Roberto De Francesco

Roberto De Francesco (born 2 March 1964) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.

Roberto De Francesco
Born	2 March 1964 (1964-03-02) (age 61) Caserta, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Life and career

Born in Caserta, in 1987 De Francesco graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.^[1] He started his career on stage with Mario Martone's company Compagnia dei Teatri Uniti, and often collaborated with Toni Servillo.^[1]

De Francesco made his film debut in 1987, in Giuseppe Piccioni's Il grande Blek.^[1][2] In 1992, he was awarded a Grolla d'oro for his performance in Francesco Calogero [it]'s Nessuno.^[3] In 2017, he received a David di Donatello nomination for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Irene Dionisio's Le ultime cose.^[4]

Selected filmography

• Bankomatt (1989)
• Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)
• The Yes Man (1991)
• Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
• The Second Time (1995)
• Bits and Pieces (1996)
• Five Stormy Days (1997)
• Notes of Love (1998)
• Rehearsals for War (1998)
• The Son's Room (2001)
• One Man Up (2001)
• Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! (2007)
• Piano, solo (2007)
• We Believed (2010)
• We Have a Pope (2011)
• Miele (2013)
• Mom or Dad? (2017)
• Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)
• Loro (2018)
• The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
• Hammamet (2020)
• The King of Laughter (2021)
• Three Floors (2021)
• The Inner Cage (2021)
• The Hand of God (2021)
• Sicilian Letters (2024)
• The American Backyard (2024)
• Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)