Antonio Gerardi
Antonio Gerardi | |
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Gerardi in 2023 | |
Born | Potenza, Basilicata, Italy | 8 March 1968
Occupation(s) | Actor, radio presenter |
Years active | 1981–present |
Antonio Gerardi (born 8 March 1968) is an Italian actor and radio presenter.
Biography
[edit]Antonio Gerardi was born in Potenza, Basilicata, and grew up in the neighboring municipality of Avigliano. At thirteen he started as a radio presenter for "Radio Sud", a local radio in Potenza, and joined "Radio Norba" in 1988.[1] Later he began working for national stations like "RTL 102.5" and "Radio Kiss Kiss". After a year as a reporter for the TV show Le Iene, in 2007 he made his acting debut with Il rabdomante, directed by Fabrizio Cattani, who discovered him after an argument between Gerardi and a driver for a parking lot in Trastevere, Rome, thinking Gerardi had the right skills for acting.[2]
Since then, he has worked for many films and television series. He starred in comedies and dramas such as Basilicata coast to coast, Qualunquemente, Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood, Balancing Act, Io sono Mia, Padrenostro, The Last Paradise, and Last Night of Amore. On television he appeared mostly in crime and political series; his most notable roles include "Il sardo" in Romanzo criminale – La serie and Antonio Di Pietro in 1992 and its sequels 1993 and 1994. In 2020 he started his own web radio "Good Fellas Music Station", specialized in soul, funk and R&B genres.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Il rabdomante (2007)
- The Trial Begins (2007)
- The Past Is a Foreign Land (2008)
- 20 Cigarettes (2010)
- Basilicata coast to coast (2010)
- Qualunquemente (2011)
- Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
- Balancing Act (2012)
- The Mongrel (2012)
- Long Live Freedom (2013)
- Io che amo solo te (2015)
- Si accettano miracoli (2015)
- La cena di Natale (2016)
- Friends by Chance (2017)
- The Girl in the Fog (2017)
- Reckless (2018)
- Io sono Mia (2019)
- Padrenostro (2020)
- The Predators (2020)
- The Last Paradise (2021)
- The First Day of My Life (2023)
- Last Night of Amore (2023)
Television
[edit]- Le Iene (2003)
- Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008–2010)
- Crimini (2010)
- Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi (2010)
- La nuova squadra (2011)
- 1992 (2015)
- Thou Shalt Not Kill (2015)
- Non dirlo al mio capo (2016)
- La porta rossa (2017–2019)
- 1993 (2017)
- 1994 (2019)
- Bang Bang Baby (2022)
- The Lions of Sicily (2023)
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Il brigante Antonio Gerardi sul set de" La nuova squadra" su Rai 3" (in Italian). Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Antonio Gerardi/ "Elena Sofia Ricci? Una grande donna" (Vivi e lascia vivere)" (in Italian). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Arriva "Good Fellas Music Station", la nuova radio di Antonio Gerardi" (in Italian). 22 May 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2022.