Personal Info
Birth date
1950-11-17 (74 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also known as
Carlo Gregorio Verdone
Carlo Verdone
Biography
Carlo Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. His career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, "Un sacco bello" (1980), "Bianco, rosso e Verdone" (1981) and "Borotalco" (1982). Since the 1990s, he has been introducing more serious subjects in his work, linked to the excesses of society and the individual's hardships in confronting it. Along with Massimo Troisi, Francesco Nuti and Roberto Benigni, he is one of the most important and revelant comedy authors of the '80 and '90 italian cinema.
Filmography
Vita da Carlo
6.8
Overview:
Carlo Verdone plays himself by portraying the drama and the comedy of his private life and his relationship with a loving and oppressive mother: Rome.The Great Beauty
7.508
Overview:
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.Luna
6.3
Overview:
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.Ennio
8.314
Overview:
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.Manual of Love 2
5.385
Overview:
Paralyzed from a crash, Nicola falls for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela seek fertility treatment in Barcelona. Filippo and Fosco, a gay couple, plan their wedding. Ernesto, a waiter, has an affair with Spanish cook Cecilia.Bianco, rosso e Verdone
7.3
Overview:
Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to Italy, even if just for a few days, but the country he dreams of is far from reality; Furio travels to Rome with his family, but his niggling attitude threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo is also going to Rome, but the trip is repeatedly interrupted by worries about his grandma's health.Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
7.3
Overview:
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.Ages of Love
5.285
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.Zora la vampira
5.661
Overview:
Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.Soap and Water
6.7
Overview:
A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.Fun Is Beautiful
7.131
Overview:
Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.Talcum Powder
6.81
Overview:
Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.Grand Hotel Excelsior
6.1
Overview:
Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.Italians
5.7
Overview:
Two stories of Italians abroad: in Dubai, a truck driver who smuggles Ferraris for a living teaches the tricks of the trade to his young disciple; in Russia, a clumsy dentist experiences the consequences of sex tourism.Al lupo, al lupo
6.27
Overview:
Vanni, Gregorio and Livia are brothers. The first is a well-known pianist, the second has abandoned his career as an aspiring violinist to become a deejay. When Vanni discovers that his father has disappeared into thin air, together with Gregorio they decide to call his sister Livia. The three relatives travel the length and breadth of Tuscany to find their missing parent.Lucky and Zorba
7.658
Overview:
A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not eat it; that he must take care of it until it hatches; that he would teach the newborn how to fly.Compagni di scuola
7.187
Overview:
A group of former high school classmates meets for a reunion 15 years after graduation, only to discover that any innocence or friendship is long lost.Me, Them and Lara
5.6
Overview:
A priest, after spending years in humanitary missions in Africa, reunites with his family, which is in worse conditions than when he left, and above all meets a young lady who will make him doubt both himself and his faith.A Matter of Heart
6.017
Overview:
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. However, as one of the men's condition deteriorates, the other becomes more deeply involved in his personal life.Honeymoon Trips
6.8
Overview:
The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.Blessed Madness
6.047
Overview:
A man dedicated to religion and very faithful husband suddenly finds himself single. The new shop assistant in his shop will overwhelm his life.My Sister and I
6.456
Overview:
Carlo is a responsible sibling who deals with his black-sheep sister Silvia in this situation comedy. When Silvia returns after many years to attend her mother's funeral, Carlo deals with the fallout caused by her many love affairs. Carlo is convinced to kidnap Silvia's child whom she left in a Hungarian children's home, but she soon abandons Carlo and the baby when she takes up with a British rock star.C'era un cinese in coma
5.729
Overview:
A talent agent with a truly talentless client roster, Ercole Preziosi finds himself in trouble when a car crash injures his star comedian, so he turns to his young plucky driver to do stand-up duty.A Flat for Three
6
Overview:
Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties that have forced them to always be one step away from starvation. Ulisse has to maintain his wife and daughter selling recordings of important foreign singers, Fulvio has the task of reviewing silly scandals of celebrities instead of writing articles for major artists, while Domenico must keep his wife and children going to make love with old single pensioners.Acting
2025Il Bar del Cult as Sé stesso
2025La scuola romana delle risate as Sé stesso / Narratore
2024Gabriella as Unknown
2024Eroici! - 100 anni di passione e racconti di sport as Himself
2024Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore as Self
2024Per sempre al Massimo as Unknown
2023Roma, santa e dannata as Sé stesso
2022Il mio amico Massimo as Sé stesso
2022La Conferenza Stampa (1 Episode) as Unknown
2022Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America as Self
2022I magnifici 4 della risata as Unknown
2022L'altro buio in sala as Sé stesso
2022Ennio as Self
2021We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2021Vita da Carlo (30 Episodes) as se stesso
2021Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore as Sé stesso
2021Si vive una volta sola as il Professore Umberto Gastaldi
2020Io tu noi, Lucio as Self
2020Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi? as Self
2020The Last Movie Painter as Self
2019Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana as Self
2019Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa as Self
2019Tutto Sordi as Unknown
2018Vinilici as Unknown
2018Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia as Self
2018Blessed Madness as Guglielmo
2016L'abbiamo fatta grossa as Arturo Merlino
2015Cercando La grande bellezza as Self
2014Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori as Self
2014C'era una volta il prossimamente as Self
2014Sotto una buona stella as Federico Picchioni
2013Carlo! as Himself
2013The Great Beauty as Romano
2012A Flat for Three as Ulisse Diamanti
201130 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente as Unknown
2011Noi c'eravamo as Self
2011Voi siete qui as Self
2011Ages of Love as Fabio
2010Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano as Self
2010Niente paura as Sé stesso
2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo as Self
2010Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self
2010Me, Them and Lara as Carlo Mascolo
2009What Do You Know About Me as Self
2009Verdone racconta Leone as Se stesso
2009A Matter of Heart as se stesso
2009Italians as Giulio Cesare Carminati
2008Grande, grosso e Verdone as Leo Nuvolone / Callisto Cagnato / Moreno Vecchiarutti / L'onorevole
2007Manual of Love 2 as Ernesto
2007RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world as Self
2006A Beautiful Vacation as Self
2006My Best Enemy as Achille De Bellis
2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things as Self
2005Manual of Love as Goffredo
2004L'amore è eterno finché dura as Gilberto Mercuri
2003Ma che colpa abbiamo noi as Gegé
2000Zora la vampira as Lombardi
2000C'era un cinese in coma as Ercole Preziosi
2000Libero (1 Episode) as Ospite speciale
1998Lucky and Zorba as Zorba (voice)
1998Gallo cedrone as Armando Feroci
1997The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth as Self
1996Iris Blond as Romeo
1995Honeymoon Trips as Raniero / Giovannino / Ivano
1994Perdiamoci di vista as Gepy Fuxas
1992Al lupo, al lupo as Gregorio Sagonà
1992Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato as Bernardo
1990Tonight at Alice's as Saverio
1989Il bambino e il poliziotto as Carlo Vinciguerra
1988Compagni di scuola as Piero Ruffolo
1987My Sister and I as Carlo
19867 Kilos in 7 Days as Alfio Tamburini
1986Troppo forte as Oscar Pettinari
1985Sogni e bisogni (11 Episodes) as Armando
1984I due carabinieri as Marino Spada
1984Cuori nella tormenta as Walter
1984Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
1983Soap and Water as Rolando
1982Journey with Papa as Cristiano Ferretti
1982Grand Hotel Excelsior as Pericle Coccia
1982Talcum Powder as Sergio Benvenuti
1982Morto Troisi, viva Troisi! as Himself
1981Bianco, rosso e Verdone as Pasquale Ametrano / Furio Zoccano / Mimmo
1980Fun Is Beautiful as Enzo / Ruggero / Leo / Don Alfio / Anselmo / Professor
1979Luna as Director of Caracalla
1978Una settimana come un'altra as Unknown
1976That Movement Which I Love So Much as Bar Customer (uncredited)
197324 Hours... Not a Minute More as Ambassador's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Writing
2021Vita da Carlo (10, 10 Episode) ... Story, Writer
2021Si vive una volta sola ... Screenplay, Story
2018Blessed Madness ... Writer
2016L'abbiamo fatta grossa ... Story, Screenplay
2014Sotto una buona stella ... Story, Screenplay
2012A Flat for Three ... Screenplay, Story
2010Me, Them and Lara ... Writer, Story
2008Grande, grosso e Verdone ... Screenplay, Story
2006My Best Enemy ... Screenplay, Story
2004L'amore è eterno finché dura ... Story, Screenplay
2003Ma che colpa abbiamo noi ... Screenplay, Story
2000C'era un cinese in coma ... Screenplay, Story
1998Gallo cedrone ... Screenplay, Story
1996Iris Blond ... Story, Screenplay
1995Honeymoon Trips ... Story, Screenplay
1994Perdiamoci di vista ... Story, Screenplay
1992Al lupo, al lupo ... Story, Screenplay
1992Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato ... Screenplay, Story
1990Tonight at Alice's ... Screenplay, Story
1989Il bambino e il poliziotto ... Screenplay, Story
1988Compagni di scuola ... Story, Screenplay
1987My Sister and I ... Story, Screenplay
1986Troppo forte ... Story, Screenplay
1984I due carabinieri ... Story, Screenplay
1984Cuori nella tormenta ... Screenplay
1983Soap and Water ... Screenplay, Story
1982Journey with Papa ... Screenplay
1982Talcum Powder ... Story, Screenplay
1981Bianco, rosso e Verdone ... Screenplay, Story
1980Fun Is Beautiful ... Screenplay, Story
Directing
2021Vita da Carlo (13 Episodes) ... Director
2021Si vive una volta sola ... Director
2018Blessed Madness ... Director
2016L'abbiamo fatta grossa ... Director
2014Sotto una buona stella ... Director
2013Cenerentola - Una favola in diretta ... Director
2013Alberto il grande ... Director
2012A Flat for Three ... Director
2010Me, Them and Lara ... Director
2008Grande, grosso e Verdone ... Director
2006My Best Enemy ... Director
2004L'amore è eterno finché dura ... Director
2003Ma che colpa abbiamo noi ... Director
2000C'era un cinese in coma ... Director
1998Gallo cedrone ... Director
1996Iris Blond ... Director
1995Honeymoon Trips ... Director
1994Perdiamoci di vista ... Director
1992Al lupo, al lupo ... Director
1992Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato ... Director
1990Tonight at Alice's ... Director
1989Il bambino e il poliziotto ... Director
1988Compagni di scuola ... Director
1987My Sister and I ... Director
1986Troppo forte ... Director
1984I due carabinieri ... Director
1983Soap and Water ... Director
1982Talcum Powder ... Director
1981Bianco, rosso e Verdone ... Director
1980Fun Is Beautiful ... Director
1976That Movement Which I Love So Much ... Assistant Director
197324 Hours... Not a Minute More ... Assistant Director
Creator
2021Vita da Carlo ... Creator
Crew
2000Zora la vampira ... Presenter
Production
2000Zora la vampira ... Producer