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 (1985-05-16) May 16, 1985 (age 39)
Occupation(s)Actor and producer
Years active1995–present

Life and career

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He 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

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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

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  1. ^ "L'attore Gianfranco Terrin nella giuria di Miss Italia". Caserta News. 17 August 2008.
  2. ^ Pontillo, Danilo. "Un Giovane Puteolano nel Film su Pozzuoli". Il Notiziario.
  3. ^ Urbani, Ilaria (27 September 2016). "Gianfranco Terrin: "La mia storia con Affleck e Coppola". La Repubblica. La Repubblica.
  4. ^ Portillo, Danilo. "Attore Puteolano Spopola in America". Pozzuoli 21.
  5. ^ "Pallone Pittura Pensieri". Pallone Pittura Pensieri.
  6. ^ "Il fantasma di Azzurrina colpisce ancora: infortunato anche Terrin". Il Resto del Carlino. Il Resto del Carlino.
  7. ^ ""La forma delle cose" chiude la stagione teatrale del Brancaccino". Voce Spettacolo.
  8. ^ "La forma delle cose al Brancaccino". Corriere Dello Sport. May 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "Corriere Flegreo". Corriere Fletero.
  10. ^ "Gianfranco Terrin: "La mia storia con Affleck e Coppola". La Repubblica.
  11. ^ http://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/09/27/news/gianfranco_terrin_la_mia_storia_con_affleck_e_coppola_-148622353/
  12. ^ "Carthago". canneseries.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-09.