claudio Amendola Amendola in 2025 Born (1963-02-16) 16 February 1963 (age 63) Rome, Italy Occupations Actor film director television presenter Years active 1983–present Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Spouses Marina Grande ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1997)​ Francesca Neri ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2022)​ Children 3, including Alessia Amendola Parents Ferruccio Amendola (father) Rita Savagnone (mother) Relatives Deddi Savagnone (aunt) Mario Amendola (great-uncle)

**Claudio Amendola** (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, film director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film *[The Escort](/source/The_Escort_(1993_film))*, which was entered into the [1993 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1993_Cannes_Film_Festival).[1]

## Biography

Born in Rome and the son of actors and voice dubbers [Ferruccio Amendola](/source/Ferruccio_Amendola) and [Rita Savagnone](/source/Rita_Savagnone), Amendola started his movie career during the 1980s, playing comic roles in some Italian comedies directed by [Carlo Vanzina](/source/Carlo_Vanzina). In 1987 he played his first dramatic role in *[Soldati - 365 all'alba](/source/Soldati_-_365_all'alba)*, directed by [Marco Risi](/source/Marco_Risi), and in the following decade he confirmed his dramatic skills in some movies such as *[Ultra](/source/Ultra_(film))* (1990) and *[The Escort](/source/The_Escort_(1993_film))* (1993), both directed by [Ricky Tognazzi](/source/Ricky_Tognazzi). During the 2000s Amendola became a very popular television actor, acting in the popular fiction *[I Cesaroni](/source/I_Cesaroni)*, the Italian version of *[Los Serrano](/source/Los_Serrano)*.

### Personal life

Amendola was married to actress [Francesca Neri](/source/Francesca_Neri) from 2010 until 2022 and they have a son together, Rocco. He also has two daughters from a previous marriage. One of them is voice actress [Alessia Amendola](/source/Alessia_Amendola).

## Filmography

### Films

Year Title Role(s) Notes 1983 Lontano da dove Mario Vacanze di Natale Mario Marchetti 1984 Amarsi un po' Marco Coccia Vacanze in America Alessio Liberatore 1985 The Venetian Woman Bernardo 1987 Soldati - 365 all'alba Claudio Scanna 1988 Days of Inspector Ambrosio Luciano 1989 Forever Mary Pietro Giancona 1990 Captain Fracassa's Journey Agostino 1991 Ultra Principe 1992 Un'altra vita Mauro 1993 The Escort Angelo Mandolesi Briganti - Amore e libertà Giovanni 1994 The Heroes Fabio La Reine Margot Annibal de Coconas 1995 Policemen Lorenzo Ferri Who Killed Pasolini? 'Trepalle' The Horseman on the Roof Paolo Maggionari 1996 My Generation Claudio Braccio 1997 Lady and the Tramp Tramp (voice) Italian voice-over Un paradiso di bugie Sergio An Eyewitness Account Sandro Nardella The Grey Zone Dario Campisi Other Men Michele Croce Santo Stefano Bruno D'Assisi 1998 Mare largo Edoardo 2000 La Carbonara Lupone Il grande botto Antonio Nunziante Johnny the Partisan Piero Balbo 2001 Domenica Inspector Sciarra Sottovento Paolo 2003 Caterina in the Big City Manlio Germano Ho visto le stelle Renato / Claudio Senza freni Uncle Claudio Unreleased 2005 Il ritorno del Monnezza Rocky Giraldi Also writer Melissa P. None Producer 2010 La fisica dell'acqua Claudio 2011 Bar Sport Client Cameo appearance 2013 Cha cha cha Torre 2014 The Move of the Penguin None Director and writer 2015 The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles Sergio Suburra Samurai 2017 Il permesso - 48 ore fuori Luigi Also director and writer Like a Cat on a Highway Sergio Pino Daniele: Il tempo resterà Himself Documentary 2018 Hotel Gagarin Elio Beato Show Dogs Deepak (voice) Italian voice-over 2020 Abbi fede Adamo 2021 Like a Cat on a Highway 2 Sergio 2022 I cassamortari None Director and writer 2025 Fuori la verità Edoardo

### Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes 1982 Storia d'amore e d'amicizia Davide Miniseries 1984 Quei trentasei gradini Pino Miniseries 1987 L'ombra nera del Vesuvio Nini Sposito Miniseries Professione vacanze Antonio Palombelli Episode: "A qualcuno piace il calcio" Little Roma Augusto Main role 1990 Il colore della vittoria Attilio Ferraris Miniseries 1991–1992 Pronto soccorso Augusto Main role 1991–1993 Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri Antonio Stasi Main role 1996 Nostromo Nostromo Miniseries 1999 Squadra mobile scomparsi Inspector Spada Recurring role; 5 episodes Jesus Barabbas Television film 2000 L'impero Dario Ferri Miniseries 2001 L'attentatuni - Il grande attentato Cardine Miniseries 2002 Napoléon Joachim Murat Miniseries 2003 Inferno Below Antonino Miniseries 2005 La caccia Pietro Sacco Miniseries Cefalonia Mikis Television film 2006 48 ore Diego Montagna Lead role 2006–2014; 2026 I Cesaroni Giulio Cesaroni Main role 2010 Tutti per Bruno Inspector Bruno Miranda Lead role 2011 Dov'è mia figlia? Claudio Valle Miniseries 2016 Lampedusa - Dall'orizzone in poi Marco Serra Miniseries 2018–2022 Carlo & Malik Carlo Guerrieri Lead role 2023–2024 Il patriarca Nemesio Bandera Lead role

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_1-0)** ["Festival de Cannes: The Escort"](http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2582/year/1993.html). *festival-cannes.com*. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

## External links

- [Claudio Amendola](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024580/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actor 1981–2000 Charles Vanel (1981) Angelo Infanti (1982) Lello Arena (1983) Carlo Giuffrè (1984) Ricky Tognazzi (1985) Bernard Blier (1986) Leo Gullotta (1987) Peter O'Toole (1988) Carlo Croccolo / Massimo Dapporto (1989) Sergio Castellitto (1990) Ciccio Ingrassia (1991) Angelo Orlando (1992) Claudio Amendola (1993) Alessandro Haber (1994) Giancarlo Giannini (1995) Leopoldo Trieste (1996) Leo Gullotta (1997) Silvio Orlando (1998) Fabrizio Bentivoglio (1999) Giuseppe Battiston / Leo Gullotta (2000) 2001–present Tony Sperandeo (2001) Libero De Rienzo (2002) Ernesto Mahieux (2003) Roberto Herlitzka (2004) Carlo Verdone (2005) Pierfrancesco Favino (2006) Giorgio Colangeli (2007) Alessandro Gassmann (2008) Giuseppe Battiston (2009) Ennio Fantastichini (2010) Giuseppe Battiston (2011) Pierfrancesco Favino (2012) Valerio Mastandrea (2013) Fabrizio Gifuni (2014) Carlo Buccirosso (2015) Luca Marinelli (2016) Valerio Mastandrea (2017) Giuliano Montaldo (2018) Edoardo Pesce (2019) Luigi Lo Cascio (2020) Fabrizio Bentivoglio (2021) Eduardo Scarpetta (2022) Francesco Di Leva (2023) Elio Germano (2024) Francesco Di Leva (2025)

v t e Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Supporting Actor 1946–1970 Gino Cervi (1946) Massimo Serato (1947) Nando Bruno (1948) Saro Urzì (1949) Umberto Spadaro (1951) Gabriele Ferzetti (1953) Alberto Sordi (1954) Paolo Stoppa (1955) Memmo Carotenuto (1956) Peppino De Filippo (1957) Andrea Checchi (1958) Nino Vingelli (1959) Claudio Gora (1960) Enrico Maria Salerno (1961) Salvo Randone (1962) Romolo Valli (1963) Folco Lulli (1964) Leopoldo Trieste (1965) Ugo Tognazzi (1966) Gastone Moschin (1967) Gabriele Ferzetti (1968) Ettore G. Mattia (1969) Fanfulla / Umberto Orsini (1970) 1971–1990 Romolo Valli (1971) Salvo Randone (1972) Mario Carotenuto (1973) Turi Ferro (1974) Aldo Fabrizi (1975) Ciccio Ingrassia (1976) Romolo Valli (1977) Carlo Bagno (1978) Vittorio Mezzogiorno (1979) Tomas Milian (1980) Massimo Girotti (1981) Paolo Stoppa (1982) Tino Schirinzi (1983) Leo Gullotta (1984) Leopoldo Trieste (1985) Gastone Moschin (1986) Diego Abatantuono (1987) Enzo Cannavale (1988) Fabio Bussotti (1989) Alessandro Haber (1990) 1991–2010 Ennio Fantastichini (1991) Paolo Bonacelli (1992) Renato Carpentieri (1993) Alessandro Haber (1994) Marco Messeri (1995) Leopoldo Trieste (1996) Gianni Cavina (1997) Giustino Durano (1998) Stefano Antonucci / Andrea Cambi / Antonio Catania / Giorgio Colangeli / Giuseppe Gandini / Riccardo Garrone / Vittorio Gassman / Giancarlo Giannini / Valter Lupo / Adalberto Maria Merli / Paolo Merloni / Carlo Molfese / Sergio Nicolai / Corrado Olmi / Eros Pagni / Mario Patanè / Pierfrancesco Poggi / Francesco Siciliano / Giorgio Tirabassi / Venantino Venantini (1999) Felice Andreasi (2000) Giancarlo Giannini (2001) Leo Gullotta (2002) Diego Abatantuono (2003) Arnoldo Foà (2004) Raffaele Pisu (2005) Carlo Verdone (2006) Alessandro Haber (2007) Alessandro Gassmann (2008) Ezio Greggio (2009) Ennio Fantastichini / Luca Zingaretti (2010) 2011–present Giuseppe Battiston (2011) Marco Giallini (2012) Carlo Verdone (2013) Carlo Buccirosso / Paolo Sassanelli (2014) Claudio Amendola (2015) Luca Marinelli (2016) Alessandro Borghi (2017) Riccardo Scamarcio (2018) Luigi Lo Cascio / Fabrizio Ferracane (2019) Roberto Benigni (2020) Massimo Popolizio (2021) Francesco Di Leva / Tommaso Ragno (2022) Paolo Pierobon (2023) Elio Germano (2024)

Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Italy Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Poland Israel People Trove Other IdRef Yale LUX

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Claudio Amendola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Amendola) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Amendola?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.