Name
Adriano Celentano
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-01-06 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Милано, Италия
Biography
Adriano Celentano (born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed il Molleggiato (the springy one) because of his dancing.
Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and critical success. With 150 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling Italian musical artists. Often credited as the author of both the music and lyrics of his songs, according to his wife Claudia Mori, some were written in collaboration with others. Due to his prolific career, both in Italy and abroad, he is considered one of the pillars of Italian music. Celentano is recognized for being particularly perceptive of changes in the music business, and is credited for having introduced rock and roll to Italy. As an actor, Celentano has appeared in 39 films, mostly comedies.
Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Cristoforo Gluck, and this address later became the subject of the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck" ("The boy from Gluck Street"). His parents were from Foggia in Apulia and had moved north for work. His career as a singer started in 1959. Before his debut as an artist he was working as a watchmaker.
Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and the 1950s rock 'n' roll scene as well as by American actor Jerry Lewis, Celentano started playing in a rock and roll band with Giorgio Gaber and Enzo Jannacci. Along with Gaber and Jannacci, he was discovered by Jolly Records A&R Executive Ezio Leoni, who signed him to his first recording contract and co-authored with Celentano some of his greatest early hits, including "24.000 baci", "Il tuo bacio è come un rock", and "Si è spento il Sole". He first appeared on screen in Ragazzi del Juke-Box, a 1959 Italian musical film directed by Lucio Fulci with music by Ezio Leoni. In 1960, Federico Fellini cast him as a rock and roll singer in his film La Dolce Vita.
In 1962, Celentano founded the Italian record label Clan Celentano (which is still active) with many performers such as Don Backy, Ola & the Janglers, Ricky Gianco, Katty Line, Gino Santercole, Fred Bongusto and his wife Claudia Mori.
As a film director, Celentano frequently cast Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. He and Mori have three children, Rosita, Giacomo and Rosalinda Celentano. Rosalinda is most notable to worldwide audiences for playing Satan in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. Celentano has also hosted several Italian television shows.
Celentano has retained his popularity in Italy for over 50 years, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies. As part of his TV and movie work, he created a comic genre, with a characteristic walk and facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful; indeed, in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, his low-budget movies were top of Italian box office rankings. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best performance. ...
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Known For
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Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn...
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Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a w...
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Peppino, a slow-witted local villager of the Italian resort town of Amalfi, is bribed to i...
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Two episodes: A roman coachman fulfills the dream of his life and meets the Pope. A priest...
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SABATO (first episode): A company receives the visit of a very very important person. This...
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- 1980 The Taming of the Scoundrel as Elia Codogno
- 1981 Madly in Love as Barnaba Cecchini
- 1978 Loggerheads as Herman / Gustav
- 1986 Il burbero as Tito Torrisi
- 1975 Yuppi Du as Felice della Pietà
- 1981 Ace as Asso
- 1982 Bingo Bongo as Bingo Bongo
- 1979 Velvet Hands as Ingegner Quiller
- 1976 The Con Artists as Félix
- 1982 Grand Hotel Excelsior as Taddeus
- 1979 Saturday, Sunday and Friday as Mr. Constantin (episodio "Venerdì")
- 1983 Special Features: Handsome as Mattia
- 2010 1960 as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 The Five Days as Cainazzo
- 1963 The Monk of Monza as Un falso frate
- 1977 Here We for Example... as Antonmatteo Colombo detto Click
- 1978 Geppo il folle as Geppo
- 1992 Cyber Eden as Furio
- 1985 Joan Lui as Joan Lui
- 1973 Rugantino as Rugantino
- 1973 Little Funny Guy as Peppino Cavallo
- 1980 Give Me Five as don Fulgenzio
- 1964 Robbery Roman Style as Sergio
- 1968 Serafino as Serafino Fiorin
- 1971 The Story of Romance and Knife as Nino "Ninetto" Patroni, detto Er Più di Borgo
- 1983 Sing Sing as Alfredo "Boghy"
- 1963 The Strange Type as Peppino
- 1985 He's Worse than Me as Leonardo
- 1975 What's Your Sign? as Alfredo Astariti detto "Fred Astaire"
- 1960 Howlers of the Dock as Adriano il molleggiato
- 1959 Go, Johnny, Go! as Adriano Celentano (uncredited)
- 1968 La più bella coppia del mondo as Adriano Celentano
- 1980 La locandiera as Cavaliere di Ripafretta
- 1962 La Colère as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 The Seven Deadly Sins as Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1961 I Kiss... You Kiss as Se stesso
- 1961 Hey, Let's Twist! as Cantante (uncredited)
- 1976 Lunatics and Lovers as Sprint Boss
- 1964 Malamondo as Narrator
- 1972 White Sister as Annibale Pezzi
- 1977 L'altra metà del cielo as Don Vincenzo Ferrari
- 1960 Sanremo - La grande sfida as Adriano Celentano
- 2009 Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita as Self
- 1959 Juke Box - Screams of Love as Singer
- 1959 The Jukebox Kids as Adriano
- 1960 La Dolce Vita as Self (uncredited)
- 2023 Al Bano - 4 Volte 20 as Cantante, attore e showman
- 1987 Live in Moscow as Cantante
- 1962 Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani
- 2012 Adriano Celentano - Rock Economy as Self
- 1967 Europarty ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Disco ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Bio’s Bahnhof ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Flitterabend ( 1 episode ) as Self - Singer
- 1980 Verstehen Sie Spaß? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 Adrian ( 9 episodes ) as Adrian (voice)
- 1964 Vergißmeinnicht ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Midi Première ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 Diamoci del tu ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Please Turn the Page ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1970 Treffpunkte ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1969 Wünsch dir was ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1964 Die Drehscheibe ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 NeXt ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1969 Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1974 Der große Preis ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Rockpolitik ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1981 Astro-Show ( 1 episode ) as self
- 1968 Night-Club ( 1 episode ) as Self
