Fortunato Cerlino

Fortunato Cerlino (born June 17, 1971, Naples, Italy) is an Italian actor, director, and writer who trained at the Accademia del Teatro Diana in Naples (1987–1990) and graduated from the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica della Calabria (1991–1993) under Alvaro Piccardi and Luciano Lucignani. He made his screen debut in 1997 in the soap Un posto al sole and his film debut in Ribelli per caso (2001). His breakthrough came with the role of Don Pietro Savastano, the Camorra clan patriarch, in the Sky Italia series Gomorrah (2014–2017), which brought him international recognition. He has been married to Antonella Sava since 2018; they have a daughter, Delfina (born 2017). He also directed and wrote…