The Italian actor, screenwriter and director Lino Capolicchio is familiar to many from films such as The Taming of the Shrew and The House with Laughing Windows. However, Capolicchio starred not only in films, but also in television series, participates in theatrical performances, and is also engaged in teaching.
Lino Capolicchio is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Biography and personal life
Lino Capolicchio was born on August 2, 1943 in Mirano, Italy. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the family, personal life and children of the famous Italian actor.
Education
Capolicchio graduated from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome.
Career
In 1964, in Milan, the actor made his debut at the Piccolo Teatro in Carlo Goldoni's comedy Le baruffe chiozzotte. In 1965 he plays in the play "Henry VIII", written by William Shakespeare. Then, in 1966, RAI invites Capolicchio to play the role of Andrea Cavalcanti in the TV series The Count of Montecristo, directed by Edmo Fenoglio. In 1967 he took part in the comedy film "The Taming of the Shrew" directed by Franco Zeffirelli, playing one of the servants of Signor Petruchio.
Capolicchio played his first major role in the film Escalation by Robert Faenza (1968), his hero's name was Luca Lambertenghi. His next role was in the 1969 film Vergogna schifosi, directed by Mauro Severino. In the same year, Capolicchio took part in the film "Metti, una sera a cena" directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and written by Dario Argento, and also starred in the Italian comedy "Il giovane normale" by Dino Risi.
In 1970, Capolicchio played the main character - Giorgio in the film "The Garden of Finzi-Contini". The film was directed by Vittorio De Sica, and the film itself was based on the novel of the same name by the Italian novelist and poet Giorgio Bassani. Then Lino starred in other Italian films and TV shows: "Amore e ginnastica" (1973) and "Mussolini ultimo atto" (1974), "La paga del sabato" (1975), "La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine" (1976), Solamente nero (1978).
In 1976, director Pupi Avati chose Capolicchio for the lead role in The House with Laughing Windows. The actor played the role of Stefano, who was a specialist in frescoes. Lino also played in other films and TV series Avati: "Jazz Band" (1978), "Le strelle nel fosso" (1979), "Cinema !!!" (1980), "Noi tre" (1984, the role of Leopold Mozart) and "Ultimo minuto" (1987).
In 2006, Capolicchio starred as Belgian director Mohammed Humbra in Aller-retour. This film was released in France and Belgium, but it was not shown in Italy. In 2010, Capolicchio played the role of Emilio in Pupi Avati's film Una sconfinata giovinezza. In the same year he took part in the documentary film “Pupi Avati, ieri oggi domani” by Claudio Costa, dedicated to the director Pupi Avati. After this film, Lino Capolicchio devotes a lot of time to theater, scriptwriting and teaching, rarely acting in films and television series. In total, from 1964 to 2019, Lino Capolicchio starred in 35 films, took part in 27 television series, as well as 18 theatrical productions.
Teaching
From 1984 to 1987, Lino Capolicchio taught at the Experimental Center for Cinematography in Rome at the Department of Acting. It was during this period that he trained such talented Italian actresses as Francesca Neri, Sabrina Ferilli and Iia Forte. Many of Capolicchio's students took directing courses, some of them became theater and film directors, such as Paolo Virzi. It is also known that the American film director Francis Ford Coppola once attended the classes of Lino Capolicchio.
Directing
As a theater director, Lino Capolicchio made his debut at the Foligno Baroque Festival in 1987 with the play "Segni barocchi - Cronaca del '600" by Gesualdo da Venosa. In 1988 he directed an opera production of La Bohème by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini at the Teatro del Giglio. And in 1996 - the director of Puccini's opera "Manon Lescaut" at the Teatro Rendano Di Cosenza.
As a film director, Capolicchio made his debut in Boxer (1995), collaborating with Tiberio Mitri and Duilio Loi. During auditions for this film, Lino gives preference to little-known actors at the time. One of these famous Italian actors today was Pierfrancesco Favino.
Capolicchio's next film was The Diary of Matilda Manzoni in 2002. For this film, Lino chose only highly trained actors, but still little known to the general public, such as Alessio Boni.
Screenwriter
Lino Capolicchio is the author of scripts for his own films - "Boxer" and "Diary of Matilda Manzoni".
Voice acting and dubbing
- For three seasons, Lino Capolicchio voiced Bo Duke in the American television series Duke of Hazzard, played by John Schneider.
- Capolicchio voiced the Duke of Orsini in the BBC television film Twelfth Night.
- In Hamlet directed by Kenneth Branagh, Lino Capolicchio voiced Laertes, played by Michael Maloney.
Awards and awards
For his work in the field of theater and film, as well as radio and television, Lino Capolicchio has been nominated 12 times. Most of the nominations were for Best Actor and Best Actor. He received awards such as "Alabarda d'oro" in 2009 and "Premio Vittorio De Sica" in 2012. Capolicchio was also nominated for the Silver Microphone Award for Best Radio Actor.
