Sandro Ghiani
Born (1952-08-12) 12 August 1952 (age 71)
Carbonia, Italy
OccupationActor

Sandro Ghiani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡjaːni];[1] born 12 August 1952) is an Italian film, stage and television actor.

Life and career

Born in Carbonia, Sardinia, the son of a postal clerk, Ghiani studied in a seminary, the Institute of Don Orione in Tortona in Piedmont, where, with the first performances at amateur level, he discovered his passion for acting.[2] He then moved to Rome, to pursue a career as a professional actor.[2] Ghiani was mostly active in comedic character roles, often characterized by a strong Sardinian diction.[2] In 2009 Ghiani debuted as a writer with the novel L'angelo della porta accanto, which he wrote together with Susanna Trossero.[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Canepari, Luciano (2009). "Ghiani". Il DiPI: dizionario di pronuncia italiana (in Italian). Bologna: Zanichelli. ISBN 978-88-08-10511-0.
  2. ^ a b c Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto, eds. (2003). Gli attori: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. ISBN 88-8440-269-7.
  3. ^ "Dicono di noi: L'angelo della porta accanto di Sandro Ghiani e Susanna Trossero". Graphomania. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

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