---
name: "Pietro Sarubbi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pietro-sarubbi"
fi1m_id: "pietro-sarubbi"
imdb_id: "nm0765688"
tmdb_id: 18852
wikidata_id: "Q3904235"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T08:12:12.210536+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."
---

# Pietro Sarubbi

## Identity

Pietro Sarubbi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pietro-sarubbi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pietro-sarubbi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0765688
- **TMDB ID:** 18852
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3904235
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Sarubbi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3904235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18852

Actor. Born 1 January 1961 in Italy.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Italy
- **Also known as:** Pedro Sarubbi
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Sarubbi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3904235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18852

## Coming up

- *The Tribe* (2026-10-08), as Davide

## Biography

Pietro Sarubbi is an Italian actor and writer, also credited as Pedro Sarubbi. Born in Milan on 22 June 1961, he trained at the Civica Scuola d'Arte Drammatica del Piccolo Teatro and began working in theatre in 1979 before appearing in RAI programmes from 1980.

He made his cinema debut in *Yuppies 2* (1985) and has appeared in numerous Italian films and television series, including under directors Gabriele Salvatores and Nanni Loy. Sarubbi gained wider recognition for roles in international productions, playing Velisarios, The Strongman (credited as Pedro Sarubbi) in *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001) and Barabbas in *The Passion of the Christ* (2004). He has also written a book about his experience filming the latter.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001), Fi1m 48, as Velisarios, The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi) — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-corellis-mandolin.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Tribe* (2026), as Davide
- *Fuori fa Paura* (2025), as Program Owner
- *La notte più lunga dell'anno* (2022), as DJ's driver
- *The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler* (2014), as Kebab shop owner
- *Well-Off People* (2014), Actor
- *Welcome Mr. President!* (2013), as Brazilian President
- *The Passion of the Christ* (2004), as Barabbas
- *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001), as Velisarios, The Strongman (as Pedro Sarubbi) — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-corellis-mandolin.md)
- *Three Wives* (2001), as Commissario di Polizia Argentino
- *I miei più cari amici* (1998), Actor
- *Ardena* (1997), Actor
- *Il perfezionista* (1996), as Il perfezionista
- *Papà dice messa* (1996), as Barista del chiosco
- *Piedipiatti* (1991), as Capitano della nave
- *Panama Sugar* (1990), as Orfeo
- *Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair* (1990), Actor
- *Musica per vecchi animali* (1989), as Agente Baffone
- *Scugnizzi* (1989), as Minervini
- *Kamikazen (Ultima notte a Milano)* (1987), Actor
- *Yuppies 2* (1986), as ragioniere, detto Inseminator
- *Prickly Pears* (1980), Stunts

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