Bruno Zanin
Born (1951-04-09) 9 April 1951
Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1973–present
SpouseMonique
ChildrenFrancesco
Fiorenzo

Bruno Zanin (born 9 April 1951 in Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy) is an Italian film, theatre and TV actor and writer.

Life and career

Child of farmers and the sixth of seven brothers, Zanin studied at a school run by priests up to the age of fourteen when an event occurred that made him leave (detailed in his novel, Nobody Must Know). After a life on the road including time in jail, he became an actor by accident when Federico Fellini chose him among thousands of young men for the role of Titta in the film Amarcord. He went on to appear in numerous films, theatre plays and television series with Italian and foreign filmmakers such as Giuseppe Ferrara, Marco Tullio Giordana, Giuliano Montaldo, Franco Brusati, Luigi Faccini, Lucian Pintilie and Lina Wertmüller. In the theatre, he has worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Marco Sciaccaluga, Gianfranco De Bosio, Sandro Sequi, and Alfredo Arias, appearing chiefly in Venetian language plays by Goldoni but also in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

In 2007 he published his first novel, an autobiographical work titled Nobody Must Know. The book obtained special mention at the Città di Latisana per il Nord Est, an Italian literary awards event. The novel was published in Spanish by Trotta editorial (Madrid) as Que no se entere nadie.

Zanin has two sons, Francesco and Fiorenzo. He lives in a log cabin in the woods at Vanzone con San Carlo, a mountain village below Monte Rosa, Piedmont.

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1973AmarcordTittaFederico Fellini
1974Un uomo, una cittàYoung Lover of MariaRomolo Guerrieri
1974La prova d'amoreGianniTiziano Longo
1975La polizia ha le mani legateFranco LudovisiLuciano Ercoli
1975La prima volta sull'erba - Danza d'amore sotto gli olmiGianluigi Calderone
1976L'Agnese va a morireFiglio di CencioGiuliano Montaldo
1976The Mistress Is ServedDaniele Cardona, il figlioMario Lanfranchi
1978La borgata dei sogniDaniele Pettinari
1978Mille e una vita
1982Marco PoloGiulioGiuliano MontaldoTV Mini-Series, 3 episodes
1982Il buon soldatoMarcoFranco Brusati
1983Occhei, occheiClaudia Fiorio
1984Notti e nebbieBonettiMarco Tullio GiordanaTV movie
1985InganniLuigi Faccini
1986Il caso Moro2nd BrigadistGiuseppe Ferrara
1987L'isola del tesoroMorganAntonio MargheritiTV Mini-Series, 5 episodes
2000Francesca e Annunziata
2000La donna del delittoBruno D'AmatoCorrado Colombo
2009Reame del Nulla
2017In Search of FelliniBeppiTaron Lexton

TV theatre

  • 1979: The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, dir. Gianfranco De Bosio with Sergio Fantoni, Andrea Giordana, Massimo Dapporto, Pino Ferrara, Lina Sastri, Bruno Zanin, Vittorio Stagni, Ilaria Occhini, Massimo Foschi, Gianrico Tedeschi, Antonio Garrani, Loris Loddi, (aired on March 24, 1979).

Theatre

  • 1974: Goldoni - La putta onorata and la buona moglie
  • 1975: Goldoni - Il Campiello
  • 1979: Shakespeare - Il Mercante di Venezia
  • 1982: Goldoni - I pettegolezzi delle donne
  • 1989: Goldoni - Il Ventaglio

Writing

  • 2006: Nobody must know (ed. Tullio Pironti)

References

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