---
name: "Riccardo Zinna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/riccardo-zinna"
fi1m_id: "riccardo-zinna"
imdb_id: "nm0957024"
tmdb_id: 68162
wikidata_id: "Q3934653"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 May 1958"
died: "20 September 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:27:50.596854+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."
---

# Riccardo Zinna

## Identity

Riccardo Zinna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/riccardo-zinna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** riccardo-zinna
- **IMDb ID:** nm0957024
- **TMDB ID:** 68162
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3934653
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Zinna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3934653, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68162

Actor. Born 18 May 1958 in Napoli, Campania, Italia. Died 20 September 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 May 1958, Napoli, Campania, Italia
- **Died:** 20 September 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Zinna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3934653, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68162

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Caro diario*](https://film.one/film/caro-diario.md) (77)

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## Biography

Riccardo Zinna (18 May 1958 – 20 September 2018) was an Italian actor, theatre director and composer. Born in Naples, he studied at the Liceo artistico and the Accademia di belle arti di Napoli under Augusto Perez, and trained in music at the Conservatorio Licinio Refice in Frosinone. From 1975 he worked in theatre and music, appearing in productions with actors including Paolo Bonacelli, Renato Carpentieri, Victor Cavallo, Marina Confalone and Toni Servillo.

In film he appeared in titles directed by Nanni Moretti, Francesca Archibugi, Daniele Luchetti, Matteo Garrone and others. His credits include *Caro diario* (1993), *I'm Not Scared* (2003), *Gomorrah* (2008), *Welcome to the South* (2010) as the vigile urbano, and *Siberian Education* (2013). He also worked in television, including episodes of *The Sopranos* and *Father Matteo*. Zinna composed music and directed theatre pieces; he died in Naples.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Caro diario* (1993), Fi1m 77, as Abitante di Alicudi — [page](https://film.one/film/caro-diario.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Flavioh - Tributo a Flavio Bucci* (2018), Director
- *The Gospel According to Mattei* (2017), as Il Testimone
- *Solo* (2016), series, as Nardiello
- *Ratzinger is Back* (2016), Actor
- *Nottetempo* (2014), Actor
- *Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia* (2013), as Ivano
- *Siberian Education* (2013), as Truck Driver
- *Il caso Enzo Tortora: Dove eravamo rimasti?* (2012), as Pubblico Ministero
- *Il caso Enzo Tortora - Dove eravamo rimasti* (2012), series, as Pubblico Ministero
- *Area paradiso* (2012), as Luciano
- *Nauta* (2011), Actor
- *Welcome to the South* (2010), as Vigile urbano
- *Gomorrah* (2008), as Entrepreneur — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)
- *Una notte* (2008), as Ricardo
- *Il rabdomante* (2007), as Cintanidd
- *I Colpevoli* (2007), as Lo zio
- *The Goodbye Kiss* (2006), as Vesuviano
- *Eccezzziunale... veramente - Capitolo secondo... me* (2006), Actor
- *Il giudice Mastrangelo* (2005), series, as Frappampina
- *Pas de Deux: The Story of a Success* (2005), as Guido
- *The Remains of Nothing* (2005), as Pasquale Tria
- *Upon My Skin* (2003), as Giannimorandi
- *Remember Me, My Love* (2003), as Benedetto
- *I'm Not Scared* (2003), as Pietro
- *Incantesimo napoletano* (2002), as Uncle Riccardo
- *Light of My Eyes* (2001), as Lucio
- *Lontano in fondo agli occhi* (2001), Actor
- *Teeth* (2000), as Dr. Lotto
- *Qui non è il paradiso* (2000), as Ispettore Esposito
- *Father Matteo* (2000), series, as Giuliano Pica
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Hotel Manager — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Padre Pio de Pietrelcina* (1997), Actor
- *Nirvana* (1997), as Mafioso
- *Sacred Silence* (1996), as Barbiere
- *With Closed Eyes* (1994), Actor
- *Il toro* (1994), as Livraghi
- *Caro diario* (1993), as Abitante di Alicudi — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/caro-diario.md)
- *Here Comes the Storm* (1993), as Giovane guardia carceraria
- *The Great Pumpkin* (1993), as Gobbi
- *The Yes Man* (1991), Actor

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