Antonio Gerardi Explained

Antonio Gerardi
Birth Date:	8 March 1968
Birth Place:	Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Years Active:	1981–present

Antonio Gerardi (born 8 March 1968) is an Italian actor and radio presenter.

Biography

Antonio Gerardi was born in Potenza, Basilicata, and grew up in the neighboring municipality of Avigliano. At thirteen he started as a radio presenter for "Radio Sud", a local radio in Potenza, and joined "Radio Norba" in 1988.^[1] Later he began working for national stations like "RTL 102.5" and "Radio Kiss Kiss". After a year as a reporter for the TV show Le Iene, in 2007 he made his acting debut with Il rabdomante, directed by Fabrizio Cattani, who discovered him after an argument between Gerardi and a driver for a parking lot in Trastevere, Rome, thinking Gerardi had the right skills for acting.^[2]

Since then, he has worked for many films and television series. He starred in comedies and dramas such as Basilicata coast to coast, Qualunquemente, Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood, Balancing Act, Io sono Mia, Padrenostro, The Last Paradise, and Last Night of Amore. On television he appeared mostly in crime and political series; his most notable roles include "Il sardo" in Romanzo criminale – La serie and Antonio Di Pietro in 1992 and its sequels 1993 and 1994. In 2020 he started his own web radio "Good Fellas Music Station", specialized in soul, funk and R&B genres.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	class=unsortable	Notes
2007	Il rabdomante	Tonino
2007	The Trial Begins	Donati
2008	The Past Is a Foreign Land	Lieutenant	Cameo appearance
2009	Questo piccolo grande amore	Chief Reggiani
2010	20 Cigarettes	The producer
	Tutto l'amore del mondo	Xavier
	Basilicata Coast to Coast	Carmine
2011	Qualunquemente	Lieutenant Cavallaro
	Il paese delle spose infelici	Vito
2012	Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood	Achille Faleri
	Balancing Act	Pietro
	The Mongrel	Camorrist	Cameo appearance
2013	Tutti contro tutti	Antonio
	Long Live Freedom	Bodyguard	Uncredited
2015	Storie sospese	Ermanno
	Io che amo solo te	Franco Torres
2016	La cena di Natale
2017	Friends by Chance	Alessandro's father
	The Girl in the Fog	Giorgio Levi
2018	Reckless	Mr. Leonardi
2019	Io sono Mia	Alberigo Crocetta
2020	Padrenostro	Francesco
	The Predators	Flavio Vismara
2021	The Last Paradise	Cumpa' Schettino
	Appunti di un venditore di donne	Tano Casale
	Io sono Babbo Natale	Mauro
2023	The First Day of My Life	Daniele's father
	Last Night of Amore	Cosimo

Television

Year	Title	Role	class=unsortable	Notes
2003	Le Iene	Himself – Reporter	program
2008–2010	Romano Criminale: The Series	Il Sardo	Main role
2010	Crimini	Franco Catalano	Episode: "Mork and Mindy"
	Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi	Ciruzzo Pace	Episode: "Il summit"
2011		Michele Malinconico	Main role
2012	Paolo Borsellino: I 57 giorni	Gaspare Mutolo	Television film
2015	1992	Antonio Di Pietro	Main role
	Thou Shalt Not Kill	Mauro	Episode: "Episodio 5"
	Sotto copertura	Inspector Izzo	Main role (season 1)
2016	Boris Giuliano - Un poliziotto a Palermo	Bruno Contrada	Television film
2016–2018	Non dirlo al mio capo	Rocco Tancredi	Main role (season 2); guest star (season 1)
2017	1993	Antonio Di Pietro	Main role
2017–2019	La porta rossa	Stefano Rambelli	Main role (seasons 1–2)
2019		Don Mariano	Recurring role
	1994	Antonio Di Pietro	Main role
	I ragazzi dello Zecchino d'Oro	Vincenzo	Television film
2020	Vivi e lascia vivere	Renato Ruggero	Main role
2021	La fuggitiva	Giuseppe Mannara	3 episodes
2022	Bang Bang Baby	Nereo Ferraù	Main role
2023	The Lions of Sicily	Prince Filangeri	Recurring role
	Noi siamo leggenda	Nunzio Parini	Main role
2024	This Is Not Hollywood	Chief Persichella	Main role

Notes

1. Web site: Il brigante Antonio Gerardi sul set de" La nuova squadra" su Rai 3. it. 9 May 2024.
2. Web site: Antonio Gerardi/ "Elena Sofia Ricci? Una grande donna" (Vivi e lascia vivere). it. 14 May 2020. 25 April 2022.
3. Web site: Arriva "Good Fellas Music Station", la nuova radio di Antonio Gerardi. it. 22 May 2020. 11 October 2022.