Rocco Papaleo
Rocco Papaleo is an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter known for his versatile roles in both comedy and drama. He gained recognition for films like 'Basilicata Coast to Coast' and 'Il treno dei bambini.' His career is marked by a unique voice and a charming... Read More
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
Il Bene ComuneA tour guide and a failed actress accompany four inmates to the Pollino massif, in search of the centuries-old Bosnian... |
Biagio | |
| 2025 |
Tired Of KillingWhile the Calabrian mafia is spreading its influence in the early 70s, Antonio, son of the high-ranking 'Ndrangheta boss Giacomo... |
Don Peppino Pesce | |
| 2025 |
U.S. PalmeseIn Palmi, a small town in Calabria, Don Vincenzo, a genial retired farmer, has a crazy idea to revive the... |
Don Vincenzo | |
| 2025 | Unknown character | ||
| 2025 |
Somebody to LoveOn a first date in Rome, the inner voices of recently separated Piero and furniture restorer Lara speak aloud, exposing... |
Valium | |
| 2024 |
If I May - Chapter IIOver the course of a day, Fausto, invincible in his inertia, watches a paradoxical procession of visitors pass by: the... |
Unknown character | |
| 2024 |
Another Summer HolidayAltiero Molino is a twenty-six-year-old digital entrepreneur who’s returning to Ventotene with his model husband in order to gather his... |
Pampiglione | |
| 2024 |
No Activity: ItalyThree couples on very different duties -- 2 cops, 2 dispatch officers and 2 criminals -- are stuck together in... |
Toni Totaro | |
| 2023 |
The Worst DaysFour episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into... |
Vittorio (segment "Halloween") | |
| 2023 |
GialappaShowMarco Santin and Giorgio Gherarducci - supported in the studio by Mago Forest, a great cast of comedians and many... |
Unknown character | |
| 2023 |
ScordatoThe life of Orlando, a gentle piano tuner, tormented by back pain, changes when he meets Olga, a charming physiotherapist,... |
Orlando | |
| 2021 |
Si vive una volta solaUmberto, Lucia and Corrado discover that their co-worker and friend Umberto is terminally ill, but they can't bring themselves to... |
l'anestesista Amedeo Lasalandra | |
| 2020 |
Tutti per 1 - 1 per tuttiNow without Aramis, the Musketeers embark on a new mission. |
Athos | |
| 2019 |
PinocchioOld woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily... |
Gatto | |
| 2019 | Self | ||
| 2019 |
The Great SpiritIn a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Taranto, high upon the rooftops framed by the Ilva steel factory, we meet... |
Renato | |
| 2018 |
The King's MusketeersIn 17th-century France, the Queen brings the Three Musketeers — Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and an aging d'Artagnan — back from... |
Athos | |
| 2018 | Alberto | ||
| 2018 |
Bob & MarysA married couple must get their hands dirty when a bunch of mobsters start using their new home as a... |
Roberto | |
| 2017 |
Il premioAfter winning the Nobel Prize, Giovanni Passamonte decides to drive to Stockholm with his sons and assistant rather than fly. |
Rinaldo | |
| 2017 |
The PlaceThe fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they... |
Odoacre | |
| 2016 | Unknown character | ||
| 2016 |
What’s the Big DealA young man challenges the web to offer money for a sex tape of him and his girlfriend to finance... |
Franco | |
| 2016 |
EarsA man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says:... |
Padre Giancarlo | |
| 2016 | Self | ||
| 2016 |
Onda su ondaTwo under-appreciated artists meet while traveling to Montevideo, where one will give a concert. They initially dislike each other but... |
Gegé | |
| 2015 | Gianni, l'imitatore | ||
| 2015 |
An Italian NamePaolo is an outgoing and handsome real estate broker married to Simona, a beautiful woman from the rough outskirts of... |
Claudio | |
| 2014 | Prof. Gerardo Gergale | ||
| 2014 |
Happily Mixed UpA psychoanalyst learns to have an illness and as a consequence he decides to quit his job. All his patients... |
Michelangelo | |
| 2014 | Self | ||
| 2014 |
The HoleAmbulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after doing 27 years in jail,... |
Armando La Bella | |
| 2014 |
A Boss in the Living RoomCristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house... |
Ciro Cimmaruta | |
| 2013 | Paolo Vandini | ||
| 2013 |
A Small Southern EnterpriseMamma Stella is on edge. As if she hadn't got enough trouble already with her daughter Rosa Maria, who has... |
don Costantino | |
| 2012 |
Viva l'ItaliaThe story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes... |
Tony | |
| 2012 |
PinocchioGeppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him... |
Mangiafuoco (voice) | |
| 2012 |
È nata una star?Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't... |
Fausto | |
| 2011 |
Happiness at LastA middle-aged man finds out his late mother was sponsoring a Brazilian girl who has now become a beautiful model... |
Sandrino Terracciano | |
| 2011 | Self | ||
| 2011 |
Escort in Love35-year-old Alice has a husband and a son. Her life seems a beautiful dream, but it soon turns out to... |
Lionello | |
| 2011 |
What a Beautiful DayChecco, an uneducated but self-satisfied fellow from Milan, who has always dreamed of becoming a police officer, fails his entrance... |
Nicola | |
| 2010 |
One Life, Maybe TwoYou're 20 years old and life is full of endless possibilities. But, on a rainy evening, you bumps into another... |
Bertano | |
| 2010 |
Basilicata Coast To CoastA musical comedy, a journey filled with unexpected twists and unexpected encounters, leading a group of musicians to set out... |
Nicola Palmieri | |
| 2009 |
Me & MarilynDuring a séance with some friends, divorced carny Gualtiero successfully conjures the spirit of Marilyn Monroe, who'll help him win... |
Arnolfo Biagioli | |
| 2009 |
Cado dalle nubiAn aspiring singer from southern Italy who's just been dumped moves north to Milan, where he falls in love and... |
Vito | |
| 2009 |
Amalfi: Rewards of the GoddessA man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat,... |
Inspector Bartolini | |
| 2008 |
All Human Rights for AllCollective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment... |
Unknown character | |
| 2008 | Nicola | ||
| 2008 | Avv. Massimo Lupi | ||
| 2007 |
A Beautiful WifeMariano has been married for 10 years with Miranda, a woman way out of his league. Their small-town life is... |
Pomodoro | |
| 2007 |
Don't Make Any Plans for TonightA man jumps into the Tiber two days before Christmas. Alessandro and Irene chat over coffee, while Giorgio and Mariella... |
Nicola | |
| 2006 |
CommediasexiCongressman Bonfili, a family man and promoter in the Italian Parliament of a family law, has a clandestine affair with... |
Tony Muciaccia | |
| 2006 | Razza | ||
| 2005 |
I Love You in All Languages of the WorldA divorced high school PE teacher falls in love with a single mom before learning that her daughter is the... |
Prof. Anselmi | |
| 2004 |
What Will Become of UsA coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of... |
Concierge | |
| 2003 |
Suddenly HeavenConfirmed bachelor Lorenzo sees his beliefs about commitment put to the test when a gorgeous Latina deserted by her fiancée... |
Giandomenico Bardella | |
| 2003 |
Il pranzo della domenicaThe life of Franca Malorni, exponent of the good bourgeoisie of the capital, suddenly changes when her husband dies suddenly.... |
Nicola Loiacono | |
| 2002 |
Il TrasformistaThe Turin area is devastated by floods: the Pô River has overflown and toxic waste from a local dump is... |
Orlando Lanzetta | |
| 2002 | Goffredo | ||
| 2002 |
Volesse il cielo!A police inspector has to help an eccentric stranger who seems to have lost his memory. |
Commissario | |
| 2000 |
Padre Pio: Between Heaven and EarthThe story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that... |
Fra Nicola | |
| 2000 | Unknown character | ||
| 2000 | Rocco | ||
| 1999 | Gaetano | ||
| 1999 |
Voglio stare sotto al lettoLeonardo is a young theater enthusiast who has written a comedy for a comedian at sunset, Giordani, and leaves for... |
Vincenzo | |
| 1998 |
Del perduto amoreBasilicata, 1950s. A young teacher with communist leanings is committed to women's emancipation and the spread of education in rural... |
Cucchiaro | |
| 1998 |
Viola Kisses EverybodyThree friends see their end-of-summer motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from both the... |
Nicola | |
| 1997 |
Cinque Giorni Di TempestaGiovanni, a young boy who left Sicily for Bolzano to perform his military service , arrives five days early and... |
Michele | |
| 1997 | Host | ||
| 1997 | Alberto | ||
| 1996 |
Cresceranno i carciofi a MimongoSergio has a degree in botanics, but cannot find a job. Then, he gets the announcement that his former girlfriend... |
Esaminatore | |
| 1996 |
IntoleranceA collective cinematic project to promote tolerance and the value of diversity. |
Worker (voice) (segment "Roma Ovest 143") | |
| 1996 |
Il barbiere di RioMatteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by... |
Ugo | |
| 1996 | L'alcolista | ||
| 1996 |
WordlessCelestino has communication problems because of his incomprehensible native dialect. When he falls madly in love with a deaf girl... |
Celestino | |
| 1996 |
August VacationLike every August, journalist Sandro, his family and acquaintances vacation on the island of Ventotene. This time, however, they find... |
Brigadiere | |
| 1995 |
The GraduatesFour thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno... |
Rocco | |
| 1994 |
With Closed EyesIn the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landowner, falls... |
Bracciante | |
| 1994 |
Senza pelleThe lives of a young mother and her boyfriend are turned upside down when she unknowingly becomes the focus of... |
Yuri's Father | |
| 1990 |
Dark IllnessAfter his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses. |
Unknown character | |
| 1989 |
Classe Di ferroClasse di ferro is an Italian action/adventure television series that aired from October 6, 1989 to December 26, 1991. The... |
Rocco Melloni | |
| 1951 |
Sanremo Music FestivalThe Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo,... |
Self - Host | |
| 1951 |
Sanremo Music FestivalThe Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo,... |
Self - Special Guest |
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Got a question about Rocco Papaleo?
Rocco Papaleo is best known for 'Basilicata Coast to Coast,' 'Immaturi,' and 'Il treno dei bambini.' These films highlight his range as an actor and director.
Yes, Rocco Papaleo has received several awards for his work in film and theater, including recognition at various Italian film festivals.
Rocco Papaleo's first film was 'La vita è bella' (1997), where he played a supporting role, marking his entry into the film industry.
His most successful film is considered to be 'Basilicata Coast to Coast,' which he also directed. It was well-received and showcased his talents in both acting and directing.
Rocco Papaleo was born in Potenza, Italy, and initially pursued a career in theater before transitioning to film, where he became a prominent figure.
Rocco Papaleo's estimated net worth is approximately $1 million, reflecting his successful career in the Italian film industry.
Notable milestones include his directorial debut with 'Basilicata Coast to Coast' and his role in the comedy 'Immaturi,' which solidified his place in Italian cinema.
Rocco Papaleo is involved in upcoming projects, including 'Il treno dei bambini,' which is generating excitement among fans of Italian cinema.