Giuseppe Cederna

{{Short description|Italian actor and author (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Giuseppe Cederna | image = Giuseppe Cederna cropped.jpg | caption = Cederna in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|6|25}} | birth_place = Rome | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | occupation = Actor }} '''Giuseppe Cederna''' (born 25 June 1957) is an Italian actor and author.

== Life and career == Born in Rome, the son of the journalist and politician Antonio Cederna and nephew of the writer and journalist Camilla Cederna, from his youth Cederna was attracted by the profession of mime and clown, and after several theatrical experiences in 1977 he founded the company Anfeclown.<ref name=MyMovies>{{cite news|last=Fabio Secchi Frau|title=Giuseppe Cederna. L'attore alpinista|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=4317|accessdate=20 February 2014|newspaper=MyMovies}}</ref> Invited by the Teatro dell'Elfo for several collaborations, there Cederna met the director Gabriele Salvatores with whom he worked, on stage and later in films, including the Academy Award winner ''Mediterraneo''.<ref name=MyMovies/><ref name="bioB">{{cite book|last=Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref>

After a minor role in the 1972 Marco Bellocchio's drama film ''Slap the Monster on Page One'', in the 1980s Cederna started a career as a film character actor, in both brilliant and dramatic roles.<ref name=MyMovies/><ref name=bioB/>

Cederna is a passionate about mountaineering and is also a writer.<ref name=MyMovies/><ref>{{cite news|title=A casa di… Giuseppe Cederna|url=http://design.repubblica.it/2010/12/06/a-casa-digiuseppe-cederna/|accessdate=20 February 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=6 December 2010}}</ref>

== Partial filmography == {{Div col}} * ''Dream of a Summer Night'' (1983) * ''Mamma Ebe'' (1985) - Bruno Corradi * ''Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?'' (1985) * ''The American Bride'' (1986) * ''Under the Chinese Restaurant'' (1987) * ''Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love'' (1989) * ''Marrakech Express'' (1989) * ''Captain Fracassa's Journey'' (1990) * ''Italia-Germania 4-3'' (1990) * ''Mediterraneo'' (1991) * ''Gangsters'' (1992) * ''A Soul Split in Two'' (1993) * ''Love Burns'' (1994) * ''Porzûs'' (1997) * ''You Laugh'' (1998) * ''Excellent Cadavers'' (1999) * ''Johnny the Partisan'' (2000) * ''El Alamein: The Line of Fire'' (2002) * ''Ricordare Anna'' (2004) * ''Different from Whom?'' (2009) * ''Nine'' (2009) * ''Men vs. Women'' (2010) * ''Women vs. Men'' (2011) * ''Garibaldi's Lovers'' (2012) * ''Hammamet'' (2020) * ''Marcel!'' (2022) * ''Nuremberg'' (2025) {{div col end}}

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0147794}}

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