Toni Bertorelli


Toni Bertorelli was an Italian actor. He performed in over sixty films.

Biography

Bertorelli was born in Barge, Piedmont, Italy.
Bertorelli began his acting career in 1969 working with his friend Carlo Cecchi. He starred in early 1980s movies, but gained more popularity in the 1990s, starring in Mario Martone's Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician and Marco Tullio Giordana's Who Killed Pasolini?
During the 2000s, Bertorelli worked with directors like Nanni Moretti, Marco Bellocchio and Mel Gibson. In 2016, he played the role of Cardinal Caltanissetta in Paolo Sorrentino's short series The Young Pope.
Bertorelli died on 26 May 2017, at the age of 69, after a long illness.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Il Giovane MussoliniPrimo3 episodes
1999Sospetti3 episodes
2002St. FrancisPope Innocent IIITV movie
2007War and PeacePrince Vasily Kuragin4 episodes
2008PinocchioThe FoxTV movie
2016The Young PopeCardinal Caltanissetta10 episodes,