Pino Ammendola is an actor, director and writer. He began his career very young, with
The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966) next to
Nino Manfredi. After graduating in law he has been working extensively in theater together with
Achille Millo, who was his teacher, then he has worked with some of the greatest Italian stage actors:
Tino Buazzelli,
Salvo Randone,
Mariangela Melato and
Gabriele Lavia. In the last twenty years he has been performing comedies written and directed by himself, some of which have become films. He is best known for the television series
The Teacher (2005) and for the movies
Göta kanal 2 - Kanalkampen (2006),
Carabinieri si nasce (2011),
Fade to Black (2006),
Stregati dalla luna (2001),
A Respectable Man (1999),
Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi (1995),
Piedipiatti (1991) and
Al bar dello sport (1983)