Giuseppe Battiston

Biography

Giuseppe Battiston (22 July 1968) is an Italian film, TV, and stage actor, director, writer, and producer. Born in Udine, he graduated from the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts in Milan. He is the winner of 3 David di Donatello awards. He is perhaps best known to worldwide audiences for Pinocchio (2022) on Disney + where he played Stromboli. His most notable films are Perfect Strangers (2016), Bread & Tulips (2000), La Passione (2010). Giuseppe made his directorial debut with Io Vivo Altrove! (2023) Giuseppe, or Beppe Battiston as he is sometimes credited, has frequently collaborated with directors Silvio Soldini, Carlo Mazzacurati, and Antonio Padovan. On screen he plays the title character of Stucky, a Treviso detective.

Known For

Trust

Pinocchio

Tutti pazzi per amore

Perfect Strangers

Come Undone

The Body

Bread and Tulips

We Can Do That

All Movies (69)

• Lavoreremo da grandi2026 · as Beppe
• The Last Slap2026 · as Don Attilio
• Come fratelli2025 · as Agente immobiliare
• Story of a Night2025 · as Piero
• The Body2024 · as Ispettore Corrado Cosser
• Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema2024 · as Self
• The Worst Days2023 · as Antonio (segment "Primo Maggio")
• Le donne di Pasolini2023 · as Narrator
• Billy2023 · as Massimo
• What a Life!2023 · as Fausto Biasutti
• The Prince of Rome2022 · as Papa Borgia
• The Desired War2022 · as Mauro
• Pinocchio2022 · as Stromboli
• The Queen of Hearts2021 · as Psicologo
• Stay Still2021 · as Rainer
• Moon Landing2020 · as Dario Cavalieri
• Three Perfect Daughters2020 · as Sergio
• Lucia's Grace2018 · as Paolo
• Hotel Gagarin2018 · as Nicola
• Tu mi nascondi qualcosa2018 · as Francesco
• Just Believe2018 · as Marco Cilio
• The Last Prosecco2017 · as Ispettore Stucky
• After the War2017 · as Marco Lamberti
• The Order of Things2017 · as Luigi Coiazzi
• Perfect Strangers2016 · as Peppe
• The Complexity of Happiness2015 · as Carlo Bernini
• Pizza and Dates2015 · as Bepi
• Come il peso dell'acqua2014 · as Self
• La sedia della felicità2014 · as Father Weiner
• Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot2013 · as Paolo
• La prima neve2013 · as Fabio
• The Human Factor2013 · as Carlo Levi
• Garibaldi's Lovers2012 · as Amanzio
• Bar Sport2011 · as Onassis, il barista
• Shun Li and the Poet2011 · as Devis
• Make a Fake2011 · as Carmine
• Unlikely Revolutionaries2010 · as Bauer
• The Swing Girls2010 · as Pier Maria Canapa Canapone
• La passione2010 · as Ramiro
• Notizie degli scavi2010 · as Il Professore
• Come Undone2010 · as Alessio
• The Hush2009 · as Ugo
• In nome del figlio2008 · as Dott. Frisanti
• We Can Do That2008 · as Dr. Federico Furlan
• Amore, bugie e calcetto2008 · as Mina
• Days and Clouds2007 · as Vito
• The Right Distance2007 · as Amos
• Don't Think About It2007 · as Alberto Nardini
• Peopling The Palaces2007 · as Cuoco
• Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight2007 · as Vittorio
• One Out of Two2007 · as Paolo
• Apnea2007 · as Renato
• At the End of the Sea2007 · as Dolce
• Our Country2006 · as Otello
• The Short Night2006 · as Stefano
• Don't Tell2006 · as Andrea Negri
• The Tiger and the Snow2005 · as Ermanno
• L'uomo perfetto2005 · as Simone
• Beyond Borders2004
• Agatha and the Storm2004 · as Romeo
• Nemmeno in un sogno2002 · as Zicarico
• Un Aldo qualunque2002 · as Caimano
• Brucio nel vento2002 · as Janek (voice)
• Ask Me If I'm Happy2000 · as Beppe, the thief
• Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia2000
• Bread and Tulips2000 · as Costantino Maria Caponangeli
• Le acrobate1997 · as Ettore Mondini
• Amati Matti1996 · as Patient
• A Soul Split in Two1993 · as Gas Pump Attendant

All TV Shows (9)

• Stucky2024
• I wanted to be a rock star2019 · as Francesco Colombo
• Trust2018 · as Bertolini
• I fantasmi di Portopalo2017 · as Giacomo Sanna
• Non pensarci – La serie2009 · as Alberto Nardini
• Tutti pazzi per amore2008 · as Dottor Freiss
• Donne assassine2008 · as Carlo
• Una famiglia in giallo2005 · as dottor Biamonti
• Al di là delle frontiere2004