Maurizio Lombardi

Maurizio Lombardi was born in Florence, Italy in1973. He started his acting training as a teenager with Ugo Chiti. Under Gabriella Bartolomei and Franco di Francescantonio, he worked specifically on his voice and body, so as to develop his own personal study both on mimics and physicality of the body as narrative tools. Besides, he completed his education by studying dance and singing. His focus on quality took Maurizio to continuously refine his technique, also taking part into the American acting coach Ivana Chubbuck's workshops in Italy and abroad.

Maurizio is today a recognised and multifaceted international actor, starring in movies, series and live on stage.

2024 will see his appearance in: Netflix Series 'Ripley' by Academy Award winner Steve Zaillian 'Citadel: Diana' series directed by Arnaldo Catinari 'M - The Son of the Century' series directed by Joe Wright 'Romeo è Giulietta', the movie directed by Giovanni Veronesi 'Il Vangelo Secondo Maria', the movie directed by Paolo Zucca 'Sei nell'Anima', the movie / biopic of Italian rocker and singer Gianna Nannini, directed by Cinzia TH Torrini

Since 2016, Maurizio Lombardi also appeared on both HBO series 'The Young Pope' and 'The New Pope' by Academy Award winner Paolo Sorrentino, in the prominent role of Cardinal Mario Assente.

Earlier in his professional career, he acted in many other movies and TV series, including also 'Il ragazzo invisibile 2' by the Academy Award winner director Gabriele Salvatores, 'Metti una notte' with Amanda Lear; 'All the money in the world' by Ridley Scott.

Maurizio is also a very active stage actor, with numerous tournées, in Italy and internationally. In this context, in 2016 Maurizio was runner-up for the Prize 'Le Maschere del Teatro Italiano' as best supporting actor, for the play The Pride, by Alexi Kaye Campbell, directed and interpreted by Luca Zingaretti.

Maurizio Lombardi is a prolific author and has his own production company Velvet 9 Productions, whereby he produces and co-produces his works, including: 'L'uomo Rondine'; the monologue 'Fists of Sulfur', which competed in the 2013 edition of the Fringe Festival in Edinburg the musicals 'Biancaneve' and 'Peter Pan', a one-man show called 'No Party' and his most recent work 'Ho Visto Cose' where he addresses impact on artificial intelligence on the human condition, which sold-out in all 4 opening shows in March 2024.