Luigi Maria Burruano

Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films.

Life and career Born in Palermo, the son of a doctor, Burruano made his acting debut in a local amateur company. He got a large local success playing Rancu Tanu in the comedy play Palermo oh cara and got his national breakout appearing in the eight season of the TV-series La piovra. In 2006 he was arrested on charges of stabbing his daughter's divorced husband, who did not pay alimony to his daughter nor pay child support.

Burruano died after a long illness on 10 September 2017, at the age of 68. He was the uncle of actor Luigi Lo Cascio.

Roles

Stage Plays in which Burruano appeared include: I giganti della montagna Coriolano La saga del signore della nave Il giardino di inverno La coltellata Pulcinella Studio per una finestra Ohi Bambulè! L'aquila deve volare Rudens Sticus Palermo, oh cara

Filmography

L'amore coniugale (1970, directed by Dacia Maraini) Pizza Connection (1985, directed by Damiano Damiani) - Detective ZEN – Zona Espansione Nord (1988, directed by Gian Vittorio Baldi) - Totò Forever Mery (1989, directed by Marco Risi) – Cliente Mery Boys on the Outside (1990, directed by Marco Risi) – Franco D'Annino Acla's Descent into Floristella (1992, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Il padre di Aclà The Escort (1993, directed by Ricky Tognazzi) – Informer Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993, directed by Claudio Camarca) – Renè's Father Nel continente nero (1993, directed by Marco Risi) – Domenico Spatola The Whores (1994, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Mario S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994, directed by Carlo Vanzina) – Varrone The Star Maker (1995, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Flirtatious Client Italiani (1996, directed by Maurizio Ponzi) - Rosario Luna e l'altra (1996, directed by Maurizio Nichetti) - Director Il figlio di Bakunin (1997, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu) - Corbo La fame e la sete (1999, directed by Antonio Albanese) - Zu Alfiu Amore a prima vista (1999, directed by Vincenzo Salemme) - Don Antonio Oltremare (1999, directed by Nello Correale) One Hundred Steps (2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana) - Luigi Impastato E adesso sesso (2001, directed by Carlo Vanzina) (with the name of Luigi Burruano) - Barone Gasoline (2001, directed by Monica Stambrini) - Padre Gabriele Nowhere (2002, directed by Luis Sepúlveda) - Salomon Goldman Nati stanchi (2002, directed by Dominick Tambasco) - Don Ciccio Ginostra (2002, directed by Manuel Pradal) - Ettore's Uncle Il trasformista (2002, directed by Luca Barbareschi) - Battani Cuore scatenato (2003, directed by Gianluca Sodaro) - Santo Cimino Break Free (2003, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli) - Cenzo The Return of Cagliostro (2003, directed by Daniele Ciprì e Franco Maresco) - Carmelo La Marca I Can See It in Your Eyes (2004, directed by Valia Santella) - Carlo Concorso di colpa (2004, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Ispettore Di Nunzio Miracle in Palermo! (2005, directed by Beppe Cino) - Fofò Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005, directed by Gabriele Salvatores) - Il capitano ...e se domani (2005, directed by Giovanni La Parola) - Commissario Three Days of Anarchy (2005, directed by Vito Zagarrio) - Don Mimmo Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two (2006, directed by Carlo Vanzina) - Don Calogero Calì Baciami piccina (2006, directed by Roberto Cimpanelli) - Mafioso in carcere La fine del mare (2007, directed by Nora Hoppe) - Aurelio Milano-Palermo: il ritorno (2007, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Giudice Conti ''Blood of the Losers (2008, directed by Michele Soavi) - Mario Vagagini Baarìa (2009, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Chemist Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009, directed by Abel Ferrara) - Comandante Pochi giorni per capire (2009, directed by Carlo Fusco) Le ultime 56 ore (2010, directed by Claudio Fragasso) - Avallone Qualunquemente (2011, directed by Giulio Manfredonia) - Imprenditore In questa vita (2011, Short, directed by Eitan Pitigliani) - Nino Il viaggio di Malombra (2012, directed by Rino Marino) Vespro d'un rinnegato (2012, directed by Carlo Fusco) - Don Cimino The Ideal City (2012, directed by Luigi Lo Cascio) - Avv. Scalici Pagate fratelli (2012, directed by Salvo Bonaffini) Tutto tutto niente niente (2012, directed by Giulio Manfredonia) - Imprenditore La madre (2013, directed by Angelo Maresca) - Don Quirico The Wait (2016, directed by Emil Langballe) - Vincent Cavallo Quel bravo ragazzo (2016, directed by Enrico Lando) - Don Ferdinando Cosimato

Television La piovra (1997, , directed by Giacomo Battiato) Sotto la luna (1998, TV Movie, directed by Franco Bernini) - Renato Cianchi Oltremare - Non è l'America (1998, directed by Nello Correale) Turbo (1999, directed by Antonio Bonifacio) - commissario di Polizia Lamberti Il commissario Montalbano (2001) - Giacomo Larussa L'attentatuni (2001, TV Movie, directed by Claudio Bonivento) - Leoluca Barone Saint Anthony: The Miracle Worker of Padua (2002, TV Movie, directed by Umberto Marino) - João Salvo D'Acquisto (2003, TV Movie, directed by Alberto Sironi) - Maggiore Spada Il maresciallo Rocca (2003) - Michele Garrone Camera Café (2003, TV Series) Paolo Borsellino (2004, TV Movie, directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli) - Tommaso Buscetta Mio figlio (2005, directed by Luciano Odorisio) - Salvatore R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti (2005, directed by Alexis Sweet) - Mauro Donati Il giudice Mastrangelo (2005, directed by Enrico Oldoini) - Procuratore De Cesare L'onore e il rispetto (2006-2009, directed by Salvatore Samperi) - Don Rosario Liberati Raccontami (2007) - Salvatore Lo Buono Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi (2010) - Salvatore Girlando Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi (2011, TV Series) Il segreto dell'acqua (2011, directed by Renato De Maria) - Salvatore Girlando Sangue caldo (2011, directed by Luigi Parisi, Alessio Inturri) - Vito Cirasola