Gianfranco Terrin is an Italian film and stage actor born in Naples, Italy. He first became known for hosting the TV mini-series Movie Surfers[1] airing on the Disney Channel.
Gianfranco Terrin | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 16, 1985 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Life and career
editHe grew up in Pozzuoli, where at the age of ten, director Giuseppe M. Gaudino chose him to play a street urchin in Round the Moons between Earth and See.[2] Soon after, He was in the Italian TV Series Un posto al sole and in the feature film Rosa Funzeca directed by Aurelio Grimaldi. He trained in Italy with Actress Fioretta Mari[3] and moved to Los Angeles, where he was awarded a full scholarship for the Lee Strasberg Institute. He was the main host of the Disney Channel mini TV series Movie Surfers and starred in several feature films, including Bobby Fischer Live, Marlon Brando Unauthorized, and Mont Reve. He filmed a commercial for Fastweb,[4][5] and played the lead role of Leonard in Il Castello di Azzurrina.[6] In 2012, he produced and directed Hysteria 2012, a short documentary nominated at the California International Short Festival. He played Adam in the Italian version of La Forma delle Cose (The Shape of Things) at Teatro Brancaccino[7] in Rome.[8] He appeared in CBS's Criminal Minds Beyond Borders.[9] He played Italian gangster Carmine Parone in the 2016 crime drama Live by Night,[10] and Z'Luigino in the Francis Ford Coppola experimental film project Distant Vision (2015).[11] He has latest appeared in the TV series Carthago a WW2 period drama, that is based on a true story and nominated as the Best Series Award at Cannes Film Festival.[12]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Giro di Lune tra Terra e mare | Banda di Gennarino | |
| 2002 | Un Posto al Sole | Lucio Finaturio | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Rosa Funzeca | Gianfranco | |
| 2009 | Bobby Fischer Live | Luigi Italian Reporter | |
| 2010 | Brando Unauthorized | Jean Paul | |
| 2012 | Mont Reve | Riccardo Bartolo | |
| 2015 | The Elevator: three Minutes can change your life | Deliveryman | |
| 2015 | Ana Maria in Novela Land | Dancer #2 | |
| 2016 | Distant Vision | Z'Luigino | |
| 2016 | Live by Night | Carmine | |
| 2017 | Criminal Minds Beyond Borders | Assistente M.L. Marco Betti | Episode: "II Mostro" |
| 2018 | Azzurrina | Leonard | |
| TBA | Miss Italia 2009 |
References
edit- ^ "L'attore Gianfranco Terrin nella giuria di Miss Italia". Caserta News. 17 August 2008.
- ^ Pontillo, Danilo. "Un Giovane Puteolano nel Film su Pozzuoli". Il Notiziario.
- ^ Urbani, Ilaria (27 September 2016). "Gianfranco Terrin: "La mia storia con Affleck e Coppola". La Repubblica. La Repubblica.
- ^ Portillo, Danilo. "Attore Puteolano Spopola in America". Pozzuoli 21.
- ^ "Pallone Pittura Pensieri". Pallone Pittura Pensieri.
- ^ "Il fantasma di Azzurrina colpisce ancora: infortunato anche Terrin". Il Resto del Carlino. Il Resto del Carlino.
- ^ ""La forma delle cose" chiude la stagione teatrale del Brancaccino". Voce Spettacolo.
- ^ "La forma delle cose al Brancaccino". Corriere Dello Sport. May 11, 2016.
- ^ "Corriere Flegreo". Corriere Fletero.
- ^ "Gianfranco Terrin: "La mia storia con Affleck e Coppola". La Repubblica.
- ^ http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/09/27/news/gianfranco_terrin_la_mia_storia_con_affleck_e_coppola_-148622353/
- ^ "Carthago". canneseries.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-09.