Gianni Capaldi
Gianni Capaldi | |
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| Born | Hamilton, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and film producer |
| Years active | Since 2005 |
Gianni Capaldi is a Scottish actor and film and television producer.
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire to parents Tony and Maria, Capaldi grew up in the town and went to St Mary's Primary School followed by Hamilton College before continuing his education at Glasgow Caledonian University. Before going into acting he played youth football with Motherwell. He is related to Scottish entertainers Jimmy Logan, Lewis Capaldi and Peter Capaldi.[1][citation needed]
Career[edit]
Acting[edit]
Capaldi first role was appearing in the comedy film All In (2005). Although he has starred in various genre pieces ranging from drama to horror, he is mostly known in the action world appearing in blockbusters such as Blood of Redemption, Puncture Wounds, and Nightworld.
Capaldi's first major role, where he portrayed 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 .[citation needed] Capaldi worked alongside Morgan Freeman in the children's film, Wish Wizard, a film made in collaboration with the Make a Wish Foundation.[2] 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 acting credits include Crossroads, romantic drama Don't Pass Me By, before teaming up with Jason Mewes for a web series, called Vigilante Diaries. Then he went onto star in Devil's Dozen, a horror feature directed by Jeremy London and also starring C. Thomas Howell, Jake Busey, Jeremy London and Eric Roberts, which premiered at Graumann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood in 2013[3]
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.[4]
Capaldi then 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.[5] Gasping was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival.[6] Capaldi starred in Mickey Rooney's last film Jeckyl and Hyde, leading the cast as the despicable Edward Hyde where he teamed up with actor Margaret O'Brien.[5] 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 alongside Costas Mandylor and Vinnie Jones, directed by Alberto Sciamma which was shot in Rome. Capaldi filmed Ghosts of Garip in Turkey playing the lead in an action adventure vampire driven horror alongside Selma Ergeç. This film has been released in theatres across Istanbul. Wicked Within was a gothic thriller executive produced by Courtney Solomon that highlights Capaldi's soft side as husband to a possessed wife, Sienna Guillory, and also stars Enzo Cilenti and Eric Roberts.[7]
Capaldi costarred in Nightfall which was 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 which was shot in Rome and directed by Brian Skiba.[8] Capaldi went on to film Chokehold in Canada starring with Casper Van Dien before heading to Turin, Italy to film thriller Ulysses with Danny Glover. Capaldi filmed Paper Empire in Miami, a television show alongside Wesley Snipes, Steve Guttenburg and Val Kilmer.
Capaldi filmed festival bound Cranley Gardens in December[when?] 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 the famous Tom Pinkerton.
2018 had a busy start for Capaldi with work on Robert The Bruce (shot in Scotland), Astro (Los Angeles) and on the Becoming (Kentucky) alongside Toby Kebbell. Robert the Bruce was alongside Angus MacFadyen (Braveheart's Robert The Bruce) which followed the story of the Scottish historical icon. October 2018 saw him film in Connecticut, a Universal Christmas movie called Adventures of Santa alongside Denise Richards then onto LA to film horror flick 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 filmed Christmas Movie for Universal Pictures, My Adventures for Santa, which was released in the Winter of 2019 alongside Barbara Eden and Denise Richards. Lionsgate's western, Hell on the Border, was released in November 2019 which saw Capaldi play Tom Pinkerton alongside Ron Perlman and Frank Grillo Capaldi then starred in action movie The Commando alongside Michael Jai White and Mickey Rourke which was shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2020.[9]
Deadline Hollywood announced that Capaldi was cast alongside Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo in the movie A Day to Die.[10]
Personal life[edit]
He lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to former NFL San Diego Chargers cheerleader Amanda Fitz.[11][12] 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.[13][14] In June 2022, a video emerged of Capaldi singing in support of the New IRA paramilitary organisation at a Celtic convention in Las Vegas.[15]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Genre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All In | 2005 | Comedy | Sabastian | |
| Cross | 2010 | Action fantasy | English | |
| Mandarin Orange Boys | 2010 | Comedy | Caspian James | |
| Wish Wizard | 2010 | Comedy | Chevy | |
| The Martini Shot | 2011 | Drama | Leo | |
| Crossroads | 2011 | Action | The Scotsman | |
| Don't Pass Me By | 2011 | Drama | Chris | |
| Act of Betrayal | 2011 | Drama | Ryan | |
| Ambushed | 2013 | Action | Eddie | |
| Blood of Redemption | 2013 | Action | Kurt | |
| Unbelievable | 2013 | Science fiction | Scotty | |
| A Certain Justice | 2013 | Action | Vin | |
| Janara | 2014 | Horror | Andrea | |
| Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | 2014 | Horror | Edward Hyde | |
| Gasping | 2015 | Comedy | Frank | |
| The Wicked Within | 2015 | Horror | Luke | |
| Last Man Club | 2015 | Drama | Frank | |
| Bite/Blood Trap | 2015 | Horror thriller | Boria | |
| The Ghosts of Garip | 2015 | Horror thriller | John | |
| Nightworld | 2015 | Horror | Martin | |
| Deprivation | 2016 | Action | Jake | |
| Chokehold | 2016 | Action | Feodor | |
| Ulysses | 2016 | Thriller | Tony | |
| Isolani | 2017 | Thriller | Thomas | |
| Rottentail | 2017 | Science fiction | Professor | |
| Astro | 2018 | Science fiction | Jesse Ronin | |
| The Trouble | 2019 | Comedy | Johnny Turdo | |
| Among the Shadows | 2019 | Action | Lt. McGregor | |
| Robert the Bruce | 2019 | Action | David MacDonald | |
| Cranley Gardens | 2019 | Drama | Mr Leaveaux | |
| Circus Road | 2019 | Horror | Thomas Ferguson | |
| Becoming | 2019 | Thriller | Dr Andrew Keenan | |
| My Adventures of Santa | 2019 | Family | David | |
| River Runs Red | 2019 | Thriller | Rory | |
| Hell on the Border | 2019 | Western | Tom Pinkerton | |
| The Commando | 2022 | Action | Dominic | |
| A Day to Die | 2022 | Action | Tim | |
| Damaged | 2024 | Action thriller | Glen Boyd | Producer Also wrote screenplay and story |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Royale | 2010 | Gianni | Season 1 lead post-production |
| Vigilante Diaries | 2013 | Nigel Hawkes | |
| Feel The Dead | 2016 | Matt | |
| Still Game | 2019 | Shop Salesman | |
| Paper Empire | 2019 | Sava | |
| Salvage Marines | 2022 | Tyrol Gaius |
| Year | Title | Genre | Attribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alien Express | 2005 | Science fiction horror | assistant producer |
| The Martini Shot | 2007 | Romantic comedy | producer |
| Wicked Within | 2014 | Horror | producer |
| Act of Betrayal | 2011 | Drama | Producer |
| Hard Rush | 2013 | Action | Producer |
| Blood of Redemption | 2013 | Action | Producer |
| Certain Justice | 2013 | Action | Producer |
| Badge of Honor | 2014 | Action | Producer |
References[edit]
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (4 January 2022). "The Commando review – Mickey Rourke stars in military-grade dross". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Egyptian Entertainment Group (6 May 2011). "Egyptianman Entertainment Group: Tell us something about your new film "Wish Wizard" starring Morgan Freeman?"
- ^ Prlog announces Premiere and cast of Devils Dozen (2 February 2013)
- ^ Ultimate Dolph website announces Capaldi starring and producing with Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Vinnie Jones and Briana Evigan (5 May 2013) [1]
- ^ a b Action Elite website interviews Capaldi on his starring in Certain Justice, his filming on Gasping with Frankie Boyle, filming Italian horror Janara and his Jeckyl and Hyde with Mickey Rooney (23 June 2014) [2]
- ^ EIFF unveils further Scottish titles (19 May 2015)
- ^ Dark Films-8-films-to-die-for-the-wicked-within/ After Dark Films’ 8 Films to Die For: THE WICKED WITHIN (8 August 2015)
- ^ Deprivation Starts Shooting in Rome (10 March 2016)
- ^ Asif Akbar Interview for The Commando (7 December 2020)
- ^ Vertical Entertainment acquires A Day To Die (12 May 2021)
- ^ Actor Gianni Capaldi marries former American cheerleader, Daily Record, 6 June 2015
- ^ Actor Gianni Capaldi talks Celtic, Rangers and the future of Scottish football, HITC, 17 August 2016
- ^ "Angry Jean Johannson hits back at LA-based celebrity Celtic fan on Twitter". 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Jean Johansson slams actor Gianni Capaldi on Twitter over 'abusive' messages". 18 April 2022.
- ^ Reynolds, John. "Martin Compston filmed dancing as Celtic fans sing IRA lyrics".
External links[edit]
- 1973 births
- 20th-century Scottish male actors
- 21st-century Scottish male actors
- British people of Italian descent
- Living people
- People educated at Hamilton College, South Lanarkshire
- Scottish expatriate male actors in the United States
- Scottish male film actors
- Scottish male television actors
- Scottish film producers
- Scottish people of Italian descent
- People from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University