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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-09-30

Place of Birth

Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Gaetano Aronica

Biography

Gaetano Aronica (born 30 September 1963, in Agrigento) is an Italian actor known for playing the Roman general Varus in the 2020 Netflix television series Barbarians. He also starred in Malèna (2000), Il Capo dei Capi (2007) and Baarìa (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gaetano Aronica, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Father Matteo

Father Matteo

Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.

Malena

Malena

12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose husband is presumed dead, and, through his soul, we see his love for her.

Anti-Mafia Squad

Anti-Mafia Squad

Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.

Barbarians

Barbarians

Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.

Baaria

Baaria

In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.

Corleone

Corleone

The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.

Squad Team

Squad Team

Set in Rome, it is a spin-off of the series Distretto di Polizia, which aired on the same network from 2000 to 2012, reprising the character of Roberto Ardenzi, played by the protagonist Giorgio Tirabassi.

Paolo VI - Il Papa nella tempesta

Paolo VI - Il Papa nella tempesta

Sul cammino di Francesco - La vita di Biagio Conte

Sul cammino di Francesco - La vita di Biagio Conte

On My Skin

On My Skin

The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.

Deadly Game

Deadly Game

Police detective Olivia uses the help of Natasha, a gambling addict, to dismantle a network of illegal gambling houses.

La leggenda del bandito e del campione

La leggenda del bandito e del campione

It is 1926 when the famous cyclist Costante Girardengo finds himself in Paris for an important race; his friend Sante Pollastri, a bandit wanted in Italy and France, is also in the French capital. The destinies of the two seem to come together again.

The Girl From Tomorrow

The Girl From Tomorrow

It’s 1965 and Lia, a spirited young woman living in a small Sicilian town, is initially attracted to Lorenzo, the son of the most prominent (and possibly Mafia-tied) local family. His possessiveness eventually repels her. But soon after, he appears with his cronies to kidnap, rape and force her into a shotgun marriage, all with the collusion of the town’s authorities. Lia and her family refuse to accept this barbaric ‘tradition’ and, despite the constant intimidation and violence, they take their fight for Lia’s rights to court.

Come un delfino

Come un delfino

A man is forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a heart condition.

Pirandello - Il gigante innamorato

Pirandello - Il gigante innamorato