Carlo Ferreri
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Ferreri works as an actor in theatre and television. He is known for comic roles[1] in cinema, such as in the feature film Mauro c'ha da fare, in which he plays the protagonist Mauro,[2][3][4][5] directed by Alessandro Di Robilant.
He also appeared as the comic character Nando in the 2025 box-office hit Io sono la fine del mondo, starring Angelo Duro and directed by Gennaro Nunziante.
On television, in 2004 he took part in the miniseries Paolo Borsellino[6] for Taodue, playing the role of Antonio Vullo, the only surviving member of the escort,[7] and in 2007 he played mafia member Gaspare Mutolo in the series Il capo dei capi alongside Claudio Gioè.[8][9]
He received awards for his leading role in the medium-length film Motore! by Alessandro Marinaro (winner of La 25a Ora on LA7[10] and best actor at the Quadra FilmFest[11]).
Ferreri trained in theatre by attending international commedia dell'arte courses directed by Antonio Fava, a dramaturgical writing and personal life course directed by Enzo Moscato, and by studying with other masters such as Gianni Salvo, Marise Flach, Lamberto Puggelli, and Renzo Musumeci Greco. He also studied the technique of cunto siciliano[12] using the work of storyteller Salvatore Ferreri and ethnologist Giuseppe Pitrè.
On stage, he has worked with major companies such as the Teatro Stabile di Trieste, the Teatro Stabile di Catania, and the Associated Artists of Gorizia.[13] He has also directed several successful theatre productions[1] such as Morir di fama with Evelyn Famà,[14][15] and Il caso di Alessandro e Maria by Giorgio Gaber and Sandro Luporini.[16]
Since the 2000s, he has collaborated with important film and theatre directors such as Marco Tullio Giordana, Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, Gennaro Nunziante, Antonio Calenda, Armando Pugliese, Alessandro Di Robilant, Alberto Negrin, Nzinga Stewart, Luca Ribuoli, Enzo Monteleone, and Gianluigi Calderone.
He has appeared in national commercials such as those for the Calcio Catania[17] and Galbanino Galbani cheese[18]. In 2026 he starred in the Eni Cortina commercial[19][20] directed by Martin Werner.
Filmography
Cinema
- One Hundred Steps (I cento passi, 2000), directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Letters from Sicily (Lettere dalla Sicilia, 2005), directed by Manuel Giliberti
- Action! ("Motore!", 2008), directed by Alessandro Marinaro
- One Million Days ("Un milione di giorni", 2011), directed by Emanuele Giliberti
- Mauro Has Things to Do[21] ("Mauro c'ha da fare", 2015), directed by Alessandro Di Robilant
- The Traitor (Il traditore, 2019), directed by Marco Bellocchio
- A Breath of Fresh Air (Una boccata d'aria, 2022), directed by Alessio Lauria
- Conversazioni con altre donne ("Conversations with Other Women", 2023), directed by Filippo Conz
- I Am the End of the World (Io sono la fine del mondo , 2025), directed by Gennaro Nunziante
Television
- A Single Weak Voice ("Una sola debole voce", 2001), miniseries directed by Gianluigi Calderone
- Paolo Borsellino (2004), miniseries directed by Gianluca Tavarelli
- Il capo dei capi ("The Boss of Bosses", 2007), miniseries directed by Enzo Monteleone
- Paolo Borsellino - I 57 giorni ("The 57 Days", 2012), directed by Alberto Negrin
- The Young Montalbano, episode "The First Investigation of Montalbano" (2012), directed by Gianluca Tavarelli
- Sicily - Angels, Mafia and Palaces (Sizilien - Engel, Mafia Und Palazzi, 2015), TV film directed by Carmen Butta
- Mafia Only Kills in Summer (La mafia uccide solo d'estate, 2016), TV series, 4 episodes, directed by Luca Ribuoli
- A Summer in Sicily (Ein Sommer auf Sizilien, 2016), German TV film directed by Michael Keusch
- The Horseman’s Move - Once Upon a Time in Vigata (La mossa del cavallo - C'era una volta Vigata, 2018), TV film directed by Gianluca Tavarelli
- Lives on the Run ("Vite in fuga", 2020), TV series directed by Luca Ribuoli
- From Scratch (From Scratch - La forza di un amore, 2022), TV series, episode 1
- Ready for the snow? (Pronti per la neve? - Eni Cortina, 2026), Spot, episode 1 directed by Martin Werner
- Under the same emotion (Sotto la stessa emozione? - Eni Cortina, 2026), Spot, episode 2 directed by Martin Werner
- Eni Cortina - 2026 Winter Olympics - Extended Version[22] - directed by Martin Werner (2025)