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Fausto Russo Alesi

Fausto Russo Alesi

Actor · Born October 13, 1973 (53) · Palermo, Italy

Fausto Russo Alesi was born on 13 October 1973 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for The Double Hour (2009), The Traitor (2019) and Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara (2023).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
October 13, 1973 (53)
From
Palermo, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 92% in 30 days

What are Fausto Russo Alesi's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 7

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 4

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 6

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 3
Hero
1 of 3
Threshold guardian
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
7
Elegiac
3
Contemplative
3
Warm
1
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fausto Russo Alesi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Fausto Russo Alesi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

38 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • La bolla delle acque matte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Lorenzo

  • Portobello(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Diego Marmo

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Duse(2025)

    as Gabriele D'Annunzio

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Leopardi. The Infinity Poet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pietro Giordani

  • Sicilian Letters(2024)

    as Emilio Schiavon

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • If I May - Chapter II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Fausto

  • Cabrini(2024)

    as Cardinale

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Exterior Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Francesco Cossiga

  • Strangeness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Il padre

  • Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Francesco Cossiga

  • Solo per passione - Letizia Battaglia fotografa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Vittorio Nisticò

  • Esterno Notte - Prima Parte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Francesco Cossiga

  • The Catholic School(2021)

    as Davide Rummo

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • If I May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Fausto

  • The Bad Poet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Achille Starace

  • The Traitor(2019)

    as Giovanni Falcone

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • The Order of Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Le ministre

  • The Red Door(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · as Scaglianti

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Blood of My Blood(2015)

    as Cacciapuoti

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Other Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Avvocato Vaccari

  • The Commander and the Stork(2012)

    as Real estate agent

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Twice Born(2012)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy(2012)

    as Guido Giannettini

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • La passione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Pippo

  • The Double Hour(2009)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Vincere(2009)

    as Riccardo Paicher

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • In Memory of Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Panella

  • The Roses of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Secret Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Autista

  • E ridendo l'uccise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Ludovico Ariosto

  • Agata and the Storm(2004)

    as Ospite studio TV

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Bread and Tulips(2000)

    as Man in car

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Brianza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • If I May - Chapter III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Fausto

  • L’Unicorno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Man Who Could Have Changed the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mussolini

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 37 titles, 33 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Film career

20002026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2000Screen debut· Bread and Tulips
  • 2019Career best· The Traitor
  • 2022Career best· Exterior Night

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting37 of 37: 37 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score71st

By decade

2000s8 · acting2010s9 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 20 roles
0015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Fausto Russo Alesi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Fausto Russo Alesi's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 62 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Fausto Russo Alesi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fausto Russo Alesi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Marco Bellocchio shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers