Personal Info
Birth date
1946-05-19 (79 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ascoli Satriano, Puglia, Italy
Also known as
Mike Placido
Микеле Плачидо
Michele Placido
Biography
Michele Placido was born on May 19, 1946 in Ascoli Satriano, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor, director and screenwriter, known for La piovra (1984), Romanzo Criminale (2005) and Un eroe borghese (1995).
Filmography
Wetten, dass..?
5.3
Overview:
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.Bambi-Verleihung
9
Overview:
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.In Treatment
8.1
Overview:
In Treatment is an Italian TV series directed by Saverio Costanzo and starring Sergio Castellitto.Beach House
6.474
Overview:
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, and engagemented couple wanting to have sex for the first time.Stars in the Ring
5.3
Overview:
Every year there was a Gala of the Stars at the Zirkus Krone in Munich.The Octopus
7.9
Overview:
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.Suburra: Blood on Rome
7.47
Overview:
In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth
6
Overview:
The story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's friend, to a Vatican official reviewing Padre Pio's potential canonization. We watch local people venerate the humble Capuchin monk, we see petty jealousies within the Church almost bring him down, and we experience his decision to build a Home for the Relief of Suffering, a labor of love begun just after World War II. Emilia and her husband Dr. Sanguineti work tirelessly beside the humble but sensible Pio.Il sequestro Soffiantini
5
Overview:
In 1997, a group of bandits kidnaps businessman Giuseppe Soffiantini, keeping him imprisoned for 237 days in their hideout in the mountains of Sardinia.Karol: The Pope, The Man
5.5
Overview:
Karol: The Pope, The Man is a 2006 TV miniseries chronicling Pope John Paul II's life as pope in flashbacks from October 22, 1978's papal inauguration to his death in 2005 and was directed by Giacomo Battiato. It is the sequel to the 2005 TV miniseries Karol: A Man Who Became Pope, which portrayed John Paul's life before the papacy and ended on October 16, 1978, the day of his papal election.Moses the Lawgiver
NYR
Overview:
The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Originally a TV Miniseries recut for theatersCiao 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.Come Home and Meet My Wife
7.333
Overview:
50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the love affair with Vincenzina.The Unknown Woman
7.2
Overview:
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.Baaria
7.233
Overview:
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.Big Business
6.344
Overview:
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.Ages of Love
5.3
Overview:
In Italy, three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man falls in love with his friend's daughter.The Lookout
5.567
Overview:
When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.Saturday, Sunday and Friday
5.2
Overview:
SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This person works for a biggest Japanese society, and this encounter is decisive for the small Italian company. DOMENICA (second episode): After a hard day of job, a man returns in it's house for sleep. But a series of facts hinder this, and the poor man does not succeed to sleep. VENERDI (third episode): A famous and rich creator of sexy ballets have various problems with a dancer. She want to leave the theater and marry a Mafia man.Run to You
6.771
Overview:
Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.The Art of Love
4.8
Overview:
Young student Claudine has a dream in which the Roman student Cornelius, fascinated by the beautiful wife of the commander, attends lectures on the art of love of great Ovid. Ancient tragedy repeats itself in a few centuries ...Acting
2024Eternal Visionary as Unknown
2023Senza malizia as Unknown
2022Arnoldo Mondadori - I libri per cambiare il mondo as Arnoldo Mondadori
2022Orlando as Orlando
2022Caravaggio's Shadow as Cardinal Del Monte
2022Vincenzo Malinconico, avvocato d'insuccesso (8, 12 Episode) as Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo, L'avvocato Ugo Maria Starace Tarallo
2022Falla girare - The Last Joint as Diego
2022Burning Hearts as Vincenzo Montanari
2022La voglia matta di vivere as Self
2022Run to You as Padre di Gianni
2022Un marziano di nome Ennio as Vittorio De Sica
2022Noi (1 Episode) as himself
2021Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore as Sé stesso
2021Isolation as Self
2021All Star - Ritorno al cinema as Spettatore
2021Notes from a Women Salesman as Amedeo Sangiorgi
2020Caliber 9 as Rocco Musco
2020I Hate Summer as il Maresciallo dei Carabinieri locali
2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
2016Christmas Dinner as Don Mimì
20167 Minutes as Michele Varazzi
2016Un'Avventura Romantica as Vittorio De Sica
2015Questo e' il mio paese (6 Episodes) as Giannino Cafuero
2015Loving Only You as Don Mimi
2015The Choice as Emilio Nicotri
2014Living Legends as Christiano Negri
2013The Mongrel as Avv.Silvestri
2013In Treatment (6 Episodes) as Guido
2013Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia as Trilussa
2013Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno as Vittorio De Sica
2012Viva l'Italia as Michele Spagnolo
2012The Lookout as Giovanni
2012Tulpa - Demon of Desire as Roccaforte
2012Itaker as Pantano
2011My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began as Duccio Villani di Masi
2011Ages of Love as Augusto
2010Portrait Of My Father as Self
2010Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso as Alberto
2009The Big Dream as Adult Andrea (uncredited)
2009Just Married as Sabino Impanato
2009What Do You Know About Me as Self
2009Baaria as esponente PCI
2009Focaccia Blues as Proiezionista
2008Aldo Moro - Il presidente as Aldo Moro
2008Aldo Moro - Il Presidente (2 Episodes) as Aldo Moro
2008The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider as Šternberk
2008L'ultimo padrino as Bernardo Provenzano
2008Blood of the Losers as Commissario Franco Dogliani
20072061 - Un anno eccezionale as Cardinale Bonifacio
2007Piano, Solo as Giovanni
2007Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future as Self /Narrator
2007SoloMetro as Enrico Alvari
2006Commediasexi as Lo chef
2006The Roses of the Desert as Frate Simeone
2006The Unknown Woman as Muffa
2006Karol: The Pope, The Man (2 Episodes) as Renato Buzzonetti
2006The Caiman as Marco Pulici
2006Karol: The Pope, The Man as Dr. Renato Buzzonetti
2006The Goodbye Kiss as Ferruccio Anedda
2005Romanzo Criminale as Padre Freddo
2005Il grande Torino as Angelo Di Girolamo (Older)
2005Il Grande Torino (2 Episodes) as Angelo (2004)
2004Love Returns as Dr. Bianco
2004The Scent of Blood as Carlo
2003Caterina in the Big City as Self
2003Il posto dell'anima as Salvatore
2002Il sequestro Soffiantini (2 Episodes) as Giuseppe Soffiantini
2001Once Upon a Time in Sicily as Uzenda
2000Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth as Unknown
2000Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (2 Episodes) as Padre Pio
2000Liberate i pesci! as Michele Verrio
1999Un uomo perbene as Enzo Tortora
1999The Nanny as Belli Estate Patient
1999Dirty Linen as Furio
1998Ciao Darwin (1 Episode) as Presidente di giuria
1998Del perduto amore as Don Gerardo
1998Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) as Carlo
1998La missione as Padre Ramboni
1997Racket (6 Episodes) as Guido Gerosa
1996La lupa as Malerba
1995Un eroe borghese as Silvio Novembre
1995Poliziotti as Sante Carella
1994Padre e figlio as Corrado
1994Lamerica as Fiore
1994La vera vita di Antonio H. as Self
1993Giovanni Falcone as Giovanni Falcone
1993Uomo di rispetto as Unknown
1993The Man with the Flower in His Mouth as Unknown
1993Quattro bravi ragazzi as Marcione
1992Close Friends as Simona's father
1992Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel as Col. Roberto Chavez
1991Afghan Breakdown as Major Bandura
1990Tomato as Unknown
1989Mary Forever as Marco Terzi
1988Via Paradiso as Francesco
1988Big Business as Fabio Alberici
1988How Good the Whites Are as Michel
1987Private Affairs as Lionello
1986Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil as Giuseppe Catania aka Beppe
1986Department Store as Direttore
1985The Sicilian Connection as Mario Aloia
1985The Terrible Lovers as Sergio
1984The Octopus (25 Episodes) as Commissario Corrado Cattani
1983The Art of Love as Macarius
1983Il passo falso as Gabriele Rossi
1982Chopin as Francesco Maria Vitale
1981Cargo as Giovanni
1981The Wings of the Dove as Sandro
1981Three Brothers as Nicola Giuranna
1981Wetten, dass..? (1 Episode) as Self
1980Fontamara as Berardo Viola
1980Lulu as Schwarz
1980A Leap in the Dark as Giovanni Sciabola
1979The Meadow as Enzo
1979Saturday, Sunday and Friday as Mario Salvetti (episodio "Domenica")
1979A Man on His Knees as Antonio Platamona
1979Tigers in Lipstick as Angelo / The Photographer
1979Ernesto as The man
1979Volunteers for an Unknown Destination as Antonio Stella
1978Corleone as Michele Labruzzo
1978Basilicata, una regione tra due mari as Voice
1978Yerma as Victor
1977The Pyjama Girl Case as Antonio Attolini
1977Io sono mia as Giacinto
1977Beach House as Vincenzino
1977Kleinhoff Hotel as Pedro
1977Oedipus Orca as Michele Turrisi
1976And Agnes Chose to Die as Tom
1976Plot of Fear as Inspector Gaspare Lomenzo
1976La Orca as Michele
1976Victory March as Paolo Passeri
1975The Divine Nymph as Martino Ghiondelli
1975Scandal in the Family as Milo
1974Moses the Lawgiver as Kaleb
1974Moses the Lawgiver (7 Episodes) as Kaleb
1974Come Home and Meet My Wife as Giovanni Pizzullo
1974Till Marriage Do Us Part as Silvanno Pennacchini, l'autista
1974Quick Trial as Stefano Baldini
1973Teresa the Thief as Tonino Santità, detto Mortadella
1973Il picciotto as Rosario Mandalà
1973The Black Hand as Antonio Turris
1973My Wife, A Body to Love as Simona's Partner
1972The Pisciotta Case as Amerigo Lo Jacono
1972Joe Petrosino (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Stars in the Ring (1 Episode) as Self
1948Bambi-Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self
Writing
2024Eternal Visionary ... Writer
2022Caravaggio's Shadow ... Writer
2021Isolation ... Writer
20167 Minutes ... Screenplay, Writer
2015The Choice ... Screenplay
2010Angel of Evil ... Screenplay
2009The Big Dream ... Screenplay
2005Romanzo Criminale ... Co-Writer
2004Wherever You Are ... Writer
2002A Journey Called Love ... Screenplay
1998Del perduto amore ... Screenplay
1997Racket (6 Episodes) ... Idea
1992Close Friends ... Screenplay
1990Tomato ... Story, Writer
Directing
2024Eternal Visionary ... Director
2022Caravaggio's Shadow ... Director
2021Isolation ... Director
2017Suburra: Blood on Rome (2 Episodes) ... Director
20167 Minutes ... Director
2015The Choice ... Director
2014Prima di andar via ... Director
2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... Director
2012The Lookout ... Director
2010Angel of Evil ... Director
2009The Big Dream ... Director
2009L'Aquila 2009 - Five Directors in the Rubble ... Director
2005Romanzo Criminale ... Director
2004Wherever You Are ... Director
2002A Journey Called Love ... Director
1998Del perduto amore ... Director
1995Un eroe borghese ... Director
1992Close Friends ... Director
1990Tomato ... Director
Production
2019Calypso ... Executive Producer
2007SoloMetro ... Producer
1998A Lighter Burden to Bear ... Producer
Editing
2014Prima di andar via ... Editor
Creator
1997Racket ... Creator
Crew
1993Look to the Sky ... Thanks