Personal Info
Birth date
1963-02-16 (62 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also known as
-Claudio Amendola
Biography
Claudio Amendola (born 16 February 1963) is an Italian actor, director and television presenter. He starred in the 1993 film The Escort, which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Born in Rome and the son of actors and voice dubbers Ferruccio Amendola and Rita Savagnone, Amendola started his movie career during the 1980s, playing comic roles in some Italian comedies directed by Carlo Vanzina. In 1987 he played his first dramatic role in Soldati - 365 all'alba, directed by Marco Risi, and in the following decade he confirmed his dramatic skills in some movies like Ultrà (1990) and The Escort (1993), both directed by Ricky Tognazzi. During the 2000s Amendola became a very popular television actor, acting in the popular fiction I Cesaroni, the Italian version of Los Serrano. Amendola is married to actress Francesca Neri and they have a son together, Rocco. He also has two daughters from a previous marriage. One of them is voice actress Alessia Amendola. Source: Article "Claudio Amendola" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Le Iene
6.8
Overview:
Comedy/satirical show, with sketches and reports into political affairs and consumer issues. Recurring features of the show, besides the reportage, are the double interviews in which two famous people are asked the same questions, and are edited together on a split screen, side by side so that they answer one after the other.I Cesaroni
7.077
Overview:
I Cesaroni is an Italian television series produced since 2006 by Publispei and Mediaset RTI. The series is transmitted not only in Italy but also in Portugal, in the Czech Republic, Greece and Turkey. It is inspired by the Spanish series "Los Serrano". In Italy, the series is now in its fifth season and has been renewed for a sixth season.Ciao Darwin
7.731
Overview:
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.Napoleon
6.9
Overview:
A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe, then his fall, and exile.Carlo & Malik
7.2
Overview:
Inspector Carlo Guerrieri, a veteran police officer from Rome, finds himself partnered with a rookie who was born in Ivory Coast but raised in the capital.Professione vacanze
5.6
Overview:
Enrico Borghini is an entertainer who finds himself becoming the director of a tourist village in crisis. Helped by the village staff, who are initially hostile to him, he manages to revive the fortunes of the structure.The Patriarch
6.4
Overview:
Nemo Bandera (Amendola) is one of the most influential businessmen in Puglia. His assets originate from illicit trafficking whose proceeds were invested in Deep Sea, the profitable company inherited from his father-in-law and used as a cover. One day, all of Nemo’s certainties collapse: he discovers that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Shocked by the news, he decides to hide it while choosing who will inherit his empire.48 Hours
NYR
Overview:
There's no time to waste: in just 48 hours a fugitive can disappear for good! The motto of Deputy Head of Police Diego Montagna and his Catturandi squad is: “in order to know where they are, we must find out who they really are”. In order to do so, the squad must enter the minds and the hearts of the fugitives before it's too late. This battle against time will force them to face up to their own dreams, fears and weaknesses, because the only way of knowing the mind of another is to learn to know and dominate one's own.Jesus
9
Overview:
Jesus is a Biblical telefilm that retells the story of Jesus. It was shot in Morocco and Malta. It stars Jeremy Sisto as Jesus, Jacqueline Bisset as Mary of Nazareth, Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene and Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate.Melissa P.
4.6
Overview:
An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.Jesus
6.7
Overview:
Jesus, a carpenter living a simple life, discovers his destiny as the biblical Messiah.Queen Margot
7.2
Overview:
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.Suburra
7.297
Overview:
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.Christmas Holidays
6.165
Overview:
Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money, falls in love with the American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo, a singer and a playboy, meets Ivana: she's married with a rich man, Donatone, but in the past she had a flirt with Billo, who wants to reignite the flame.The Venetian Woman
5.1
Overview:
Venice, sixteenth century. Giulio, a foreign gentleman spends a memorable night in the city where he meets and beds two beautiful women. They are Angela, a widowed lady, and Valeria, whose husband has left for Florence.The Horseman on the Roof
6.493
Overview:
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.I cassamortari
5.276
Overview:
In Rome, the Cassamortari are people who work in the funeral business. The Pasti family's agency was founded by Giuseppe, who is willing to do anything to turn a corpse into money, preferably in black.Like a Cat on a Highway 2
6.087
Overview:
Three years after her relationship with Giovanni, Monica is in prison and has to ask his ex for help.Bandits: Love and Liberty
4.083
Overview:
In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, kills the bandit Caruso, whose widow gives birth to Giovanni and at the same time becomes the nurse of Costanza, San Germano’s orphaned daughter. Thirteen years later, Giovanni and Costanza fall in love to the jealousy of her uncle, who shuts her in a convent, ordering Giovanni to be killed by Malacarne who has meanwhile become a bandit. Barely alive, Giovanni is taken away by Bourbon soldiers. After Garibaldi’s arrival in Sicily and its union with Italy, Costanza is freed from the convent and returns to San Germano. She is visited by Giovanni and although still loves him, rejects him since she wishes to become a nun. In the meantime, Giovanni kills Malacarne and takes his place. Costanza marries the rich Lo Turco and the next day departs for Naples, but during the journey the carriage is attacked by Giovanni’s band. Costanza flees with him and they leave for America.Acting
2025Fuori la verità as Unknown
2023I 400 giorni - Funamboli e maestri as Sé stesso
2023The Patriarch (6 Episodes) as Nemo Bandera
2022Steno as Unknown
2021Like a Cat on a Highway 2 as Sergio
2020Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi? as Self
2020Abbi fede as Adamo
2019Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa as Self
2018Carlo & Malik (36 Episodes) as Carlo Guerrieri
2018Hotel Gagarin as Elio
2018Belve (1 Episode) as Self
2017Like a Cat on a Highway as Sergio
2017The Furlough as Luigi
2016Lampedusa - Dall'orizzonte in poi (2 Episodes) as 1º Mar. Lgt. NP Marco Serra
2015Suburra as Samurai
2015The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles as Sergio
2013Cha cha cha as Torre
2011Bar Sport as avventore
2011Dov'è mia figlia (4 Episodes) as Claudio Valle
2010La fisica dell'acqua as Claudio
2010Tutti per Bruno (12 Episodes) as Chief Inspector Bruno Miranda
2006I Cesaroni (142 Episodes) as Giulio Cesaroni
200648 Hours (12 Episodes) as Diego Montagna
2005Cefalonia as Mikis
2005Fratella e sorello as Serpente
2005Il ritorno del Monnezza as Rocky Giraldi
2005Cefalonia (2 Episodes) as Mikis
2005La caccia as Pietro Sacco
2003Ho visto le stelle as Renato
2003Marcinelle as Antonino
2003Marcinelle (2 Episodes) as Antonino
2003Caterina in the Big City as Manlio Germano
2002Napoleon (4 Episodes) as Maréchal Joachim Murat
2001Sottovento as Paolo
2001L'attentatuni as Cardine
2001L'Impero (4 Episodes) as Dario Ferri
2001Domenica as Inspector Sciarra
2000Johnny the Partisan as Nord
2000Jesus (2 Episodes) as Barabbas
2000Il grande botto as Antonio Nunziante
2000La carbonara as Lupone
2000C'è posta per te (1 Episode) as Self
1999Jesus as Barrabas
1999Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? (1 Episode) as Ospite
1998Ciao Darwin (1, 1 Episode) as Capitano Trattorie, Presidente di giuria
1998Open Sea as Edoardo
1997Le Iene (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997Altri uomini as Michele Croce
1997Santo Stefano as Nicola
1997Un Paradiso di Bugie as Sergio
1997Strong Arms as Dario Campisi
1997An Eyewitness Account as Sandro Nardella
1996La mia generazione as Braccio
1995The Horseman on the Roof as Maggionari
1995Who Killed Pasolini? as "Trepalle"
1995Poliziotti as Lorenzo Ferri / Lazzaro
1994Bandits: Love and Liberty as Giovanni
1994Queen Margot as Coconnas
1994The Heroes as Fabio
1993The Escort as Angelo Mandolesi
1992Un'altra vita as Mauro
1992Scherzi a Parte (21 Episodes) as Conduttore
1991Ultrà as Principe
1991Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri (5 Episodes) as Commissioner Antonio Stasi
1990The Voyage of Captain Fracassa as Agostino il brigante
1990Il colore della vittoria as Attilio Ferraris
1989Mary Forever as Pietro Giancona
1988Days of Inspector Ambrosio as Luciano
1987Soldati - 365 all'alba as Claudio
1987Professione vacanze (1 Episode) as Antonio Palombelli
1987L'ombra nera del Vesuvio as Nini Sposito
1986The Venetian Woman as Bernardo
1984Vacanze in America as Alessio Liberatore
1984Amarsi un po'... as Marco
1983Christmas Holidays as Mario Marchetti
1983Lontano da dove as Mario
Directing
TBACassamortari 3 ... Director
2024Ari-Cassamortari ... Director
2023The Patriarch (6 Episodes) ... Director
2022I cassamortari ... Director
2017The Furlough ... Director
2014The Move of the Penguin ... Director
Writing
2024Ari-Cassamortari ... Writer
2022I cassamortari ... Screenplay
2017The Furlough ... Screenplay, Writer, Co-Writer, Script Consultant, Script Editor, Story
2014The Move of the Penguin ... Screenplay
2005Il ritorno del Monnezza ... Screenplay
Crew
2017The Furlough ... Script
Creator
2010Tutti per Bruno ... Creator