Portrait of Massimo Popolizio

Acting

Massimo Popolizio

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 2019 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Brother Is an Only Child
My Brother Is an Only Child
GoodWatch score67/100

Characters

3

The characters Massimo Popolizio played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Massimo Popolizio Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Warfare
    0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Italian Cinema 9
  • Crime Thriller 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Political Satire 2
  • Complex Plot 2
  • Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 60
Sara - Woman in the Shadows
Sara - Woman in the Shadows (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Corrado Lembo

La camera di consiglio
La camera di consiglio (2025)

as Giudice a Latere

We Were Children
We Were Children (2024)
GoodWatch score 64

as Avvocato Rizzo

La notte più lunga dell'anno
La notte più lunga dell'anno (2022)

as Francesco

Dry
Dry (2022)
GoodWatch score 62

as Massimo

The Desired War
The Desired War (2022)
GoodWatch score 49

as Generale Benedetti

Mad Dog
Mad Dog (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

as Captain Rio

Governance
Governance (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

as Renzo Petrucci

The Predators
The Predators (2020)
GoodWatch score 64

as Pierpaolo Pavone

2010s

23 titles · average score 60
Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem
Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem (2019)
GoodWatch score 58

as Erode

Stolen Days
Stolen Days (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

as Totò

The Champion
The Champion (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tito

I'm Back
I'm Back (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

as Benito Mussolini

Era d'estate
Era d'estate (2016)

as Giovanni Falcone

L'abbiamo fatta grossa
L'abbiamo fatta grossa (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

as On. Conversani

Arianna
Arianna (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

as Marcello

Leopardi
Leopardi (2014)
GoodWatch score 61

as Monaldo Leopardi

Qualunque cosa succeda
Qualunque cosa succeda (2014)

TV show · as Michele Sindona

The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler
The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

as Father Amerigo

Welcome Mr. President!
Welcome Mr. President! (2013)
GoodWatch score 55

as Simple Politician

Drifters
Drifters (2011)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sergio

2000s

10 titles · average score 63
The Big Dream
The Big Dream (2009)
GoodWatch score 56

as Domenico

Il Divo
Il Divo (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Vittorio Sbardella

My Brother Is an Only Child
My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ettore Benassi

Amore che vieni, amore che vai
Amore che vieni, amore che vai (2007)

as Bernard

The Dark Sea
The Dark Sea (2006)
GoodWatch score 41

as Laganà

Crime Novel
Crime Novel (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

as Terribile

Il Grande Torino
Il Grande Torino (2005)

TV show · as Ernest Egre Erbstein

Il grande Torino
Il grande Torino (2005)

as Ernest Egre Erbstein

La stagione dei delitti
La stagione dei delitti (2004)

TV show · as Michele Mangano

L'attentatuni
L'attentatuni (2001)

as Angelo Branca

1990s

5 titles · average score 65
Elective Affinities
Elective Affinities (1996)
GoodWatch score 54

as Marchese

Heartless
Heartless (1995)

as Ministro

Pereira Declares
Pereira Declares (1995)
GoodWatch score 77

as Dr. Cardoso (voice)

Caccia alle mosche
Caccia alle mosche (1993)

as Daniele

L'assassina
L'assassina (1990)

as Pasquale