Giuseppe Fiorello

Italian actor

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Actor
screenwriter
director
producer

Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino (born 12 March 1969), is an Italian actor.

Career

Fiorello was born in Catania, Sicily, the youngest of four children.^[1] His elder brother is the noted television and radio personality Rosario Fiorello, better known to Italian audiences as Fiorello.

Giuseppe's first job was as an electrician in a tourist village.^[2] In 1994, Giuseppe began his career in the entertainment business as a disk jockey on the nationally-aired Dee Jay Radio, using the name Fiorellino. That same year, he made his debut on television as a presenter for the Mediaset programme Karaoke, which his brother had also hosted. Four years later in 1998, he made his screen debut in the film L'ultimo capodanno, directed by Marco Risi. He played the part of Gaetano Malacozza. Since then he has performed regularly in films and television fiction, with many starring roles such as in L'uomo sbagliato, Joe Petrosino, La vita rubata, Giuseppe Moscati, Lo scandalo della Banca Romana and Volare in which he portrayed singer Domenico Modugno.

In 2023, he released his directorial debut Fireworks, a film based on the Giarre murder of two young boyfriends in Sicily in the 80s.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Kaputt Mundi	Gaetano Malacozza
1999	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Silvana's fiancé
2000	A Chinese in a Coma	Nicola "Niki" Renda
2001	Tre mogli	Miguelito
2008	The Brave Men	Luigi Infantino
2009	Baarìa	Dollar seller	Cameo appearance
2010	Lost Kisses	Giulio
2011	Terraferma	Nino
2011	Happy Feet Two	Mumble (voice)	Italian dub; voice role
2012	Magnificent Presence	Filippo Verni
2013	Welcome Mr. President	Center-right leader	Cameo appearance
	L'oro di Scampia	Renzo Capuano
	Se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui	Ennio
2016	Era d'estate	Paolo Borsellino
2017	Chi m'ha visto	Martino Piccione
2021	L'afide e la formica	Michele Scimone

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Ultimo	Domenico "Parsifal" Nocelli	Miniseries
2002	La guerra è finita	Ettore Gigli	Miniseries
2005	L'uomo sbagliato	Daniele Baroni	Miniseries
2005	Il Cuore nel Pozzo	Ettore	Miniseries
2006	Joe Petrosino	Joe Petrosino	Television film
2006	Crimini	Bruno Costa	Episode: "Troppi equivoci"
2007	St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor	Giuseppe Moscati	Miniseries
2008	Il bambino della domenica	Marcello La Spada	Television film
2010	La leggenda del bandito e del campione	Sante Pollastri	Miniseries
2013	Volare: La grande storia di Domenico Modugno	Domenico Modugno	Miniseries
2015	L'angelo di Sarajevo	Marco De Luca	Television film
2019	Il mondo sulle spalle	Marco Parisi	Television film
2020	Gli orologi del diavolo	Marco Merani	Main role; 8 episodes