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# Adriano Giannini

Actor. Born 10 May 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 May 1971, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Also known as:** 아드리아노 잔니니

## Fi1m on Adriano Giannini

> Adriano Giannini is a character actor poorly served by the romantic sparring of *Swept Away*. His quieter Italian ensemble work and technically precise dubbing give us better reasons to pay attention.

In *Swept Away* (2002), Adriano Giannini and Madonna seem to take turns being angry. He plays Giuseppe ‘Guido’ Esposito, but neither the performance nor the dialogue gives their quarrelling much curiosity about the other person. Guy Ritchie's romantic comedy has some visual polish; the couple remain hard to care about. We were bored by their exchanges because there was so little humour beneath the resentment. Giannini cannot make antagonism alone do the work of attraction.

The failure is shared, though that does not excuse him: he supplies too little playfulness to make the hostility bearable. A combative romance needs some pleasure in discovering what will annoy the other person, and here even the arguments feel dutiful. He had begun his acting career with a lead in *Alla rivoluzione sulla due cavalli* (2001), before *Swept Away* brought him wider notice. His subsequent work has remained largely in Italian cinema and television, often in ensemble and character roles. That gives his preference for restraint a more promising home.

Paolo Sorrentino cast him as Valerio in *The Consequences of Love* (2004), an early step into Italian arthouse cinema. Nanni Moretti later cast him as Giorgio in the ensemble drama *Three Floors* (2021). Giannini's broader strength is making working-class and middle-class men convincing, with the attention to psychological detail that character parts need. We have little interest in measuring that usefulness by whether he became a regular international leading man.

His parallel dubbing career also deserves attention: he has voiced the Joker as played by both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix. The technical precision and emotional detail of that work suggest an actor worth listening to, even when his early international screen role gives little reason to persist. We would start with the Italian ensemble films for a fuller sense of what he can do. Leave *Swept Away* for an evening when the failure of a screen couple is itself the attraction.

## Biography

Adriano Giannini is an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Rome on 10 May 1971 to actors Giancarlo Giannini and Livia Giampalmo, he began his career as a camera assistant before turning to acting in the late 1990s.

His film roles include Giuseppe 'Guido' Esposito in *Swept Away* (2002), Valerio in *The Consequences of Love* (2004), a museum director in *Ocean's Twelve* (2004) and Ugo Jaconelli in *Lonely Planet* (2024). He has also provided Italian dubbing voices for actors including Heath Ledger.

Giannini received acting awards including the Biraghi Award and has won Nastri d'Argento awards for dubbing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Swept Away* (2002), Fi1m 32, as Giuseppe 'Guido' Esposito — [page](https://film.one/film/swept-away-2002.md)

## Also known for

- *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), Museum Director — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md)
- *They Call Me Jeeg* (2016), Cronista (voice)
- *Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas* (2003), Rat (voice)
- *The Consequences of Love* (2004), Valerio
- *Kiss Me Again* (2010), Simone
- *Three Floors* (2021), Giorgio
- *Adagio* (2023), Vasco
- *Lonely Planet* (2024), Ugo Jaconelli

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