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Marcello Mastroianni

Italian actor (1924–1996)

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni^[a]Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20th-century, who played leading roles for many of the country's top directors, in a career spanning 147 films between 1939 and 1996, garnering many international honours including two BAFTA Awards, two Best Actor awards at the Venice and Cannes film festivals, two Golden Globes, and three Academy Award nominations.

Born in the province of Frosinone and raised in Turin and Rome, Mastroianni made his film debut in 1939 at the age of 14, but did not seriously pursue acting until the 1950s, when he made his critical and commercial breakthrough in the caper comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street (1959). He became an international celebrity through his collaborations with director Federico Fellini, first as a disillusioned tabloid columnist in La Dolce Vita (1960), then as a creatively-stifled filmmaker in 8½ (1963). E

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100 years of Marcello Mastroianni, the star who never wanted to be a heartthrob

The iconic Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) recalled that, when he was offered the chance to star in La Dolce Vita (1960), he asked the director — Federico Fellini — to see the script. What he got was a folder containing a pornographic drawing. Any heartthrob worthy of the label would have reacted with a complicit gesture, or perhaps with another even more ridiculous joke. But Mastroianni turned red to the ears and could barely hide his embarrassment as he asked: “Very interesting, where do I sign?” That film would turn out to be Mastroianni’s great blessing… and his small condemnation.

The movie turned him into a world-renowned star, although it imprisoned him in the archetype of a “ladies’ man.” This didn’t fit either his real-life persona, nor the fictional character he became famous for in La Dolce Vita: a journalist suffering from existential malaise. Still, despite everything — and to his annoyance — the label always pursued him.

In anticipation of the centenary of his bir

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Marcello Mastroianni Biography

Date of Birth:
Sep 28, 1924Birth Place:
Fontana Liri, Italy

Biography

One of the biggest international film stars to emerge from Italy in the 1960s, Marcello Mastroianni rose to worldwide prominence in films directed by the modern masters of European cinema and opposite its most radiant actresses. After toiling for years in small roles, Mastroianni became a cinematic superstar with his performance in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). Acclaimed turns in "La Notte" (1961) and "Divorce, Italian Style" (1961) - the latter of which won him a Golden Globe - preceded Mastroianni's iconic performance in Fellini's visual masterpiece "8 ½" (1963). He was crowned Italian cinema's most prominent leading man in films such as "Marriage, Italian Style" (1964), "The 10th Victim" (1965), and "Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand" (1966), which cast him opposite the likes of screens sirens Sophia Loren, Ursula Andress and Raquel Welch, respectively. The incredibly prolific and affable actor worked continuously in projects such as "The Big Feast" (1973