Actor
Giancarlo Giannini
181 movies as actor · 2 as director
Born Aug 1, 1942 (age 84)From La Spezia, Liguria, ItalyAlso known as John Charlie Johns, جانکارلو جانینی
Giancarlo Giannini (Italian: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni]; born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor.
Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in Rita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975).
His other films include The Innocent (1976), Lili Marleen (1980), New York Stories (1990), A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Hannibal (2001), Man on Fire (2004), and the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). He is also a dubbing artist, contributing voice work to the Italian-language versions of doz…
Known for
Casino Royale
2006 · Adventure, Action
Quantum of Solace
2008 · Adventure, Action
Man on Fire
2004 · Action, Drama
Hannibal
2001 · Crime, Drama
Mimic
1997 · Horror, Sci-Fi
A Walk in the Clouds
1995 · Drama, Romance
Darkness
2002 · Horror
New York Stories
1989 · Comedy, Drama
Swept Away
1974 · Comedy, Drama
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Drama, War
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970 · Comedy, Drama
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023 · Comedy, Romance
Giancarlo Giannini movies
Tradita
2026 · Nicandro
Tonight in Turin
2025 · Fred Buscaglione
Baracoa
2025
Un viaggio per incontrare Mimì
2025
Judas' Gospel
2025 · narrator (voice)
Albatross
2025 · Vito
Mauro Corona - La mia vita finché capita
2025 · Sé stesso
Tonight in Rome
2024 · Ospite
Cabrini
2024 · Pope Leo XIII
Tonight in Paris
2023 · commissario Maigret
Senza malizia
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023 · Police Chief
Tonight in Milan
2022 · Alessandro Manzoni
Duetto
2022 · Gino
Franco Zeffirelli: Rebel Conformist
2022 · Self
Buon Lavoro
2022
Stanotte a Napoli
2021 · Carlo (VII) di Napoli
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
I fratelli De Filippo
2021 · Eduardo Scarpetta
Gianni Schicchi
2021 · Buoso Donati
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
2021 · Sé stesso
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
Hugo in Argentina
2021 · Narrator (voice)
Starman
2020 · Se stesso
Sand and Fire
2019 · Talleyrand
Magical Nights
2018 · Leandro Saponaro
Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018 · Self
Diminuta
2018 · Marco Aurelio
Stanotte a Pompei
2018 · Plinio Il Giovane
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Professor Eduardo Amaldi
Prigioniero della mia libertà
2018 · Ispettore Spaccini
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: The Mystery of the Stolen Notes
2017 · Narratore (voice)
Tulipani: Love, Honour and a Bicycle
2017 · Catarella
The Neighborhood
2017 · Gianluca Moretti
Stanotte a Venezia
2017 · Carlo Goldoni
Nobili bugie
2017 · Franco
Love Pret-a-porte
2017 · Giorgio's father
The Good Italian III - The Magic of Naples
2017 · Principe
Stanotte a San Pietro
2016 · Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Stanotte a Firenze
2016 · Giorgio Vasari
The Boy from Giudecca
2016 · Giudice Mangrella
On Air: Storia di Un Successo
2016 · Presidente
Astrosamantha
2016
Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - T
Caruso presents: The Good Italian II - The Prince goes to Milan
2016 · Principe
Behind the White Glasses
2015 · Self
Sergio Corbucci: The Smiling Man
2015 · Himself
Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - Th
Caruso presents: The Good Italian I - The Farmhouse of Wonders
2015 · Principe
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
The First Line
2014 · Petros
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014 · Voice
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
2013 · Nikita
Eurotrapped
2013 · Don Ferracane
Un angelo all'inferno
2013 · Pietro Bardelli
Omamamia
2012 · Lorenzo
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
2012
First Happiness
2011 · Ettore
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010 · Self
I Will Return
2009 · Borghi
La bella società
2009 · Dott. Guarrasi
Quantum of Solace
2008 · Mathis
Il sangue e la rosa
2008 · Cardinal Rospigliosi
Io non dimentico
2008 · Salvatore Conticello
Bastardi
2008 · Il gatto, Carlo Iuvara
Milan – Palermo: The Return
2007 · Turi Leofonte
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
2007 · Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
A Beautiful Vacation
2006 · Self
Casino Royale
2006 · Mathis
Salvatore. Questa è la vita
2006 · Timpaliscia
The Maidens' Conspiracy
2006 · The Emperor
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005 · Self
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005 · Self
Shadows in the Sun
2005 · Father Moretti
Raul - Right to Kill
2005 · Giudice Porfirio
13 at a Table
2004 · Giulio
Man on Fire
2004 · Miguel Manzano
Forever
2003 · Giovanni
3 Women
2003 · David
My House in Umbria
2003 · Inspector Girotti
Five Moons Plaza
2003 · Branco
Incantato
2003 · Cesare Balocchi
Francesca and Nunziata
2003 · Giordano Montorsi
Darkness
2002 · Albert Rua
On the Set of CQ
On the Set of CQ
2002 · Self
Dracula
2002 · Dr. Enrico Valenzi
Joshua
2002 · The Pope
Amnèsia
2002 · Xavier (voice)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
2002 · Flavio Carboni
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
2002 · Eugenio
Il consiglio d'Egitto
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Ciao America
2002 · Zi' Felice
Momo
2001 · Presidente (voice)
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001 · Self
CQ
2001 · Enzo
A Long Long Long Night of Love
2001 · Marcello
The Whole Shebang
2001 · Pop Bazinni
Hannibal
2001 · Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
A Night with Sabrina Love
2000 · Leonardo
Viper
2000 · Guastamacchia
The Wasteland
1999 · Macrì
Milonga
1999 · Commissario
Sweet Idleness
1999 · Count Nencini
No Deposit, No Return
1999 · Cesena
La stanza dello Scirocco
1998 · Marchese di Acquafurata
The Dinner
1998 · Professore
Vacation in Hell
1997 · Ortega
Mimic
1997 · Manny
Ultimo bersaglio
1997 · Leo Steiner
Heaven Before I Die
1997 · Thief
Más allá del jardín
1996 · Bernardo
New York Crossing
1996 · Enzo
La lupa
1996 · Padre Angiolino
Fried Crumbed Brains
1996
La frontiera
1996 · Von Zirkenitz
Elective Affinities
1996 · Narrator (voice)
Palermo - Milan One Way
1996 · Turi Leofonte
Celluloide
1996 · Sergio Amidei
A Walk in the Clouds
1995 · Alberto Aragón
Like Two Crocodiles
1995 · Pietro Fraschini
Jacob
1994 · Laban
Black as the Heart
1994 · Valentino Bruio
Giovanni Falcone
1993 · Paolo Borsellino
Once Upon a Crime
1992 · Inspector Bonnard
The Amusements of Private Life
1990 · Charles Renard
In The Rose Garden
1990 · Tramontano
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Self
Dark Illness
1990 · Giuseppe Marchi
Life with the Kids
1990 · Adriano Setti
The Sleazy Uncle
1989 · Riccardo
Time to Kill
1989 · Il Maggiore
Brown Bread Sandwiches
1989 · Alberto
Blood Red
1989 · Sebastian Collogero
New York Stories
1989 · Claudio
'o Re
1989 · Francis II of the Two Sicilies
Snack Bar Budapest
1988 · Avvocato
I picari
1987 · Guzmán de Alfarache
Ternosecco
1987 · Domenico
Saving Grace
1986 · Abalardi
Fever Pitch
1985 · Charley
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985 · Self
American Dreamer
1984 · Victor Marchand
Where's Picone?
1984 · Salvatore Cannavacciuolo
My Darling, My Dearest
1982 · Gennarino Laganà
Lili Marleen
1981 · Robert
Life Is Beautiful
1979 · Antonio Murillo
Good News
1979 · L'Innominato
Lovers and Liars
1979 · Guido Massacesi
Blood Feud
1978 · Nicola Sanmichele detto 'Nick'
A Night Full of Rain
1978 · Paolo
The Innocent
1976 · Tullio Hermil
Seven Beauties
1975 · Pasqualino Frafuso aka Settebellezze
Midnight Pleasures
1975 · Gino Benacio
Swept Away
1974 · Gennarino Carunchio
The Murri Affair
1974 · Tullio Murri
The Beast
1974 · Nino Patrovita
How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973 · Domenico ('Signora sono le 8') / Cesaretto ('Due cuori e una baracca') / Enrico ('Non è mai troppo tardi') / Lello ('Viaggio di nozze') / Giansiro ('Torna piccina mia') / The Donor ('Lavoratore italiano all'estero') / Michele Maccò ('La vendetta') / Saturnino ('Un amore difficile') / Dottor Bianchi ('L'ospite')
The Sensual Man
1973 · Paolo Castorini
It Was I
1973 · Biagio Solise
Love and Anarchy
1973 · Antonio Soffiantini 'Tunin'
Indian Summer
1972 · Giorgio Mosca aka 'Spider'
Don Camillo and the Contestants
1972 · fratello di "Veleno"
The Seduction of Mimi
1972 · Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
Hector the Mighty
1972 · Ulisse, il drittone
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971 · Inspector Tellini
One Way Ticket
1971 · Weber
My Father Monsignor
1971 · Oreste
Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
1971 · Il neoammogliato
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971 · Walter Merighi
La promessa
1970 · Leonidik
Una macchia rosa
1970 · Giancarlo
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970 · Nello
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
1970 · Fabio
The Sisters
1969 · Dario
Fraulein Doktor
1969 · Hans Ruppert
Anzio
1968 · Pvt. Cellini
Arabella
1967 · Saverio
Tonight I'll Throw Me
1967 · Carlo Timidoni
Don't Sting the Mosquito
1967 · Paolo Randi
The Criminals of the Metropolis
1967 · Gerard Lemaire
Rita the Mosquito
1966 · Paolo Randi
Libido
1965 · Christian
Directed by Giancarlo Giannini
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