Andrea Arru
Birthday: Born in 2007-08-18 in Ploaghe, Italy
Deathday: Alive
Andrea Arru is an Italian actor and model. He is best known for playing Pietro Maggi in the teen drama series Di4ries (2022) and young Diabolik in the crime action film Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023). He won the Young Actor Award at the Maratea Film Festival 2022, the Special Award at the Rec Film Festival in Rimini 2023 “for representing the youth universe with passion and determination,” the Generation G Award at the SediciCorto Film Festival in Forlì and the Capri Italian Rising Star Actor of the Year Award at the Capri Hollywood Film Festival. He is best known for playing Pietro Maggi in the Netflix TV series Di4ri and Christian Todi in the film The Boy with the Pink Pants. He started his career in 2014 as a model and photo model, walking the runway at Pitti Immagine Bimbo for Il Gufo and, in 2015, for Armani Junior. In 2020, he made his film debut with a leading role in the movie Glassboy by Samuele Rossi, playing Pino Gambassi, the "glass boy". In that same year, he acted in the film Calibro 9 by Toni D'Angelo. In 2021, he played the teenage Michele Straziota in the Canale 5 series Storia di una famiglia perbene by Stefano Reali (he also appears in one episode of the second season), while he appeared in an episode of the Canadian television series That Dirty Black Bag. Since 2022, he has played the protagonist Pietro Maggi in the Netflix series Di4ri. In 2023, he portrayed the teenage Diabolik in the film Diabolik - Chi sei? by the Manetti Bros., and the following year, he plays the role of the antagonist Christian Todi in Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa.
TV Credits
Storia di una famiglia perbene
Character: Michele Straziota a 13 anni
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DI4RI
Character: Pietro Maggi
First crushes, first kisses, fun with friends — and feuds with rivals. In the halls of Galileo Galilei Middle School, every day is full of surprises!...
Movie Credits
We Were Children
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In a police station in a small village, a sergeant interrogates a young and frightened postman, known as "Cacasotto". He, normally known for being calm and good-hearted, was arrested for having threatened a policeman on patrol with a knife. Eventually, Cacasotto begins to speak with the cop. And he tells what happened twenty years earlier to him and to his five best friends: Gianluca, Walter, Peppino, Margherita and his little brother, Andrea....
Il migliore dei mali
Character: Neri
Summer 1997. Five young boys, Hector, Milo, Michelangelo, Neri, and Dante investigate the disappearance of Icarus, the dog of one of them, suspecting his sinister new neighbor. The boys will have to solve the mystery, juggle their complicated family backgrounds, and above all come to terms with their secrets....
Diabolik: Who Are You?
Character: Diabolik dodicenne
Captured by a ruthless gang of bank robbers, foes Diabolik and Ginko find themselves facing certain death. While Eva Kant and Altea forge an unlikely alliance to rescue their lovers, Diabolik reveals his mysterious past to the Inspector....
The Boy With Pink Pants
Character: Christian
On November 20, 2012, Andrea Spezzacatena, a boy who had just turned 15, took his own life. It was the first case in Italy of bullying and cyberbullying that led to the suicide of a minor. This movie is based on his story....
Vien di notte
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Caliber 9
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Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster....
Glassboy
Character: Pino
Pino Gambassi is a child suffering from haemophilia and is animated by an unbridled desire for freedom and boundless courage: he decides to start his adventure in the world and to show everyone that he can live his life like a normal kid....
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Character: Riccardo
Is it better to rely on your instincts or an app that guides you toward the perfect choice? Is it better to ask someone out in person or send a heart emoji on a dating app? This is the dilemma of Riccardo, the classic shy and awkward teenager, who relies on an unsettling digital avatar to find his soulmate; it is also Teresa’s dilemma, his sister, who seeks to explore the limits of love and respect in her relationship....
Lo scarabocchio
Character: Andrea
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