Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni in 1958

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor.

Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice.

In 1945 he started working for a film company, and began taking acting lessons. His film debut was in I Miserabili (from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables) in 1947.

He soon became a major international romantic star, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street; and especially when Federico Fellini cast him in La Dolce Vita with Anita Ekberg in 1960.

He followed that with another signature role, that of a frustrated, womanizing film director in Fellini's 8˝.

Mastroianni was married to the Italian actress Flora Carabella (1926-1999), who appeared in many films including "Lunatics and Lovers" and "A Night Full of Rain", from 1948 until his death; they had one child, Barbara. He also had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, with his longtime mistress, the actress Catherine Deneuve; both were at his bedside when he died of pancreatic cancer.

Academy Award Nominations

  • 1988 - Best Actor - Dark Eyes
  • 1978 - Best Actor - A Special Day
  • 1963 - Best Actor - Divorce, Italian Style

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He also had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, with his longtime mistress, the actress Catherine Deneuve; both were at his bedside when he died of pancreatic cancer.
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Leap of Faith – Will (1992). Schindler's List – as Oskar Schindler (1993). Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell (1994). Nell – Dr.

Rob Roy – as Robert Roy MacGregor (1995). Michael Collins – as Michael Collins (1996). Les Misérables – Jean Valjean (1998). Star Wars: Episode I – as Qui-Gon Jinn (1999).

Gangs of New York – 'Priest' Vallon (2002). K-19: The Widowmaker – Mikhail Polenin (2002). Love Actually – Daniel (2003). Kinsey – Alfred Kinsey (2004).

Batman Begins. Kingdom of Heaven – Godfrey of Ibelin (2005).