Marcello Fonte (born 7 November 1978) is an Italian actor. He received
the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in the film
Dogman.Fonte lived his childhood and adolescence in the suburbs of
Reggio Calabria, where at the age of 10 he learned to play the snare
drum in the town's band. He then moved to Rome in 1999, where he
worked as guardian at the Teatro Valle and became passionate about
acting and got small parts in television and film productions.In 2018,
Fonte received critical acclaim for his performance in Matteo
Garrone's Dogman and was awarded the Best Actor Award at the 2018
Cannes Film Festival. For this role, Fonte has also been awarded the
European Film Award for Best Actor at the 31st European Film Awards.
the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his role in the film
Dogman.Fonte lived his childhood and adolescence in the suburbs of
Reggio Calabria, where at the age of 10 he learned to play the snare
drum in the town's band. He then moved to Rome in 1999, where he
worked as guardian at the Teatro Valle and became passionate about
acting and got small parts in television and film productions.In 2018,
Fonte received critical acclaim for his performance in Matteo
Garrone's Dogman and was awarded the Best Actor Award at the 2018
Cannes Film Festival. For this role, Fonte has also been awarded the
European Film Award for Best Actor at the 31st European Film Awards.
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