Roberto Zibetti

Roberto Zibetti
Zibetti in 2017
Born (1971-03-11) 11 March 1971 (age 55)
Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • theatre director
Years active1990–present

Roberto Zibetti (born 11 March 1971) is an Italian actor and theatre director.

Life and career

Born in Summit, New Jersey, to Italian parents, Zibetti grew up in Turin, Italy.

He made his stage debut in 1990 in The Last Days of Mankind, directed by Luca Ronconi. He also worked with theatre director Giorgio Strehler. He made his film debut in Nessuno (1992), directed by Francesco Calogero, while his first leading role came in Giacomo Battiato's controversial Diary of a Rapist (1995), in which he portrayed Luca Mariotti, a young man who rapes and manipulates women. In a later interview, Zibetti described the role as a psychologically demanding experience.

His subsequent notable film appearances included Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty (1996), Luciano Ligabue's Radiofreccia (1998), Marco Tullio Giordana's One Hundred Steps (2000) and Dario Argento's Sleepless (2001).

Zibetti appeared in the Jackal's science-fiction comedy Addio fottuti musi verdi (2017), in which he played the villain Brandon. In Marco Tullio Giordana's crime drama Yara (2021), he portrayed Massimo Bossetti. In 2025, he appeared in Paolo Sorrentino's La grazia.

From 2024 to 2026, Zibetti portrayed record producer Claudio Cecchetto in the Sky television series Accidentally Famous.

Filmography (selection)

Film
Year Title Role
1992 Nessuno Alessio
1995 Diary of a Rapist Luca Mariotti
1996 Stealing Beauty Niccolò Donati
1997 The Game Bag Roberto
1998 Radiofreccia Boris
1999 A casa di Irma Marco
2000 One Hundred Steps Carlo
L'educazione di Giulio Mario Sturani
2001 Sleepless Lorenzo Betti
Nella terra di nessuno Talieri
2008 Anotherworld Norman
2009 Vivaldi, the Red Priest
2023 Maria Montessori Journalist
2014 Pasolini Carlo
2015 Shades of Truth Pope Pius XII
I Killed Napoléon Riccardo
2017 Addio fottuti musi verdi Brandon
2020 Romantic Guide to Lost Places Galberti
2021 Yara Massimo Bossetti
2025 La grazia Domenico Samaritano
The Kidnapping of Arabella Police officer
My Tennis Maestro Camillo Cecchetti
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Distretto di Polizia Luigi 3 episodes
2003 Incantesimo Dr. Helmut Rudolph 23 episodes
2006 Attacco allo Stato Andrea Miniseries
2007 La squadra Officer Simone Ferro 26 episodes
2009 Don Matteo Amedeo Episode "Perfetta"
2023 The Red Door Ludovico Muric 8 episodes
2024–2026 Accidentally Famous Claudio Cecchetto Main role

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chi è Roberto Zibetti alias Claudio Cecchetto nella serie Hanno ucciso l'Uomo Ragno". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2026.
  2. ↑ Mazzone, Roberto (13 January 2016). "Roberto Zibetti, parole e musica per una contemporanea 'Gerusalemme (liberata)'". Teatro.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2026.
  3. ↑ Bruni, Francesca (15 December 2023). "Intervista all'attore Roberto Zibetti". Musicultura (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Roberto Zibetti diventa alieno: 5 domande all'attore di "Addio fottuti musi verdi"". Ciak (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2026.
  5. ↑ De Tommasi, Alessandra (1 December 2021). "Roberto Zibetti nel film Yara: "Massimo Bosetti mi ha tolto il sonno"". Vanity Fair (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Bogani, Giovanni (8 November 2025). "Da Bertolucci a Sorrentino: "La magia di stare sul set"". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2026.