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Marco Antonio "Toni" Servillo^[1] (Italian: [ˈtɔːni serˈvillo]; born 25 January 1959) is an Italian actor and theatrical director.

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Toni Servillo
Servillo in 2017
Born	Marco Antonio Servillo (1959-01-25) 25 January 1959 (age 66) Afragola, Campania, Italy
Occupations	Film actor theatre actor theatre director opera director
Years active	1987–present
Website	www.toniservillo.it

He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both Gomorrah and Il Divo and in 2013 for The Great Beauty, as well as winning the David di Donatello for Best Actor four times from 2002 to 2013. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #7 on its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.^[2]

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Early life

Servillo was born on 25 January 1959 in Afragola, Campania. He is the brother of musician Peppe Servillo.

Career

His international breakthrough roles came in 2008 as Giulio Andreotti in Il Divo and Roberto's boss Franco in Gomorrah. Both films were nominated in the Golden Palm awards.

Between 2000 and 2007, he also directed several opera productions,^[1] including Cimarosa's Il marito disperato and Beethoven's Fidelio for the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, where in 2003 he also staged Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.^[3]

In 2013, Servillo was selected as best actor at the 26th European Film Awards for his appearance in Paolo Sorrentino's film The Great Beauty.^[4]

In 2018 he portrayed Silvio Berlusconi and Ennio Doris in Sorrentino's Loro.

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Personal life

Since the 1960s he has lived in Caserta, with his wife and his children.

Filmography

Film

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†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

More information Year, Title ...

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician	Pietro
1993	Rasoi	Il guappo	Also screenwriter
1997	The Vesuvians	Mayor of Naples	Segment: La Salita
1998	Rehearsals for War	Franco Turco
2001	One Man Up	Tony Pisapia
Red Moon	Amerigo
2004	The Consequences of Love	Titta di Girolamo
Changing Destiny	Angelo Cardi	As Antonio Servillo
Notte senza fine	Salem
2005	Incidenti	Narrator (voice)
2007	Il pianto della statua
The Girl by the Lake	Giovanni Sanzio
Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!	Maestro Domenico Falasco
2008	Gomorrah	Franco
Il Divo	Giulio Andreotti
Non chiederci la parola	Narrator (voice)
2009	L'ultima salita
Deserto rosa
2010	Gorbaciof	Gorbaciof
Noi credevamo	Giuseppe Mazzini
A Quiet Life	Rosario Russo
A View of Love	Sergio Bartoli
2011	The Jewel	Ernesto Botta
2012	It Was the Son	Nicola Ciarlo
Dormant Beauty	Uliano Beffardi
Il viaggio della signorina Vila	Narrator (voice)	Short film
2013	Long Live Freedom	Enrico Oliveri / Giovanni Ernani
The Great Beauty	Jep Gambardella
2016	The Confessions	Roberto Salus
2017	Lasciati andare	Elia
The Girl in the Fog	Agente Vogel
2018	Loro	Silvio Berlusconi / Ennio Doris
2019	5 is the Perfect Number	Peppino Lo Cicero
L'uomo del labirinto	Bruno Genko
2021	The Hand of God	Saverio Schisa
The King of Laughter	Eduardo Scarpetta	^[5]
Ariaferma	Gaetano Gargiuolo
2022	Exterior Night	Pope Paul VI
Strangeness	Luigi Pirandello
2023	The First Day of My Life	The Man
2023	Adagio	Daytona
2024	Sicilian Letters †	Catello

Television

More information Year, Title ...

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Sabato, domenica e lunedì	Peppino Priore	Television film
2014	Le voci di dentro	Antonio Saporito	Television film

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Awards and nominations

More information Year, Association ...

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result^[6]
1998	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	The Vesuvians	Nominated
2001	Venice International Film Festival	Pasinetti Award	Red Moon	Won
2002	Golden Ciak	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
Angers European First Film Festival	Jean Carment Award	One Man Up	Won
David di Donatello	Best Actor	Nominated
Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Nominated
2005	David di Donatello	Best Actor	The Consequences of Love	Won
Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Won
European Film Award	People's Choice Award for Best Actor	Nominated
2008	Venice International Film Festival	Pasinetti Award for Best Actor	The Girl by the Lake	Won
David di Donatello	Best Actor	Won
Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Won
Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	Nominated
Golden Ciak	Best Supporting Actor	Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!	Nominated
European Film Award	Best Actor	Gomorrah and Il Divo	Won
2009	David di Donatello	Best Actor	Il Divo	Won
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award	Best Actor	Nominated
Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Won
Golden Ciak	Best Actor	Won
Village Voice Film Poll	Best Actor	Nominated
Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	Gomorrah	Won
Locarno International Film Festival	Excellence Award	Won
2010	Rome Film Festival	Best Actor	A Quiet Life	Won
2011	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	A Quiet Life and The Jewel	Nominated
Silver Ribbon of the Year	Noi credevamo	Won
Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	Gorbaciof	Nominated
2013	David di Donatello	Best Actor	Long Live Freedom	Nominated
Golden Ciak	Best Actor	Won
Nastro d'Argento	Special Silver Ribbon	The Great Beauty, Long Live Freedom, Dormant Beauty	Won
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award	Best Actor	The Great Beauty	Nominated
European Film Award	Best Actor	Won
Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	Won
Seville European Film Festival	Best Actor	Won
Village Voice Film Poll	Best Actor	Nominated
2014	David di Donatello	Best Actor	Won
Golden Ciak	Best Actor	Won
2017	David di Donatello	Best Actor	The Confessions	Nominated
Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Lasciati andare	Nominated
2018	Italian Golden Globe	Best Actor	The Girl in the Fog	Won
Nastro d'Argento	Best Actor	Loro	Nominated
2019	David di Donatello	Best Actor	Nominated
Best Song	Nominated
2020	David di Donatello	Best Actor	5 Is the Perfect Number	Nominated
Nastro d'Argento	Lifetime Achievement Award	Won
2021	Venice International Film Festival	Pasinetti Award for Best Actor	The King of Laughter	Won
2022	Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	Italian Actor of the Year	The Hand of God, The King of Laughter, Ariaferma	Won
Capri Master of Cinematic Art	Won
David di Donatello	Best Actor	The King of Laughter	Nominated
Best Supporting Actor	The Hand of God	Nominated
2023	David di Donatello	Best Supporting Actor	Exterior Night	Nominated

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