Gaetano Aronica
Acting
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.
Born: September 30, 1963
Place of Birth: Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Known For
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.
Io, una giudice popolare al Maxiprocesso
Corleone
The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
Con il fiato sospeso
A passionate pharmacy student gradually realizes that her university's chemistry lab poses a health and safety hazard.
Malena
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
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.
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
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
Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.
A Woman of Courage
Felicia Impastato, mother of the brave Peppino Impastato, tries to keep the memory of his son alive after his murder.
Filmography
as Aldo Moro
as avvocato Ragona
as Dottore Scarrone
as Caporedattore
as Paolo Borsellino
as Varus
as Antonino Saetta
as P.M. - Tribunale
as Lo Certo
as Antonino Caponnetto
as Carlo Rustichelli
as Questore Longhi
as Losarno (2013)
as Tonino
as avvocato Sciacca, padre di Bibbi
as Padre di Costante
as Padre di Costante
as Ciccio Terranuova
as avvocato Cifalà
as Aldo Moro
as Paolo Borsellino
as alto prelato
as Salvatore
as Nino Scordia
as Ernesto Berti