Tao Ruspoli

Tao Ruspoli is exactly the kind of restless polymath I find irresistible. Born in Bangkok, Italian-American, Berkeley-educated, and working as filmmaker, photographer and musician, he refuses to sit inside any single label. Directing a Heidegger documentary like Being in the World signals a thinker, not just a stylist, and co-founding an art biennale in a desert town is the sort of gloriously impractical gesture I admire. People who move freely across borders and disciplines tend to make the most interesting work, even when it is uneven. I would rather follow a curious wanderer like him than a safe specialist any day.

Name (English)

Tao Ruspoli

Name (Japanese)

タオ・ラスポリ

Reading

たお・らすぽり

Born

November 7, 1975 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Origin

Bangkok, Thailand

Occupation

actor / film actor / film director / musician

University

University of California, Berkeley

• Official sitehttps://www.taoruspoli.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/taoruspoli/
• Xhttps://x.com/taoruspoli
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao%20Ruspoli
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4451387

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-17

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.