Lino Musella

Lino Musella (born 21 October 1980) an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Lino Musella
Musella in 2020
Born	21 October 1980 (1980-10-21) (age 43) Naples, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Life and career

Born in Naples, Musella studied at the Naples Academy of Dramatic Art and the Paolo Grassi Civic School in Milan.^[1] Mainly active on theater, in 2009 he formed the Musella-Mazzarelli stage company together with Paolo Mazzarelli.^[1][2] In 2013, he made his film debut in Happy Days Motel, and in 2015 he had his breakout with the role of Rosario 'o Nano Ercolano in the crime series Gomorrah.^[1][3]

In 2019, Musella was awarded the theatrical prize Premio Ubu [it] for best actor for his performance in Jan Fabre's The Night Writer.^[4] In 2021, he was nominated for David di Donatello in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in the Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo's film Bad Tales.^[3][5]

Selected filmography

Cinema

• Perez., directed by Edoardo De Angelis (2014)
• Ride, directed by Valerio Mastandrea (2018)
• Loro, directed by Paolo Sorrentino (2018)
• The Bad Poet, directed by Gianluca Iodice (2020)
• The Beast, directed by Ludovico Di Martino (2020)
• Bad Tales, directed by Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo (2020)
• You Came Back, directed by Stefano Mordini (2020)
• Tigers, directed by Ronnie Sandahl (2020)
• We Still Talk, directed by Pupi Avati (2021)
• The King of Laughter, directed by Mario Martone (2021)
• The Hand of God, directed by Paolo Sorrentino (2021)
• The Hidden Child, directed by Roberto Andò (2021)
• Princess, directed by Roberto De Paolis (2022)
• The Shadow of the Day, directed by Giuseppe Piccioni (2022)
• Il Boemo, directed by Petr Václav (2022)
• Ferrari, directed by Michael Mann (2023)

Television

• Gomorrah (TV series, 2014–5)
• The Young Pope (TV series, episode 1x04, 2016)
• Liberi tutti (TV series, 2020)

References

1. Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Lino Musella: Dal teatro all'invasione del cinema". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
2. Vailati, Giada (10 March 2022). "Lo spettacolo che mostra "il lato schifoso degli uomini"". Harper's Bazaar (in Italian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
3. Urbani, Ilaria (9 April 2021). "Lino Musella: "Io, l'amico d'infanzia nel film di Paolo Sorrentino"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
4. "Paiato e Vigna vincono il premio Ubu Stabile, una vittoria con Lino Musella". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
5. Fiorenzano, Antonia (2 February 202). "Dopo Sorrentino e Martone, Lino Musella è in teatro con Brevi interviste con uomini schifosi". NapoliToday (in Italian). Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• Lino Musella at IMDb