Stefano Accorsi

Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi is an Italian actor known for his work in film and television. Born in Bologna on March 2, 1971, he attended Bologna's Theatrical School, graduating in 1993. Following his graduation, he spent several years acting in the theatre before transitioning to cinema.

Accorsi achieved an early career breakthrough in 1995 when he starred in the film Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo. In 1998, he appeared in Daniele Luchetti's I Piccoli Maestri, a film that competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. That same year, his performance in Luciano Ligabue's Radiofreccia earned him several accolades, including the David di Donatello for Best Actor.

His career continued to expand in 2001 with major roles in L'ultimo bacio (The Last Kiss), Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room, and Ferzan Özpetek's Le fate ignoranti (His Secret Life). Le fate ignoranti competed at the Berlin International Film Festival and earned Accorsi the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor. In 2002, he portrayed the poet Dino Campana in Un viaggio chiamato amore (A Journey Called Love), which screened at the Venice International Film Festival and won him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.

Throughout the 2000s, Accorsi appeared in various domestic and international productions. His credits include David Blair's Tabloid TV, Marco Ponti's Santa Maradona, and the television film Il giovane Casanova, directed by Giacomo Battiato. In 2003, he served as a jury member at the Venice International Film Festival. He subsequently featured in Michele Placido's Ovunque sei and Carlo Mazzacurati's L'amore ritrovato in 2004.

Accorsi's international work includes roles in Les Brigades du Tigre (2005), La Faute à Fidel alongside Julie Depardieu, and Emmanuel Mouret’s Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007). In 2010, he reprised his role from L'ultimo bacio in the sequel Baciami ancora.

In his personal life, Accorsi was previously engaged to Corsican supermodel Laetitia Casta. The couple has two children together, a son named Orlando born in September 2006 and a daughter named Athena born in August 2009. Accorsi is an agnostic.