Carlo Verdone (born 1950), actor, screenwriter and film director, specialized in comedies.One of the top Italian male stars of the 1950s and 1960s, he first became known for his association with the neorealist movement. Raf Vallone (1916–2002), actor, footballer, and journalist.Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), actor, was idolized as the 'Great Lover' of the 1920s.Known for co-starring in Il Postino (1994). Massimo Troisi (1953–1994), actor and director.Ugo Tognazzi (1922–1990), film and theatre actor.Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997), actor and theatre director.Depicted the vices, virtues, and foibles of post-World War II Italy in a long career of mostly comic films. He had small, but memorable roles in films including Casablanca, Now, Voyager]] and The Jungle Book Marcello Mastroianni (1924–1996), actor who became the preeminent leading man in Italian cinema during the 1960s.Nino Manfredi (1921–2004), one of the most prominent actors in the commedia all'italiana genre.He is most recognised for his portrayal of Arístides Valerio, on the RCTV telenovela Por estas calles. Roberto Lamarca (1959–2017), actor migrated in Venezuela.Terence Hill (born 1939), actor, who became famous for playing in Italian western movies (also known as Spaghetti Westerns).Giancarlo Giannini (born 1942), actor and dubber, known for his powerful leads in Lina Wertmüller films, controversial tragicomedies that deal with sex and politics.Elio Germano (born 1980), actor who won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.Vittorio Gassman (1922–2000), film and theatre actor and director.Manuel De Peppe (born 1970), actor, singer, arranger, music producer, composer, pianist, and drummer.Eduardo De Filippo (1900–1984), playwright and actor.Walter Chiari (1924–1991), stage and screen actor.Gino Cervi (1901–1974), actor and manager.Celi is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. Adolfo Celi (1922–1986), actor and director.Tino Caspanello (born 1983), actor, playwright, director, and set designer.Most famous for playing opposite Catherine Deneuve in the 1964 film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg and in Italy, for his lead performance in the popular 1967 RAI TV mini-series I Promessi Sposi. In 1973 won the Nastro d'argento for best supporting actor for the film Lo scopone scientifico. Mario Carotenuto (1916–1995), actor of film and theatre.Lando Buzzanca (born 1935), theatrical, film, and television actor.

Was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. Roberto Benigni (born 1952), actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, known outside of Italy for directing and acting in the 1997 tragicomedy Life is Beautiful, for which he won the 1999 Oscar for Best Actor.Henry Armetta (1888–1945), character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies.

Stefano Accorsi (born 1971), actor, known for Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo (1995).

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