Riccardo Scamarcio

Riccardo Scamarcio is one of those actors who could easily have coasted on his looks — the guy is almost distractingly handsome — but instead he's spent two decades proving he has genuine range. Growing up in Trani, a small port city in southern Italy, he broke out in the early 2000s with a generation-defining performance in "Tre metri sopra il cielo" and its sequel, then quietly shed the teen heartthrob label by diving into meatier, darker material. His work in "Romanzo Criminale" and later films like "Miele" showed a real willingness to disappear into a role. International audiences got a taste of him in "John Wick: Chapter 2," but his best work is still in Italian cinema, and the 2018 Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor feels like long-overdue industry acknowledgment of what was always obvious.

Name (English)

Riccardo Scamarcio

Name (Japanese)

リッカルド・スカマルチョ

Reading

りっかるど・すかまるちょ

Born

November 13, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Origin

Trani, Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / screenwriter

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
• Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

• Official sitehttps://riccardoscamarcio.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo%20Scamarcio
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133787

Tags

• Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.