Paolo Calabresi

Acting

Paolo Calabresi

Born

1964-06-17 (62)

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

86 titles

Oltre alle produzioni teatrali, ha preso parte a fiction televisive come Nati ieri, R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti, Distretto di Polizia, La squadra e ai film tv Don Bosco, Padre Pio e Maigret. Nel 2008 ha condotto il programma televisivo Italian Job, su LA7, nel quale si è calato nei panni di numerosi personaggi famosi. Interprete di svariati spot pubblicitari, dal 2007 è lo scorbutico elettricista Augusto Biascica nella "fuoriserie italiana" Boris. Dal 2008, diventa una "iena" ufficiale de Le Iene su Italia 1; nei suoi servizi è solito travestirsi.

Known for

Police District poster
6.9

The events of Police District unfold in the rooms of the 10th Tuscolano, a police station on the outskirts of Rome where current events intertwine with the private lives of the inspectors, officers and commissioners who, over the course of 11 intense seasons, have created one of the greatest successes on Italian TV.

Police District

2000

The Talented Mr. Ripley poster
7.2

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999

Inspector Coliandro poster
8.1

Coliandro is an inspector serving at the Bologna police headquarters who constantly finds himself embroiled, against his will, in matters bigger than himself. But Coliandro never backs down, even though his carelessness and investigative incompetence inevitably land him in trouble.

Inspector Coliandro

2006

Boris poster
8.6

Boris is an Italian television series created by Luca Manzi and Carlo Mazzotta, initially produced from 2007 to 2010, with a revival season premiered in 2022. The show brings to the stage the behind the scenes of a television set where a troupe is shooting Gli occhi del cuore 2 (The eyes of the heart 2), a satirical portrait of the many fictions airing on the Italian TV networks.

Boris

2007

GialappaShow poster
7.8

Marco Santin and Giorgio Gherarducci - supported in the studio by Mago Forest, a great cast of comedians and many surprise guests - comment with biting irony on the most popular TV programs, the main sporting events and the last web trends.

GialappaShow

2023

Baby poster
7.9

Fed up with their families and classmates, two teen girls from a wealthy part of Rome are drawn to the city's underworld and start leading double lives.

Baby

2018

Film credits

2020s · 25 titles

Kidz poster
6.0

Sara and Nicola are married and in love. Their lives seem to be perfect: they have an angelic six-year-old daughter, thriving careers and a stable marriage. The birth of their second child, which disrupts the family balance, leads to tragicomic scenarios.

Kidz

2020

Kidnapped poster
7.3

The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

Kidnapped

2023

Still Sexy poster
5.5

Maddalena has it all: a job she loves, the perfect fiancé, and a dream wedding ahead. Yet in the bedroom, something feels wrong. Urged on by her inner voice, embodied by pornstar Valentina Nappi, she begins to question her life. Meeting Bruno, a gardener with a troubled past, leads her to rediscover herself and realize the only path worth following is her own.

Still Sexy

2026

Diabolik: Who Are You? poster
6.4

Captured by a ruthless gang of bank robbers, foes Diabolik and Ginko find themselves facing certain death. While Eva Kant and Altea forge an unlikely alliance to rescue their lovers, Diabolik reveals his mysterious past to the Inspector.

Diabolik: Who Are You?

2023

The Great Ambition poster
7.2

Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world, but failed.

The Great Ambition

2024

Leopardi & Co poster
7.5

A rom-com, where the love between the two young protagonists will blossom and grow on the streets of Recanati, accompanied and guided by the verses of the poet Giacomo Leopardi.

Leopardi & Co

2025

Trafficante di virus poster
4.8

Researcher Irene Colli rose to prominence for disclosing the genetic sequence of the avian flu virus. She is accused of giving the virus to pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine. Overwhelmed by the media hype of the journalistic investigation, Irene resigns from her position as a member of parliament and returns to work abroad before the end of the trial.

Trafficante di virus

2021

Agata Christian: Murder on the Snow poster
5.2

Christian Agata, a famous criminologist known for his biting sarcasm and infallible investigative talent, finds himself caught up in a weekend of mystery. Invited by the Gulmar family—tycoons of the board game industry—to act as a spokesperson for the relaunch of their historic game "Crime Castle," he agrees to spend a few days at their winter estate in the Aosta Valley. What began as a quiet commercial operation soon transforms itslef into a case to solve.

Agata Christian: Murder on the Snow

2026

The Best Days poster
5.9

A quartet of stories unfold across four holidays as family members, friends and colleagues face hard decisions, career setbacks and life-changing events.

The Best Days

2023

L'amore sta bene su tutto poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

L'amore sta bene su tutto

2026

Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires! poster
5.8

A loving young couple discover they're expecting a child, but the man isn't too keen on introducing her girlfriend to his family. Is it because he has a vampire father, a witch mother, a ghostly grandma, and a zombie uncle?

Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires!

2021

Se mi lasci ti sposo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Se mi lasci ti sposo

2022

100 di questi anni poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

100 di questi anni

2025

Libero sempre comunque mai poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Libero sempre comunque mai

2025

All Star - Ritorno al cinema poster
7.6

A short movie about coming back to the cinema after lockdowns.

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

2021

Mollo tutto e apro un chiringuito poster
5.4

Mr. Imbruttito, a leading executive of a large multinational, lives the routine in his hectic Milan. Breaking this balance is Brusini, an eccentric entrepreneur at the head of an economic empire, who for an absurd reason blows up what for the Brutito is the business of life. For the first time, the Ugly one feels the pinch, falls into depression, can no longer find a reason to wake up in the morning. The turning point comes from Brera, a longtime friend, who proposes to the Bruttito the purchase of a Chiringuito in Sardinia, to do business in flip-flops and finally be able to say: "I quit everything and open a chiringuito!"

Mollo tutto e apro un chiringuito

2021

Prendiamoci una pausa poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Prendiamoci una pausa

2026

School Of Mafia poster
5.1

Tony teaches dance and is gender fluid, Nick is a rock singer, and Joe wants to be a cop. Too bad they're the sons of three mafia bosses who must divide up New York's illegal trafficking following the death of superboss Frankie Maciano. The fathers are determined to make their children, willingly or not, the heirs to their businesses, so they send them to Sicily to take lessons from Don Turi 'U Appicciaturi.

School Of Mafia

2021

The Land of Dreams poster
5.5

The love story of Eva, a young immigrant who has always dreamed of becoming a singer but works as a dishwasher, and Armie, a very skilled pianist with a fervent imagination. Both will discover that fantasy, dream and life can instead mix and become the recipe for happiness. The background is New York after the Great War and before the Great Depression, in an era of music, hopes and great changes.

The Land of Dreams

2022

La bambina che non voleva cantare poster
6.3

Film inspired by the career of the Italian singer Nada.

La bambina che non voleva cantare

2021

A Freaking Wedding! poster
5.3

Vladimiro and Brunilde are grappling with the disappearance of Nando, the head of the family. The sad event brought together the human family of Luna, daughter of Nando, and the monstrous one of her husband Adalberto. Humans, vampires, witches, werewolves and ghosts will find themselves in the throes of a new monstrous marriage...

A Freaking Wedding!

2023

Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Qui e ora poster
NR

A head-on collision between two scooters on a remote road on the outskirts of Rome. It is June 2, a national holiday, and emergency responders are slow to arrive. The two men lying on the ground are anthropologically irreconcilable opposites, destined to hate one another.

Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Qui e ora

2022

La guerra del Tiburtino III poster
5.9

In the Tiburtino III neighbourhood, in the outer suburbs of Rome, a small asteroid falls from the sky. In the following days, almost everyone in the suburb starts behaving inexplicably oddly: they all suck AA batteries. An improbable group of young characters finds out that many have been infected by some parasites and the aliens intend to conquer the whole world.

La guerra del Tiburtino III

2023

Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Backstage poster
NR

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Mattia Torre’s plays adapted for television, under the artistic direction and direction of Paolo Sorrentino.

Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Backstage

2022

Takeaway poster
5.1

A racewalking athlete Maria runs a petrol station with a takeaway shop in a desolate mountain village, she is almost 30 years old, she may have little chance to fulfill her lifelong dream of success but at what cost?

Takeaway

2022

2010s · 22 titles

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood poster
7.2

On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. Anti-globalization activists clashed with the police, with 23-year-old protester Carlo Giuliani shot dead after confronting a police vehicle. In the aftermath, the police organized a night raid on the Diaz high school, where around a hundred people between unarmed protesters—mostly students—and independent reporters who documented the police brutality during the protests had took shelter. What happened next was called by Amnesty International "the most serious breach of civil liberties in a democratic Western country since World War II."

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood

2012

Correspondence poster
6.4

The relationship between Ed, a married astronomer and Amy, his lover, who spend their years apart, is based only on phone calls and texts. One day Amy begins noticing something strange in Ed's messages.

Correspondence

2016

Ti ricordi di me? poster
6.6

Sharing the same psychologist, kleptomaniac Roberto, who writes stories a bit too realistic and scary for kids, and a narcoleptic Beatrice, who documents everything in her life, begin to think that love could be the cure for their problems. But nothing comes easy to either of them, and, just like in one of Roberto's stories, the happy ending really needs to be sought after. Will they find their own?

Ti ricordi di me?

2014

Tutta colpa di Freud poster
6.7

Francesco is a psychoanalyst grappling with three hopeless causes: a bookseller in love with a book thief, a lesbian hell-bent on becoming straight after a heartbreak, and an 18-year-old in a relationship with a much older married man. Unfortunately, these patients are also his three beloved daughters!

Tutta colpa di Freud

2014

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3: Ad Honorem poster
7.3

Has been an year since Pietro Zinni's gang got caught in the Sopox production laboratory and each of them locked up in different jails. From Regina Coeli jail, Pietro keep warning the authorities a fool syntetized nerve gas and he is ready to make a killing, but no one takes him seriously.

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3: Ad Honorem

2017

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass poster
7.4

Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.

I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass

2017

Appena un minuto poster
4.8

Claudio is 50 years old and tired of his job as an real estate agent. He is also separated from his wife who left him for the "King of Zumba".

Appena un minuto

2019

Boris: The Film poster
6.9

A director and his crew attempt to make the transition from the small to the big screen.

Boris: The Film

2011

Welcome Back Mr. President poster
5.8

Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his home in the mountains and return to Rome to win back his love and help her defeat a speculative plot intended to damage Italy. Together, they must fight against social media attacks of the opposition and get the country back on its feet.

Welcome Back Mr. President

2019

I Can Quit Whenever I Want poster
7.4

A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.

I Can Quit Whenever I Want

2014

Tutto molto bello poster
3.7

Antonio and Giuseppe meet at the hospital, while awaiting the birth of their respective first children. The two leave together for a quick lunch, ending up involved against their will in an odyssey of amusing setbacks and bizarre characters.

Tutto molto bello

2014

Two Stepmoms poster
6.0

What would happen if two sworn enemies, two opposed women in temperament and lifestyle find out to share the most incredible legacy: the child of their ex-husband?

Two Stepmoms

2016

Hell of a Day poster
NR

Gianni is a young criminal who is indebted to the nasty gang boss "Er Tajola". He must find a bunch of money by evening and he'll dive into absurd and dangerous situations.

Hell of a Day

2011

Nothing Can Stop Us Now poster
5.7

The training trip of 4 "special" boys, one narcoleptic, one internet-dependent, one suffering from Tourette's Syndrome and one obsessed with hygiene towards self-affirmation and acceptance of one's differences.

Nothing Can Stop Us Now

2013

Dreamfools poster
5.6

Two lovers are stuck in stale relationships due to lean finances. But when one is duped into thinking he's suddenly rich, he takes very drastic action.

Dreamfools

2018

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents poster
6.8

More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and conspiracies. So, instead of helping in the training of their children, they become insurmountable obstacles to their growth. Presumptuously they think: "We know better than anyone else our children and we know what they are worth and how and what you have to teach."

How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents

2016

A Perfect Family poster
6.5

Leone is a rich and powerful man whose loneliness drives him to hire a cast of actors to play the family he never had. On Christmas Eve, reality and make-believe start to get blurred.

A Perfect Family

2012

L'agenzia dei bugiardi poster
5.9

Fred works for a company that creates alibis for cheaters until Clio, the daughter of one of his client, falls in love with him.

L'agenzia dei bugiardi

2019

Un Natale stupefacente poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Un Natale stupefacente

2014

How to Get Revenge on Your Ex poster
5.8

Two aging men bond over their respective heartbreaks, but it may not be over yet...

How to Get Revenge on Your Ex

2016

Meet My Friend poster
4.5

Marco Ferretti is an Italian manager who is young and beautiful, but he cannot stand the presence of women after a difficult affair. When Marco goes to London for an appointment, he meets four beautiful girls who disrupt his life with love.

Meet My Friend

2010

The Lithium Conspiracy poster
3.7

In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.

The Lithium Conspiracy

2015

2000s · 9 titles

Il pranzo della domenica poster
6.3

The life of Franca Malorni, exponent of the good bourgeoisie of the capital, suddenly changes when her husband dies suddenly. The woman begins to pour her attention on the three daughters, obliging them to have a Sunday lunch with their families.

Il pranzo della domenica

2003

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love poster
6.9

Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ignorance and social distress, but it got for the first time, to feel loved. He fought with extraordinary faith and tenacity to overcome obstacles and snares that both the civilian and ecclesiastical authorities, they put in their path to prevent him from completing his goal: the founding of the Congregation of the Salesians, which would guarantee the future of their children .

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

2004

I Vicerè poster
6.1

In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.

I Vicerè

2007

Amatemi poster
4.5

Married for most of her adult life, Nina plunges into depression after being suddenly deserted by her husband. Eventually, she'll find a way out by having multiple affairs with strangers.

Amatemi

2005

Night Bus poster
6.2

Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from poker debts. He's stumbled upon by the variously named Leila, a thief who has accidentally become wrapped up in a secretive blackmail deal involving the President. As the film unfolds, a secret war between factions of the Security Services, a series of confusions among the various criminal fraternities whose activites have been touched upon by the deal, and Leila's past all complicate the situation.

Night Bus

2007

La trappola di Maigret poster
8.1

A serial killer is stalking the streets of Paris and Maigret has to resort to setting a trap in order to catch him.

La trappola di Maigret

2004

The Theft of St. Peter's Treasure poster
8.0

Rome is on the thresh-hold of the Holy year 1925, the city wishes to present itself as 'spotless' to the outside world. The appearance of a child's corpse puts an end to these aspirations. The police arrest a small time crook who has committed a robbery but has nothing to do with the murder of the child.

The Theft of St. Peter's Treasure

2000

Amore 14 poster
3.8

Come ogni 14enne Carolina, detta Caro,è impegnata a districarsi tra la scuola, gli amici e il rapporto spesso conflittuale con i genitori, si trova improvvisamente alle prese con i turbamenti legati al primo amore che ha il nome e il volto di Massimiliano. Ad aiutarla nel suo cammino verso la scoperta delle gioie e dei dolori sentimentali ci saranno le sue amiche del cuore e la sua famiglia

Amore 14

2009

Bets & Wedding Dresses poster
6.0

Franco Campanella, a former postal worker earning under €1,000 monthly, is devoted to his family but addicted to gambling. On his daughter Luisa’s wedding eve, he promises to save for expenses but, after being denied a loan, gambles away tens of thousands, ending up in debt to loan sharks and Camorra members.

Bets & Wedding Dresses

2009

1990s · 3 titles

Series credits

Police District poster
6.9

The events of Police District unfold in the rooms of the 10th Tuscolano, a police station on the outskirts of Rome where current events intertwine with the private lives of the inspectors, officers and commissioners who, over the course of 11 intense seasons, have created one of the greatest successes on Italian TV.

Police District

2000

Inspector Coliandro poster
8.1

Coliandro is an inspector serving at the Bologna police headquarters who constantly finds himself embroiled, against his will, in matters bigger than himself. But Coliandro never backs down, even though his carelessness and investigative incompetence inevitably land him in trouble.

Inspector Coliandro

2006

Boris poster
8.6

Boris is an Italian television series created by Luca Manzi and Carlo Mazzotta, initially produced from 2007 to 2010, with a revival season premiered in 2022. The show brings to the stage the behind the scenes of a television set where a troupe is shooting Gli occhi del cuore 2 (The eyes of the heart 2), a satirical portrait of the many fictions airing on the Italian TV networks.

Boris

2007

GialappaShow poster
7.8

Marco Santin and Giorgio Gherarducci - supported in the studio by Mago Forest, a great cast of comedians and many surprise guests - comment with biting irony on the most popular TV programs, the main sporting events and the last web trends.

GialappaShow

2023

Baby poster
7.9

Fed up with their families and classmates, two teen girls from a wealthy part of Rome are drawn to the city's underworld and start leading double lives.

Baby

2018

The Leopard poster
7.7

Amid the unification of 1860s Italy, a Sicilian prince grapples with the collision between his family's ancient privilege and revolutionary change.

The Leopard

2025

Le Iene poster
6.8

Comedy/satirical show, with sketches and reports into political affairs and consumer issues. Recurring features of the show, besides the reportage, are the double interviews in which two famous people are asked the same questions, and are edited together on a split screen, side by side so that they answer one after the other.

Le Iene

1997

Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue poster
8.1

A Late Show with a strong identity that bears the name of Alessandro Cattelan: surprising interviews, monologues, music and guests who face all the challenges, even the most unlikely, but without ever taking themselves seriously.

Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue

2022

Deal with it - Stai al gioco poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Deal with it - Stai al gioco

2019

A Patch by Lundini poster
8.4

A patch is something commonly used to cover a hole in a dress. Valerio Lundini is a Roman surrealist comedian, who is called every night to replace a programme that, for various reasons, cannot go on air -- he basically puts "a patch" in a TV schedule. But can he?

A Patch by Lundini

2020

Zio Gianni poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Zio Gianni

2014

The Immature - The Series poster
6.1

The series, which follows the film, will see old classmates reunite at high school after the Ministry of Education has canceled their state exams. To prevent their degrees and subsequent qualifications from being revoked by the Ministry, they will have to retake the exam and attend school among much younger people. Needless to say, old memories will resurface, as will hidden passions and unresolved issues.

The Immature - The Series

2018

Luna Park poster
6.5

In 1960s Rome, a meeting between a free-spirited young woman who grew up in her family's circus and a girl of wealthy descent leads to secrets, intrigue, and unexpected loves.

Luna Park

2021

Sono Lillo poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Sono Lillo

2023

Moses poster
6.9

An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lovingly told production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Moses leads them to freedom.

Moses

1996

One Captain poster
6.5

Miniseries that chronicles the final days of Italian footballer Francesco Totti's playing career.

One Captain

2021

Gli anni spezzati poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gli anni spezzati

2013

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love poster
NR

Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ignorance and social distress, but it got for the first time, to feel loved. He fought with extraordinary faith and tenacity to overcome obstacles and snares that both the civilian and ecclesiastical authorities, they put in their path to prevent him from completing his goal: the founding of the Congregation of the Salesians, which would guarantee the future of their children.

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love

2004

Pesci Piccoli: Un'agenzia, molte idee, poco budget poster
7.2

A small digital agency struggles against the odds while dreaming of something bigger. It finds itself in a tricky situation, between extravagant clients and the challenges of a modest provincial reality.

Pesci Piccoli: Un'agenzia, molte idee, poco budget

2023

In&Out - Niente di serio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

In&Out - Niente di serio

2025

The Vertical Line poster
7.9

Heartfelt Italian comedy-drama about the patients and staff of a hospital oncology ward.

The Vertical Line

2018

Romanzo Siciliano poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Romanzo Siciliano

2016

L'ultimo Papa Re poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'ultimo Papa Re

2013

456 poster
NR

456 is the comical and violent story of a family that, isolated and closed, lives in the middle of a valley beyond which they sense the unknown. Father, mother and son are ignorant, distrustful, nervous. They hurl accusations, they top up a tomato sauce left by their grandmother who died years before, they argue, they pray, they hate each other. Each of the three represents for the others the most detestable thing in the world. And yet a truce is needed, because a long-awaited guest is arriving, who can and must change their future. Everything is ready, everything is perfect. But the truce will not last

456

2012

Sei pezzi facili poster
7.0

Six plays staged for TV, under the artistic direction and direction of Paolo Sorrentino. A project dedicated to the genius of Mattia Torre, played by actors-friends, companions of many adventures in cinema, theater and fiction.

Sei pezzi facili

2022

Il restauratore poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Il restauratore

2012