Luigi Maria Burruano
Italian actor (1948–2017)
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Life and career
Born in Palermo, the son of a doctor, Burruano made his acting debut in a local amateur company.[1] He got a large local success playing Rancu Tanu in the comedy play Palermo oh cara and got his national breakout appearing in the eight season of the TV-series La piovra.[1]
A follower of the Stanislavski's system, he was specialized in playing Sicilian working-class characters.[1] In 2001 he was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in Marco Tullio Giordana's One Hundred Steps.[2] For his performance in The Return of Cagliostro and in Break Free he received a special mention from the Pasinetti Award jury at the 2003 Venice Film Festival.[3] In 2006 he was arrested on charges of stabbing his daughter's divorced husband, who did not pay alimony to his daughter nor pay child support.[1][2]
Burruano died after a long illness on 10 September 2017, at the age of 68.[1] He was the uncle of actor Luigi Lo Cascio.[1][2]
Roles
Stage
Plays in which Burruano appeared include:
- I giganti della montagna
- Coriolano
- La saga del signore della nave
- Il giardino di inverno
- La coltellata
- Pulcinella
- Studio per una finestra
- Ohi Bambulè!
- L'aquila deve volare
- Rudens
- Sticus
- Palermo, oh cara
Filmography
- L'amore coniugale (1970, directed by Dacia Maraini)
- Pizza Connection (1985, directed by Damiano Damiani) - Detective
- ZEN – Zona Espansione Nord (1988, directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi) - Totò
- Forever Mery (1989, directed by Marco Risi) – Cliente Mery
- Boys on the Outside (1990, directed by Marco Risi) – Franco D'Annino
- Acla's Descent into Floristella (1992, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Il padre di Aclà
- The Escort (1993, directed by Ricky Tognazzi) – Informer
- Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993, directed by Claudio Camarca) – Renè's Father
- Nel continente nero (1993, directed by Marco Risi) – Domenico Spatola
- The Whores (1994, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Mario
- S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994, directed by Carlo Vanzina) – Varrone
- The Star Maker (1995, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Flirtatious Client
- Italiani (1996, directed by Maurizio Ponzi) - Rosario
- Luna e l'altra (1996, directed by Maurizio Nichetti) - Director
- Il figlio di Bakunin (1997, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu) - Corbo
- La fame e la sete (1999, directed by Antonio Albanese) - Zu Alfiu
- Amore a prima vista (1999, directed by Vincenzo Salemme) - Don Antonio
- Oltremare (1999, directed by Nello Correale)
- One Hundred Steps (2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana) - Luigi Impastato
- E adesso sesso (2001, directed by Carlo Vanzina) (with the name of Luigi Burruano) - Barone
- Gasoline (2001, directed by Monica Stambrini) - Padre Gabriele
- Nowhere (2002, directed by Luis Sepúlveda) - Salomon Goldman
- Nati stanchi (2002, directed by Dominick Tambasco) - Don Ciccio
- Ginostra (2002, directed by Manuel Pradal) - Ettore's Uncle
- Il trasformista (2002, directed by Luca Barbareschi) - Battani
- Cuore scatenato (2003, directed by Gianluca Sodaro) - Santo Cimino
- Break Free (2003, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli) - Cenzo
- The Return of Cagliostro (2003, directed by Daniele Ciprì e Franco Maresco) - Carmelo La Marca
- I Can See It in Your Eyes (2004, directed by Valia Santella) - Carlo
- Concorso di colpa (2004, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Ispettore Di Nunzio
- Miracle in Palermo! (2005, directed by Beppe Cino) - Fofò
- Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005, directed by Gabriele Salvatores) - Il capitano
- ...e se domani (2005, directed by Giovanni La Parola) - Commissario
- Three Days of Anarchy (2005, directed by Vito Zagarrio) - Don Mimmo
- Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two (2006, directed by Carlo Vanzina) - Don Calogero Calì
- Baciami piccina (2006, directed by Roberto Cimpanelli) - Mafioso in carcere
- La fine del mare (2007, directed by Nora Hoppe) - Aurelio
- Milano-Palermo: il ritorno (2007, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Giudice Conti
- ''Blood of the Losers (2008, directed by Michele Soavi) - Mario Vagagini
- Baarìa (2009, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Chemist
- Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009, directed by Abel Ferrara) - Comandante
- Pochi giorni per capire (2009, directed by Carlo Fusco)
- Le ultime 56 ore (2010, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Avallone
- Qualunquemente (2011, directed by Giulio Manfredonia) - Imprenditore
- In questa vita (2011, Short, directed by Eitan Pitigliani) - Nino
- Il viaggio di Malombra (2012, directed by Rino Marino)
- Vespro d'un rinnegato (2012, directed by Carlo Fusco) - Don Cimino
- The Ideal City (2012, directed by Luigi Lo Cascio) - Avv. Scalici
- Pagate fratelli (2012, directed by Salvo Bonaffini)
- Tutto tutto niente niente (2012, directed by Giulio Manfredonia) - Imprenditore
- La madre (2013, directed by Angelo Maresca) - Don Quirico
- The Wait (2016, directed by Emil Langballe) - Vincent Cavallo
- Quel bravo ragazzo (2016, directed by Enrico Lando) - Don Ferdinando Cosimato
Television
- La piovra (1997, season 8, directed by Giacomo Battiato)
- Sotto la luna (1998, TV Movie, directed by Franco Bernini) - Renato Cianchi
- Oltremare - Non è l'America (1998, directed by Nello Correale)
- Turbo (1999, directed by Antonio Bonifacio) - commissario di Polizia Lamberti
- Il commissario Montalbano (2001) - Giacomo Larussa
- L'attentatuni (2001, TV Movie, directed by Claudio Bonivento) - Leoluca Barone
- Saint Anthony: The Miracle Worker of Padua (2002, TV Movie, directed by Umberto Marino) - João
- Salvo D'Acquisto (2003, TV Movie, directed by Alberto Sironi) - Maggiore Spada
- Il maresciallo Rocca (2003) - Michele Garrone
- Camera Café (2003, TV Series)
- Paolo Borsellino (2004, TV Movie, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli) - Tommaso Buscetta
- Mio figlio (2005, directed by Luciano Odorisio) - Salvatore
- R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2005, directed by Alexis Sweet) - Mauro Donati
- Il giudice Mastrangelo (2005, directed by Enrico Oldoini) - Procuratore De Cesare
- L'onore e il rispetto (2006-2009, directed by Salvatore Samperi) - Don Rosario Liberati
- Raccontami (2007) - Salvatore Lo Buono
- Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi (2010) - Salvatore Girlando
- Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2011, TV Series)
- Il segreto dell'acqua (2011, directed by Renato De Maria) - Salvatore Girlando
- Sangue caldo (2011, directed by Luigi Parisi, Alessio Inturri) - Vito Cirasola
