Claudio Amendola born 16 February 1963 is an Italian actor director and television presenter He starred in the 1993 film The Escort which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival Born in Rome and the son of actors and voice dubbers Ferruccio Amendola and Rita Savagnone Amendola started his movie career during the 1980s playing comic roles in some Italian comedies directed by Carlo Vanzina In 1987 he played his first dramatic role in Soldati 365 allalba directed by Marco Risi and in the following decade he confirmed his dramatic skills in some movies like Ultrà 1990 and The Escort 1993 both directed by Ricky Tognazzi During the 2000s Amendola became a very popular television actor acting in the popular fiction I Cesaroni the Italian version of Los Serrano Amendola is married to actress Francesca Neri and they have a son together Rocco He also has two daughters from a previous marriage One of them is voice actress Alessia Amendola Source Article Claudio Amendola from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30