Paolo Sassanelli


Paolo Sassanelli is an Italian stage, film and television actor as well as director.

Life and career

Born in Bari, Sassanelli made his stage debut in his hometown in the second half of the 1980s. He then moved to Rome and had his breakout in the early 1990s with the role of Gabriele Serra in the TV-series Classe di ferro. In 2014, Sassanelli won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in the crime-comedy film Song'e Napule.
His short film debut Guerra won as best fiction at The Palace International Short Film Festival, in 2010.

Selected filmography