Umberto Orsini born 2 April 1934 in Novara is an Italian stage television and film actor Born in Novara Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio DAmico In the late 1950s he emerged as a talented stage actor and in 1960 for the theatrical representation of LArialda he worked for the first time with Luchino Visconti After a few secondary roles that include Federico Fellinis La Dolce Vita Orsini debuted in a leading role in 1962 with the film Il mare directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi In 1969 he was awarded with the Nastro dArgento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Viscontis The Damned In 2008 he was nominated to David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Il mattino ha loro in bocca Source Article Umberto Orsini from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30