{{Short description|Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Marco Messeri | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|12|15}} | birth_place = Livorno | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | occupation = Actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter, voice actor }} '''Marco Messeri''' (born 15 December 1948) is an Italian actor, comedian, stage director, singer-songwriter and voice actor.
== Life and career == Born in Livorno, Messeri studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and acting at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|year=1998 |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi, 1998|isbn=8880892959}}</ref>
He debuted on stage in 1969, in Paolo Poli's ''Il Brasile''.<ref name="bio"/>
After several supporting roles, in 1987 he debuted in a leading role in Carlo Mazzacurati's ''Notte italiana'', winning a Globo d'oro for best new actor. The same year, he received a Ciak d'oro for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Massimo Troisi's ''Le vie del Signore sono finite''.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref><ref name=rfv>{{cite news|last=Franco Montini|title=Cosi Marco Messeri è diventato benzinaio|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/12/16/cosi-marco-messeri-diventato-benzinaio.html|access-date=29 November 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=16 December 1988}}</ref> In 1995 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in Francesca Archibugi's ''Con gli occhi chiusi''.<ref name="premi"/>
Messeri is also a singer-songwriter and composer of songs, usually used in his stage works.<ref>{{cite news|last=Franco Montini|title=Messeri canta Livorno e Ciampi lo ringrazia|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/02/27/messeri-canta-livorno-ciampi-lo-ringrazia.html|access-date=29 November 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=27 February 2002}}</ref>
== Selected filmography== * ''La locandiera'' (1980) * ''I'm Starting from Three'' (1981) * ''Il paramedico'' (1982) * ''The Mass Is Ended'' (1985) * ''Le vie del Signore sono finite'' (1987) * ''Italian Night'' (1987) * ''Red Wood Pigeon'' (1989) * ''Captain Fracassa's Journey'' (1990) * ''Alberto Express'' (1990) * ''Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse'' (1991) * ''With Closed Eyes'' (1994) * ''The Bull'' (1994) * ''Camerieri'' (1995) * ''A Cold, Cold Winter'' (1996) * ''Vesna Goes Fast'' (1996) * ''A spasso nel tempo'' (1996) * ''A spasso nel tempo – L'avventura continua'' (1997) * ''Simpatici & antipatici'' (1998) * ''My Dearest Friends'' (1998) * ''Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth'' (2000) * ''Nightwatchman'' (2000) * ''Maria Goretti'' (2003) * ''Sunday Lunch'' (2003) * ''An Italian Romance'' (2004) * ''The Jokes'' (2004) * ''Do You Know Claudia?'' (2004) * ''La seconda volta non si scorda mai'' (2008) * ''La passione'' (2010) * ''The First Beautiful Thing'' (2010) * ''Mary of Nazareth'' (2012) * ''The Unlikely Prince'' (2013) * ''L'arbitro'' (2013) * ''Fuga di cervelli'' (2013) * ''Good for Nothing'' (2014) * ''Like Crazy'' (2016) * ''Marilyn's Eyes'' (2021)
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0582074}} {{Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actor}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Messeri, Marco}} Category:1951 births Category:People from Livorno Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Nastro d'Argento winners Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors Category:Living people