Tommaso Ragno (born 1 June 1967) is an Italian stage and film actor.
Biography Early life and education Tommaso Ragno was born on 1 June 1967 in Vieste, a coastal town in the province of Foggia, as the eldest of two children. His family, mainly from Apulia and on the grand-maternal side from ex-Yugoslavia, moved to Piacenza when he was two years old. Always having been very introverted, he spent a lot of time in solitude reading books and studying literature, planning on becoming a writer. However, later he went on to study acting at the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Art in Milan.
After having spent a part of his life living in Berlin, Ragno currently resides in Rome, where he also spent the pandemic lockdown.
Stage and film career In 1988, he debuted as a stage actor in the Greek tragedy La seconda generazione, a collection of pieces by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides directed by Mario Martone. Since the 1990s, he has worked repeatedly with Carlo Checci, whom he calls his "greatest teacher".
He made his film debut in 1997, starring in We All Fall Down by Davide Ferrario. In 2001 he was the lead in Chimera, directed by Pappi Corsicato, and in 2007, alongside Isabelle Huppert, in Medea Miracle by Tonino De Berdani. He also starred in The Council of Egypt (2002), L'uomo privato (2007), Me and You (2012), Like Crazy (2016) and Bloody Richard (2017).
In 2018, he starred in Happy as Lazzaro, directed by Alice Rohrwacher, who won the Award for the best Screenplay for it at the Cannes Film Festival as well as the American National Board of Review's Best Foreign Language Film Award. In his role as the grown-up Tancredi, Ragno has been nominated at the CinEuphoria Awards for Best Ensemble - International Competition. Other notable works he starred in include Nanni Moretti's Three Floors in 2021 and Paolo Virzì's Dry in 2022. directed by Paolo Virzi, both of which were shot before the pandemic. In 2022, he won the Nastro d'Argento for the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Mario Martone's Nostalgia.
Radio and television Starting in 1998 with Più luce non basta directed by Elisabetta Lodoli, Ragno has played various roles in different television productions, establishing himself as the protagonist in the series Distretto di polizia and Il tredicesimo apostolo.
Since 2004 he has been narrating literary classics such as The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, A Room with a View and Frankenstein on the program Ad alta voce on Rai Radio 3.
For his role of Marcello in the 2018 series Il miracolo, directed by Niccolò Ammaniti, he won the Flaiano Prize as well as the Golden Screen Award. In 2020, he played the Italian mafia boss Donatello Fadda in the fourth season of Fargo, written and directed by Noah Hawley.
Filmography Films YearTitleRole(s) Notes1997We All Fall DownLurido2001ChimeraSal2002The Council of EgyptFrancesco Paolo Di Blasi2004L'iguanaDon Fidenzio2005Along the RidgeBontempoAmatemiAngeloSexum superando - Isabella MorraDiego Sandoval2007Medea MiracleJasonL'uomo privatoPrivate Man2010La PassioneStefano2011Missione di paceColonel Cervo2012Me and YouFerdinandoPandemiaRino2014A Golden BoyLudovica's husbandMafia and Red TomatoesNicola Sansone2015I Killed NapoléonGabrielePoli oppostiPaoloLand of SaintsAlfredo Raso2016Like CrazyGiorgio Lorenzini2017I peggioriDurimBloody RichardEdoardo2018Hotel GagarinFranco ParadisoHappy as LazzaroAdult Tancredi2019CoppermanSilvano2020Il buco in testaGuido MandeliThe Bad PoetGiancarlo Maroni2021Three FloorsLuigiState a casaSpatola With or Without You RigoniSecurityWalter Spezi2022VetroFatherNostalgiaOreste SpasianoBurning HeartsMichele MalatestaDryAlfredoMy Soul SummerVinsRobbing MussoliniMarcello Davoli2023Like Sheep Among Wolves Sante 2024Vermiglio Cesare GraziadeiSicilian LettersPapacena2025The IllusionGiuseppe GaribaldiAnnaRoberto Rossellini2026 The Fire Within You
Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes1998Più leggero non bastaPaolo2001Distretto di PoliziaLorenzoEpisode: "L'altro"2003Un papà quasi perfettoMusic teacherEpisode: "Episodio 3"2005OrgoglioDanilo FoschiMain role (season 2)Il maresciallo RoccaCorrado GianniEpisode: "Il figlio di nessuno"Elisa di RivombrosaKing Vittorio Amedeo IIIMain role (season 2)2008R.I.S. Delitti ImperfettiEpisode: "Killer in fuga"2011–2012Distretto di PoliziaAntonio CoralloMain role (season 11)2012–2014Il tredicesimo apostoloBonifacio ServentiMain role2015Le tre rose di EvaFrancesco ManieroMain role (season 3)FuoriclasseFilippo IaconelloRecurring role1992Michele MainaghiRecurring role2016Thou Shalt Not KillBorisEpisode: "Episodio 11"2017Kommissarin LucasDaniele GrassoEpisode: "Familiengeheimnis"1993Michele Mainaghi2 episodes2017–2023La porta rossaElvio MayerMain role2018Il miracoloFather MarcelloMain roleFabrizio De André - Principe liberoRiccardo ManneriniTelevision movie2018–2020BabyAlberto FedeliMain role2019La stagione della caccia - C'era una volta VigataFilippo Peluso Television movieThe TrialGabriele MonacoMain role2020FargoDonatello Fadda2 episodes2021AnnaTwins fatherEpisode: "Ridono le iene"Luna ParkAntonio MariniMain roleMaradona: Blessed DreamPope John Paul IIEpisode: "Libero"2022–2023MonterossiCarellaMain role2024No ActivityLeonida De Luca3 episodes2025Imma Tataranni: Deputy ProsecutorVasco ParisiRecurring role (season 4)Hotel CostieraAugusto CaetaniMain role2026PortobelloMarco PannellaRecurring role
Awards YearAwardCategoryProductionStatus2022Nastro d'ArgentoBest Supporting ActorNostalgia (2022)Won2021Golden CiakBest Supporting ActorIl buco in testa (2020)Nominated2019CinEuphoria AwardsBest Ensemble - International CompetitionHappy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice) (2018)Nominated2019Flaiano AwardsBest interpretation Award in Theatre, Cinema and TelevisionThe Miracle (Il Miracolo) (2018)Won2019Golden Screen AwardsBest InterpretationThe Miracle (Il Miracolo) (2018)Won2019Franco Enriquez AwardBest ActorThe Hunting Season (2019)Won2018Series ManiaInternational Competition — Best ActorThe Miracle (Il Miracolo) (2018)Won2017Voci Nell'OmbraBest Audio Book NarrationThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoNominated
References
External links