Actor
Marcello Mastroianni
Born 28 September 1924 · Fontana Liri, Latium, Italy — died 19 December 1996
Marcello Mastroianni (1924–1996) was an Italian actor and one of European cinema's great leading men. He is best remembered for his work with Federico Fellini and Vittorio De Sica, playing weary, charming, often conflicted men. He became an international symbol of postwar Italian film.
Key films
La Dolce Vita (1960)On Cinespective
Fellini's landmark film made him an international star as the jaded journalist Marcello.
8½ (1963)On Cinespective
Played Fellini's stand-in, a director in creative crisis, in one of cinema's most celebrated films.
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Satirical comedy that showcased his comic talent and brought him his first Oscar nomination.
La Notte (1961)
Key role in Antonioni's study of a marriage in decline, showing his dramatic range.
A Special Day (1977)
Acclaimed dramatic turn opposite Sophia Loren as a persecuted man in Fascist Italy.
Key awards
- 1970: Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (A Drama of Jealousy)
- 1987: Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (Dark Eyes)
- Multiple BAFTA awards and two Golden Globe awards over his career
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 205
- 1939MarionetteActor
- 1941The Iron CrownActor
- 1942Love Story · as ExtraActor
- 1948Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris · as Un rivoluzionarioActor
- 1948Vertigine d'amoreActor
- 1949Vent'anniActor
- 1950Sunday in August · as Ercole NardiActor
- 1950A Dog’s Life · as Carlo Danesi, fidanzato di FrancaActor
- 1950The Accusation · as Renato La TorreActor
- 1950Against the Law · as Marcello CurtiActor
- 1950Cuori sul mare · as Massimo FalchettiActor
- 1951Paris Is Always Paris · as Marcello VenturiActor
- 1951A Tale of Five Cities · as Aldo MazzettiActor
- 1952Three Girls from Rome · as Marcello SartoriActor
- 1952Sunday Heroes · as Carlo VagnettiActor
- 1952Black Feathers · as Pietro 'Pieri' CossuttiActor
- 1952The Eternal Chain · as Walter RonchiActor
- 1952Tragico ritorno · as MarcoActor
- 1952Sensualità · as Carlo SartoriActor
- 1952La muta di Portici · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1953The Street of Hope · as MarioActor
- 1953Eager to Live · as DanieleActor
- 1953The Suitcase of Dreams · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1953It's Never Too Late · as RiccardoActor
- 1953LulùActor
- 1954Too Bad She's Bad · as PaoloActor
- 1954Chronicle of Poor Lovers · as UgoActor
- 1954Days of Love · as Pasquale DroppioActor
- 1954The Anatomy of Love · as Il marito di MariaActor
- 1954House of Ricordi · as Gaetano DonizettiActor
- 1954The Slave of Sin · as Giulio FranchiActor
- 1954The Island Princess · as Don HernánActor
- 1955The Miller's Beautiful Wife · as Luca - suo maritoActor
- 1955Native Drums · as AlessandriniActor
- 1955Il fiume dei faraoniActor
- 1956What a Woman! · as Corrado BettiActor
- 1956The Bigamist · as Mario De SantisActor
- 1957White Nights · as MarioActor
- 1957Doctor and the Healer · as Dr. Francesco MarchettiActor
- 1957Fathers and Sons · as Cesare MarchettiActor
- 1957The Most Wonderful Moment · as Dott. Pietro VarelliActor
- 1957Sand, Love and Salt · as PieroActor
- 1958Big Deal on Madonna Street · as TiberioActor
- 1958Love on the Riviera · as Marcello MazzoniActor
- 1958Piece of the Sky · as Severino BalestraActor
- 1958Love and Troubles · as FrancoActor
- 1959The Law · as Enrico TossoActor
- 1959Ferdinand I King of Naples · as GennarinoActor
- 1959My Wife's Enemy · as Marco TornabuoniActor
- 1959Everyone's in Love · as GiovanniActor
- 1960La Dolce Vita · as Marcello RubiniActor
- 1960Il bell'Antonio · as Antonio MagnanoActor
- 1960Adua and Her Friends · as PieroActor
- 1961La Notte · as Giovanni PontanoActor
- 1961Divorce Italian Style · as Ferdinando CefalùActor
- 1961The Assassin · as Alfredo MartelliActor
- 1961Ghosts of Rome · as Federico/ Gino / Reginaldo di RovianoActor
- 1962Family Diary · as EnricoActor
- 1962A Very Private Affair · as Fabio RinaldiActor
- 19638½ · as Guido AnselmiActor
- 1963Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow · as Carmine Sbaratti / Renzo / Augusto RusconiActor
- 1963The Organizer · as Professor SinigagliaActor
- 1964Marriage Italian Style · as Domenico SorianoActor
- 1964Sophia Loren in Rome · as SelfActor
- 1965The 10th Victim · as Marcello PollettiActor
- 1965Casanova '70 · as Major Andrea Rossi-ColombottiActor
- 1965Kiss the Other Sheik · as Mario / Michele Profili / Mario GasparriActor
- 1965Mastroianni. Un Casanova dei nostri tempi · as SelfActor
- 1966The Poppy Is Also a Flower · as Inspector MoscaActor
- 1966Me, Me, Me... and the Others · as PeppinoActor
- 1966Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand · as Alberto SaporitoActor
- 1967The Stranger · as Arthur MeursaultActor
- 1967Ghosts, Italian Style · as Il fantasma (uncredited)Actor
- 1967The Man with the Balloons · as Mario FuggettaActor
- 1967With Love, Sophia · as SelfActor
- 1967A Propos D'Un Crime · as SelfActor
- 1968A Place for Lovers · as ValerioActor
- 1968Diamonds for Breakfast · as Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch GodunoActor
- 1969Fellini: A Director’s Notebook · as SelfActor
- 1970A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) · as OresteActor
- 1970Sunflower · as AntonioActor
- 1970The Priest's Wife · as Don MarioActor
- 1970Leo the Last · as Prince LeoActor
- 1970The Voyeur · as SandroActor
- 1971Scipio the African · as Scipio AfricanusActor
- 1971My Name Is Rocco Papaleo · as RoccoActor
- 1971It Only Happens to Others · as MarcelloActor
- 1972Roma · as Marcello Mastroianni (uncredited)Actor
- 1972What? · as AlexActor
- 1972Liza · as GiorgioActor
- 19721870 · as Augusto ParentiActor
- 1973La Grande Bouffe · as MarcelloActor
- 1973A Slightly Pregnant Man · as Marco MazettiActor
- 1973Massacre in Rome · as Father Pietro AntonelliActor
- 1973Hail the Artist · as Nicolas MonteiActor
- 1973Dirty Weekend · as Giulio BorsiActor
- 1974We All Loved Each Other So Much · as Marcello MastroianniActor
- 1974Don't Touch the White Woman! · as George A. CusterActor
- 1974Allonsanfan · as Fulvio ImbrianiActor
- 1975The Sunday Woman · as Salvatore SantamariaActor
- 1975The Divine Nymph · as Marchese Michele BarraActor
- 1975Gun Moll · as Charlie CollettoActor
- 1975Down the Ancient Stairs · as Professor BonaccorsiActor
- 1975Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1975E il Casanova di Fellini? · as SelfActor
- 1976One Way or Another · as Don GaetanoActor
- 1976Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen · as Paolo T. Fiume / SpeakerActor
- 1976Lunatics and Lovers · as Marchese Luca MariaActor
- 1977A Special Day · as GabrieleActor
- 1977Wifemistress · as Luigi De AngelisActor
- 1977Double Murder · as Bruno BaldassarreActor
- 1978Stay as You Are · as Giulio MarengoActor
- 1978Bye Bye Monkey · as Luigi NocelloActor
- 1978Blood Feud · as Rosario Maria SpalloneActor
- 1979Traffic Jam · as Marco MontefoschiActor
- 1979Atrocious Tales of Love and Death · as Raffaele CapeceActor
- 1980City of Women · as SnàporazActor
- 1980The Terrace · as LuigiActor
- 1980My Name Is Anna Magnani · as SelfActor
- 1981Ghost of Love · as Nino MontiActor
- 1981The Skin · as Curzio MalaparteActor
- 1982That Night of Varennes · as Casanova, Chevalier de SeingaltActor
- 1982The Last Horror Film · as Marcello Mastroianni (uncredited)Actor
- 1982Beyond the Door · as Enrico SommiActor
- 1982Night of 100 Stars · as SelfActor
- 1982Notes on City of Women · as SelfActor
- 1982Felllini by Fellini · as SelfActor
- 1983Gabriela · as NacibActor
- 1983The Story of Piera · as LorenzoActor
- 1983The General of the Dead Army · as General AriostoActor
- 1983Fellini nel cestino · as SelfActor
- 1984Henry IV · as Henry IVActor
- 1984Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer · as SelfActor
- 1984Citron pressé au Blue Bar · as SelfActor
- 1985Macaroni · as Antonio JasielloActor
- 1985The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal · as Mattia PascalActor
- 1985Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later · as Tiberio BraschiActor
- 1985Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema · as SelfActor
- 1985Juke BoxActor
- 1986Ginger and Fred · as Pippo "Fred" BotticellaActor
- 1986The Beekeeper · as SpyrosActor
- 1987Dark Eyes · as RomanoActor
- 1987Intervista · as Marcello MastroianniActor
- 1987NEMActor
- 1988Miss Arizona · as Sándor RozsnaiActor
- 1989What Time Is It? · as Raffaele, il padreActor
- 1989Splendor · as JordanActor
- 1990Everybody's Fine · as Matteo ScuroActor
- 1990Towards Evening · as Ludovico BruschiActor
- 1991The Suspended Step of the Stork · as Missing PoliticianActor
- 1991The Children Thief · as BiguaActor
- 1991A Fine Romance · as Mr. Cesareo GrimaldiActor
- 1991Filming Under Pressure · as SelfActor
- 1992Used People · as Joe MeledandriActor
- 1993One, Two, Three, Sun · as Le père / The fatherActor
- 1993I Don't Want to Talk About It · as Ludovico D'AndreaActor
- 1994Prêt-à-Porter · as Sergei (Sergio)Actor
- 1994The True Life of Antonio H. · as SelfActor
- 1994In morte di Federico FelliniActor
- 1995Beyond the Clouds · as The Man of All VicesActor
- 1995Pereira Declares · as PereiraActor
- 1995One Hundred and One Nights · as The Italian FriendActor
- 1995To Make a Film Is to Be Alive · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 1996Three Lives and Only One Death · as Mateo Strano / Georges Vickers / Butler / Luc AllamandActor
- 1997Voyage to the Beginning of the World · as ManoelActor
- 1997Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember · as SelfActor
- 1998The Last Moons · as the fatherActor
- 2000Federico Fellini's Autobiography · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002The Magic of Fellini · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Luchino Visconti · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003Fellini: I'm a Born Liar · as Giuseppe Mastorna (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2003The Last Sequence · as Self (voice) (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Looking for Sophia · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli · as SelfActor
- 2006Marcello, una vita dolce · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Fellini dice... · as SelfActor
- 2008Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Once Upon a Time… La Dolce Vita · as SelfActor
- 20101960 · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2010Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2011The Sweet Algorithm · as Marcello RubiniActor
- 2011Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Girlfriend in a Coma · as Augusto Rusconi (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2012Monicelli: La versione di Mario · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Close Up · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2016Naples '44 · as SelfActor
- 2016Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017The Incredible Mr. Piccoli · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 2018Dios de monoambiente · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Sophia Loren, a special destiny · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020The Lives of Albert Camus · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Fellinopolis · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021We Are Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Morceaux de CannesActor
- 2022Deneuve, la reine Catherine · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Marcello… · as SelfActor
- 2024Marcello Mastroianni, irrésistiblement libre · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2024Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2026Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life · as Self (Archive Footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.