| David di Donatello Award for Best Actor | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Presented by | Accademia del Cinema Italiano |
| First awarded | 1956 (for lead acting in films released during the 1955/1956 film season) |
| Currently held by | Pierfrancesco Favino — The Traitor (2019) |
| Website | daviddidonatello |
The David di Donatello Award for Best Actor (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior attore protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of a male actor in an Italian film released during the year preceding the ceremony.[1] The award was first given in 1956, and became competitive in 1981.[2]
Vittorio Gassman and Alberto Sordi are the record holders in this category with seven awards each, followed by Marcello Mastroianni with five.[2][3]
Nominees and winners are selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.[4][5]
Winners and nominees
Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.[1]
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Vittorio De Sica was the first winner in the category for his role in Scandal in Sorrento (1955).
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Vittorio Gassman (right) is one of the only two actors to win the award seven times, from The Great War (1959) to The Family (1987).
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Alberto Sordi won the award seven times out of eight nominations, one of the only two actors to achieve so, winning for his roles in films from The Great War (1959) to An Average Little Man (1977).
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Marcello Mastroianni won the award five times out of six nominations, the first time for his multiple roles in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963).
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Ugo Tognazzi won the award three times, for his roles in L'immorale (1967), La califfa (1970), and My Friends (1975).
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Nino Manfredi won the award four times from 1969 to 1978, for his roles in I See Naked (1968), The Conspirators (1969), Bread and Chocolate (1973) and In the Name of the Pope King (1977).
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Gian Maria Volonté won twice for his roles in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) and Open Doors (1990), being nominated four times.
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Giancarlo Giannini won the award four times out of seven nominations, from 1971 for The Seduction of Mimi to 2001 for I Love You Eugenio.
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Singer and entertainer Adriano Celentano won twice from 1976 to 1980.
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Francesco Nuti won twice for the same role, in The Pool Hustlers (1982) and Casablanca, Casablanca (1985).
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Roberto Benigni won the award for his roles in The Little Devil (1989) and Life Is Beautiful (1997), which also earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Nanni Moretti won only once out of eight nominations, for his role in The Yes Man (1991).
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Sergio Castellitto won the award twice for his roles in The Great Pumpkin (1992) and Don't Move (2004), being nominated six times.
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio won only once out of six nominations, for his role in An Eyewitness Account (1996).
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Stefano Accorsi won twice out of five nominations, for Radiofreccia (1998) and Italian Race (2016).
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Bruno Ganz won the award in 2000 for his role in Bread and Tulips, the first foreign actor to achieve so.
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Toni Servillo won the award four times out of eight nominations, for The Consequences of Love (2004), The Girl by the Lake (2007), Il Divo (2008), and The Great Beauty (2013).
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Silvio Orlando won in 2006 his role in The Caiman after seven nominations.
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Elio Germano won the award three times out of four nominations, for his roles in My Brother is an Only Child (2007), La nostra vita (2010) and Leopardi (2014).
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Valerio Mastandrea won the award twice, for The First Beautiful Thing (2010) and Balancing Act (2014), being nominated seven times.
1950s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955/56 (1st) | ||||
| Vittorio De Sica | Antonio Carotenuto | Scandal in Sorrento | ||
| 1956/57 (2nd) | ||||
| 1957/58 (3rd) | ||||
| 1958/59 (4th) | ||||
1960s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959/60 (5th) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassman | Private Giovanni Busacca | The Great War | ||
| Alberto Sordi | Private Oreste Jacovacci | The Great War | ||
| 1960/61 (6th) | ||||
| Alberto Sordi | Second lieutenant Alberto Innocenzi | Everybody Go Home | ||
| 1961/62 (7th) | ||||
| Raf Vallone | Edoardo "Eddie" Carbone | A View from the Bridge | ||
| 1962/63 (8th) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassmann | Bruno Cortona | Il Sorpasso | ||
| 1963/64 (9th) | ||||
| Marcello Mastroianni | Carmine Sbaratti / Renzo / Augusto Rusconi | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | ||
| 1964/65 (10th) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassmann | Giuliano Maria | Hard Time for Princes | ||
| Marcello Mastroianni | Domenico Soriano | Marriage Italian-Style | ||
| 1965/66 (11th) | ||||
| Alberto Sordi | Dante Fontana | Fumo di Londra | ||
| 1966/67 (12th) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassmann | Francesco Vincenzini | The Tiger and the Pussycat | ||
| Ugo Tognazzi | Sergio Masini | L'immorale | ||
| 1967/68 (13th) | ||||
| Franco Nero | Captain Bellodi | The Day of the Owl | ||
| 1968/69 (14th) | ||||
| Nino Manfredi | Cacopardo / Angelo Perfili / Ercole / Voyeur / Telephone operator / Maurizio / Nanni | I See Naked | ||
| Alberto Sordi | Dr. Guido Tersilli | Be Sick... It's Free |
1970s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969/70 (15th) | ||||
| Nino Manfredi | Cornacchia / Pasquino | The Conspirators | ||
| Gian Maria Volonté | Il Dottore, Former Head of Homicide Squad | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | ||
| 1970/71 (16th) | ||||
| Ugo Tognazzi | Annibale Doberdò | La califfa | ||
| 1971/72 (17th) | ||||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Carmelo 'Mimì' Mardocheo | The Seduction of Mimi | ||
| Alberto Sordi | Giuseppe Di Noi | In Prison Awaiting Trial | ||
| 1972/73 (18th) | ||||
| Alberto Sordi | Peppino | The Scientific Cardplayer | ||
| 1973/74 (19th) | ||||
| Nino Manfredi | Giovanni 'Nino' Garofoli | Bread and Chocolate | ||
| 1974/75 (20th) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassmann | Captain Fausto Consolo | Scent of a Woman | ||
| 1975/76 (21st) | ||||
| Adriano Celentano | Felice 'Felix' Brianza | The Con Artists | ||
| Ugo Tognazzi | Raffaello Mascetti | My Friends | ||
| 1976/77 (22nd) | ||||
| Alberto Sordi | Giovanni Vivaldi | An Average Little Man | ||
| 1977/78 (23rd) | ||||
| Nino Manfredi | Monsignor Colombo da Priverno | In the Name of the Pope King | ||
| 1978/79 (24th) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassman | Albino Millozzi | Dear Father |
1980s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979/80 (25th) | ||||
| Adriano Celentano | Guido Quiller | Velvet Hands | ||
| 1980/81 (26th) | ||||
| Massimo Troisi | Gaetano | Ricomincio da tre | ||
| Michele Placido | Berardo Viola | Fontamara | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Pasquale Amitrano / Furio Zoccano / Mimmo | Bianco, rosso e Verdone | ||
| 1981/82 (27th) | ||||
| Carlo Verdone | Sergio Benvenuti | Talcum Powder | ||
| Beppe Grillo | Giovanni | Looking for Jesus | ||
| Alberto Sordi | Marquess Onofrio del Grillo / Gasperino | Il marchese del Grillo | ||
| 1982/83 (28th) | ||||
| Francesco Nuti | Francesco 'Toscano' Piccioli | The Pool Hustlers | ||
| Johnny Dorelli | Philip Neri | State buoni se potete | ||
| Marcello Mastroianni | Giacomo Casanova | That Night in Varennes | ||
| 1983/84 (29th) | ||||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Salvatore Cannavacciuolo | Where's Picone? | ||
| Francesco Nuti | Francesco | Son contento | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Michele Apicella | Sweet Body of Bianca | ||
| 1984/85 (30th) | ||||
| Francesco Nuti | Francesco 'Toscano' Piccioli | Casablanca, Casablanca | ||
| Ben Gazzara | The forgetful man | A Proper Scandal | ||
| Michele Placido | Mario Vialone | Pizza Connection | ||
| 1985/86 (31st) | ||||
| Marcello Mastroianni | Pippo Botticella / Fred | Ginger and Fred | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Father Giulio | The Mass Is Ended | ||
| Francesco Nuti | Romeo Casamonica | All the Fault of Paradise | ||
| 1986/87 (32nd) | ||||
| Vittorio Gassman | Adult Carlo / Carlo's grandfather | The Family | ||
| Diego Abatantuono | Franco Mattioli | Christmas Present | ||
| Gian Maria Volonté | Aldo Moro | The Moro Affair | ||
| 1987/88 (33rd) | ||||
Marcello Mastroianni | Romano | Dark Eyes | ||
| Philippe Noiret | Dr. Athos Fadigati | The Gold Rimmed Glasses | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Carlo Piergentili | Io e mia sorella | ||
| 1988/89 (34th) | ||||
| Roberto Benigni | Giuditta | The Little Devil | ||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Francis II of the Two Sicilies | 'O Re | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Piero Ruffolo | Compagni di scuola |
1990s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989/90 (35th) | ||||
| Paolo Villaggio | Prefect Gonnella | The Voice of the Moon | ||
| Gian Maria Volonté | Judge Vito Di Francesco | Open Doors | ||
| Sergio Castellitto | Paolo | Little Misunderstandings | ||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Giuseppe Marchi | Dark Illness | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Michele Apicella | Red Wood Pigeon | ||
| Massimo Troisi | Michele | What Time Is It? | ||
| 1990/91 (36th) | ||||
| Nanni Moretti | Cesare Botero | The Yes Man | ||
| Diego Abatantuono | Sergeant major Nicola Lorusso | Mediterraneo | ||
| Claudio Amendola | Principe | Ultrà | ||
| Silvio Orlando | Luciano Sandulli | The Yes Man | ||
| Sergio Rubini | Domenico | The Station | ||
| 1991/92 (37th) | ||||
| Carlo Verdone | Bernardo Arbusti | Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato | ||
| Enrico Lo Verso | Officer Antonio | The Stolen Children | ||
| Gian Maria Volonté | Roberto Franzò | Una storia semplice | ||
| 1992/93 (38th) | ||||
| Sergio Castellitto | Dr. Arturo | The Great Pumpkin | ||
| Carlo Cecchi | Renato Caccioppoli | Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician | ||
| Silvio Orlando | Saverio | Un'altra vita | ||
| 1993/94 (39th) | ||||
| Giulio Scarpati | Judge Rosario Livatino | Law of Courage | ||
| Diego Abatantuono | Saint Joseph | For Love, Only for Love | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Nanni | Caro diario | ||
| Silvio Orlando | Ciro Ascarone | Sud | ||
| 1994/95 (40th) | ||||
| Marcello Mastroianni | Pereira | Sostiene Pereira | ||
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Giorgio Ambrosoli | Un eroe borghese | ||
| Massimo Troisi | Mario Ruoppolo | Il Postino: The Postman | ||
| 1995/96 (41st) | ||||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Sergio Amidei | Celluloide | ||
| Sergio Castellitto | Giuseppe 'Joe Morelli' Romolo | The Star Maker | ||
| Ennio Fantastichini | Ruggero Mazzalupi | August Vacation | ||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Turi Arcangelo Leofonte | Palermo - Milan One Way | ||
| 1996/97 (42nd) | ||||
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Pietro Nava | An Eyewitness Account | ||
| Claudio Amendola | Claudio Braccio | My Generation | ||
| Leonardo Pieraccioni | Levante Quarini | The Cyclone | ||
| Sergio Rubini | Joystick | Nirvana | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Romeo Spera | I'm Crazy for Iris Blond | ||
| 1997/98 (43rd) | ||||
Roberto Benigni | Guido Orefice | Life Is Beautiful | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Himself | April | ||
| Silvio Orlando | Vincenzo Lipari | Auguri professore | ||
| 1998/99 (44th) | ||||
| Stefano Accorsi | Freccia | Radiofreccia | ||
| Antonio Albanese | Alex Drastico / Ivo Perego / Pacifico | La fame e la sete | ||
| Silvio Orlando | Ernesto | Fuori dal mondo |
2000s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999/00 (45th) | ||||
| Bruno Ganz | Fernando Girasole | Bread and Tulips | ||
| Stefano Accorsi | Horst Fantazzini | Outlaw | ||
| Fabrizio Gifuni | Marco | A Love | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Ercole Preziosi | A Chinese in a Coma | ||
| 2000/01 (46th) | ||||
| Luigi Lo Cascio | Peppino Impastato | One Hundred Steps | ||
| Stefano Accorsi | Carlo | The Last Kiss | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Giovanni | The Son's Room | ||
| 2001/02 (47th) | ||||
| Giancarlo Giannini | Eugenio | I Love You Eugenio | ||
| Luigi Lo Cascio | Antonio | Light of My Eyes | ||
| Toni Servillo | Antonio 'Tony' Pisapia | L'uomo in più | ||
| 2002/03 (48th) | ||||
| Massimo Girotti | Davide Veroli | Facing Windows | ||
| Roberto Benigni | Pinocchio | Pinocchio | ||
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Carlo Ristuccia | Remember Me, My Love | ||
| Sergio Castellitto | Ernesto Picciafuoco | My Mother's Smile | ||
| Neri Marcorè | Nello Balocchi | Incantato | ||
| Fabio Volo | Tommaso | Casomai | ||
| 2003/04 (49th) | ||||
| Sergio Castellitto | Timoteo | Don't Move | ||
| Giuseppe Battiston | Romeo D'Avanzo | Agata and the Storm | ||
| Luigi Lo Cascio | Nicola Carati | The Best of Youth | ||
| Silvio Muccino | Matteo | What Will Happen to Us | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Gilberto Mercuri | Love Is Eternal While It Lasts | ||
| 2004/05 (50th) | ||||
| Toni Servillo | Titta Di Girolamo | The Consequences of Love | ||
| Stefano Accorsi | Marco Battaglia | Smalltown, Italy | ||
| Giorgio Pasotti | Martino | After Midnight | ||
| Kim Rossi Stuart | Gianni | The Keys to the House | ||
| Luca Zingaretti | Father Pino Puglisi | Alla luce del sole | ||
| 2005/06 (51st) | ||||
| Silvio Orlando | Bruno Bonomo | The Caiman | ||
| Antonio Albanese | Giordano Ricci | The Second Wedding Night | ||
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Luigi Di Santo | Our Land | ||
| Kim Rossi Stuart | Freddo | Romanzo Criminale | ||
| Carlo Verdone | Achille De Bellis | My Best Enemy | ||
| 2006/07 (52nd) | ||||
| Elio Germano | Antonio 'Accio' Benassi | My Brother is an Only Child | ||
| Vincenzo Amato | Salvatore Mancuso | Nuovomondo | ||
| Michele Placido | Muffa | The Unknown Woman | ||
| Giacomo Rizzo | Geremia de' Geremei | The Family Friend | ||
| Kim Rossi Stuart | Renato Benetti | Along the Ridge | ||
| 2007/08 (53rd) | ||||
| Toni Servillo | Commissioner Giovanni Sanzio | The Girl by the Lake | ||
| Antonio Albanese | Michele | Days and Clouds | ||
| Lando Buzzanca | Prince Giacomo Uzeda di Francalanza | I Viceré | ||
| Nanni Moretti | Pietro Paladini | Quiet Chaos | ||
| Kim Rossi Stuart | Luca Flores | Piano, solo | ||
| 2008/09 (54th) | ||||
| Toni Servillo | Giulio Andreotti | Il Divo | ||
| Luca Argentero | Piero | Different from Whom? | ||
| Claudio Bisio | Nello | Si può fare | ||
| Valerio Mastandrea | Stefano Nardin | Non pensarci | ||
| Silvio Orlando | Michele Casali | Giovanna's Father |
2010s
| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/10 (55th) | ||||
| Valerio Mastandrea | Bruno Michelucci | The First Beautiful Thing | ||
| Antonio Albanese | Alberto | A Question of the Heart | ||
| Libero De Rienzo | Giancarlo Siani | Fort Apache Napoli | ||
| Kim Rossi Stuart | Angelo | A Question of the Heart | ||
| Filippo Timi | Benito Mussolini / Benito Albino Dalser | Vincere | ||
| 2010/11 (56th) | ||||
| Elio Germano | Claudio | La nostra vita | ||
| Antonio Albanese | Cetto La Qualunque | Qualunquemente | ||
| Claudio Bisio | Alberto Colombo | Benvenuti al Sud | ||
| Vinicio Marchioni | Aureliano Amadei | 20 Cigarettes | ||
| Kim Rossi Stuart | Renato Vallanzasca | Angel of Evil | ||
| 2011/12 (57th) | ||||
| Michel Piccoli | Pope Melville | We Have a Pope | ||
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Bruno | Easy! | ||
| Elio Germano | Pietro Potenchiavelli | Magnificent Presence | ||
| Marco Giallini | Domenico Segato | A Flat for Three | ||
| Valerio Mastandrea | Commissioner Luigi Calabresi | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | ||
| 2012/13 (58th) | ||||
| Valerio Mastandrea | Giulio | Balancing Act | ||
| Aniello Arena | Luciano | Reality | ||
| Sergio Castellitto | Leone | A Perfect Family | ||
| Roberto Herlitzka | Professor Fiorito | The Red and the Blue | ||
| Luca Marinelli | Guido | Every Blessed Day | ||
| Toni Servillo | Enrico Oliveri / Giovanni Ernani | Long Live Freedom | ||
| 2013/14 (59th) | ||||
| Toni Servillo | Jep Gambardella | The Great Beauty | ||
| Giuseppe Battiston | Paolo Bressan | Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot | ||
| Fabrizio Bentivoglio | Dino Ossola | Human Capital | ||
| Carlo Cecchi | Carlo Grimaldi | Miele | ||
| Edoardo Leo | Pietro Zinni | I Can Quit Whenever I Want | ||
| 2014/15 (60th) | ||||
| Elio Germano | Giacomo Leopardi | Leopardi | ||
| Fabrizio Ferracane | Luciano | Black Souls | ||
| Alessandro Gassmann | Paolo Pontecorvo | An Italian Name | ||
| Marco Giallini | Tommaso De Luca | God Willing | ||
| Riccardo Scamarcio | Gaetano | You Can't Save Yourself Alone | ||
| 2015/16 (61st) | ||||
| Claudio Santamaria | Enzo Ceccotti | They Call Me Jeeg | ||
| Alessandro Borghi | Vittorio | Don't Be Bad | ||
| Marco Giallini | Rocco | Perfect Strangers | ||
| Luca Marinelli | Cesare | Don't Be Bad | ||
| Valerio Mastandrea | Lele | Perfect Strangers | ||
| 2016 (62nd) | ||||
| Stefano Accorsi | Loris De Martino | Italian Race | ||
| Valerio Mastandrea | Massimo | Sweet Dreams | ||
| Michele Riondino | Libero | Worldly Girl | ||
| Sergio Rubini | Oreste Campese | La stoffa dei sogni | ||
| Toni Servillo | Father Roberto Salus | The Confessions | ||
| 2017 (63rd) | ||||
| Renato Carpentieri | Lorenzo | Tenderness | ||
| Antonio Albanese | Giovanni | Come un gatto in tangenziale | ||
| Alessandro Borghi | Andrea Galderisi / Luca | Napoli velata | ||
| Valerio Mastandrea | The Man | The Place | ||
| Nicola Nocella | Isidoro 'Easy' | Easy | ||
| 2018 (64th) | ||||
| Alessandro Borghi | Stefano Cucchi | On My Skin | ||
| Marcello Fonte | Marcello | Dogman | ||
| Luca Marinelli | Fabrizio De André | Fabrizio De André - Principe libero | ||
| Riccardo Scamarcio | Matteo | Euphoria | ||
| Toni Servillo | Silvio Berlusconi | Loro | ||
| 2019 (65th) | ||||
| Pierfrancesco Favino | Tommaso Buscetta | The Traitor | ||
| Toni Servillo | Peppino Lo Cicero | 5 Is the Perfect Number | ||
| Alesandro Borghi | Remo | The First King: Birth of an Empire | ||
| Francesco Di Leva | Antonio Barracano | The Mayor of Rione Sanità | ||
| Luca Marinelli | Martin Eden | Martin Eden |
Multiple wins and nominations
See also
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor
- Cinema of Italy
References
- ^ a b "Chronology". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ a b Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema [The awards of cinema] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore. pp. 251–252. ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ "David di Donatello: chi sono i più premiati di sempre?" [David di Donatello awards: who are the all-time most awarded?]. Sky TG24 (in Italian). 4 April 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Niola, Gabriele (12 December 2018). "Ecco i nuovi David di Donatello: nuova giuria, nuovo sistema di votazione, nuovi possibili candidati. Fuori lo streaming". Badtaste.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Regolamento". daviddidonatello.it (in Italian). Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
External links
- David di Donatello for Best Actor at IMDb
- Daviddidonatello.it (official website)