Francesco Di Leva

Francesco Di Leva (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.

Francesco Di Leva
Di Leva at the 2023 David di Donatello awards ceremony
Born	4 September 1978 (1978-09-04) (age 46) Naples, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Life and career

Born in Naples, Di Leva started acting in local amateur dramatics at 14 years old.^[1] He is one of the co-founders of the "Nest Napoli Est Teatro" theatre in his hometown.^[2] He made his film debut in 1999, in Aurelio Grimaldi's The Man-Eater.^[3]

In 2011 Di Leva was nominated for the David di Donatello for best supporting actor thanks his performance in A Quiet Life. In 2020 he received a nomination for David di Donatello for best actor for his performance in Mario Martone's The Mayor of Rione Sanità. Between 2022 and 2023, he won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor and a Nastro d'Argento in the same category for his performance in Martone's Nostalgia.^[1][4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1999	The Man Eater	Francesco
2002	Rosa Funzeca	Salvatore
2003	Pater Familias	Gerardo
2004	Segui le ombre	Aldo De Rosa
	Vento di terra	Tarantino
2007	Una notte	Waiter	Cameo appearance
2009	Bets and Wedding Dresses	Francesco
2010	We Believed	Security guard	Cameo appearance
	A Quiet Life	Edoardo
2012	Waves	Andrea
2014	Milionari	Babbà
2015	Natale col Boss	Fefè
2016	La stoffa dei sogni	Andrea
2017	Caccia al tesoro	O'Mastino
2018	Put Grandma in the Freezer	Gennaro
2019	The Mayor of Rione Sanità	Antonio Barracano
2020	Fino ad essere felici	Andrea Terranova
	Il delitto Mattarella	Massimo
	Il buco in testa	Fabio Violante
2021	The King of Laughter	Photographer	Cameo appearance
	The Hidden Child	Biagio
	Benvenuti in casa Esposito	Pietro De Luca
2022	Nostalgia	Luigi Rega
	La cura	Bernard	Also writer
	Burning Hearts	Giovannangelo
2023	Mixed by Erry	Captain Fortunato Ricciardi
	Last Night of Amore	Dino Ruggeri
	Adagio	Bruno
2024	Familia	Franco Celeste

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1999	Un nuovo giorno	Gaetano Amato	Television movie
2003	Distretto di Polizia	Ultra	Episode: "I conti col passato"
2005		Fortunato	Episode: "Babygang"
2006	R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti	Alessandro Sposini	Episode: "Fuoco incrociato"
2010	Il sorteggio	Gallo	Television movie
2010–2011	Squadra antimafia	Enzo	2 episodes
2013	Il clan dei camorristi	Ciccio Capuano	Main role

References

1. Pasi, Giovanna (15 May 2023). "Francesco di Leva, quel David per i ragazzi del rione". Cinecittà. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
2. Concilio, Anna Grazia (1 July 2023). "Francesco Di Leva: "Il mio è un premio di quartiere, racconta la mia storia"". Spazio50 (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
3. Toni, Alessandra (13 April 2023). "A Francesco Di Leva il premio come migliore attore del Baff 2023". VareseNews (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
4. "Nastri d'argento 2022, tutti i vincitori". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). 20 June 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

External links

• Francesco Di Leva at IMDb