# Mario Pupella

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{{Short description|Italian actor and stage director (1945–2023)}}
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| birth_date   = {{birth-date|10 April 1945}}
| birth_place  = [Castelvetrano](/source/Castelvetrano), [Trapani](/source/Province_of_Trapani), [Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy)
| death_date   = {{death-date and age|22 January 2023|10 April 1945}}
| death_place  = [Palermo](/source/Palermo), Italy
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'''Mario Pupella''' (10 April 1945 – 22 January 2023) was an Italian actor and stage director.

==Biography==
Born in [Castelvetrano](/source/Castelvetrano), Pupella made his professional debut on stage in a rendition of [Luigi Pirandello](/source/Luigi_Pirandello)'s ''[Henry IV](/source/Henry_IV_(Pirandello))''.<ref name="corr">{{cite news |last1=Redazione Spettacoli |title=Addio a Mario Pupella, attore di teatro e caratterista in molti film sulla mafia |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/23_gennaio_22/morto-mario-pupella-racconto-sicilia-verga-pirandello-teatro-702b3a30-9a48-11ed-9e01-a2e995b3e2a5.shtml?refresh_ce |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=[Corriere della Sera](/source/Corriere_della_Sera) |date=22 January 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref> Mainly active on stage, he got his first film major role in 2002, in [Roberta Torre](/source/Roberta_Torre)'s ''[Angela](/source/Angela_(2002_film))''.<ref name="corr" /> He was also a stage director, and served as artistic director of several theaters in [Palermo](/source/Palermo), namely Teatro Europa, Teatro Crystal and Teatro Sant'Eugenio.<ref name="rep">{{cite news |last1=Di Caro |first1=Mario |title=Morto l'attore Mario Pupella, diresse il teatro Crystal e il Sant'Eugenio |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/01/22/news/mario_pupella_attore_morto_palermo-384611524/ |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=[La Repubblica](/source/La_Repubblica) |date=22 January 2023 |language=it}}</ref>

He died on 22 January 2023, at the age of 77.<ref name="corr" /><ref name="rep" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Puglisi |first1=Roberto |title=Sigarette, amore e sorrisi: l'ultimo atto di Mario Pupella |url=https://livesicilia.it/sigarette-amore-e-sorrisi-lultimo-atto-di-mario-pupella/ |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=LiveSicilia |date=22 January 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
*  ''[Angela](/source/Angela_(2002_film))'' (2002)  
* ''[I, the Other](/source/I%2C_the_Other)'' (2007)  
* ''[I Viceré](/source/I_Vicer%C3%A9_(film))'' (2007)  
* ''[The Sicilian Girl](/source/The_Sicilian_Girl)'' (2008)  
* ''[La matassa](/source/La_matassa)'' (2009)  
* ''[Salvo](/source/Salvo_(film))'' (2013) 
* ''[At War with Love](/source/At_War_with_Love)'' (2016)  
* ''[Quel bravo ragazzo](/source/Quel_bravo_ragazzo)'' (2016)  
* ''[Scappo a casa](/source/Scappo_a_casa)'' (2019)  
* ''[Padrenostro](/source/Padrenostro)'' (2020)
*''[School of Mafia](/source/School_of_Mafia)'' (2021)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm0700650}}

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Category:1945 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:People from Castelvetrano
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male television actors
Category:20th-century Italian male actors 
Category:Italian theatre directors

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