Kim Rossi Stuart

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Kim Rossi Stuart (born October 31, 1969) is an Italian actor.

Career

Kim Rossi Stuart was born in Rome. His father, Giacomo, was also an actor. His mother was a former top model.

He began acting at the age of 5. He studied theatre and in 1986 began acting regularly, especially on TV productions like "Fantaghirò" and for the cinema with a small role in "The Name of the Rose". He reached popularity with "Il Ragazzo dal Kimono d'oro" and in the film "Poliziotti" ("Policemen"). After this commercial film he began to act only in quality films, like "Senza pelle", where his role, a man with psychological problems, was appreciated by critics. Then he acted with director Antonioni in "Al di là delle nuvole", and in an international production TV fiction "Il rosso e nero".

Rossi Stuart came back to act in the theatre with "Re Lear" and with the most important Italian actors, like Turi Ferro in the work "Il visitatore". In 2004, he played in "Le chiavi di casa" ("The Keys to the House"), as a young father that attempts to forge a relationship with his teenage, handicapped son when he met him for the first time. Later he played Mimmo in the TV-film "Il tunnel della libertà" (2004) and he had one of the leading-roles (Freddo) in Michele Placido's "Romanzo criminale" (2005, based on the book, English title "Crime Novel").

Rossi Stuart's latest movie is "Anche libero va bene", which he also directed.

Trivia

*He speaks English, French and Italian.
*Has three sisters: Ombretta, Valentina and Loretta.
*Left his parent's home at age 14 and also left school to start his career as an actor.
*He is a good swimmer.
*Rossi Stuart was engaged to actress Veronica Logan.
*Almost died in a motorcycle accident three years ago.
*Favourite writers are Dostoevsky and Chekov.
*Favourite music composers are Bach and Beethoven.
*He plays trumpet.
*Apparently still single.
*2008, Stuart ran over a scuba diver with his motorboat [ [http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/0,1518,564144,00.html Italienischer Filmstar überfährt Taucher mit Schlauchboot (German)] ] [ [http://www.espace.ch/artikel_541722.html Filmstar Kim Rossi Stuart überfährt Taucher (German)] ] .

References

External links

* [http://photo.163.com/openalbum.php?username=kimrossistuart Photo Gallery for Kim Rossi Stuart]
*de icon [http://www.kimrossistuart.de/ A German Kim Rossi Stuart fan site]