Jonis Bascir
Somali-Italian actor and musician
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Jonis Bascir (born 17 September 1960) is a Somali-Italian actor and musician.
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| Born | 17 September 1960 Rome, Italy |
| Occupations | actor, musician |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Spouse | Nicoletta |
| Parent | Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf |
| Website | www |
Personal life
Jonis is the son of Muheddin Hagi Bascir, and was born in Rome in 1960.[1][2] His father is Somali and his mother is Italian.[1]
Growing up, Jonis lived between six and ten years in Somalia.[1]
He is the grandson of Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, the first President of the Somali National Assembly.
Career
Professionally, Jonis is best known for his role in Un medico in famiglia (1998–2008), a Rai 1 television series.[1] He has also appeared in The Stone Merchant (2006), Anita Garibaldi (2012) and Regalo a sorpresa (2013).[5]
Additionally, Jonis regularly performs with his own band.[6]
He has been a spokesperson for the Kosè coffee brand.[1]
Filmography
Cinema
- Stupor Mundi, directed by Pasquale Squitieri (1997)
- Simpatici & antipatici, directed by Christian De Sica (1998)
- Comunque mia, directed by Sabrina Paravicini (2004)
- The Stone Merchant, directed by Renzo Martinelli (2006)
- Il mercante di stoffe, directed by Antonio Baiocco (2009)
- Regalo a sorpresa, directed by Fabrizio Casini (2013)
- Out of the Blue, directed by Edoardo Leo (2013)
- Una Diecimilalire, directed by Luciano Luminellii (2013–2014)
- Tre tocchi, directed by Marco Risi (2013)
- Non c'è due senza te, directed by Massimo Cappelli (2014)
- Ustica - The missing paper, directed by Renzo Martinelli (2015)
- Come si fa a vivere così, directed by Loredana Cannata (2016/2017)
- Se son rose, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (2018)
- Destini, directed by Luciano Luminelli (2019)
- Credo in un solo padre, directed by Luca Guardabascio (2019)
- Be Kind - Un viaggio gentile all'interno della diversità, directed by Sabrina Paravicini e Nino Monteleone (2019)
- Breaking Up in Rome, directed by Edoardo Leo (2021)
- I migliori giorni, directed by Edoardo Leo e Massimiliano Bruno (2023)
- Una gran voglia di vivere directed by Michela Andreozzi (2023)
- Next!, directed by Giulietta Revel (2023)
- Tutto in....72 ORE, directed by Luciano Luminelli (2024)
- The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One filming
Short films
- Le 5 forze di Porter, directed by Massimo Cappelli (1996)
- Il tuo paradiso, directed by Riccardo Acerbi (1997)
- Toilette, directed by Massimo Cappelli (1999)
- Il sinfamolle, directed by Massimo Cappelli (2001)
- Amalia, directed by Biagio Fersini (2012)
Television
- Di che vizio sei?, directed by Gigi Proietti (1988)
- Villa Arzilla, directed by Gigi Proietti (1990)
- Il caso Bebawi, directed by Valerio Jalongo (1996)
- Il commissario Montalbano: Il ladro di merendine, directed by Alberto Sironi (1998)
- Incantesimo - serie TV, 1 episodio (2001)
- Padri, directed by Riccardo Donna (2002)
- Soraya, directed by Lodovico Gasparini (2003)
- Empire - mini-serie TV, 1 episodio (2005)
- Un posto al sole - 1 episodio (2005)
- Un medico in famiglia - serie TV (1998–2007)
- Due imbroglioni e... mezzo! 2 (2010)
- La ladra - serie TV, 1 episodio (2010)
- Il commissario Rex - serie TV, 1 episodio (2011)
- Anita Garibaldi, directed by Claudio Bonivento (2012)
- Il caso Enzo Tortora - Dove eravamo rimasti?, directed by Ricky Tognazzi (2012)
- Roma nuda, directed by Giuseppe Ferrara (2013)
- Centovetrine (2015)
- Il sistema - miniserie TV directed by Carmine Elia (2015)
- Rocco Schiavone - serie TV, episodio 3x02, directed by Simone Spada (2019)
- Dietro la notte, directed by Daniele Falleri - film TV (2021)
- Ostaggi, directed by Eleonora Ivone - film TV (2021)
- One Wish - sitcom (2022)
- Viola come il mare - serie TV (2023)
- Il clandestino miniserie TV directed by Rolando Ravello (2024)
- Minimarket, directed by Sergio Colabona - serie TV (2025)
- Portobello, directed by Marco Bellocchio – miniserie TV (2026)
Music videos
- Jermaine Jackson e Pia Zadora - "When the Rain Begins to Fall"
- Mike Francis - Ma Lo Sai?
- Alex Britti - Festa
- Piji Siciliani - La mia bella di domenica
- Inverso - La Pioggia Che Non Cade
Director
- Daniel Meguela - Sei Domenica music video
Music
- 1990 Lavori In Corso Blues Band
- 1992 Tour Giappone Italian Pret A Porter
- 1995 High Spirit (Gospel)
- 1995 The Platters
- 1996 Carràmba! Che sorpresa singer
- 1999 Attenti Alla Noia short directed by Riccardo Acerbi - soundtrack
- 1999 Jonis And The Supersoulfighters (Tribute to) Lenny Kravitz
- 2005 Gli Io Stasera Mi Butto It's only Rhythm and Blues
- 2005 Un posto al sole - Rai 3 guitarist
- 2006 Jonistorie Original
- 2007 Senza docu-film directed by Sabrina Paravicini - soundtrack
- 2007 Un medico in famiglia Rai 1 - sing his song Tell me just one thing and others songs
- 2007 "Without" CD soundtrack
- 2010 L'Estasi dell'Anima - soundtrack
- 2012 BEIGE - L'importanza di essere diverso -soundtrack
- 2013 Il Treno del Blues with Jona's Blues Band
- 2014 Tre tocchi, directed by Marco Risi - soundtrack
- 2014 Non c'è due senza te, directed by Massimo Cappelli - soundtrack
- 2015 L'Appartamento, directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
- 2015 Dall'alto di una fredda torre, directed by Francesco Frangipane - soundtrack
- 2015 Il Grande Male, directed by Sargis Galstyan - soundtrack
- 2015 Autunno e Inverno directed by Francesco Frangipane - soundtrack
- 2016 Spot Against Drugs directed by Marco Bonini - soundtrack
- 2016 Ritratti di Signora directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
- 2016 Ostaggi directed by Angelo Longoni - soundtrack
- 2016/2017 Rosso Giungla directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
- 2017 Risiko directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
- 2017 Boomerang directed by Angelo Longoni - soundtrack
- 2018 Tu mi nascondi qualcosa directed by Giuseppe Loconsole - soundtrack
- 2018 Ti racconto una storia with Edoardo Leo - soundtrack
- 2018 Affiliazione short directed by Gianluca Blumetti - soundtrack
- 2018 Verticale di 6 short directed by Massimiliano Pazzaglia - soundtrack
- 2019 Bahlsen Spot TV soundtrack
- The Full Monty, directed by Massimo Romeo Piparo - singer (2019/20)
- Captain T - La condanna della consuetudine, directed by Andrea Walts - soundtrack (2021)
- Luigi Proietti detto Gigi, directed by Edoardo Leo - soundtrack (2022)
- La notte è un posto sicuro, directed by Giuseppe Papasso - soundtrack (2022)
- Next, regia di Giulietta Revel - soundtrack (2023)
- Il talento di essere tutti e nessuno with Luca Ward - soundtrack (2023)
- La Vittoria è la balia dei vinti with Cristiana Capotondi - directed by Marco Bonini - soundtrack (2023)
- Tutto in....72 ORE, directed by Luciano Luminelli - soundtrack (2024)