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{{short description|Italian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Vittorio Mezzogiorno
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| caption = Vittorio Mezzogiorno in 1989
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1941|12|
| birth_place = [[Cercola]], [[kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|
| death_place = [[Milan]], Italy
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
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'''Vittorio Mezzogiorno''' (16 December
==Biography==
Mezzogiorno was born in [[Cercola]], the youngest of seven children. His older brother Vincenzo, who wanted to become a director, introduced him to the theatre.<ref>"Vittorio Mezzogiorno: l'homme blessé", par Alix de Saint André,
At 18, Mezzogiorno enrolled at the university and began medical studies before choosing law. Then he had his first experience as an actor at the Teatro S. theatre where he recited texts by [[Samuel Beckett]] and [[Eugène Ionesco]]. Desiring to improve his diction he spent long nights exercising his voice with extracts of the [[Penal Code]]. In 1962, at age 21, he played [[Estragon]] in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' at the "Piccolo Teatro" of Naples.<ref>"En mémoire de Vittorio Mezzogiorno by Saverio Ferragina</ref>
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The family then settled in [[Rome]] where Mezzogiorno fully dedicated himself to the theatre.
In 1983, [[Jean-Jacques Beineix]] opened the doors of French cinema with ''[[Moon in the Gutter]]'' where he acted alongside [[Gérard Depardieu]] and [[Nastassja Kinski]], but the real recognition came the same year in ''[[The Wounded Man (film)|L'Homme blessé]]'', a film by [[Patrice Chéreau]], where he played Jean, a
More than ten hours of entertainment, a year of rehearsals, six months of training in martial arts: the challenge of [[Peter Brook]]s ''[[The Mahabharata (play)|Mahabharata]]'', transcription of the long epic of [[Hindu mythology]]. Mezzogiorno was [[Arjuna]], the son of [[Indra]]. It was first performed at the Boulbon Quarry in 1985 at the [[Festival d'Avignon]] and lasted all night. After a show at the [[Bouffes du Nord]], it went on tour until the end of 1986 (Athens, Prato, Barcelona, Madrid and Lyon). The ''Mahabharata'' in English was back on the road in 1988: Zurich, Los Angeles, New York, Perth, Adelaide, Copenhagen, Glasgow, and finally Tokyo. In 1989, the [[The Mahabharata (1989 film)|movie adaptation]] was produced. In all, Mezzogiorno has played Arjuna for 6 years on 4 continents.
In 1990, Vittorio Mezzogiorno returned to Italy and settled in Milan. He became a star of the small screen by interpreting the Commissioner Davide Licata in the series [[La piovra]] which deals with the Mafia. In 1992, he played with his wife at the Teatro Stabile di Parma. This was to be his last appearances.
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*[[1984 in film|1984]]: ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Cavaliers de l'orage|fr}}'' (by {{Interlanguage link multi|Gérard Vergez|fr}}) - Gorian
* [[1991 in film|1991]] : ''[[The Conviction]]'' by [[Marco Bellochio]]▼
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*[[1987 in film|1987]]: ''[[Jenatsch (film)|Jenatsch]]'' (by [[Daniel Schmid]]) - Jörg Jenatsch
*[[1988 in film|1988]]: ''Contrainte par corps'' (by [[Serge Leroy]]) - Kasta
*[[1989 in film|1989]]: ''[[La Révolution française (film)|La Révolution française]]'' (by [[Robert Enrico]]) - Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat
*[[1989 in film|1989]]: ''[[The Mahabharata (1989 film)|The Mahabharata]]'' (TV Mini-Series, by [[Peter Brook]]) - Arjuna
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*[[1991 in film|1991]]: ''[[Scream of Stone]]'' (by [[Werner Herzog]]) - Roccia Innerkofler
*[[1991 in film|1991]]: ''[[Reflections in a Dark Sky]]'' (by [[Salvatore Maira]])
*[[1992 in film|1992]]: ''[[Golem, the Spirit of the Exile]]'' (by [[Amos Gitai]]) - Le Maharal
*[[1992 in film|1992]]: ''Hors saison'' (by [[Daniel Schmid]]) - Uncle Paul
*[[1993 in film|1993]]: ''Caccia alle mosche'' (by Angelo Longoni) - (final film role)
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== References ==
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{{Nastro d'Argento Best Actor}}
{{Nastro d'Argento Best supporting Actor}}
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