Nello Mascia (born 28 December 1946)[1] is an Italian theater, film and TV actor. He has appeared in more than forty feature films since 1970.[2][3][4]

Nello Mascia
Mascia in 2016
Born (1946-12-28) 28 December 1946 (age 77)
OccupationActor
Years active1971-present

Life and career

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Mascia was born in the province of Salerno in 1946.[5] He started his career in the stage company by Eduardo De Filippo, before founding his own company shortly later.[6] He made his feature film in 1972 and played numerous roles in feature films[7][8] and TV films and series.

Mascia also worked for the theater as stage director,[9][10][11][12] ans is particularly noted as an interpreter of Commedia dell'arte repertoire and of Neapolitan theatre.[13][14][15]

Selected filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 Delitti, amore e gelosia [it] [8]
1982 Core mio [it] [8]
1993 Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto [it] [8]
1995 The Second Time [8]
1996 I'm Crazy About Iris Blond [8]
1998 The Dinner [8]
1999 Non con un bang [it] [16]
2001 One Man Up [8]
2004 City Limits [7]
2006 The Past Is a Foreign Land [7]
2007 The Girl by the Lake [17]
2010 Gorbaciof [7]
2013 Sodoma - L'altra faccia di Gomorra [it] [7]
2014 Another South [7]
2019 L'immortale Don Aniello Pastore [7]
2022 Nostalgia [18]

Short films

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  • Mehari (1994) directed by Gianfranco de Rosa[19]

Television

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  • La fine di un regno, directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1970)
  • L'esperimento, (1971)
  • La signora Ava, (1975)
  • Storie della camorra, (1978)
  • L'eredità della priora, (1980)
  • Tre operai (1980)
  • Nel regno del Sud, directed by Ansano Giannarelli (1988)
  • Sound, miniseries (1988)[20]
  • Il conto Montecristo, (1996)
  • Un posto al sole, (1996-2001)
  • Assunta Spina, miniseries (2006)
  • Capri, series(2006-2008)[21]
  • Colpi di sole, series (2007)[22]
  • Don Matteo 8 /10, series (2011)
  • Rossella, series (2012)
  • L'oro di Scampia, (2014)
  • Il sistema, series (2016)[23]
  • Gomorra, series (2016-2021)[24]
  • Dov'è Mario?, series (2016)
  • Esterno Notte, series (2021)
  • Un eroe piccolo piccolo, series (2021)
  • Tutto per mio figlio, (2022)
  • Noi siamo leggenda, series (2023)

References

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  1. ^ MYmovies.it. "Nello Mascia". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  2. ^ "Nello Mascia". MUBI. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  3. ^ "Nello Mascia". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  4. ^ "Nello Mascia biografia". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  5. ^ "Nello Mascia | www.napolifilmfestival.it". www.napolifilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  6. ^ Palazzi, Renato (19 February 1982). "E si è rivelato un attore". Corriere della sera. p. 25.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Nello Mascia - attori - filmografie". Filmitalia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cinematografo: Cast". www.cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  9. ^ "Recensione dello spettacolo "Filumena Marturano", con Nello Mascia e Gloriana, al Teatro San Ferdinando di Napoli". 27 December 2015.
  10. ^ Chaffee, Judith; Crick, Oliver (2014-11-20). The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell'Arte. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-61336-7.
  11. ^ ""Viviani per strada" di Nello Mascia". teatro Trianon Viviani (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  12. ^ Cairns, Christopher (2019-01-04). The Renaissance Theatre: Texts, Performance, Design: Volume II: Design, Image and Acting. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-64036-0.
  13. ^ "Cultura, al teatro Trianon Viviani di Napoli Nello Mascia apre la rassegna di gennaio dedicata a Raffaele Viviani". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  14. ^ Mauriello, Marzia (2016). Drammi di genere: Femminile e maschile nel teatro di Raffaele Viviani (in Italian). libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-6292-742-0.
  15. ^ Forum Italicum. Department of Modern Languages, Florida State University. 2005.
  16. ^ NON CON UN BANG (in Italian), retrieved 2024-02-10
  17. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2014-09-02). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-698-18361-2.
  18. ^ "NOSTALGIA". Festival de Cannes. 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  19. ^ Marlow-Mann, Alex (2012-09-07). New Neapolitan Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-8765-7.
  20. ^ Milano-Firenze, Mo-Net s r l. "Sound (1989)". mymovies.it. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  21. ^ MYmovies.it. "Capri". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  22. ^ Milano-Firenze, Mo-Net s r l. "Colpi di sole (2007)". mymovies.it. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  23. ^ MYmovies.it. "Il sistema". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  24. ^ Milano-Firenze, Mo-Net s r l. "Gomorra - La serie (2014)". mymovies.it. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
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