Saul Nanni

Saul Nanni (born 4 February 1999)^[1] is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Christian in the Disney Channel series Alex & Co. (2015–2017), Marco in the comedy drama film Under the Riccione Sun (2020), and Alessandro in the romantic comedy film Love & Gelato (2022).

Saul Nanni
Nanni at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival in 2024
Born	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 26) Bologna, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Early life

Nanni was born in Bologna to a cardiologist father, Samuele, and an endocrinologist mother, Mascia (née Anagni).^[2][3][4] His father is from Santa Sofia and his mother, who is of Russian descent, is from Galeata.^[5][6] He has a younger brother, Gioele, and a younger sister, Aurora.^[3]

He grew up in San Lazzaro di Savena, and attended the Istituto Sant'Alberto Magno and the Liceo ginnasio statale Luigi Galvani in Bologna. He also attended high school in Los Angeles for a year.^[3][4][7] In 2018, he moved to Milan to attend university.^[6]

Career

Nanni began acting after auditioning for a Ringo commercial with footballer Kaká, of whom he was a fan.^[4][8] Although he did not land the commercial, a casting agent reached out to him about appearing in the 2012 miniseries La Certosa di Parma, which marked his acting debut.^[2]

Personal life

Nanni is in a relationship with actress Deva Cassel, whom he met while filming The Leopard.^[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2014	A Boss in the Living Room	Vittorio Coso	[11]
2016	How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents	Christian Alessi	[12]
2019	My Brother Chases Dinosaurs	Brune	[13]
2020	Under the Riccione Sun	Marco	[14]
2022	Love & Gelato	Alessandro Albani	[15]
	Brado	Tommaso	[16]
	I Am the Abyss	Raffaelle	[17]
2024	Here Now	Giulio	[18]
2025	Ídolos	Gianni Baltelli	[19]
	La gioia	TBA	[20]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	The Charterhouse of Parma		Miniseries	[21]
2015–17	Alex & Co.	Christian Alessi	41 episodes	[22]
2016–18	Non dirlo al mio capo	Romeo	24 episodes	[23]
2017	Scomparsa	Arturo Trasimeni	12 episodes	[24]
2018	Il fulgore di Dony	Marco Ghia	Television film	[25]
2019	Made in Italy	Flavio	5 episodes	[26]
	I ragazzi dello Zecchino d'Oro	Sebastiano	Television film	[27]
2024	Supersex	Young Rocco Siffredi	Episode: "La carne"	[28]
2025	The Leopard	Tancredi Falconeri [it]	6 episodes	[29]