Pierfrancesco Favino

Biography

Favino was born in Rome, Italy. He has appeared in more than forty European films and television series' since the early 1990s, including Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss, Gianni Amelio's The Keys to the House, Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman and Ferzan Özpetek's Saturn in Opposition. In 1999 he starred in the HBO film Excellent Cadavers, adaptation of Alexander Stille's novel of the same name. He received the David di Donatelloaward - Italian equivalent of the Oscar - in 2006 for his role in the crime film Romanzo Criminale, directed by Michele Placido.

Known For

World War Z

Sanremo Music Festival

Sanremo Music Festival

Night at the Museum

Rush

The Count of Monte Cristo

Angels & Demons

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

All Movies (91)

• Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony2026
• NBC's Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony2026 · as Self
• My Tennis Maestro2025 · as Raul Gatti
• Enzo2025 · as Paolo
• Maria2024 · as Ferruccio
• Naples to New York2024 · as Domenico Garofalo
• Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces2024 · as Self
• The Count of Monte Cristo2024 · as Abbé Faria
• Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair2024 · as Self
• Adagio2023 · as Cammello
• The Commander2023 · as Salvatore Todaro
• Last Night of Amore2023 · as Franco Amore
• The Hummingbird2022 · as Marco Carrera
• Nostalgia2022 · as Felice Lasco
• Behind the Scenes: The Traitor2022 · as Himself
• Run to You2022 · as Gianni
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Promises2021 · as Alexander
• All Star - Ritorno al cinema2021 · as Maschera
• Er Collera Moribbus - Conversazione all'Osteria di Piazza della Gensola2021 · as Narratore
• Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti2020 · as d'Artagnan
• Our Father2020 · as Alfonso Le Rose
• The Boat Show 2020: Riva in the Movie2020 · as se stesso
• The Best Years2020 · as Giulio Ristuccia
• Hammamet2020 · as Bettino Craxi
• The Traitor2019 · as Tommaso Buscetta
• The King's Musketeers2018 · as D'Artagnan
• The Catcher Was a Spy2018 · as Martinuzzi
• There's No Place Like Home2018 · as Carlo
• Chi m'ha visto2017 · as Peppino
• My Cousin Rachel2017 · as Rinaldi
• Husband & Wife2017 · as Andrea
• The Confessions2016 · as Ministro italiano
• Suburra2015 · as Filippo Malgradi
• A Mother2015 · as Pierre
• Senza nessuna pietà2014 · as Mimmo
• Secchi2013 · as Narratore
• Rush2013 · as Clay Regazzoni
• Lino Micciché, mio padre - Una visione del mondo2013 · as Narrator
• World War Z2013 · as W.H.O. Doctor
• Carlo!2013 · as Himself
• Garibaldi's Lovers2012 · as Giuseppe Garibaldi (voice)
• Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy2012 · as Giuseppe Pinelli
• A Flat for Three2012 · as Fulvio Brignola
• A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards2012 · as Cobra
• Noi c'eravamo2011 · as Self
• General della Rovere2011 · as Bertone
• La vita facile2011 · as Luca
• The Entrepreneur2011 · as Nicola
• Unlikely Revolutionaries2010 · as Pepe
• Come Undone2010 · as Domenico
• Kiss Me Again2010 · as Marco
• Angels & Demons2009 · as Inspector Olivetti
• Pane e libertà2009 · as Giuseppe 'Peppino' Di Vittorio
• The Man Who Loves2008 · as Roberto
• Miracle at St. Anna2008 · as Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian2008 · as Lord Glozell
• Saturn in Opposition2007 · as Davide
• Night at the Museum2006 · as Christopher Columbus
• The Unknown Woman2006 · as Donato Adacher
• Bartali: The Iron Man2006 · as Gino Bartali
• Romanzo Criminale2005 · as Libano
• Amatemi2005 · as Claudio
• Sorry, You Can't Get Through!2005 · as Piero
• The Keys To The House2004 · as Alberto
• La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima2004 · as Self
• Our Italian Husband2004 · as Vincenzo Scocozza
• Al cuore si comanda2003 · as Riccardo
• Past Perfect2003 · as Filippo
• Ferrari2003 · as Filippo
• Gli insoliti ignoti2003 · as Commissario Piero Cucciolla
• Ladri ma non troppo2003 · as Commissario Piero Cucciolla
• Emma sono io2002 · as Carlo
• El Alamein: The Line of Fire2002 · as Serg. Rizzo
• Da zero a dieci2002 · as Biccio
• La verità, vi prego, sull'amore2001 · as Michelangelo
• The Friends of Jesus: Thomas2001 · as Simone
• Judas: Close to Jesus2001 · as Simone
• The Last Kiss2001 · as Marco
• La carbonara2000 · as Sergente
• Excellent Cadavers1999 · as Mario
• Bonanno: A Godfather's Story1999 · as Felice Buccellato
• Sweet Idleness1999 · as Rossini
• In barca a vela contromano1997 · as Castrovillari
• The Prince of Homburg1997 · as Sparren
• Running Against1996 · as Giacomo
• Pugili1995
• Una questione privata1993 · as Ivan
• Nemesi—
• Dio ride—
• L’équipe—

All TV Shows (16)

• GialappaShow2023
• Call My Agent: Italy2023
• Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue2022 · as Pierfrancesco Favino
• Mostra, Venise2022 · as Self
• Ligabue - È andata così2021 · as Himself
• Dinner Club2021 · as Pierfrancesco Favino
• Qualunque cosa succeda2014 · as Giorgio Ambrosoli
• Pane e libertà2009 · as Giuseppe 'Peppino' Di Vittorio
• X Factor2008 · as Self - Guest
• Gino Bartali - L'intramontabile2006 · as Gino Bartali
• Sensualità a corte2005 · as Pierfrancesco Favino
• Ferrari2003 · as Filippo
• Padre Pio: Miracle Man2000 · as Emanuele Brunatto
• Amico mio1993 · as Giuseppe 'Beppe' Vanni
• Sanremo Music Festival1951 · as Self - Special Guest
• Sanremo Music Festival1951 · as Self - Host