Corrado Invernizzi (born 25 April 1965) is an Italian actor.
Biography In movies, he appeared in Vincere as a psychiatrist and in Kidnapped as Judge Carboni (both directed by Marco Bellocchio). Both debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by the New York Film Festival. He worked twice with James Mangold, in Ford v. Ferrari where he played Franco Gozzi (Enzo Ferrari's right hand) and in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny where he was Luigi, the pilot who helps to save the archeologist and his team. He appeared in Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy directed by Marco Tullio Giordana as judge Pietro Calogero.
In theater, he appeared in The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard also directed by Marco Tullio Giordana, in the role of literary critic Belinskij. The play received the Ubu Awards, the Le Maschere Awards and the Critic's Award in 2012. In 2010, he worked with the Beijing Opera under Patrick Sommier in the play Water Margin by Shi Nai'an.
In the new television series Marco Polo, released on 12 December 2014 and produced by Netflix, he plays Maffeo Polo, brother of Niccolò and Marco's uncle. In 2016, he was part of the cast of Genius, the first US television series produced by National Geographic. The series was created by Ron Howard and is based on the life of Albert Einstein. He played the role of French physicist Pierre Curie. The same year he also appeared as a protagonist in an episode of the British TV series Doctor Who, titled 'Extremis,' released on 20 May 2017 on BBC One. In 2018 he co-starred in The Name of the Rose, the drama series based on the international bestseller novel of the same name by Umberto Eco, where he plays the role of Michele of Cesena.
Invernizzi's career also includes voice-over work (or voice acting) with The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily directed by Lorenzo Mattotti that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019, where he played the role of the Grand Duke.
He is a tenor and studied opera singing at Conservatorio Giacomo Puccini in La Spezia.
Filmography Film YearTitleRole(s) Notes1997Freshwater ManTenor singer1998Shooting the MoonLaboratory technicianCameo appearance2005Guido che sfidò le Brigate RosseWorkman2009VincereDr. Cappelletti2010Requiem for a KillerVittorio Biamonte2011Zabana!Atlan2012Piazza Fontana: The Italian ConspiracyJudge Piero Calogero2013The Unlikely PrincePatient2014The Silent MountainNicola QuinziatoThe Face of an AngelFrancesco2015Né Giulietta né RomeoManuele Bordin2015Long Live The BrideConcellino2019The Bears' Famous Invasion of SicilyGrand Duke of SicilyVoice roleFord v FerrariFranco GozziIo sono MiaCharles Aznavour2021Caught by a WaveBorisThe Catholic SchoolThe Principal2023KidnappedJudge CarboniIndiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyLuigiLimonov: The BalladLënja2024WokenPeter
Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes1997Doctor GiorgiaCesareEpisode: "Martina"1999, 2001Inspector MontalbanoLattes2 episodes2006MafiosaItalian technicianEpisode: "Épisode 5"2007CarabinieriOliviero BattiEpisode: "La pista sbagliata"Grand StarBodgan3 episodes2012Les FauvesAttorney MunezTelevision filmThe Young MontalbanoSaverio OstellinoEpisode: "Sette lunedì"2013BraquoDr. Franco BellettiEpisode: "Nos funérailles"2014Marco PoloMaffeo Polo4 episodes2017GeniusPierre CurieEpisode: "Einstein: Chapter Four"Doctor WhoCardinal AngeloEpisode: "Extremis"2019The Name of the RoseMichael of CesenaMain role2020RomulusEulinos3 episodes2021LeonardoPiero Soderini3 episodes2024Martin Scorsese Presents: The SaintsCaius1 episode2025ChevalleyUpcoming TV series
Theatre Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (1999) The Misanthrope by Molière, directed by Gabriele Lavia (2000) The Lost Years by Vitaliano Brancati, directed by Francis Aiqui (2000) Bar by Spiro Scimone, directed by Laurent Vacher (2004) Water Margin by Shi Nai'an, directed by Patrick Sommier (2010) The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2012) Bien Lotis by Philippe Malone, directed by Laurent Vacher (2013)
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