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Filippo Timi

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Filippo Timi
Timi at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born (1974-02-27) 27 February 1974 (age 51)
Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • playwright
  • costumist
Years active1999–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016; div. 2021)​

Filippo Timi (born 27 February 1974) is an Italian actor, director and writer.[1]

Biography

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Acting Career

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Filippo Timi was born in Perugia, he studied acting in Bologna.[2]

Filippo Timi as a cinema actor was discovered by a prominent Italian underground director Tonino De Bernardi. Timi debuted in De Bernardi's 1999 movie Appassionata which was selected for Venice Film Festival.[3][4][5] After Appassionata, he played in De Bernardi's Rosatigre (2000) and Farelavita (2001), both of which have become classics of Italian underground cinema.[6]

Despite his stuttering[7] and partial blindness he became a star of the big screen including a wide range of activities as author and entrepreneur for TV, cinema, theatre, magazines and musical shows. Timi won the ‘Best Actor under 30’ prize at the 2004 UBU Awards, the most valuable accolade for Italian theatre, onstage he has been Orpheus, Danton, Perceval, Cupid, Hamlet and Satan, playing three different roles in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House by Andrée Ruth Shammah in 2016.[8][9]

His debut as a theatre director, 2009 Shakespeare adaptation Amleto², written, directed by and starring him as Hamlet, was sold out for two years and cemented his name as one of the most acclaimed and talented authors of Italian theatre. In 2025, the play returned on stage of the Teatro Nazionale di Genova.[10]

His film career continued with roles in Ferzan Ozpetek's multiple award winning Saturn in Opposition and Saverio Costanzo's In Memory of Me, for which he was nominated for a best supporting actor award by the Italian Syndicate of Film Journalists. After taking the lead roles in Wilma Labate's Miss F and Giuliano Montaldo's The Demons of St. Petersberg with Isabella Rossellini. At the Moscow International Film Festival 2009, Timi won a Best Actor award for his leading role in Gabriele Salvatores's As God Commands.[11]

Since 2009 Timi's films were in competition in major festivals: at Cannes with Vincere by Marco Bellocchio, where he played the young Benito Mussolini,[12] and at the Venice International Film Festival with the debut of Giuseppe Capotondi, The Double Hour, winner of the Coppa Volpi. He played dramatic roles in Vallanzasca, Angel of Evil (2011), the period drama Rust (2011) alongside comedies like Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012).

Timi had his English-language debut acting alongside George Clooney in Anton Corbijn's action film The American.[7] He has also dubbed Tom Hardy's voice in the Italian release of The Dark Knight Rises, and voiced Manny in the Italian dub of the last two films of the Ice Age franchise, replacing Leo Gullotta.

Since 2013, he has been playing the lead role in the Italian TV series I delitti del BarLume [it].[13]

Staged in 2011, his surreal black comedy Favola immediately became a cult play. After many successful seasons, in 2018 it was turned into a film by Sebastiano Mauri.[14] Favola's sequel, Mrs. Fairytale - Non si torna indietro dalla felicità, premiered in 2021.[15][16]

Writing Career

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In 2006, Timi published his debut novel Tuttalpiù muoio, co-written with Edoardo Albinati. A partially autobiographical coming-of-age story, it became a huge success both critically and commercially. It was followed by E lasciamole cadere queste stelle, a short story collection dedicated to female characters.[17] His third book, Peggio che diventare famoso, was published in 2008. The book follows the filming of As God Commands, a 2008 drama directed by Gabriele Salvatores. In the trilogy, Timi recalls his humble origins and through a vividly ironic and phantasmagoric lens shows how he had managed to transform youth troubles into a powerful and intense love for life.[18]

In 2023, he published “Marilyn”, a novel, dedicated to one of the most famous Hollywood blondes. In Timi's book, she survived a suicide attempt and escaped to Rome.[19]

Personal life

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Timi is openly gay. In 2016, he married his longtime boyfriend, the artist and writer Sebastiano Mauri, in a civil ceremony in New York City.[20] By 2022, they were already divorced.[13]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 In the Beginning There Was Underwear Tasca Feature film debut
Appassionate Ricky
2000 Rosatigre Antonello "Rosatigre" Also screenwriter and costumer
Atomique. Les trois portes None Director
2001 500! Nico
Fare la vita Antonello "Rosatigre" Also screenwriter and composer
Esile rosa tu None Director
2002 Aprimi il cuore Customer
L'altra donna Filippo
2005 Onde Alex
2006 L'eredità di Caino Him
2007 In memoria di me Zanna
Saturn in Opposition Roberto
Signorina Effe Sergio
2008 The Demons of St. Petersberg Gusiev
As God Commands Rino Zena
2009 Vincere Benito Mussolini
The Double Hour Guido
2010 The American Fabio
The Solitude of Prime Numbers Clown Cameo appearance
Angel of Evil Enzo
2011 When the Night Manfred Sane
Ruggine Doctor Boldrini
Missione di pace Che Guerava
Piazza Garibaldi Himself Documentary film
2012 Love Is in the Air Max Lamberti
Ice Age: Continental Drift Manny (voice) Italian voice-over role
Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia Décurion patrouille
2013 A Castle in Italy Ludovic Rossi-Levi
Like the Wind Umberto Mormile
2014 I corpi estranei Antonio
2015 Blood of My Blood The Madman
He Named Me Malala The voice of Malala's father Italian dub; documentary film
2016 Icaros: A Vision Pasajero Leonardo
Questi giorni Mr. Mariani
Ice Age: Collision Course Manny (voice) Italian voice-over role
2017 Favola Mrs. Fairytale Also screenwriter
2022 The Invisible Thread Paolo
The Eight Mountains Giovanni Guasti
Robbing Mussolini Achille Borsalino

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Boris Bruno Staffa Episode: "La qualità non basta"
2013–present I delitti del BarLume Massimo Viviani Lead role
2014–2015 Il candidato Piero Zucca Lead role

Selected plays

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• Fuoco centrale, by Cesare Ronconi (1995) • G.A. story, by Robert Wilson (1996) • La rabbia, study by Pippo Delbono (1996) • Medea, by Filippo Timi e Federica Santoro; produced by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (1999) • F. di O., by Filippo Timi, produced by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (1999) • La tempesta, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (1999) • Il Graal, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2000) • Woyzeck, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2001) • Il gabbiano, by Anton Milenin (2001) • La morte di Danton, by Aleksandr Popowski (2004) • La vita bestia, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2006) • Il colore bianco, by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti (2006) • Il popolo non ha il pane? Diamogli le brioche, by Filippo Timi (2009) • Favola. C'era una volta una bambina, e dico c'era perché ora non c'è più, by Filippo Timi (2011) • Giuliett'e Romeo. M'engolfi 'l core, amore, by Filippo Timi (2011) • Il Don Giovanni: vivere è un abuso, mai un diritto, by Filippo Timi (2013) • Skianto, by Filippo Timi (2014) • Una casa di bambola, by Andrée Ruth Shammah, (2015–16)

References

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  1. ^ "Filippo Timi's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Filippo Timi". Napoli Film Festival. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Rosatigre". IFFR. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  4. ^ Piccino, Cristina (30 September 2001). "Al centro del cinema marginale". Il Manifesto. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ^ Stratton, David (20 September 1999). "Appassionata". Variety. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  6. ^ De Marco, Camillo (5 September 2005). "La vita interiore di Desiderio". Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b Foreman, Liza (7 January 2010). "Powerful presence: Filippo Timi on playing Mussolini on film". The National. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Filippo Timi | Rosaria Carpinelli Consulenze Editoriali" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  9. ^ Brocardo, Enrica (7 January 2025). "Filippo Timi: «Non ho più un amore da chiamare, il successo e i soldi non portano la felicità. Ora recito con i D'Innocenzo, ma apro anche un negozietto di abiti vintage»". Vanity Fair Italia. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Filippo Timi riporta in scena lo spettacolo cult "Amleto²" al Teatro Chiesa". GenovaToday. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Cinema; 'Come Dio comanda' vince premio critica a Festival Mosca". Eco di Bergamo. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  12. ^ Foreman, Liza (7 January 2010). "Powerful presence: Filippo Timi on playing Mussolini on film". The National News. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Filippo Timi: "Il Paradiso dura un attimo"". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). 21 January 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  14. ^ Frigerio, Laura (22 May 2018). "Dal teatro al cinema: Favola di Filippo Timi, il film". GQ Italia. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Filippo Timi ne "L'uomo invisibile" si trasforma in Mrs. Fairytale alla Pergola". In Toscana. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  16. ^ Ciocca, Anastasia (13 January 2022). ""MRS FAIRYTALE. Non si torna indietro dalla felicità"". Frammenti Rivista. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Filippo Timi". Consulenze Editoriali. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  18. ^ Deluca, Alessia (26 January 2009). "Peggio che diventare famoso". Elle. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  19. ^ Piccardi, Gaia (7 September 2023). "Filippo Timi: «Marilyn Monroe non è morta. Sopravvissuta, partì per Roma»". Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  20. ^ Avete visto il marito di Filippo Timi? Il motivo per cui la coppia ha deciso di sposarsi a New York lascia l’amaro in bocca (in Italian)
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