Brando Pacitto
Brando Pacitto (born March 1, 1996 in Rome) is an Italian actor.
Career
Pacitto started his acting career as a 4-year-old child, at the Clesis in Rome, and later entered the theatrical school by actor and playwright Thomas Otto Zinzi, with whom he still works today. In 2006 he played the role of baby Jesus in the TV series The Holy Family (La sacra famiglia), co-starring Ana Caterina Morariu (Mary) and Alessandro Gassmann (Joseph). In 2007 he starred Liberi di giocare by Francesco Miccichè, with Pierfrancesco Favino and Isabella Ferrari. He later portrayed Lorenzo in the television film Al di là del lago (2009) and in its sequel drama Al di là del lago (2010), both starring Kaspar Capparoni and Gioia Spaziani. He was in Dov'è mia figlia? (2011) by Monica Vullo, with Claudio Amendola and Serena Autieri, and in the two-episode film Walter Chiari – Fino all'ultima risata (2012) by Enzo Monteleone, with Alessio Boni and Bianca Guaccero, where he played the role of 15-year-old Simone Annichiarico. He took part in Rai 1 series Una buona stagione in 2013. Since the following year he's starring as Vale in highly rated TV drama Braccialetti rossi, also broadcast by Rai 1. In 2015 he was in Jovanotti's L'estate addosso music video and in the homonymous film by Gabriele Muccino, released in September 2016. In this year he has acted in Piuma, a film by Roan Johnson.
Pacitto is also a surfer, winning the Italian leg of the important competition Quicksilver King of the Groms in 2012.[1]
Filmography
Cinema
- Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio, directed by Isotta Toso
- September Eleven 1683 (2012), directed by Renzo Martinelli
- L'estate addosso (2016), directed by Gabriele Muccino
- Piuma (2016), directed by Roan Johnson
Television
- The Holy Family (2006), directed by Raffaele Mertes
- Un dottore quasi perfetto (2007), directed by Raffaele Mertes
- Liberi di giocare (2007), directed by Francesco Miccichè
- I Cesaroni (2009; 2012)
- Al di là del lago (2010–2011), directed by Raffaele Mertes
- Inspector Rex (episode Bravi ragazzi, 2011) directed by Marco Serafini
- Dov'è mia figlia? (2011), directed by Monica Vullo
- Walter Chiari – Fino all'ultima risata (2012), directed by Enzo Monteleone
- Una buona stagione (2014), directed by Gianni Lepre
- Braccialetti rossi (2014–ongoing), directed by Giacomo Campiotti
Music videos
- Io non ho finito (2013), by Niccolò Agliardi ft. The Hills
- L'estate addosso (2015), by Jovanotti, directed by Gabriele Muccino
- Il bene si avvera (2015), by Niccolò Agliardi & the Braccialetti rossi cast
- Simili (2015), by Laura Pausini, directed by Leandro Manuel Emede
Awards and nominations
- 2014 – Roma Fiction Fest: Premio speciale della giuria (Special Jury Prize) to the main cast of Braccialetti rossi (Carmine Buschini, Brando Pacitto, Aurora Ruffino, Mirko Trovato, Pio Luigi Piscicelli and Lorenzo Guidi).[2]
Note
- ↑ "Brando Pacitto vince la tappa italiana e vola ad Ericeira per la Finale Europea" (in Italian). July 25, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Roma Fiction Fest 2014, i vincitori" (in Italian). September 19, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
External links
- Brando Pacitto at the Internet Movie Database
- "Brando Pacitto". MoviePlayer (in Italian).
- "Brando Pacitto". Fiction Travel (in Italian).
- Progetto Miniera – Theatrical School by Thomas Otto Zinzi