Carmine Recano

Carmine Recano (born 28 November 1980) is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Commander Massimo Esposito in the teen drama television series The Sea Beyond (2020–present).

Carmine Recano
Born	(1980-11-28) 28 November 1980 (age 44) Naples, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Donatella Tipaldi ​ (m. 2024)​
Children	2

Biography

Recano was born in Naples and raised in the district of Secondigliano.^[1] His father was a baker and his mother was a homemaker.^[2] He began acting by chance after accompanying a friend to an audition at the age of 17.^[3][4]

He married Donatella Tipaldi in 2024. They have two children.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1999	Un nuovo giorno [it]	Roberto	[2]
2001	The Ignorant Fairies	Israele	[6]
	Terrarossa [it]	Filippo	[3]
2002	La vita degli altri [it]	Salvatore
	Pesi leggeri	Nino	[3]
2003	Three-Step Dance	Luca
	I cinghiali di Portici [it]	Antimo
2004	A Children's Story	Damiano	[3]
2008	A Perfect Day	Poliziotto
2010	Loose Cannons	Marco
2011	Tatanka	Rosario
2012	Faccia d'angelo [it]	Ispettore Bruno Ricci
2014	The Price of Crime [it]	Gennaro Cavani	[7]
	La strada dritta [it]	Gaetano De Angelis	[3]
2017	Naples in Veils	Domenico	[8]
2018	Anche senza di te [it]	Luca
2019	The Goddess of Fortune	Doctor
2024	Diamonds	Leonardo Cavani	[9]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Don Matteo	Marco Baldini	1 episode	[10]
2002	Un posto al sole	Ciro Gambardella	1 episode
2003–2005	Sospetti	Ridge	9 episodes
2006	Orgoglio		1 episode
	Crimini		1 episode
2006–2008	Capri	Carmelo	2 episodes	[10]
2007	Gente di mare		1 episode
2008	Carabinieri		1 episode
	Provaci ancora prof!	Renato Aiello	1 episode
2009–2011	La nuova squadra			[10]
2013	Il clan dei camorristi [it]	Antonio Ruggero	3 episodes	[6]
2014	Gli anni spezzati [it]	Luca Varesi	1 episode
2017	Amore pensaci tu [it]	Jacopo La Neve	20 episodes	[11]
2019–2023	La porta rossa	Federico Testa		[10]
2020–present	The Sea Beyond	Massimo Esposito	8 episodes	[12]
2022	Sopravvissuti [it]	Ivan De Santis	2 episodes	[13]
2025	Belcanto [it]	Domenico Bernasca	8 episodes	[14]
TBA	Sara	Massimiliano		[15]
	Come un padre	Don Giuseppe Santoro