Most Famous Italian Actors

Italy has produced 370 notable actors throughout history, led by Federico Fellini. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
FF
Federico Fellini Italian Film 1920 – 1993
# 477
PP
Pier Paolo Pasolini Italian Film 1922 – 1975
# 527
MM
Marcello Mastroianni Italian Actor 1924 – 1996
# 1,026
RB
Roberto Benigni Italian Actor Born 1952
# 1,028
CC
Claudia Cardinale Italian Actor Born 1938
# 1,038
MB
Monica Bellucci Italian Actor Born 1964
# 1,118
BB
Bernardo Bertolucci Italian Film 1940 – 2018
# 1,180
VD
Vittorio De Sica Italian Film 1901 – 1974
# 1,691
FC
Frank Capra Italian Film 1897 – 1991
# 1,713
RV
Rudolph Valentino Italian Actor 1895 – 1926
# 1,798
YM
Yves Montand Italian Actor 1921 – 1991
# 1,800
GT
Giuseppe Tornatore Italian Film Born 1956
# 3,563
VL
Virna Lisi Italian Actor 1936 – 2014
# 3,589
GG
Giancarlo Giannini Italian Film Born 1942
# 3,663
NM
Nino Manfredi Italian Comedian 1921 – 2004
# 3,846
BG
Beppe Grillo Italian Actor Born 1948
# 3,887
RS
Rocco Siffredi Italian Actor Born 1964
# 4,171
ES
Ettore Scola Italian Film 1931 – 2016
# 4,246
MT
Massimo Troisi Italian Film 1953 – 1994
# 4,459
CP
Carlo Ponti Italian Film 1912 – 2007
# 4,686