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person_profile-Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano Age: 87

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Adriano Celentano

Date of Birth:

Jan 06, 1938

Country of birth:

Italia

Biography of

Adriano Celentano

    Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed il Molleggiato (the springy one) because of his dancing.

    Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With 150 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling Italian musical artists. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business, and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies.

    Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck, and this address later became the subject of the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia in Apulia and had moved north for work. His career as a singer started in 1959. Before his debut as an artist he was working as a watchmaker.

    Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock 'n' roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis, Celentano started playing in a rock and roll band with Giorgio Gaber and Enzo Jannacci. Along with Gaber and Jannacci, he was discovered by Jolly Records A&R Executive Ezio Leoni, who signed him to his first recording contract and co-authored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits, including "24.000 baci", "Il tuo bacio è come un rock", and "Si è spento il Sole". He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del Juke-Box, a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci with music by Ezio Leoni. In 1960, Federico Fellini cast him as a rock and roll singer in his film La Dolce Vita.

    In 1962, Celentano founded the Italian record label Clan Celentano (which is still active) with many performers such as Don Backy, Ola & the Janglers, Ricky Gianco, Katty Line, Gino Santercole, Fred Bongusto and his wife Claudia Mori.

    As a film director, Celentano frequently cast Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Mori have three children, Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano. Rosalinda is most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Celentano has also hosted several Italian television shows.

    Celentano has retained his popularity in Italy for over 50 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. As part of his TV and movie work, he created a comic genre, with a characteristic walk and facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed, in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, his low-budget movies were top of Italian box office rankings. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance. ...

    Source: Article "Adriano Celentano" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography of

Adriano Celentano

Found 42 Movies in total

1960

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2009

Cyber Eden

Furio ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1992

The Grumpy

Tito Torrisi ( Actor )

... 1986

Joan Lui

Joan Lui ( Actor )

Editor

... 1985

He's Worse than Me

Leonardo ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1983

Sing Sing

Alfredo "Boghy" ( Actor )

... 1983

Bingo Bongo

Bingo Bongo ( Actor )

... 1982

Grand Hotel Excelsior

Taddeus ( Actor )

... 1982

Madly in Love

Barnaba Cecchini ( Actor )

... 1981

Ace

Asso ( Actor )

... 1981

The Taming of the Scoundrel

Elia Codogno ( Actor )

... 1980

La locandiera

Cavaliere di Ripafretta ( Actor )

... 1980

Give Me Five

don Fulgenzio ( Actor )

... 1980

Velvet Hands

Ingegner Quiller ( Actor )

... 1979

Saturday, Sunday and Friday

Consantin (episodio "Venerdì") ( Actor )

... 1979

Geppo il folle

Geppo ( Actor )

Editor

... 1978

Loggerheads

Herman / Gustav ( Actor )

... 1978

Here We for Example...

Antonmatteo Colombo detto Click ( Actor )

... 1977

L'altra metà del cielo

Don Vincenzo Ferrari ( Actor )

Music

... 1977

Lunatics and Lovers

Sprint Boss ( Actor )

... 1976

The Con Artists

Félix ( Actor )

... 1976

Di che segno sei?

Alfredo Astariti detto "Fred Astaire" ( Actor )

... 1975

The Five Days

Cainazzo ( Actor )

... 1973

Rugantino

Rugantino ( Actor )

... 1973

Little Funny Guy

Peppino Cavallo ( Actor )

... 1973

White Sister

Annibale Pezzi ( Actor )

... 1972

The Story of Romance and Knife

Nino "Ninetto" Patroni, detto Er Più di Borgo ( Actor )

... 1971

Serafino

Serafino Fiorin ( Actor )

... 1968

La più bella coppia del mondo

Adriano Celentano ( Actor )

... 1968

Robbery Roman Style

Sergio ( Actor )

Director

... 1964

Malamondo

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1964

The Strange Type

Peppino ( Actor )

... 1963

The Seven Deadly Sins

Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Hey, Let's Twist!

Cantante (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

I Kiss... You Kiss

Se stesso ( Actor )

... 1961

Howlers of the Dock

Adriano il molleggiato ( Actor )

... 1960

La Dolce Vita

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1959

The Jukebox Kids

Adriano ( Actor )

... 1959

Go, Johnny, Go!

Adriano Celentano (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1959