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Vittorio Rossi is a Actor Canadien born on 16 april 1961 at Montreal (Canada)

Vittorio Rossi

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Birth name Vittorio Luciano Rossi
Nationality Canada
Birth 16 april 1961 (62 years) at Montreal (Canada)

Vittorio Luciano Rossi (born April 16, 1961) is a playwright, actor and screenwriter born in Montréal, Canada. He grew up in the district of Ville Emard. Graduating from Concordia University in 1985 with a B.F.A. specializing in theatre performance, Rossi has earned the respect of the national theatre community with his award winning plays. Mr. Rossi stormed the Montréal theatre scene with two consecutive Best New Play Awards at the Quebec Drama Festival in 1986 and 1987. His plays have been produced in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, New York City, Boston, Syracuse and The Stratford Festival in Ontario.

In 1987 Rossi became Playwright-in-Residence at Montréal’s prestigious Centaur Theatre, during which time he wrote his first full length play, The Chain, which opened Centaur’s 20th anniversary season in October 1988. The show was then produced at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Other plays include: Scarpone, In Pursuit Of A Cow, The Last Adam, (winner of the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award for Drama in 1996), Love and Other Games, Filumena (Translation), Paradise By The River. His latest work may be his most ambitious work to date, a collection of three plays inspired by the life of his late father entitled A Carpenter’s Trilogy. The three plays include Hellfire Pass (winner of the MECCA Award for Best New Text in 2006), Carmela’s Table (winner of the MECCA Award for Best New Text in 2007), and The Carpenter.

Rossi was Writer-in-Residence at Concordia University in 1990-91 where he also taught playwriting. He is also the recipient of the 1994 Premio Award given by CIBPA (Canadian Italian Business Professionals Association) in the field of Creativity for bringing honour and distinction to the Italian-Canadian community with his body of work. In 2003 Mr. Rossi taught screenwriting at the University of Sherbrooke.

As an actor, Rossi appeared as a regular as Dino Marrone on Urban Angel and as Detective Tom Celano in the award-winning French-language television series Omertá. His film credits include performances in the CBS Emmy Award-winning Day One, and the critically acclaimed feature Malarek. Rossi was also a co-star in Le Sphinx and acted the lead in the film Canvas starring opposite Gary Busey and John Rhys-Davies. His most recent work was co-starring in the feature film The Timekeeper. He has written several screenplays and has directed a film version of Little Blood Brother. His plays are published by TalonBooks.

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Filmography of Vittorio Rossi (5 films)

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The Walk
The Walk (2015)
, 2h3
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Crime
Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Steve Valentine, Charlotte Le Bon
Roles Sgt. O'Donnell
Rating72% 3.6464253.6464253.6464253.6464253.646425
In 1973, French street performer Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is trying to make a living in Paris with juggling acts and wire walking, much to the chagrin of his father. During one performance, he eats a hard candy which was given to him by an audience member and hurts his tooth. He visits the dentist and, while in the waiting room, sees a picture in a magazine of the Twin Towers in New York City. He analyzes the photo and decides to make it his mission to walk a tightrope between the two buildings. Meanwhile, he is kicked out of his parents' house by his father, citing his lack of income and the fact that he's a street performer. Philippe returns to the circus that inspired him to wire walk as a child and practices in the big top after hours, but is caught by Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), whom he impresses with his juggling skills. While performing one day, Philippe meets a beautiful woman and fellow street performer named Annie (Charlotte Le Bon) and they begin a romantic relationship. He also explains that although he didn't know it at the time, she was his first "accomplice". He tells Annie about his dream to walk between the towers of the World Trade Center and she supports him and gives him a perfect place to practice at her music school. Philippe meets a photographer named Jean-Louis (Clément Sibomy) and befriends him, becoming Philippe's official photographer and second accomplice in his "coup".
View of Terror, 1h33
Directed by Louis Bélanger
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Shannen Doherty, Jayne Heitmeyer, Charles Edwin Powell, Vittorio Rossi, Tony Calabretta, Christian Paul
Roles Glenn
Rating52% 2.607732.607732.607732.607732.60773
The film opens with a voyeur taking pictures of an unknown woman dressing up. He later sets her house on fire while she lies unconscious in the room.
Post Mortem, 1h32
Directed by Louis Bélanger
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Sylvie Moreau (actrice québécoise), Gabriel Arcand, Hélène Loiselle, Pierre Collin, Roger Léger, Vittorio Rossi
Roles American Tourist
Rating72% 3.6342653.6342653.6342653.6342653.634265
Accusé de viol, Ghislain est interrogé toute une nuit par des policiers. Solitaire et timide, il refuse d’abord toute collaboration mais il finit par livrer en flash-back, les circonstances impensables dans lesquelles il a rencontré sa supposée victime. En fait, jusqu’à cette terrible nuit, Ghislain vivait en ermite, dans une routine serrée, avec le seul blues pour passion et son travail de nuit… Dans le même temps, on assiste au parcours de Linda qui a pour unique but de partir vivre à la campagne avec sa fille Charlotte. Pour trouver l’argent, elle use de toutes sortes de fraudes : encaisse les chèques de sécurité sociale, dépouille des hommes qu’elle a d’abord séduit, vole des cartes qu’elle revend, jusqu’à sa rencontre d’un touriste américain qui s’en prend à elle. Deux vies qui n’avaient rien en commun, deux destins qui avaient peu de chance de se croiser avant que l’on apporte à la morgue où travaille Ghislain le cadavre de Linda. Les circonstances troubles dans lesquelles s’opère cette croisée de leurs destinées sont le théâtre d’une bascule dans la vie pour un et dans le désir pour l’autre.
Le sphinx
Le sphinx (1995)

Directed by Louis Saia
Genres Drama
Actors Marc Messier, Céline Bonnier, Serge Thériault, Éric Hoziel, Vittorio Rossi, Micheline Bernard (actrice canadienne)
Roles Tony
Rating60% 3.0025353.0025353.0025353.0025353.002535
Un enseignant dans une polyvalente, apparemment heureux en ménage et père de deux enfants qu'il aime, tombe amoureux fou d'une danseuse qui l'initiera aux plus grandes voluptés comme aux pires excès.
Vincent and me, 1h40
Directed by Michael Rubbo
Origin Canada
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Peinture, Vincent van Gogh, Children's films
Actors Tchéky Karyo, Christopher Forrest, Nina Petronzio, Vernon Dobtcheff, Rock Demers, Andrée Pelletier
Roles Jo's Father
Rating61% 3.094563.094563.094563.094563.09456
Jo loves to draw, and she is good enough at it to win a scholarship. She goes to the city from her small town to study at a special art school, where more than anything else, she hopes to learn to paint like her hero, Vincent van Gogh. While sketching faces one day, she encounters a mysterious European art dealer who buys a few of her drawings, and commissions her to do some more. He rewards her handsomely for her work, and goes back to Amsterdam. Not long after, Jo is shown a magazine story about the "discovery" and million dollar sale of some of the drawings of young Vincent van Gogh, drawings only she and her friend, Felix, know are hers. The only thing to do is for Jo and friends to get to Amsterdam and find the mystery man. Or better still, go right to the source and speak to Vincent himself in 19th century Arles.