Gianni Capaldi is a Scottish actor and film and television producer.

Personal life and education Capaldi was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire to parents Tony and Maria. He attended St Mary's Primary School and Hamilton College before continuing his education at Glasgow Caledonian University. He played youth football for Motherwell.

Capaldi is related to Scottish entertainers Jimmy Logan, Lewis Capaldi and Peter Capaldi.

Capaldi lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former NFL San Diego Chargers cheerleader Amanda Fitz.Actor Gianni Capaldi marries former American cheerleader , Daily Record, 6 June 2015Actor Gianni Capaldi talks Celtic, Rangers and the future of Scottish football, HITC, 17 August 2016

Controversy

On 18 April 2022, TV presenter Jean Johansson accused Capaldi of using "abusive" language during a private message exchange with her on the social media platform Twitter. In June 2022, a video emerged of Capaldi singing in support of the New IRA paramilitary organisation at a Celtic convention in Las Vegas.

Career Capaldi has starred in various genres, from drama to horror, he is mostly known in the action world appearing in films such as Blood of Redemption (2013), Puncture Wounds (2014), and Nightworld (2017).

Capaldi's first major role, portraying a British gangster called English, saw him star alongside Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Danny Trejo and Tom Sizemore in the action Sony picture film Cross. Capaldi worked alongside Morgan Freeman in the children's film, Wish Wizard, a film made in collaboration with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. then in the paranormal moralistic drama The Between, with Isabelle Fuhrman, Joel Courtney and Peter Bogdanovich.

Capaldi briefly expanded into television with appearances as himself in the HDnet reality television series Hollywood Royale.

Capaldi's acting credits include Crossroads and romantic drama Don't Pass Me By, before teaming up with Jason Mewes for a web series, Vigilante Diaries. He went onto star in Devil's Dozen, a horror feature directed by Jeremy London and also starring C. Thomas Howell and Eric Roberts, which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 2013.

Capaldi starred in a trio of action films directed by Giorgio Serafini. In Ambushed, Capaldi portrays an uncontrollable Scottish gangster alongside Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Randy Couture. Blood of Redemption showcases the softer side of Capaldi as an American FBI agent, and brother to Billy Zane and nephew to Robert Davi, in a constant struggle to vindicate his fathers murder with Dolph Lundgren and Vinnie Jones, on opposite sides of the fence. Capaldi also produced A Certain Justice, starring alongside martial arts specialist, Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan.

Capaldi filmed a theatrically released horror feature in Italy about an urban witch legend Janara (2014) where he played an American priest. He continued with filming in Europe in the BBC comedy short film Gasping, set in Scotland with director Greg Hemphill and comedian Frankie Boyle. Gasping was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival. Capaldi starred in Mickey Rooney's last film Jeckyl and Hyde, leading the cast as Edward Hyde. He then went on to work on Last Man's club, a family film alongside Jake Bussey, Richard Riedle and Kate French.

In 2015, Capaldi starred in Bite, an action horror film shot in Rome, alongside Costas Mandylor and Vinnie Jones, directed by Alberto Sciamma. Capaldi filmed Ghosts of Garip in Turkey playing the lead in an action adventure vampire driven horror alongside Selma Ergeç. Wicked Within, a gothic thriller showed Capaldi's soft side as husband to a possessed wife, Sienna Guillory.

Capaldi costarred in Nightfall, shot in Bulgaria, alongside Robert Englund, before joining up with Lindsay Lohan in Belgium and starring with her in The Shadow Within as a Lieutenant mixed up in a political world of vampires and werewolves. Capaldi led the cast alongside Dominique Swain in the film Deprivation, shot in Rome and directed by Brian Skiba. Capaldi went on to film Chokehold in Canada, starring with Casper Van Dien before heading to Turin, Italy, to film the thriller Ulysses with Danny Glover. Capaldi filmed Paper Empire in Miami, a television show alongside Wesley Snipes, Steve Guttenberg and Val Kilmer.

Capaldi filmed festival bound Cranley Gardens in December in London then he began filming in Alabama, on the Western Hell On The Border alongside Frank Grillo, Ron Perlman and Rudy Youngblood where he portrayed Tom Pinkerton.

In 2018 Capaldi shot Robert The Bruce in Scotland, Astro in Los Angeles, Becoming in Kentucky, a Universal Christmas movie Adventures of Santa in Connecticut alongside Denise Richards and film horror Circus Road. River Runs Red which Capaldi shot last December in Kentucky alongside John Cusack, Luke Hemsworth, Taye Diggs and George Lopez came out theatrically in January 2019 across the USA. Capaldi plays a cop alongside Hemsworth who find themselves in a precarious position.

Capaldi appeared alongside Michael Jai White and Mickey Rourke in action film The Commando (2020).

Deadline Hollywood announced that Capaldi was cast alongside Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo in the movie A Day to Die.

Films Year Title Role Notes 2005 All In Sabastian 2010 Cross English 2010 Mandarin Orange Boys Caspian James 2010 Wish Wizard Chevy 2011 The Martini Shot Leo 2011 Crossroads The Scotsman 2011 Don't Pass Me By Chris 2011 Act of Betrayal Ryan 2013 Ambushed Eddie 2013 Blood of Redemption Kurt 2013 Unbelievable Scotty 2013 A Certain Justice Vin 2014 Janara Andrea 2014 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Edward Hyde 2015 Gasping Frank 2015 The Wicked Within Luke 2015 Last Man Club Frank 2015 Bite/Blood Trap Boria 2015 The Ghosts of Garip John 2015 Nightworld Martin 2016 Deprivation Jake 2016 Chokehold Feodor 2016 Ulysses Tony 2017 Isolani Thomas 2017 Rottentail Professor 2018 Astro Jesse Ronin 2019 The Trouble Johnny Turdo 2019 Among the Shadows Lt. McGregor 2019 Robert the Bruce David MacDonald 2019 Cranley Gardens Mr Leaveaux 2019 Circus Road Thomas Ferguson 2019 Becoming Dr Andrew Keenan 2019 My Adventures of Santa David 2019 River Runs Red Rory 2019 Hell on the Border Tom Pinkerton 2022 The Commando Dominic 2022 A Day to Die Tim 2023 King of Killers Roman Korza 2023 The Lurking Fear Officer Quade 2024 The Unholy Trinity Gideon 2024 Damaged Glen Boyd ProducerAlso wrote screenplay and story

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Hollywood Royale Gianni Season 1 lead post-production 2013 Vigilante Diaries Nigel Hawkes 2016 Feel The Dead Matt 2019 Still Game Phone Shop Assistant 2019 Paper Empire Sava 2022 Salvage Marines Tyrol Gaius

Producer Year Title Role 2005 Alien Express Assistant producer 2007 The Martini Shot Producer 2011 Act of Betrayal Producer 2013 Hard Rush Producer 2013 Blood of Redemption Producer 2013 Certain Justice Producer 2013 Badge of Honor Producer 2014 Wicked Within Producer

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