Kim Rossi Stuart

Kim Rossi Stuart
Kim Rossi Stuart in Tokyo (2007)
Born	(1969-10-31) 31 October 1969 (age 47) Rome, Italy
Other names	Kim Stuart
Years active	1986–present

Kim Rossi Stuart (born 31 October 1969) is an Italian actor and director.

Kim Rossi Stuart was born in Rome. His father, Giacomo, was also an actor of Italian and Scottish descent (his mother was Scottish). Kim's mother, Klara Müller, was a former top model of German and Dutch descent.

He began acting at the age of 5. He studied theatre and in 1986 began acting regularly, especially on TV productions like Fantaghirò series and for the cinema with a small role in The Name of the Rose. He reached popularity with Karate Warrior and in the film Poliziotti ("Policemen"). After this commercial film he began to act only in quality films, like Senza pelle, where his role, a man with psychological problems, was appreciated by critics. Then he acted with director Antonioni in Al di là delle nuvole and played Julien Sorel in the French TV-series Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) in 1997, based upon the famous book of the same title by Stendhal.

Rossi Stuart came back to act in the theatre with Re Lear and with the most important Italian actors, like Turi Ferro in the work Il visitatore. In 2002 he'd participated in the film Pinocchio as Lucignolo. In 2004, he played in Le Chiavi di Casa ("The Keys to the House"), as a young father that attempts to forge a relationship with his teenage, handicapped son when he met him for the first time.