Umberto Orsini

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-04-02 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Novara, Piedmont, Italy

Umberto Orsini

Biography

Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934, in Novara) is an Italian stage, television and film actor. Born in Novara, Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In the late 1950s, he emerged as a talented stage actor, and in 1960, for the theatrical representation of L'Arialda, he worked for the first time with Luchino Visconti. After a few secondary roles (that include Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita), Orsini debuted in a leading role in 1962 with the film Il mare, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. In 1969, he was awarded with the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his pe...

Acting

1972

1973

Ludwig

as Count von Holnstein

1999

Esther

as Memuchan

2000

Saint Paul

as Tribun

1974

Jury of One

as The mafia Doctor (uncredited)

1977

Casanova & Co.

as Count Tiretta

1976

A Woman at Her Window

as Rico Santorini

1961

Battle of the Worlds

as Dr. Fred Steele

1970

Violent City

as Steve

1966

Mademoiselle

as Antonio

1970

Bali

as Carlo

1973

1971

1977

Beyond Good and Evil

as Bernard Foester

1963

Don't Tempt the Devil

as Maître Philliet, lawyer for Gina Bianchi

1997

1960

Love in Rome

as Peppino Barlacchi

1974

Puzzle

as Daniel

1997

Solomon

as Natan

1974

The Antichrist

as Dr. Marcello Sinibaldi

1971

Roma bene

as Rubio Marescalli

2006

Primo Levi's Journey

as Narrator (voice) (Italian version)

1961

1961

Manhunt

as Giovanni Maimonti

2022

Marcel!

as Grandfather

1968

Candy

as The Big Guy

2019

Copenaghen

as Niels Bohr

1965

1966

Playgirl

as Timo

1973

La Tosca

as Cesare Angelotti

1995

1971

Maddalena

as (uncredited)

1972

1963

Summer Night

as Miguel

1978

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Fabrizzio Conti

1977

Gangbusters

as Ing. Farnese

1975

2024

Trifole

as Igor

1977

1972

Why

as Father of Michèle

1967

The Girl and the General

as Tarasconi, Soldat

1962

The Sea

as L'Attore

2004

Love Returns

as Dr. Ambrosini

1999

The Guest

as Antonio

1967

The Sailor from Gibraltar

as Postcard Vendor

2000

Lourdes

as Pater Laurent

1972

Shadows Unseen

as Enrico Gagliardi

1969

The Damned

as Herbert Thallman

2017

Agadah

as Belial

2019

Sin

as Marchese Malaspina

1973

Tony Arzenta

as Isnello, Gusto's right-hand man

2000

1966

The Steps

as Roberto

1978

The Fifth Commandment

as Sturmführer Hannacker / Vater Redder

1984

Notti e nebbie

as Bruno Spada

1971

Trastevere

as Actor (scenes deleted)

1960

La Dolce Vita

as Man in Sunglasses That Helps Nadia Strip (uncredited)

1969

Interrabang

as Fabrizio

1963

The Shortest Day

as Soldato combattente (uncredited)

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