Sergio Rubini

Not to be confused with Sergio Rubin.

Sergio Rubini
Born	December 21, 1959 Grumo Appula (Apulia)

Sergio Rubini (born December 21, 1959) is an Italian actor and film director.

Life and career

Rubini was born in Grumo Appula (Apulia), but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with Figlio mio infinitamente caro (1985), which was followed by Desiderando Giulia and Il caso Moro. In 1987 he appeared in Federico Fellini's Intervista.

In 1989 Rubini debuted also as director with La stazione, written with his friend Umberto Marino. The film won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best debut work. In 1994 he was again actor in Carlo Verdone's Al lupo al lupo, and the following year he directed himself and Nastassja Kinski in La bionda. In 1994 he co-wrote Giuseppe Tornatore's Una pura formalità.

In 1997 he appeared in Gabriele Salvatores' Nirvana, and the same year he directed Il viaggio della sposa, with Giovanna Mezzogiorno. In 2000 Rubini was directed again by Salvatores in Denti. In 2004, he appeared as Saint Dismas in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

Rubini's latest work is La terra (2006), a film about a family feud set in southern Italy.

Filmography

Actor

• Figlio mio infinitamente caro (1985)
• Desiderando Giulia (1986)
• Il caso Moro (1986)
• Intervista (1987)
• Il Grande Blek (1987)
• Treno di panna (1988)
• Una notte, un sogno (1988)
• Mortacci (1989)
• Chiedi la luna (1991)
• Al lupo al lupo (1992)
• La bionda (1992)
• Condannato a nozze (1993)
• Una pura formalità (1994)
• Love Story with Cramps (1995)
• Il cielo è sempre più blu (1996)
• Nirvana (1997)
• Del perduto amore (1998)
• L'albero delle pere (1998)
• "Le Comte de Monte Cristo" (1998)
• Il mnemonista (1999)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• A. A. A. Achille (2000)
• Denti (2000)
• Mirka (2000)
• Amnèsia (2001)
• La bella di Mosca (2001)
• Momo alla conquista del tempo (2001)
• La forza del passato (2002)
• Mio cognato (2003)
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)
• Manuale d'amore (2005)
• La Terra (2006)
• Road 47 (2013)
• Let's Talk (2015)

Director

• La stazione (1990)
• La bionda (1993)
• Prestazione straordinaria (1994)
• Il viaggio della sposa (1997)
• Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000)
• L'anima gemella (2001)
• L'amore ritorna (2004)
• La terra (2006), with Fabrizio Bentivoglio
• Colpo d'occhio (2008)
• L'uomo nero (2009)
• Let's Talk (2015)

External links

• Sergio Rubini at IMDb