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name: "Massimo Ceccherini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/massimo-ceccherini"
fi1m_id: "massimo-ceccherini"
imdb_id: "nm0147592"
tmdb_id: 120274
wikidata_id: "Q1907667"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 May 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:36:57.591593+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."
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# Massimo Ceccherini

## Identity

Massimo Ceccherini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/massimo-ceccherini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** massimo-ceccherini
- **IMDb ID:** nm0147592
- **TMDB ID:** 120274
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1907667
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Ceccherini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120274

Writer. Born 23 May 1965 in Scandicci - Tuscany - Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 May 1965, Scandicci - Tuscany - Italy
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Matteo Garrone](https://film.one/person/matteo-garrone.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Ceccherini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120274

## Coming up

- *Un weekend artificiale* (2026-11-19)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Io Capitano*](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md) (78), [*Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md) (76)

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## Biography

Massimo Ceccherini is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Born on 23 May 1965 in Florence, Tuscany, he began in cabaret alongside Alessandro Paci before appearing in films from the early 1990s.

He gained popularity through repeated collaborations with Leonardo Pieraccioni in comedies including *The Cyclone* (1996). Ceccherini has also worked with Matteo Garrone, appearing as Volpe and co-writing the screenplay for *Pinocchio* (2019), and co-writing *Io Capitano* (2023), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, corrierefiorentino.corriere.it.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Pinocchio* (2019), Fi1m 76, as Volpe — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Io Capitano* (2023), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Un weekend artificiale* (2026), Actor
- *Strike - Figli di un’era sbagliata* (2026), as Teacher Zanetti
- *Din Don 8: Viaggio di nozze a Cinecittà World* (2025), as Fabrizio
- *Everyone at My Place for New Year's Eve* (2025), as Santo
- *A Lot Like Paris* (2024), as Paolo
- *Roma, santa e dannata* (2023), as Sé stesso
- *Io Capitano* (2023), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *Ma tu, mi vuoi bene?* (2022), Actor
- *The Hummingbird* (2022), as Duccio Chilleri
- *Everyone on Board* (2022), as Cosimo
- *The Sex of Angels* (2022), as Zio Waldemaro
- *Pinocchio* (2019), as Volpe · Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md)
- *Non Ci Resta Che Ridere* (2019), Actor
- *Smile Factor* (2017), as Massimo
- *Gli infami - Episodi di vita quotidiana* (2016), Actor
- *Ciao, Brother!* (2016), as Taxi driver
- *The Champions League* (2016), as Pappone
- *Mr. Cinderella* (2015), as Vincenzo 'Tinto' Zambrotta
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), as Father Circus Performer
- *A Fantastic Back and Forth* (2013), as Padre di Anna
- *La brutta copia* (2013), as Fernando Petriccioli / Leandro Fandechi · Screenplay, Story, Director
- *Sarebbe stato facile* (2013), Actor
- *Una vita da sogno* (2013), as Cekke Lin
- *Regalo a sorpresa* (2013), as Marco
- *La mia mamma suona il rock* (2013), as Massimo · Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Operation Holidays* (2012), as Spino
- *Happiness at Last* (2011), as paziente ospedale
- *Napoletans* (2011), as Pino
- *Wedding in Paris* (2011), as Leonardo
- *My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began* (2011), as Alderighi
- *Una cella in due* (2011), as Manolo
- *A Natale mi sposo* (2010), as Cecco
- *Me & Marilyn* (2009), as Massimo Marchesi
- *A summer at the sea* (2008), as Cecco
- *A Beautiful Wife* (2007), as Baccano
- *2061 - Un anno eccezionale* (2007), as Cosimetto Delli Cecchi
- *Un dottore quasi perfetto* (2007), as Luigi
- *Napoleon and Me* (2006), as Cosimo Bartolini
- *La piccola fiammiferaia* (2006), Actor
- *Fave (Quelli di Pinocchio)* (2006), Director
- *I Love You in All Languages of the World* (2005), as Frate Massimo
- *Tutti all'attacco* (2005), as Max Bernabei
- *Suddenly Heaven* (2003), as Passante
- *La mia vita a stelle e strisce* (2003), as Lando Cecchini · Director, Screenplay, Story
- *The Prince and the Pirate* (2001), as Melchiorre "Gimondi" Natali
- *A ruota libera* (2000), as Natalizia
- *Faccia di Picasso* (2000), as Massimo Ceccherini · Writer, Director
- *Candlewick* (1999), as Lucio · Director, Writer
- *Fermi tutti questo è uno spettacolo, Pinocchio* (1998), as Lucignolo · Theatre Play
- *Viola Kisses Everybody* (1998), as Max
- *Fireworks* (1997), as Germano
- *Cinque Giorni Di Tempesta* (1997), Actor
- *The Cyclone* (1996), as Libero
- *Ritorno a casa Gori* (1996), as Danilo Gori
- *Hotel Rome* (1996), Actor
- *The Graduates* (1995), as Pino Noferini
- *Il Grande Fausto* (1995), Actor
- *S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago* (1994), as tipo toscano
- *Dear Goddamned Friends* (1994), as Martini
- *Bonus Malus* (1993), as Amico di Nedo
- *Daddy, Don't Blush* (1993), as fan di Anna
- *Zitti e mosca* (1991), as Kinder
- *Benvenuti in casa Gori* (1990), as Danilo Gori
- *Filmony*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Massimo Ceccherini](https://film.one/media/person/11796/gallery-9d69c9c1dd69.jpg) Massimo Ceccherini — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Massimo_Ceccherini-5638.jpg/1280px-Massimo_Ceccherini-5638.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Massimo Ceccherini at the Berlin Film Festival 2020](https://film.one/media/person/11796/gallery-134f4d4f7310.jpg) Actor Massimo Ceccherini at the Berlin Film Festival 2020 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Massimo_Ceccherini.jpg/1280px-Massimo_Ceccherini.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Massimo Ceccherini](https://film.one/media/person/11796/gallery-034340e857f8.jpg) Massimo Ceccherini — Image via TMDB

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