Claudio Santamaria

Acting

Claudio Santamaria

Born 1974-07-22 · Roma, Lazio, Italy

Claudio Santamaria is an italian actor, known for Romanzo criminale (2005) and Diaz - Don't clean up this blood (2012). In 2016 he won the David di Donatello for best leading actor for Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot.

Acting credits

Casino Royale poster
7.6

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Casino Royale

2006

The Return poster
6.6

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.

The Return

2024

They Call Me Jeeg poster
7.4

Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.

They Call Me Jeeg

2016

In the Hand of Dante poster
5.5

A Vatican priest discovers Dante's original Divine Comedy manuscript. When asked to authenticate it, writer Nick Tosches steals it, while a parallel story follows Dante's quest to create his masterpiece.

In the Hand of Dante

2026

Melissa P. poster
4.7

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

Melissa P.

2005

The Big Fake poster
6.6

Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.

The Big Fake

2025

Drifters poster
5.8

A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.

Drifters

2011

Somebody to Love poster
7.2

On a first date in Rome, the inner voices of recently separated Piero and furniture restorer Lara speak aloud, exposing the true thoughts and anxieties hidden behind their conversation.

Somebody to Love

2025

Idols poster
7.1

A fiery young motorcycle racer throws away his shot at the junior championship in a reckless crash, only to receive a surprise offer from a top Moto2 team that gives him a chance at redemption. But to claim it, he must train under his estranged father, a disgraced former world champion haunted by a tragic past. As the father and son battle personal demons, media scrutiny, and a ruthless racing circuit, their fractured bond is pushed to the limit by ambition, love, and the unforgiving speed of the sport. With a wildcard entry into MotoGP on the line, they must confront the wreckage of their relationship to seize a future—on and off the track.

Idols

2026

Things We Don't Say poster
6.9

Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally published editorials. They live in Rome, moving between accomplishments and routine, affection and something that might be fading. In search of new energy, they travel to Morocco with their lifelong friends, Anna and Paolo, and their thirteen-year-old daughter Vittoria—bright, curious, a little eccentric. Tensions soon rise.

Things We Don't Say

2026

Aspettando Il Sole poster
7.1

Italy, 1980s. Three thugs stumble upon a remote, out-of-place hotel: a refuge at the edge of the world. But this isn't just their story. Because at the Bellevue Hotel, other guests exist, breathing or crying behind a door with worn numbers, gestures of love or desperation, whispered voices or screams. In the intertwining of each of these stories, walls dissolve and doors open, revealing the thread that binds the destinies of all the guests.

Aspettando Il Sole

2008

Amarsi può darsi poster
8.0

During their divorce trial, Davide and Giulia go back through episodes of their life together while they listen to a series of witnesses. Do they really want to go different ways?

Amarsi può darsi

2001

Elf Me poster
5.8

A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.

Elf Me

2023

Freaks Out poster
7.3

Four super-powered circus freaks find themselves trapped in war-torn Rome after their foster father is captured by the Nazis.

Freaks Out

2021

Rider poster
NR

Saluele, known as Sami, is a young fiid delivery rider who spends his days cycling across Milan travelling from one end of the city to the other. On New Year's Eve, while the city bursts into celebration, beneath dazzling lights, he delivers a huge sushi order to a luxorious villa on the city's northern outskirts. Invited to stay for the evening, Sami meets Nia, and the two instantly form a powerful connection. But as a new romance begins to blossom, an impulsive decision will have fatal consequences, forcing Sami to decide whether to face the consequences of his actions.

Rider

2026

The Son's Room poster
7.1

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

The Son's Room

2001

The Negotiator poster
7.1

Baghdad, 2005. After Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena is kidnapped by insurgents, veteran SISMI negotiator Nicola Calipari is tasked with rescuing her, but interference from US forces in Iraq compromises his mission.

The Negotiator

2025

Romanzo Criminale poster
7.2

After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the most powerful gangsters in Rome. Libano loves their new status, and seeks to spread their influence throughout the underworld, while the other two pursue more fleshly desires. For decades, their gang perpetrates extravagant crimes, until paranoia threatens to split the friends apart.

Romanzo Criminale

2005

The Card Player poster
4.4

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

The Card Player

2004

The Best Years poster
6.8

Italy from the '80s to the present day, through the dreams, loves, successes and failures of four friends.

The Best Years

2020

The Last Kiss poster
6.4

Giulia and Carlo have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of irreversible responsibilities, Carlo finds himself tempted by a bewitching 18-year-old girl, Francesca, whom he meets by chance at a wedding. The possibility of one last youthful crazy fling before the impending prison of parenthood proves to be too attractive to resist.

The Last Kiss

2001

Forgive Us Our Debts poster
6.1

Threatened by creditors, a newly unemployed man agrees to work for a debt collector, but soon discovers his deal with the devil has unexpected costs.

Forgive Us Our Debts

2018

In Gold We Trust poster
5.2

A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.

In Gold We Trust

2010

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

Behind the camera