Francesco Russo (actor)

Francesco Russo (born 1993)^[1] is an Italian actor. He is best known for his roles as Fabrizio in the slasher film A Classic Horror Story (2021) and as Bruno Soccavo in the HBO drama television series My Brilliant Friend (2020–2022). He played Cesare Rossi in the biographical historical drama television series Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025).

Francesco Russo
Russo in 2025
Born	1993 (age 31–32) Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta, Italy
Education	Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present

Biography

Russo was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Caserta.^[1][2] His father is a geologist and his mother works for the Local Health Authority.^[3] He attended a liceo classico in his hometown.^[4] He began acting at the age of five for an amateur theater company.^[5] At the age of 19, he moved to Rome to pursue acting professionally, and graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts.^[3][6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Burning Love	Guglielmo	[7]
2017	Classe Z [it]	Ugo Malavasi	[8]
2019	Tuttapposto	Pietro	[9]
2021	A Classic Horror Story	Fabrizio	[10]
	Freaks Out	Clown	[5]
	Una notte da dottore [it]	Antonio	[11]
2022	Flowing	Commesso Ferramenta	[12]
2024	Eravamo bambini	Cacasotto	[13]
	Parthenope	Pippo	[14]
	Dedalus [it]	Filippo	[15]
2025	Fantasy Football Ruined Our Lives [it]	Nicola	[16]
2026	Cena di classe		[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014–2016	Zio Gianni [it]	Rodolfo	40 episodes	[18]
2021	Ritoccàti	Tobia	7 episodes	[19]
2020–2022	My Brilliant Friend	Bruno Soccavo	5 episodes	[20]
2022	Filumena Marturano [it]	Michele Esposito	Television film	[21]
2023–2024	Call My Agent - Italia	Pierpaolo Puglisi	12 episodes	[22][23]
2025	Mussolini: Son of the Century	Cesare Rossi	8 episodes	[24]
	Fantacalcio - La serie	Chicco	4 episodes	[25]