Luigi Maria Burruano

Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films.

Luigi Maria Burruano
Born	(1948-10-20)20 October 1948 Palermo, Italy
Died	10 September 2017(2017-09-10) (aged 68) Palermo, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–2017
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Life and career

Born in Palermo, the son of a doctor, Burruano made his acting debut in a local amateur company.^[1] He got a large local success playing Rancu Tanu in the comedy play Palermo oh cara and got his national breakout appearing in the eight season of the TV-series La piovra.^[1]

A follower of the Stanislavski's system, he was specialized in playing Sicilian working-class characters.^[1] In 2001 he was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Marco Tullio Giordana's One Hundred Steps.^[2] For his performance in The Return of Cagliostro and in Break Free he received a special mention from the Pasinetti Award jury at the 2003 Venice Film Festival.^[3] In 2006 he was arrested on charges of stabbing his daughter's divorced husband, who did not pay alimony to his daughter nor pay child support.^[1][2]

Burruano died after a long illness on 10 September 2017, at the age of 68.^[1] He was the uncle of actor Luigi Lo Cascio.^[1][2]

Roles

Stage

Plays in which Burruano appeared include:

• I giganti della montagna
• Coriolano
• La saga del signore della nave
• Il giardino di inverno
• La coltellata
• Pulcinella
• Studio per una finestra
• Ohi Bambulè!
• L'aquila deve volare
• Rudens
• Sticus
• Palermo, oh cara

Filmography

• L'amore coniugale (1970, directed by Dacia Maraini)
• Pizza Connection (1985, directed by Damiano Damiani) - Detective
• ZEN – Zona Espansione Nord (1988, directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi) - Totò
• Forever Mery (1989, directed by Marco Risi) – Cliente Mery
• Boys on the Outside (1990, directed by Marco Risi) – Franco D'Annino
• Acla's Descent into Floristella (1992, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Il padre di Aclà
• The Escort (1993, directed by Ricky Tognazzi) – Informer
• Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993, directed by Claudio Camarca) – Renè's Father
• Nel continente nero (1993, directed by Marco Risi) – Domenico Spatola
• The Whores (1994, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Mario
• S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994, directed by Carlo Vanzina) – Varrone
• The Star Maker (1995, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Flirtatious Client
• Italiani (1996, directed by Maurizio Ponzi) - Rosario
• Luna e l'altra (1996, directed by Maurizio Nichetti) - Director
• Il figlio di Bakunin (1997, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu) - Corbo
• La fame e la sete (1999, directed by Antonio Albanese) - Zu Alfiu
• Amore a prima vista (1999, directed by Vincenzo Salemme) - Don Antonio
• Oltremare (1999, directed by Nello Correale)
• One Hundred Steps (2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana) - Luigi Impastato
• E adesso sesso (2001, directed by Carlo Vanzina) (with the name of Luigi Burruano) - Barone
• Gasoline (2001, directed by Monica Stambrini) - Padre Gabriele
• Nowhere (2002, directed by Luis Sepúlveda) - Salomon Goldman
• Nati stanchi (2002, directed by Dominick Tambasco) - Don Ciccio
• Ginostra (2002, directed by Manuel Pradal) - Ettore's Uncle
• Il trasformista (2002, directed by Luca Barbareschi) - Battani
• Cuore scatenato (2003, directed by Gianluca Sodaro) - Santo Cimino
• Break Free (2003, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli) - Cenzo
• The Return of Cagliostro (2003, directed by Daniele Ciprì e Franco Maresco) - Carmelo La Marca
• I Can See It in Your Eyes (2004, directed by Valia Santella) - Carlo
• Concorso di colpa (2004, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Ispettore Di Nunzio
• Miracle in Palermo! (2005, directed by Beppe Cino) - Fofò
• Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005, directed by Gabriele Salvatores) - Il capitano
• ...e se domani (2005, directed by Giovanni La Parola) - Commissario
• Three Days of Anarchy (2005, directed by Vito Zagarrio) - Don Mimmo
• Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two (2006, directed by Carlo Vanzina) - Don Calogero Calì
• Baciami piccina (2006, directed by Roberto Cimpanelli) - Mafioso in carcere
• La fine del mare (2007, directed by Nora Hoppe) - Aurelio
• Milano-Palermo: il ritorno (2007, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Giudice Conti
• ''Blood of the Losers (2008, directed by Michele Soavi) - Mario Vagagini
• Baarìa (2009, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Chemist
• Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009, directed by Abel Ferrara) - Comandante
• Pochi giorni per capire (2009, directed by Carlo Fusco)
• Le ultime 56 ore (2010, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Avallone
• Qualunquemente (2011, directed by Giulio Manfredonia) - Imprenditore
• In questa vita (2011, Short, directed by Eitan Pitigliani) - Nino
• Il viaggio di Malombra (2012, directed by Rino Marino)
• Vespro d'un rinnegato (2012, directed by Carlo Fusco) - Don Cimino
• The Ideal City (2012, directed by Luigi Lo Cascio) - Avv. Scalici
• Pagate fratelli (2012, directed by Salvo Bonaffini)
• Tutto tutto niente niente (2012, directed by Giulio Manfredonia) - Imprenditore
• La madre (2013, directed by Angelo Maresca) - Don Quirico
• The Wait (2016, directed by Emil Langballe) - Vincent Cavallo
• Quel bravo ragazzo (2016, directed by Enrico Lando) - Don Ferdinando Cosimato

Television

• La piovra (1997, season 8 [it], directed by Giacomo Battiato)
• Sotto la luna (1998, TV Movie, directed by Franco Bernini) - Renato Cianchi
• Oltremare - Non è l'America (1998, directed by Nello Correale)
• Turbo (1999, directed by Antonio Bonifacio) - commissario di Polizia Lamberti
• Il commissario Montalbano (2001) - Giacomo Larussa
• L'attentatuni (2001, TV Movie, directed by Claudio Bonivento) - Leoluca Barone
• Saint Anthony: The Miracle Worker of Padua (2002, TV Movie, directed by Umberto Marino) - João
• Salvo D'Acquisto (2003, TV Movie, directed by Alberto Sironi) - Maggiore Spada
• Il maresciallo Rocca (2003) - Michele Garrone
• Camera Café (2003, TV Series)
• Paolo Borsellino (2004, TV Movie, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli) - Tommaso Buscetta
• Mio figlio (2005, directed by Luciano Odorisio) - Salvatore
• R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2005, directed by Alexis Sweet) - Mauro Donati
• Il giudice Mastrangelo (2005, directed by Enrico Oldoini) - Procuratore De Cesare
• L'onore e il rispetto (2006-2009, directed by Salvatore Samperi) - Don Rosario Liberati
• Raccontami (2007) - Salvatore Lo Buono
• Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi (2010) - Salvatore Girlando
• Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2011, TV Series)
• Il segreto dell'acqua (2011, directed by Renato De Maria) - Salvatore Girlando
• Sangue caldo (2011, directed by Luigi Parisi, Alessio Inturri) - Vito Cirasola