Michele Morrone

Michele Morrone (Italian pronunciation: [miˈkɛːle morˈroːne]; born 3 October 1990) is an Italian actor, model, singer, and fashion designer appearing in both Italian and Polish films. He gained international recognition after portraying the role of Massimo Torricelli in the 2020 erotic romantic drama 365 Days.

Michele Morrone
Morrone (2019)
Born (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990
Bitonto, Italy
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
  • model
  • fashion designer
Years active2011–present
Children2

Early life

Morrone was born on 3 October 1990 in Bitonto, Italy.[1] He is the youngest of four children, and he has three older sisters. His father worked as a construction worker and died in 2003[2] when Morrone was 12 years old.[3] His mother, Angela, a seamstress, and his father, Natale[1] are both from Bitonto, but moved to Melegnano when their children were young in order to find better employment opportunities.[4]

Morrone decided to become an actor after watching a Harry Potter film at age 11.[3] He began acting in an after school program at his middle school.[5] Morrone repeated his first year of High School after being left back for bad behavior.[6] He then studied professional acting in a theater in the city of Pavia, at the Teatro Fraschini di Pavia.[7]

Career

Acting

Morrone's acting career began in 2011 by playing the role of Riccardo in Second Chance,[7] a three-episode web series directed by Piergiorgio Seidita,[8] which was cancelled after one season. He also appeared in a music video by the Italian girl band, Makay, in 2012. After gaining more experience in the field, he started playing lead roles in short films. He acted in Il Tempo di una Sigaretta and E la Vita Continua.[7] He was featured in a drama show titled Che Dio ci Aiuti. His projects include Italian TV series including Come un Delfino (2011), Provaci Ancora (2015), Squadra Antimafia (2015), Sirene (2016), Renata Fonte (2017), Il Processo (The Trial) (2018), and Medici (2018).[7] In 2016 he took part in the eleventh season of the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars (Ballando con le Stelle), where he placed second. In 2019, Morrone played the lead role of Luigi in Bar Giuseppe.

In 2020, Morrone became internationally known after performing the lead role of Massimo Torricelli, a mafia crime boss, in 365 Days. The film was released theatrically in Poland on 7 February 2020 and was subsequently made available on Netflix on 7 June 2020. He signed a three-year contract with the production company and will be filming two more films to complete the trilogy.

Music

Morrone is a professional guitarist and singer. He learned how to play the guitar at the age of 25 by watching YouTube videos.[3] He released an album titled Dark Room which has several songs featured in the official 365 dni soundtrack including one of his most famous songs, "Feel It", that has scenes with actress Anna Maria Sieklucka (Laura Biel), from the film, in its music video.[9] The album was released on 14 February 2020 and was produced by label company AGORA S.A.[10]

Morrone joined YouTube on 16 January 2020. He has gained over one million subscribers and 104 million overall views on his channel (as of 8 August 2020). The most viewed video on his channel is the music video of "Feel It", which has gained 51 million views.

Other ventures

On 2 August 2020, Morrone launched a women's beachwear clothing brand, AurumRoma.[11] He confirmed the creation of the company via an Instagram live story on 8 August 2020. Shortly after the announcement, the website of the clothing brand crashed due to heavy traffic. Morrone makes his own designs in collaboration with fashion designer Chiara Pollano. The company is owned by Morrone, and run by Spazio Arcó company.

Personal life

Morrone married Rouba Saadeh, a Lebanese stylist, in 2014. The couple had a civil marriage in Italy, and Lebanon with intimate ceremonies of 20 guests.[2] Morrone became a father at age 23, and has two sons, Marcus (born in 2014) and Brando (born in 2017). Morrone and Saadeh divorced in 2018 after being together for almost eight years. In 2019 an Italian magazine, Chi, published photos of Morrone with an Italian ballet dancer, Elena D'Amario, and claimed he was cheating on Saadeh.[12] After the photos were published, Morrone defended himself in an Instagram post by revealing that he and his wife had divorced.[13]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
SWI
[14]		 FR
[15]		 BE
(Wal)
[16]		 PL
[17]		 GER
[18]
Dark Room 63 195 178 2 72

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Album Source
BEL
(Wal)
[16]		 POL
[21]		 POR
[22]		 ROM
[23]		 SWI
[14]
2020 "Feel It” — 27 — 77 — Dark Room [24]
"Next” — — — — —
"Dad” — — — — —
"Do It Like That” — — — — —
"Drink Me” — — — — —
"No One Cares” — — — — —
"Dark Room” — — — — —
"Watch Me Burn” — — — — —
"Hard for Me” —[upper-alpha 1] — 12 — 68
"Rain in the Hearth” — — — — —
"–” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Who's the Beast Peter Short film
2018 L'ultimo giorno del toro N/A
2019 Bar Giuseppe Luigi
2020 365 Days Massimo Torricelli
Duetto Marcello Bianchini In post-production
2021 365 Days Sequel Massimo Torricelli pre-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Provaci ancora prof! Bruno Sacchi Episode: "Passioni sprecate"
2017 Sirene Ares aka Gegè TV series
2018 Renata Fonte Marcello My Television film
2019 Medici Ship Captain 2 episodes
The Trial Claudio Cavalleri 8 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Awards Category Work Result
2020 Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards[25] N/A Himself Won

Notes
  1. "Hard for Me" did not reach the Ultratop 50 chart, but was registered on the Ultratip chart.

References
  1. https://www.mediasetplay.mediaset.it/video/verissimo/michele-morrone_F308458801020C19
  2. "Michele Morrone dopo Ballando con le stelle si svela e presenta la moglie segreta". Tvzap (in Italian). 3 May 2016.
  3. Maffioletti, Chiara (8 June 2020). "Michele Morrone, il sex addicted di "365 giorni" ora è una star musicale". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  4. Moretti, Carmela (19 March 2016). "Bitonto a Ballando con le stelle di Rai Uno con Michele Morrone". DaBitonto (in Italian).
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXKypnH7-y8
  6. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=764593404294973
  7. "Michele Morrone" (in Italian). Take Off Artist Management.
  8. Marseglia, Daniele (22 February 2013). "Telefilm Central intervista Piergiorgio Seidita, regista della nuova web serie Second Chance". Telefilm Central (in Italian).
  9. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. "dark room album songs - Google Search". www.google.com.
  11. https://www.facebook.com/aurumroma/
  12. "Elena d'Amario e Michele Morrone fidanzati? Baci bollenti e foto su Chi | Ultime Notizie Flash". www.ultimenotizieflash.com.
  13. "Michele Morrone sui social parla di Elena d'Amario e della sua ex moglie: "Non l'ho tradita" | Ultime Notizie Flash". www.ultimenotizieflash.com.
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  18. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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  20. "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  21. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - AirPlays - Top - Archiwum". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  22. "Hard For Me by Michele Morrone - Music Charts". acharts.co. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  23. Arvunescu, Victor (14 December 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Piesa asta îţi dă energia de care ai nevoie!" [Top Airplay 100 – This song gives you the energy that you need!] (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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  25. "Sajal Aly, Michele Morrone cross paths at DIAFA". The Express Tribune. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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