Saul Nanni

Saul Nanni
Nanni at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival
Born (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 27)
Bologna, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Saul Nanni (born 4 February 1999) is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Christian in the Disney Channel series Alex & Co. (2015–2017), Marco in the comedy drama film Under the Riccione Sun (2020), and Alessandro in the romantic comedy film Love & Gelato (2022).

Early life

Nanni was born in Bologna to a cardiologist father, Samuele, and an endocrinologist mother, Mascia (née Anagni). His father is from Santa Sofia and his mother, who is of Russian descent, is from Galeata. He has a younger brother, Gioele, and a younger sister, Aurora.

He grew up in San Lazzaro di Savena. He attended the Istituto Sant'Alberto Magno and the Liceo ginnasio statale Luigi Galvani in Bologna. He also attended high school in Los Angeles for a year. In 2018, he moved to Milan to attend university.

Career

Nanni began acting after auditioning for a Ringo commercial with footballer Kaká, of whom he was a fan. Although he did not land the commercial, a casting agent reached out to him about appearing in the 2012 miniseries La Certosa di Parma, which marked his acting debut.

Personal life

Nanni is in a relationship with actress Deva Cassel, whom he met while filming The Leopard.

Filmography

Nanni at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
2014 A Boss in the Living Room Vittorio Coso
2016 How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents Christian Alessi
2019 My Brother Chases Dinosaurs Brune
2020 Under the Riccione Sun Marco
2022 Love & Gelato Alessandro Albani
Brado [it] Tommaso
I Am the Abyss [it] Raffaelle
2024 Here Now Giulio
2025 La gioia [it] Alessio Benedetti
Brunello, the Gracious Visionary Brunello
2026 Idols Gianni Baltelli
TBA Dreamcatchers TBA

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 The Charterhouse of Parma [it] Miniseries
2015–2017 Alex & Co. Christian Alessi 41 episodes
2016–2018 Non dirlo al mio capo Romeo 24 episodes
2017 Scomparsa [it] Arturo Trasimeni 12 episodes
2018 Il fulgore di Dony [it] Marco Ghia Television film
2019 Made in Italy [it] Flavio 5 episodes
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d'Oro [it] Sebastiano Television film
2024 Supersex Young Rocco Siffredi Episode: "La carne"
2025 The Leopard Tancredi Falconeri [it] 6 episodes

References

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  4. 1 2 3 DiDomenico, Piero (5 March 2025). "Saul Nanni, l'attore della serie Netflix «Il Gattopardo»: «Con Deva Cassel un amore nato sul set. Volevo girare lo spot Ringo per incontrare Kakà»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Bandini, Oscar (15 February 2014). "Galeata riabbraccia Saul, il baby divo del cinema". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 Pacelli, Laura (7 December 2018). "Saul Nanni, le ambizioni di un attore. Tutte le foto". GQ Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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  29. ↑ Berti, Barbara (1 November 2019). "I ragazzi dello Zecchino d'oro, arriva in tv il film sulla storia del festival canoro". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2025.
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