Francesco "Nino" Castelnuovo is an Italian actor. His perhaps most prominent role was starring as Guy Foucher in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Castelnuovo has also had notable appearances in The English Patient, Rocco and His Brothers, L'Emmerdeur, Camille 2000, and The Five Man Army among others. After graduating from the Piccolo Theatre School of Milan, he landed a small part in Un Maledetto Imbroglio , directed by Pietro Germi, and continued to play supporting roles in such films as Il Gobbo , directed by Carlo Lizzani and Rocco and His Brothers , directed by Luchino Visconti. When the... popular American television show, Disneyland, traveled to Italy in 1962, Castelnuovo appeared alongside Annette Funicello in two episodes of the mini-movie, Escapade in Florence, singing, playing the guitar, and adding the Italian verses to the jovial tarantella, Dream Boy. Castelnuovo's international break-out role arrived with Les Parapluies de Cherbourg in 1964, directed by Jacques Demy, an entirely-sung film, in which he played opposite young Catherine Deneuve.
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| Birthdate: | October 28, 1936 |
| Birthplace: | Lecco |
| Age: | 75 |