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name: "Vittorio Gassman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vittorio-gassman"
fi1m_id: "vittorio-gassman"
imdb_id: "nm0002094"
tmdb_id: 12259
wikidata_id: "Q55452"
roles: []
born: "1 September 1922"
died: "29 June 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T00:21:28.233459+00:00"
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# Vittorio Gassman

## Identity

Vittorio Gassman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vittorio-gassman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vittorio-gassman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002094
- **TMDB ID:** 12259
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55452
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Gassman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55452, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002094/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12259

Actor. Born 1 September 1922 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Died 29 June 2000.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 September 1922, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- **Died:** 29 June 2000
- **Also known as:** Vittorio Gassmann , Витторио Гассман, Вітторіо Ґассман, Витторио Гасман
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Gassman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55452, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002094/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12259

## Streaming the US now

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## Biography

Vittorio Gassman was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He was born Vittorio Gassmann on 1 September 1922 in Struppa, Genoa, and died on 29 June 2000 in Rome.

He made his stage debut in Milan in 1942 and his film debut in 1946. His early screen roles included Walter in *Bitter Rice* (1949). He later appeared in *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), *The Great War* (1959), *Il Sorpasso* (1962), *For Love and Gold* (1966), *We All Loved Each Other So Much* (1974) and *Scent of a Woman* (1974). In 1996 he played King Benny in *Sleepers*.

Gassman founded and directed theatre companies, including the Teatro d'Arte Italiano with Luigi Squarzina in 1952, and was known for work with directors such as Luchino Visconti. He received the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival in 1996.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sleepers* (1996), Fi1m 57, as King Benny — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)

## Complete filmography (136)

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

- *Morceaux de Cannes* (2021), Actor
- *Speaking with Gassman* (2005), Actor
- *La bomba* (1999), as Don Vito Bracalone
- *The Dinner* (1998), as Maestro Pezzullo
- *Desert of Fire* (1997), series, as Tareq
- *Desert of Fire* (1997), as Tareq
- *Sleepers* (1996), as King Benny — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *In morte di Federico Fellini* (1994), Actor
- *Once a Year, Every Year* (1994), as Giuseppe
- *Abraham* (1993), as Terach
- *Abraham* (1993), series, as Terah
- *The Long Winter* (1992), as Claudio, El Mayordomo
- *Quando eravamo repressi* (1992), as The Sexologist
- *Rossini! Rossini!* (1991), as Ludwig van Beethoven
- *I'll Be Going Now* (1991), as Augusto Scribani
- *The Amusements of Private Life* (1990), as Marquis
- *1001 Nights* (1990), as Sinbad
- *The Palermo Connection* (1990), as Il principe
- *The Sleazy Uncle* (1989), as Zio Luca
- *Mortacci* (1989), as Domenico
- *L'altro enigma* (1988), as Il padre / Sofocle · Director, Writer
- *I picari* (1987), as Marquis Felipe de Aragona
- *The Family* (1987), as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later* (1985), as Peppe
- *Power Of Evil* (1985), as Gottfried
- *Cinecittà Cinecittà* (1985), series, as Various
- *Benvenuta* (1983), as Livio
- *Life Is a Bed of Roses* (1983), as Walter Guarini
- *Count Tacchia* (1982), as Prince Torquato Terenzi
- *Tempest* (1982), as Alonzo
- *Di padre in figlio* (1982), Director, Writer
- *Sharky's Machine* (1981), as Victor Scorelli
- *Il turno* (1981), as Ciro Coppa
- *Hotel Room* (1981), as Achille Mengaroni
- *The Nude Bomb* (1980), as Sauvage / Nino Salvatori Sebastiani
- *I'm Photogenic* (1980), as Vittorio Gassman (uncredited)
- *The Terrace* (1980), as Mario Dorazio
- *Dear Father* (1979), as Albino Millozza
- *Quintet* (1979), as Saint Christopher
- *Two Pieces of Bread* (1979), as Pippo Mifà
- *A Wedding* (1978), as Luigi Corelli
- *The New Monsters* (1977), as il cardinale/il cameriere/il marito/il commissario/il padre di famiglia
- *Edipo Re* (1977), as Edipo · Director
- *Lost Soul* (1977), as Fabio Stolz
- *The Desert of the Tartars* (1976), as Filimore
- *Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen* (1976), as Ispettore Tuttunpezzo / Allievo
- *Pure as a Lily* (1976), as Anthony M. Wilson
- *The Career of a Chambermaid* (1976), as Franco Denza
- *The Apple of My Eye* (1976), as film festival participant
- *Babau* (1976), series, Actor
- *Midnight Pleasures* (1975), as Andrea Sansoni
- *We All Loved Each Other So Much* (1974), as Gianni Perego
- *Scent of a Woman* (1974), as Fausto Consolo
- *La Tosca* (1973), as Scarpia
- *What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?* (1972), as Guido Guidi
- *The Audience* (1972), as Principe Donati
- *Without Family* (1972), as Armando Zavanatti · Director, Story, Screenplay
- *In the Name of the Italian People* (1971), as Lorenzo Santenocito
- *Scipio the African* (1971), as Cato the Censor
- *Brancaleone at the Crusades* (1970), as Brancaleone Da Norcia
- *The Divorce* (1970), as Leonardo Nenci
- *Let's Have a Riot* (1970), as Riccardo
- *The Man with the Flower in His Mouth* (1970), as L'uomo dal fiore in bocca
- *Twelve Plus One* (1969), as Mario Beretti
- *Where Are You Going All Naked?* (1969), as Rufus Conforti
- *The Archangel* (1969), as Furio Bertuccia
- *Alibi* (1969), as Vittorio · Director, Screenplay, Story
- *The Black Sheep* (1968), as Mario Agasti / Filippo Agasti
- *The Prophet* (1968), as Pietro Breccia
- *Ghosts, Italian Style* (1967), as Pasquale Lojacono
- *Catch As Catch Can* (1967), as Bob Chiaramonte
- *Woman Times Seven* (1967), as Cenci
- *The Tiger and the Pussycat* (1967), as Francesco Vincenzini
- *The Devil in Love* (1966), as Belfagor
- *Pleasant Nights* (1966), as Bastiano da Sangallo
- *For Love and Gold* (1966), as Brancaleone da Norcia
- *I Knew Her Well* (1965), as Vittorio Gassman - in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *A Maiden for the Prince* (1965), as Principe Vincenzo Gonzaga
- *Snow Job* (1965), as Lucio Ridolfi
- *The Dirty Game* (1965), as Perego / Ferrari
- *One Million Dollars* (1964), as Giuliano
- *Il gaucho* (1964), as Marco Ravicchio
- *Shakespeare secondo Gassman* (1964), Actor
- *Let's Talk About Women* (1964), as Straniero / Practical Joker / Cliente / Amante / Amante impaziente / Cameriere / Fratello timido / Rigattiere / Prigioniero
- *Summer Frenzy* (1964), as Cap. Nardoni
- *The Monsters* (1963), as The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Ri
- *Il successo* (1963), as Giulio Ceriani
- *The Eye of the Needle* (1963), as Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer
- *Sex Can Be Difficult* (1962), as L'avvocato (segment "L'avaro")
- *March on Rome* (1962), as Domenico Rocchetti
- *Il Sorpasso* (1962), as Bruno Cortona
- *Dark Soul* (1962), as Adriano Zucchelli
- *Barabbas* (1961), as Sahak
- *Seduction Of The South* (1961), as O Caporale
- *The Last Judgment* (1961), as Cimino
- *Ghosts of Rome* (1961), as Il Caparra
- *...And Suddenly It's Murder!* (1960), as Remo
- *Love and Larceny* (1960), as Gerardo Latini
- *Fiasco in Milan* (1959), as Giuseppe "Peppe er Pantera" Baiocchi
- *La cambiale* (1959), as Michele
- *The Miracle* (1959), as Guido
- *The Great War* (1959), as Giovanni Busacca
- *Il mattatore* (1959), series, Actor
- *Tempest* (1958), as Prosecutor
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), as Peppe il pantera
- *The Love Specialist* (1957), as Piero di Montalcino
- *Kean: Genius or Scoundrel* (1957), as Edmund Kean · Director, Screenplay
- *The Violent Patriot* (1956), as Giovanni De Medici
- *Defend My Love* (1956), as Giovanni Marchi
- *War and Peace* (1956), as Anatol Kuragin
- *Beautiful But Dangerous* (1955), as Prince Sergei
- *Amleto* (1955), as Amleto · Director
- *Kean - Genio e sregolatezza* (1955), as Edmund Kean
- *Mambo* (1954), as Mario Rossi
- *Rhapsody* (1954), as Paul Bronte
- *Cry of the Hunted* (1953), as Jory
- *Sombrero* (1953), as Alejandro Castillo
- *The Glass Wall* (1953), as Peter Kuban
- *Girls Marked Danger* (1952), as Michele
- *The Dream of Zorro* (1952), as Don Juan Antonio
- *Anna* (1951), as Vittorio
- *Black Crown* (1951), as Mauricio
- *Double Cross* (1951), as Renato Salvi
- *Il leone di Amalfi* (1950), as Mauro
- *Lo sparviero del Nilo* (1950), as Yussuf
- *The Outlaws* (1950), as Turi
- *Streets of Sorrow* (1950), as Giorgio Cantoni
- *Lure of the Sila* (1949), as Pietro Campolo (as Vittorio Gassmann)
- *Bitter Rice* (1949), as Walter
- *The Mysterious Rider* (1948), as Giacomo Casanova, cavaliere di Seingalt
- *L'ebreo errante* (1948), as Mathieu Blumenthal
- *The Captain's Daughter* (1947), as Svabrin
- *Shamed* (1947), as Davide
- *Daniele Cortis* (1947), as Daniele Cortis
- *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1947), as Hässlicher Fischer  / Il Pescatore verde
- *Incontro con Laura* (1945), as Franco

## Gallery

- ![screenshot from the Italian film C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-4d818a8cb8ec.jpg) screenshot from the Italian film C'eravamo tanto amati (1974) — LucaPaz at the Italian Wikipedia project., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/C%27eravamo_tanto_amati%2C_film.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![La targa ricorda la nascita di Vittorio Gassman in Via Benedetto da Porto, nel quartiere di Prato (Genova) (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-ad92fc82e2e0.jpg) La targa ricorda la nascita di Vittorio Gassman in Via Benedetto da Porto, nel quartiere di Prato (Genova) (2014) — Sabas88, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Targa_commemorativa_di_Vittorio_Gassman.jpg/1280px-Targa_commemorativa_di_Vittorio_Gassman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Teatro Goldoni (Florence) (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-583b45925a44.jpg) Teatro Goldoni (Florence) (2014) — Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Teatro_goldoni%2C_ingresso_scuola_di_teatro%2C_lapide_2009.JPG/1280px-Teatro_goldoni%2C_ingresso_scuola_di_teatro%2C_lapide_2009.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![plaques in Florence (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-062ade7a8ad5.jpg) plaques in Florence (2021) — Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Via_santa_maria_25_angolo_via_dei_serragli%2C_cinema-teatro_goldoni%2C_entrata_su_v.s._maria%2C_lapide_vittorio_gassman%2C_2009.jpg/1280px-Via_santa_maria_25_angolo_via_dei_serragli%2C_cinema-teatro_goldoni%2C_entrata_su_v.s._maria%2C_lapide_vittorio_gassman%2C_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vittorio Gassman](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-12d2fc6e3a36.jpg) Vittorio Gassman — Image via TMDB
- ![Vittorio Gassman](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-69c9c35c6c64.jpg) Vittorio Gassman — Image via TMDB
- ![Vittorio Gassman](https://film.one/media/person/5565926/gallery-dd6279300cdf.jpg) Vittorio Gassman — Elena Torre from Viareggio, Italia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Vittorio_Gassman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1975: Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*

### Other awards — 29 won

- Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor 1999: Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *The Dinner*
- Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts 1997: Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (won)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1994: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1990: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *The Sleazy Uncle*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1988: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *The Family*
- Donostia Award 1988: Donostia Award (won)
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1987: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1982: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1982: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1980: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Dear Father*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1980: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1977: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1977: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1976: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1976: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1975: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1975: Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1975: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Scent of a Woman*
- Silver Shell for Best Actor 1971: Silver Shell for Best Actor (won), for *Brancaleone at the Crusades*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1968: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *The Tiger and the Pussycat*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1966: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Hard Time for Princes*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1964: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Il sorpasso*
- Mar del Plata Film Festival 1964: Mar del Plata Film Festival (won), for *I mostri*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1964: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Il sorpasso*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1963: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *Il sorpasso*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1963: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Il sorpasso*
- David di Donatello for Best Actor 1960: David di Donatello for Best Actor (won), for *The Great War*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor 1959: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor (won), for *Big Deal on Madonna Street*
- Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1957: Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor (won), for *Kean: Genius or Scoundrel*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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