Simone Borrelli

Born 5 Nov 1985 · Crotone, Calabria, Italy

Award-winning Italian actor, director, singer-songwriter, musician, screenwriter, and record producer.

Simone Borrelli began his artistic training at the Teatro Stabile di Calabria under Geppy Gleijeses and Alvaro Piccardi, debuting as an actor at age 16. He graduated from the prestigious "Alessandra Galante Garrone" Drama School in Bologna, winning the Giusto Monaco Award in 2004. He subsequently perfected his cinematic craft in the United States at the Actor's Studio.

He has worked across Cinema, Theatre, and Television with distinguished directors such as Gabriele Salvatores, Guido Chiesa, Gianpaolo Tescari, Lucio Gaudino, Carmine Elia, Vittorio Franceschi, Giovanni Pampiglione, Marina Malfatti, Lindsay Kemp, Eimuntas Nekrošius, Nicolaj Karpov, Susan Batson, Marilyn Fried, Steven Berkoff, and Pierre Byland.

His leading television credits include Emergency Treatment, Quo vadis, baby? directed by Academy Award winner Gabriele Salvatores and Guido Chiesa for Sky Cinema, and season two of Anna and the 5 (Stripper Nanny) alongside Sabrina Ferilli. In 2010, he co-starred with Treat Williams in Martino's Summer, presented in competition at the Rome Film Festival. He is also widely celebrated for his role as Mario in the hit sitcom Camera Café.

A featured guest on major RAI, Sky, and Mediaset broadcasts (such as Trebisonda, Scalo 76, and Top of the Pops), since 2011 he has worke…