- Born
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Adriano Giannini is the son of actor Giancarlo Giannini and of director Livia Giampalmo. From 1989 and 1998 he worked as a camera assistant in some of the most well known Italian and American productions.
Adriano made his cinema debut in 2000 as lead actor in "Alla rivoluzione sulla due cavalli," directed by Maurizio Sciarra (Pardo d'Oro in Locarno Festival 2001). Adriano received the "Biraghi" award for best actor, and the 'revelation of the year' award at Taormina Film Festival, 2002. That same yeaar, Adriano also starred with Giovanna Mezzogiorno in the movie "State zitti per favore" by Livia Giampalmo. In 2001, Adriano worked with Madonna in the English film "Swept Away " by Guy Ritchie. From then on his career has alternated between film and television projects in Italy and abroad.
Adriano is also known for being a talented dubbing artist, havign dubbed the voices of actors such as Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix, Jude Law, Christian Bale, Brad Pitt and Matthew Mc Conaughey. So far, this has won him two Nastri d'Argento awards. His directing debut came with the short film "Il Gioco", which he also produced and adapted, based on the short story by Andrea Camilleri. Adriano was in competition at the Venice Film Festival with Silvio Soldini's films "Il colore nascosto delle cose", "Lacci" by Daniele Lucchetti, and "Vivere" by Francesca Archibugi. In 2021, Adriano was among the protagonists of "Tre Piani," which screened at the Cannes film festival and was directed by Nanni Moretti, and the Amazon TV series "Bang Bang Baby," directed by Michele Alhaique.
- IMDb mini biography by: TNA
- SpouseGaia Trussardi(August 5, 2019 - present)
- Parents
- RelativesEmanuele Giannini(Half Sibling)Francesco Giannini(Half Sibling)Lorenzo Giannini(Sibling)
- He and father Giancarlo Giannini played the same character in the Italian original (Swept Away (1974)) and American remake (Swept Away (2002)) of the same film.
- Provides the voice of the Joker in the dubbed Italian version of The Dark Knight (2008). Nineteen years earlier, his father Giancarlo Giannini dubbed the same character in Batman (1989).
- Son of Giancarlo Giannini.
- Mother is screenwriter/director Livia Giampalmo.
- Younger brother of Lorenzo Giannini, half-brother of Emanuele and Francesco Giannini.
- My mother is not a CIA agent, but she's an Italian mother, and she'd do anything for her son.
- 'Swept Away' is one of my favorite films of my father. I've seen it about 20 times. It's a cult movie in Italy.
- I would like to get a house in Tuscany: aside from New York, cities do not appeal to me anymore.
- In TV, sometimes you get lost in the fog of the scene, and when you're working with such good actors, they can bring you into the scene.
- I grew up a very open and free mind, but also with the flaws of a look on life with too much liberty than people normally have.
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