Antonino Bruschetta
Birthday: Born in 1962-01-06 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
Deathday: Alive
Ninni Bruschetta (born Antonino Bruschetta on 6 January 1962) is an Italian actor, film and stage director and screenwriter. Born in Messina, in 1983 Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi 'Nutrimenti terrestri', a stage company which primarily focused on subjects of social value, and was active both as an actor and a director. In 1987 he debuted as a screenwriter with the indie drama La gentilezza del tocco, and in 1989 he co-directed the indie film Private Screening. He is also very active as an actor in films and television series. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TV Credits
Il Testimone
Character: Self
"Il testimone" (i.e. The witness) is a tv show created, made and presented by Pif. Every episode consists of a "mini-reportage", filmed through a little camera that Pif brings himself. This makes the spectator feel as if most of the tv filtres are removed and thus they can almost witness the events with their own eyes and feel directly involved in the social messages brought on by the show. Themes vary: they go from interviews to famous individuals, to trips, to the work of associations or even...
Cops - Una banda di poliziotti
Character: il Conte
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Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco
Character: Questore Jacovella
Deputy Chief Lolita Lobosco returns to her hometown, Bari, to direct a team of men only. In a world stubbornly ruled by males, she chooses to remain herself against all odds, and uses her skills and devotion to fight prejudices....
La Regina di Palermo
Character: Fabrizio Lorri alias "Alfiere"
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Crimini
Character: Merli
Anthology crime series penned by some of the foremost contemporary Italian noir writers (Camilleri, Faletti, De Cataldo, Carofiglio, Lucarelli, Fois...)...
Il segreto dell'acqua
Character: Sabino Tomei
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Aldo Moro - Il Presidente
Character: Oreste Leonardi
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Gli anni spezzati
Character: Antonio Allegra (Il commissario)
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Romanzo Siciliano
Character: Salvatore Buscemi
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Immaturi - La serie
Character: Gianni
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Le mani dentro la città
Character: vicequestore Filippo Diolosà
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Boris
Character: Duccio Patanè
Boris is an Italian television series created by Luca Manzi and Carlo Mazzotta, initially produced from 2007 to 2010, with a revival season premiered in 2022. The show brings to the stage the behind the scenes of a television set where a troupe is shooting Gli occhi del cuore 2 (The eyes of the heart 2), a satirical portrait of the many fictions airing on the Italian TV networks....
Don Matteo
Character: Vittorio Mella
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help....
Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi
Character: Fabrizio Lorri alias "Alfiere"
Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within....
La linea verticale
Character:
Heartfelt Italian comedy-drama about the patients and staff of a hospital oncology ward....
Don Matteo
Character: Rino
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help....
Distretto di Polizia
Character: Marco Gallo
Distretto di Polizia is an Italian television series....
Attacco allo Stato
Character: Giancarlo Spano
After the shocking assassination of a labor lawyer, an Italian anti-terrorism unit races against time to stop the new incarnation of the Red Brigades from killing their next target — and strike fear at the heart of the State....
Lampedusa - Dall'orizzonte in poi
Character: proprietario albergo
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L'effetto Dorothy
Character: Dorotei
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Fuoriclasse
Character: Salvatore "Totò" Lobascio
Fuoriclasse is an Italian television series, directed by Riccardo Donna, filmed in 2011, starring Luciana Littizzetto, based on the books by Domenico Starnone. The synopsis of the miniseries is similar to the story of the film La scuola, scripted always by Starnone....
Il Sistema
Character: Nicola Nardelli
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Made in Italy
Character: Pasquale
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Come una madre
Character: Alberto (as Ninni Bruschetta)
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Questo e' il mio paese
Character: Chardons
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Il nostro generale
Character: Tommaso Buscetta
The efforts of a special paramilitary anti-terrorism unit set up in the 1970s by a high-ranking police official, Gen. Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa....
Viola Come Il Mare
Character: Leonardo Piazza
Viola Vitale, Miss Italy and fashion journalist, returns to Sicily to look for her father. She starts working for a digital news company and joins police inspector Francesco Demir in solving crime with the help of synesthesia....
Movie Credits
E Io ti seguo
Character: Comandante Starace
Giancarlo, a young Neapolitan animated by a great passion for journalism, is called as a correspondent in Torre Annunziata for the newspaper IL MATTINO. He begins to investigate the underworld and despite the difficulties he doesn't give up. His intuitions take him so far that the clan leader Gionta considers him too uncomfortable a character. The film reconstructs the last days of the life of the Neapolitan journalist Giancarlo Siani, killed by the Camorra in September 1985. It does so with the...
The Life I Want
Character: Luca
A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off....
Il paese dei jeans in agosto
Character:
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The Best Years
Character: Eugenio
Summer 1994. Berlusconi has come into power and 16-year-old Elena, listening to Nirvana and starting to develop a political consciousness, can't wait to bring him down. Unfortunately her parents have other plans and, like every year, they head to the same boring summer camp. This year however they're all in for a surprise......
Quando
Character: Prof. Cocco
A man wakes up from a coma that has lasted since 1984....
Golden Door
Character: Italian Emigrant (voice)
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spen...
First Light of Dawn
Character: Mirko Zappalà
Lucio Gaudino directs this family drama about a pair of brothers grudgingly reunited after their parents are killed by Mafia extortionists. After learning of the murders, affluent yuppie Edo leaves his abode in northern Italy to visit his family's home in Sicily. There he and his resentful brother, wheelchair-bound Saro, argue, reminisce, and debate the pros and cons of living in a beautiful coastal area where Mafia executions are common....
Libera
Character: Pistoletta
Three separate women endure trouble with the men in their lives....
L'uomo di vetro
Character: Bruno Cantone
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Il coraggio di Angela
Character: Ispettore Piccolo
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Querido Fidel
Character: Tommaso
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Political Target
Character: Spano
The return of the Red Brigade in Italy, after 11 years of silence from this terrorist organization, was a traumatic event for the entire country. Especially for the families of the victims killed: professors D'Antona and Biagi, and subsequently the police superintendent Petri....
The Vanity Serum
Character: Vittorio Terracciano (as Ninni Bruschetta)
A detective with PTSD investigates the disappearance of several junk TV celebrities who have all been guests at the same controversial talk show....
Boris: The Film
Character: Duccio Patané
A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen....
A Judge of Honor
Character: Antonio Cassarà (as Ninni Bruschetta)
In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting up a team which would later become the famous anti-mafia pool, investigating into the criminal activities of various mafia bands, in particular the gang headed up by Totò Riina....
La donna della domenica
Character: Vicecommissario De Palma
Based on a crime book by Italian authors Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, first published in 1972. The story is set in the city of Turin, and deals with the investigation of commissioner Santamaria about the murder of an architect of dubious fame, Garrone. Among the protagonists are Anna Carla Dosio, a beautiful and rich woman, and her friend Massimo Campi, a rich homosexual....
Matchmaker
Character: Mimmo Nunnari
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C’è sempre un perché
Character:
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Out of the Blue
Character: Adriano
Andrea is a handsome and cocky 38-year old man with a successful business career. Shallow, womanizing and a confirmed bachelor, his life seems to be just perfect... until the day he comes home and finds there Layla, a teenage girl who claims to be his daughter. Alongside Layla is her grandfather Enzo, a former rockstar and the father of Andrea's first fleeting and forgotten conquest. And they've come to stay!...
Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia
Character:
Biographical movie on the life of Trilussa, aka Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano Salustri. Italian poet, writer and journalist known for this works in Romanesco dialect....
Before the Sunset
Character: Domenico
A young Moroccan immigrant, living in southern Italy, escapes from his forthcoming wedding to the daughter of a local Mafia member to a hotel where he remains in hiding with his true love....
Aldo Moro - Il presidente
Character: Oreste Leonardi
At the end of the seventies the Red Brigades are plotting a new target to hit, the president of the Christian Democrats Aldo Moro. On 16 March 1978, the band of the Red Brigades went on the attack. The terrorists kidnap Aldo Moro and kill all the men in his escort....
La moglie del sarto
Character: assessore Cordaro
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My Brother Is an Only Child
Character: Secretary Bombacci
Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend....
In fuga con Babbo Natale
Character:
On Christmas Eve, a curious child embarks on a hilarious adventure with a man he believes to be Santa Claus — but is actually an undercover thief....
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
Character: Fra Giacinto
While Arturo tries to gain the love of Flora, he witnesses the history of Sicily from 1969 to 1992, miraculously dodging the crimes of the Mafia and supporting as a journalist the heroic struggle of the judges and policemen who fought this infamous organization....
Omicidio all'italiana
Character: Agente Viaggi
To save his crumbling and rapidly-depopulating rural town, its mayor fakes a gruesome murder to attract media attention. His plan initially succeeds, but soon the situation will spiral out of control....
Land of Saints
Character: Domenico Mercuri
Ambitious magistrate Vittoria (Valeria Solarino) makes the dramatic decision to relocate from the north to the south of Italy with one mission in mind – to defeat the Calabrian ‘‘Ndrangheta’ mafia. She is flabbergasted by the violence, the cruelty and the killings that Mafia men project – even youngsters are not spared. But instead of targeting the men, Vittoria tries a new approach; an appeal to the women involved in these circles. The bosses’ wives are as hard as nails; they will not talk and ...
Basta poco
Character:
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Nomi e cognomi
Character: Mario De Libertis
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The Bone Breakers
Character: Francesco
Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an amateur criminal organization that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents and raking in the insurance payouts. Vincenzo recruits the individuals from among the down-and-outs that haunt the city streets, where Luisa is a habitué, since she gets her crack there. Vincenzo’s problems suddenly get worse, though, after a ...
The Price of Nonna's Inheritance
Character: Nunzio Zampa
When a grandmother falls for a cheeky suitor with dubious intentions, her family devises a secret plan to protect her life — and their inheritance....
Un'isola d'inverno
Character: Stefano
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Where Am I Going?
Character: Ministro Magno
Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will change his behavior and his life forever......
Quel bravo ragazzo
Character: Enrico Greco
On his deathbed, a powerful Mafia boss names his estranged son heir to his criminal empire: however, his men discover too late that the son at issue is an idiotic manchild....
The Family Jumble
Character: Direttore di banca
A kid tries splitting his boring parents to join the group of his schoolmates who are all children of divorced mums and dads...
Viva l'Italia
Character: Himself
The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding him…...
Aspirante vedovo
Character: Perlasca
A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo"....
It’s My Turn
Character: Rino Germanà
The true story of the 1992 car-bombing murder of Paolo Borsellino, an anti-Mafia crusader and Palermo judge, is recounted in this documentary drama....
Lost Love
Character: Luigi
Ettore, a young boy in Sicily in the 50's, is surrounded by women and is always surprised by what is happening around him. In Milan a few years later Ettore is once again the center of attention and the hip crowd....
Tell No One
Character: Rodolfo
Mattia is about to move to Madrid by his boyfriend Eduard. When the day before leaving for Spain, Eduard announces his arrival in Rome to know the "laws", Mattia must choose whether to finally come clean with his companion, or confess to being a formidable liar....
Come Undone
Character: Domenico's brother
Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up with co-worker Domenico and the two begin a passionate affair....
Il generale Dalla Chiesa
Character: Pio La Torre
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I cinghiali di Portici
Character: Ciro
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To Rome with Love
Character: Hotel Detective
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man....
Black Holes
Character: cliente
The impossible love between one prostitute, managing a bunch of handicapped prostitutes, and the homosexual Adamo. In the horrible suburb of Napoli we can follow among fantasy, mythology and reality the absurd life of the protagonists....
Law of Courage
Character: Sostituto procuratore Di Salvo
The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands with suspects. He then starts a number of investigations that lead him to touch the mafia power in the area, and then to personal war with the hidden organization....
One Hundred Steps
Character: Anthony
Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps from the house of local boss Tano Badalamenti, Peppino decides to expose the Mafia by using a pirate radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour....
Viola, Franca
Character: Bernardo Viola
Sicily, 1965. Franca is being forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her traditionalist community but she rebels against the established custom....
È nata una star?
Character: Rasero
Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose when a neighbor finds a porn video of him and leaves it in his parents' mailbox....
Il vegetale
Character: Bruno Rovazzi
Fabio struggles with a cumbersome father and a capricious and spoiled little sister who consider him a good for nothing, a “vegetable” in fact. The unfortunate recent graduate looks for a job reacts to the contempt of his family and demanding employers, when an unexpected event remixes roles…...
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Character: Igor Alessi
More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and conspiracies. So, instead of helping in the training of their children, they become insurmountable obstacles to their growth. Presumptuously they think: "We know better than anyone else our children and we know what they are worth and how and what you have to teach."...
One Man Up
Character: Genny
Naples, 1980. Two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, see their lives going downhill. One is a crooner embroiled in a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury....
To Sleep Next to Her
Character: Sindacalista
A well-liked employee in a multinational firm, formerly working on peers' motivation and professional training, is given the task to fire 25 of his colleagues. Stress and changes in his life ensue....
Tu mi nascondi qualcosa
Character: Vittorio, padre di Valeria
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L'assalto
Character: Franco
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Lo scandalo della Banca Romana
Character: Commissario Cavaterra
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Ladri di futuro
Character: Corrado
Everyday people, everyday stories. Normal, therefore special. They crave for a tomorrow what they haven't got today: the man or the woman of their dreams, a child all of their own, the hope of making it... The only thing they all have in common is the place where they live....
Make a Fake
Character: Ciccio Rizzuto
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La stagione della caccia
Character: Father Macaluso
Vigàta, Sicily, Italy, 1880. Shortly after the return to the village of Fofò La Matina, pharmacist and son of the late Santo La Matina, jealous guardian of the secrets of certain miraculous plants, the noble Peluso family is ravaged by a series of mysterious deaths…...
Non ho niente da perdere
Character:
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A testa alta - Libero Grassi
Character: Nino
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Tuttapposto
Character: Giovanni Mancuso
Roberto is a student in a corrupt university where teachers sell exams and only hire friends and relatives....
Lupo mannaro
Character: Anatomopatologo
Police chief Romeo becomes convinced that affluent professional Velasco is a serial killer known for mauling his victims with his teeth, but nobody believes him. The investigation slowly turns into a personal challenge between obsessive Romeo and stone-faced Velasco, an individual above suspicion — he murders people not because he has to, but simply because he can....
Cani di razza
Character:
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Appena un minuto
Character: Uomo poker
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La concessione del telefono
Character: Father Macaluso
Although Pippo Genuardi seems to have cleared his mind by marrying Taninè Schilirò, daughter of the richest man in Vigàta, he is in fact someone who is not satisfied with his life…...
La trattativa
Character: Prof. di Teologia / PM Processo Dell'Utri
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Un eretico in corsia
Character: Intervistatore
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Once Were Humans
Character: Massimo
Leo is an Italian who lives in Slovenia. Vučko is a Bosnian who arrived to Slovenia as a child refugee. Leo continues to stay in Slovenia because of his ex-wife Tanja and his son Luka, hoping that they can become a family again. When the bank refuses to grant a loan Leo and Vučko would need to renovate their restaurant, they have no choice but to accept an offer from Gianni, a swindler. They are tasked with stealing Gianni’s truck so that he can collect the insurance money. However, instead of s...
My Brother and I
Character:
Sofia is the black sheep of her family. She is a 28-year-old gay girl who can’t help but cheat on her partner and struggles to find a stable job. She has left a little town in Calabria, her homeland in Southern Italy, to move to Milan, where she lives with her roommate Alessandro. Mauro is Sofia's brother. Reliable and loving, unlike Sofia with whom he has a troubled relationship, Mauro has never left Calabria and runs the family winery. Despite their opposite attitudes, Sofia and Mauro has one ...
La casa sulle nuvole
Character: Bellini
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The Prince's Manuscript
Character:
A solitary, disappointed, proud and educated old man meets and becomes the teacher of an intelligent, clumsy, middle-class, young would-be writer....