Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano

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. ... Source: Article "Adriano Celentano" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Милано, Италия, 1938-01-06

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Go, Johnny, Go!	Adriano Celentano (uncredited)	58
2	1959	The Jukebox Kids	Adriano	57
3	1959	Juke Box - Screams of Love	Singer	44
4	1960	La Dolce Vita	Self (uncredited)	81
5	1960	Howlers of the Dock	Adriano il molleggiato	49
6	1960	Sanremo - La grande sfida	Adriano Celentano	40
7	1961	I Kiss... You Kiss	Se stesso	40
8	1961	Hey, Let's Twist!	Cantante (uncredited)	37
9	1962	La colère	Self (archive footage)	0
10	1962	The Seven Deadly Sins	Self (segment "La colère") (archive footage) (uncredited)	56
11	1963	The Strange Type	Peppino	55
12	1963	The Monk of Monza	Un falso frate	71
13	1964	Malamondo	Narrator	42
14	1964	Robbery Roman Style	Sergio	71
15	1968	La più bella coppia del mondo	Adriano Celentano	35
16	1968	Serafino	Serafino Fiorin	60
17	1971	The Story of Romance and Knife	Nino "Ninetto" Patroni, detto Er Più di Borgo	55
18	1972	White Sister	Annibale Pezzi	63
19	1973	Little Funny Guy	Peppino Cavallo	53
20	1973	Rugantino	Rugantino	59
21	1973	The Five Days	Cainazzo	60
22	1975	Yuppi Du	Felice della Pietà	56
23	1975	Di che segno sei?	Alfredo Astariti detto "Fred Astaire"	55
24	1976	The Con Artists	Félix	70
25	1976	Lunatics and Lovers	Sprint Boss	59
26	1977	L'altra metà del cielo	Don Vincenzo Ferrari	60
27	1977	Here We for Example...	Antonmatteo Colombo detto Click	53
28	1978	Loggerheads	Herman / Gustav	50
29	1978	Geppo il folle	Geppo	48
30	1979	Saturday, Sunday and Friday	Mr. Constantin (episodio "Venerdì")	52
31	1979	Velvet Hands	Ingegner Quiller	63
32	1980	Give Me Five	don Fulgenzio	58
33	1980	La locandiera	Cavaliere di Ripafretta	53
34	1980	The Taming of the Scoundrel	Elia Codogno	71
35	1981	Ace	Asso	61
36	1981	Madly in Love	Barnaba Cecchini	66
37	1982	Grand Hotel Excelsior	Taddeus	61
38	1982	Bingo Bongo	Bingo Bongo	57
39	1983	Sing Sing	Alfredo "Boghy"	53
40	1983	Special Features: Handsome	Mattia	58
41	1985	He's Worse than Me	Leonardo	62
42	1985	Joan Lui	Joan Lui	52
43	1986	The Grumpy	Tito Torrisi	63
44	1992	Cyber Eden	Furio	47
45	2009	Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita		0
46	2010	1960	Self (archive footage)	52

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Die Drehscheibe	Self	60
2	1964	Vergißmeinnicht	Self	0
3	1967	Diamoci del tu	Self	80
4	1967	Europarty	Self	0
5	1968	Night-Club	Self	0
6	1969	Unsere kleine Show	Self	0
7	1969	Wünsch dir was	Self	0
8	1970	Treffpunkte	Self	0
9	1971	Disco	Self	0
10	1974	Der große Preis	Self	60
11	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
12	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
13	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
14	1977	Please Turn the Page	Self	60
15	1978	Bio’s Bahnhof	Self	0
16	1980	Verstehen Sie Spaß?	Self	38
17	1981	Astro-Show	self	60
18	1988	Flitterabend	Self - Singer	0
19	1994	NeXt	Self	0
20	2005	Rockpolitik	Self	0
21	2019	Adrian	Adrian (voice)	37

Adriano Celentano

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