{{Short description|Italian actor (born 1995)}} {{Infobox person | name = Matteo Creatini | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 November 1995}} | birth_place = Florence, Italy | occupation = Actor, singer-songwriter, rapper | years_active = 2014–present }}
'''Matteo Creatini''' (born 25 November 1995), also known as '''Matteo Crea''', is an Italian actor, singer-songwriter and rapper.
== Career == Matteo Creatini was born on 25 November 1995, in Florence, but grew up in Rosignano Solvay, in the province of Livorno.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/01/09/news/firenze_matteo_crea_cantautore_intervista-382638971/|title=Matteo Creatini: 'La mia vita fluida tra cinema e pop'|work=la Repubblica|date=8 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="allmusicitalia.it">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/matteo-crea-a-casa-dei-miei.html|title=Matteo Crea: nel singolo d'esordio, "A casa dei miei", l'inno di una generazione confusa ma dal forte senso di indipendenza|work=All Music Italia|date=19 May 2022}}</ref> He started writing songs and playing the guitar from a young age and made his film debut at eleven in Paolo Virzì's ''Napoleon and Me'' in 2006.<ref name="firenzerocks.it">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firenzerocks.it/artista/82/matteo-crea|title=Firenze Rocks - Matteo Crea|website=Firenze Rocks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.film.it/film/foto/dettaglio/art/i-guai-del-sesso-tra-i-teenager-italiani-una-clip-esclusiva-da-short-skin-42671/|title=I guai del sesso tra i teenager italiani: una clip esclusiva da Short Skin|work=Film.it}}</ref>
In 2014, he played the lead role of Edo in ''Short Skin'', a film centered on the struggles of a young man with phimosis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iodonna.it/attualita/eventi-e-mostre/foto-racconto/i-film-in-sala-dal-3-maggio/|title=I film in sala dal 3 maggio|author1=Paolo Mereghetti|author2=Paola Piacenza|work=iO Donna|date=3 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/cinema/mereghetti/15_aprile_20/ritratto-una-generazione-fragilita-giovane-edo-e77900b0-e752-11e4-95de-75f89e715407.shtml|title=Il ritratto di una generazione nelle fragilità del giovane Edo|work=Corriere della Sera|date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
In the same year, he made his debut as a singer with the EP ''Always C.R.E.A.M.'', in collaboration with the Milanese group Always Fresh Motherfucker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iltirreno.it/cecina/cronaca/2015/06/16/news/la-storia-di-matteo-attore-per-caso-gia-noto-sui-red-carpet-1.11627133|title=La storia di Matteo attore per caso già noto sui red carpet|work=Il Tirreno|date=16 June 2015}}</ref> The following year, he released ''MxM'' under the name Crema. He later changed his musical project name to CreMa dé Sodaboy, releasing the EPs ''Sodaboy'' (2016) and ''Ce l'ho fatta vol. 1'' (2017), and then to Sodaboi, under which he released the EP ''Problemi'' in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesubmarine.it/2018/05/12/sodaboi-polaretto-intervista/|title=Sodaboi è fresco come un polaretto|work=the Submarine|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lacasadelrap.com/2018/05/26/sodaboi-musica-di-origine-controllata/|title=Sodaboi produce buona musica di origine controllata|work=La casa del rap|date=26 May 2018}}</ref>
In 2019, he appeared in Emilia Mazzacurati's short film ''Manica a vento''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lagofest.org/portfolio_page/giuria-veneto-lff2021/|title=Lago Film Fest. GIURIA VENETO – LFF2021|website=Lago Fest}}</ref> In 2022, he played Iacopo, one of the three protagonists in the film ''Margins'', directed by Niccolò Falsetti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iltirreno.it/cecina/cronaca/2023/04/01/news/con-margini-un-rosignanese-in-lizza-al-david-di-donatello-1.100274002|title=Con il film “Margini” un rosignanese in lizza al David di Donatello|work=Il Tirreno|date=1 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/cinema/2022/09/02/margini-arriva-dramedy-di-formazione-a-tempo-di-punk_dec9acd3-44b6-441b-a724-c552dffc9a17.html|title=Margini, dramedy di formazione a tempo di punk|work=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|date=2 September 2022}}</ref> The film earned him a nomination for the David di Donatello for Best Original Song and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song for the track "La palude".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rai.it/raicinema/news/2023/03/David-di-Donatello-2023-tutte-le-candidature-978e44e9-31b7-4651-99fb-7c5827756bca.html|title=David di Donatello 2023, tutte le candidature|work=Rai Cinema}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2023/06/01/nastri-d-argento-2023-film-candidature|title=Nastri d'Argento 2023, dai film agli attori. Tutte le candidature|work=Sky TG24|date=1 June 2023}}</ref>
That same year, he performed at Firenze Rocks as the opening act for Green Day,<ref name="firenzerocks.it" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicadalpalco.com/2022/05/31/matteo-crea-in-apertura-ai-green-day-al-firenze-rocks/|title=Matteo Crea - A Firenze apre ai Green Day|work=Musica Dal Palco|date=31 May 2022}}</ref> and released an album titled ''Io non sono mai felice'', under the name Matteo Crea.<ref name="allmusicitalia.it" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/musica/2022/12/14/matteo-crea-io-non-sono-mai-felice|title=Matteo Crea: 'Io non sono mai felice ma sono sempre super sincero'|author=Fabrizio Basso|work=Sky TG24|date=14 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billboard.it/interviste/matteo-crea-io-non-sono-mai-felice-track-by-track/2022/12/0598207/|title='Io non sono mai felice': Matteo Crea racconta il nuovo album traccia per traccia|date=5 December 2022|work=Billboard}}</ref> Additionally, his single "A casa dei miei" was featured by Apple Music in the ''Up Next Italia'' program, with a performance in Piazza del Liberty in Milan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billboard.it/eventi/up-next-italia-alfa-ditonellapiaga-matteo-crea-kaze/2022/07/0693394/|title=Up Next Italia porta Alfa, Kaze, Ditonellapiaga e Matteo Crea in Piazza Liberty a Milano|work=Billboard|date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioitalia.it/news/apple-music-presenta-up-next-italia-alfa-matteo-crea-ditonellapiaga-e-kaze--551850|title=Apple Music presenta Up Next Italia: Alfa, Matteo Crea, Ditonellapiaga e Kaze|work=Radio Italia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/concerti/up-next-italia-il-live-di-alfa-matteo-crea-ditonellapiaga-e-kaze/|title="Up Next Italia": il live di Alfa, Matteo Crea, Ditonellapiaga e Kaze|author=Cecilia Uzzo|work=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|date=7 July 2022}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2006 | ''Napoleon and Me'' | Bruno | Film debut |- | 2014 | ''Short Skin'' | Edoardo | Lead role |- | 2019 | ''Manica a vento'' | Boy in the elevator | Short film |- | 2022 | ''Margins'' | Iacopo | Lead role |}
==Discography== ;Studio albums *''Io non sono mai felice'' (BMG, 2022)
;EPs *''Always C.R.E.A.M.'' (2014) with Always Fresh Motherfuckers *''MXM'' (2015) {{small|as Crema}} *''Sodaboy'' (2016) {{small|as CreMa dé Sodaboy}} *''Ce l'ho fatta vol. 1'' (2017) {{small|as CreMa dé Sodaboy}} *''Problemi'' (2018) {{small|as Sodaboi}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Creatini, Matteo}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Italian male actors Category:21st-century Italian male singers Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male singers Category:Male actors from Florence