Andrea Pennacchi

Andrea Pennacchi (born 11 October 1969) is an Italian actor, playwright, theater director, and author.

Andrea Pennacchi
Pennacchi in 2023
Born	(1969-10-11) 11 October 1969 (age 55) Padua, Italy
Alma mater	University of Padua
Occupations	Actor playwright theater director author
Years active	1993–present

Biography

Pennacchi was born in Padua. In his youth, he was a rugby player.^[1] He graduated with a degree in modern languages and literature at the University of Padua.^[2] He had also trained to be a pilot through the Italian Air Force.^[3][4]

While a university student, he took a theater course and became interested in acting.^[4] He worked as an assistant to director Gigi Dall'Aglio and learned the fundamentals of directing and writing for theater. He wrote and performed the shows Eroi in 2011 and Villan People in 2013.^[5][6]

In November 2024, he published a historical mystery novel, Se la rosa non avesse il suo nome.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2007	The Right Distance	Notabile	[8]
2011	Shun Li and the Poet	Sandro
2013	First Snowfall	Commissioner	[9]
	La sedia della felicità	Upholsterer
2014	Fuori mira	Mauro Fontana
2015	A Holy Venetian Family	Sorelli
	Suburra	Mergio	[10]
2017	Mom or Dad?	Police Officer #2	[8]
	Resina [it]	Hermann
	Il colore nascosto delle cose	Paolo	[11]
2018	Arrivano i prof [it]	Preside	[9]
	Lucia's Grace	Psychiatrist
	Remember?	Father
2019	The Man Without Gravity	Andrea
	Paradise - Una nuova vita [it]	Mair
2020	The Beast	Mozart
	Rose Island	Ulisse Rosa	[8]
2021	Baggio: The Divine Ponytail	Florindo	[12]
	Welcome Venice [it]	Alvise
2022	Run to You	Don Walter	[13]
	Pluto	Franco Carling	[14]
2023	My Paper Dolls	Primo	[15]
2024	The Great Ambition	Luciano Barca	[16]
2025	The Last One for the Road		[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	L'Oriana [it]	Direttore Europeo	Television film
2015–2017	Il paradiso delle signore	Ezio Galli	39 episodes	[10]
2017	Thou Shalt Not Kill	Maurizio Pagano	1 episode
2018	Don Matteo	Daniele Mastropietro	1 episode
2019	Il mondo sulle spalle [it]	Mario	Television film
	1994	Sindacalista	1 episode
2020–2022	Petra	Antonio Monte	8 episodes	[18]
2021	Vita da Carlo	Gustavo Signoretti	7 episodes	[19]
2022	Circeo [it]	Don Occelli	1 episode
	Everything Calls for Salvation	Mario	7 episodes	[20]
	La fortuna di Laura	Fabrizio Santini	Television film	[8]
2023	Tina Anselmi - Una vita per la democrazia [it]	Ferruccio	Television film	[21]
2024	La Rosa dell'Istria [it]	Antonio	Television film	[22]
	Call My Agent - Italia		1 episode
2025	Leopardi - Il poeta dell'infinito [it]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Ciak d'Oro Serie TV	2023	Best Italian Actor	Everything Calls for Salvation	Nominated
Nastri d'Argento Grandi Serie	2023	Best Supporting Actor		Won	[23]

Bibliography

• Pennacchi, Andrea (2019). Pojana e i suoi fratelli (in Italian). People. ISBN 978-8832089547.
• Pennacchi, Andrea (2020). La guerra dei Bepi (in Italian). People. ISBN 978-8832089950.
• Pennacchi, Andrea (2021). La storia infinita del Pojanistan (in Italian). People. ISBN 979-1280105721.
• Pennacchi, Andrea (2022). Shakespeare and me (in Italian). People. ISBN 979-1259790668.
• Pennacchi, Andrea (2023). Eroi (in Italian). People. ISBN 979-1259791610.
• Pennacchi, Andrea (2024). Se la rosa non avesse il suo nome (in Italian). Marsilio. ISBN 978-8829720354.