--- name: "Marcello Fonte" canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcello-fonte" roles: [] born: "7 September 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T13:18:19.629955+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Marcello Fonte Actor. Born 7 September 1978 in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy. ## Details - **Born:** 7 September 1978, Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy - **Also known as:** 마르첼로 폰테 - **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Fonte, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53717720, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7535164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1699129 ## Coming up - *The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two* (2028-05-25), as Apostle ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*I Know This Much Is True*](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md) (63) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Marcello Fonte is an Italian actor born on 7 November 1978 in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria. He moved to Rome in 1999, where he worked as a guardian at the Teatro Valle and developed an interest in acting, later appearing in small roles in film and television. Fonte gained international recognition for his lead performance in Matteo Garrone's *Dogman* (2018), winning the Best Actor Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, the European Film Award for Best Actor, and other accolades. He also wrote, co-directed and starred in the 2015 film *Asino vola*. His other credits include roles in *Io sono Tempesta* (2018), *Pinocchio* (2019), *Aspromonte: Land of the Forgotten* (2019), *Vivere* (2019) and the HBO series *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), in which he played Domenico Onofrio Tempesta. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), Fi1m 63, as Domenico Onofrio Tempesta — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md) ## Complete filmography (26) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two* (2028), as Apostle - *Ground Floor* (2026), Acting - *L'oratore* (2026), Acting - *Don Chisciotte* (2026), Acting - *Little Richard The Shark?* (2025), as Dottore Pesce Medico (voice) - *Dovecote* (2024), Acting - *The Sex of Angels* (2022), as Giacinto - *The Turning Point* (2021), Acting - *The Night Burns* (2021), as Sapone - *The New Gospel* (2020), as Pontius Pilate - *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), series, as Domenico Onofrio Tempesta — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md) - *Pinocchio* (2019), as Pappagallo - *Aspromonte: Land of The Forgotten* (2019), as Ciccio Italia - *Vivere* (2019), as Perind - *Vinicio Capossela: Il povero Cristo* (2019), as Man - *Dogman* (2018), as Marcello - *Io sono Tempesta* (2018), as Il Greco - *The Intruder* (2017), as Mino - *Troppolitani - Valle Occupato* (2016), Acting - *Donkey Flies* (2015), Director, Writer - *Corpo Celeste* (2011), as Cameriere al Ristorante - *Gangs of New York* (2002), as Citizen (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md) - *The Krampus Rises*, as Franz - *Your Little Matter*, Acting - *Ogni Cosa al Suo Posto*, as Gianni - *Anima di vetro*, Acting ## Gallery - ![Marcello Fonte](https://film.one/media/person/707327/gallery-479a0e575ffb.jpg) Marcello Fonte — Davide110777, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Cinema-22-696x464.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/707327/gallery-40f46cb0412a.jpg) Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Cannes_2018_38.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2018_38.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Insieme a Marcello Fonte sul set del film Il Nuovo Vangelo (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/707327/gallery-af0caa5f6a73.jpg) Insieme a Marcello Fonte sul set del film Il Nuovo Vangelo (2019) — Mellon89, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/SagnetFonte.jpg/1280px-SagnetFonte.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won - 2018: Best Actor (won), for *Dogman* ### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Dogman* - European Film Award for Best Actor 2018: European Film Award for Best Actor (won), for *Dogman* - Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 2018: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Dogman* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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