Bruno Zanin (9 April 1951 – 7 July 2024) was an Italian film, theatre, and television actor and writer.
Life and career Child of farmers and the sixth of seven brothers, Zanin studied at a school run by priests up to the age of fourteen, when an event occurred that made him leave (detailed in his novel, Nobody Must Know). After a life on the road, including time in jail, he became an actor by accident when Federico Fellini chose him among thousands of young men for the role of Titta in the film Amarcord. He went on to appear in numerous films, theatre plays and television series with Italian and foreign filmmakers such as Giuseppe Ferrara, Marco Tullio Giordana, Giuliano Montaldo, Franco Brusati, Luigi Faccini, Lucian Pintilie and Lina Wertmüller. In the theatre, he has worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Marco Sciaccaluga, Gianfranco De Bosio, Sandro Sequi, and Alfredo Arias, appearing chiefly in Venetian language plays by Goldoni but also in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
In 2007, he published his first novel, an autobiographical work titled Nobody Must Know. The book obtained special mention at the Città di Latisana per il Nord Est, an Italian literary awards event. The novel was published in Spanish by Trotta editorial (Madrid) as Que no se entere nadie.
Zanin had two sons, Francesco and Fiorenzo. He lived in a log cabin in the woods at Vanzone con San Carlo, a mountain village below Monte Rosa, Piedmont.
Zanin died on 7 July 2024, at the age of 73.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes1973 Amarcord Titta Federico Fellini 1974 City Under Siege Young Lover of Maria Romolo Guerrieri 1974 La prova d'amore Gianni Tiziano Longo 1975 Killer Cop Franco Ludovisi Luciano Ercoli 1975 The First Time on the Grass Gianluigi Calderone 1976 And Agnes Chose to Die Figlio di Cencio Giuliano Montaldo 1976 The Mistress Is Served Daniele Cardona, il figlio Mario Lanfranchi 1978 La borgata dei sogni Daniele Pettinari 1978 Mille e una vita Gianfranco Mingozzi 1982 Marco Polo Giulio Giuliano Montaldo TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes1982 The Good Soldier Marco Franco Brusati 1983 Occhei, occhei Claudia Fiorio 1984 Notti e nebbie Bonetti Marco Tullio Giordana TV movie1985 Inganni Luigi Faccini 1986 The Moro Affair 2nd Brigadist Giuseppe Ferrara 1987 Treasure Island in Outer Space Morgan Antonio Margheriti TV Mini-Series, 5 episodes2000 Francesca e Nunziata Beppe Lina Wertmüller TV movie2000 La donna del delitto Bruno D'Amato Corrado Colombo 2009 Reame del Nulla Razi Mohebi 2017 In Search of Fellini Beppi Taron Lexton 2021DeaBrunoAlberto Gerosa
TV theatre 1979: The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, dir. Gianfranco De Bosio with Sergio Fantoni, Andrea Giordana, Massimo Dapporto, Pino Ferrara, Lina Sastri, Bruno Zanin, Vittorio Stagni, Ilaria Occhini, Massimo Foschi, Gianrico Tedeschi, Antonio Garrani, , (aired on 24 March 1979).
Theatre 1974: Goldoni – La putta onorata and la buona moglie 1975: Goldoni – Il Campiello 1979: Shakespeare – Il Mercante di Venezia 1982: Goldoni – I pettegolezzi delle donne 1989: Goldoni – Il Ventaglio
Writing 2006: Nobody must know (ed. Tullio Pironti)
References
External links
Bruno Zanin at Lecturalia