Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965 in Florence, Italy) is an Italian actor, film director, producer, writer, and screenwriter. He grew up in Tuscany and began performing in cabaret as a teenager, later forming a comedy trio with Carlo Conti and Giorgio Panariello before moving into television and theatre. Pieraccioni made his first film appearance in the early 1990s and achieved major success with his own work as both director and actor. His breakthrough came with I laureati (1995) followed by the hugely popular Il ciclone (1996), for which he won the Nastri d’Argento Award for Best Actor in 1997. Known for his distinctive blend of comedy and sentiment, Pieraccioni has written, directed, and starred in many Italian comedies over his long career. He has also published humorous prose and continues to be active in Italian cinema.

Filmography

• 2026Un weekend artificiale — Director, Screenplay
• 2024A Lot Like Paris — Bernardo, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Director
• 2024We Need to Talk — Pieraldo Naselli, Screenplay
• 2022The Sex of Angels — Don Simone, Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
• Lui è peggio di me
• 2020Panariello Conti Pieraccioni - Lo Show
• 2018If They're Roses... — Leonardo Giustini, Story, Director, Screenplay
• 2015Mr. Cinderella — Umberto Massaciuccoli, Story, Screenplay, Director
• 2014Tutta colpa di Freud — Story
• 2013A Fantastic Back and Forth — Arnaldo Nardi, Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
• 2011Happiness at Last — Benedetto Parisi, Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
• 2009Me & Marilyn — Gualtiero Marchesi, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2007A Beautiful Wife — Mariano Stoppani, Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
• 2007Manual of Love 2 — uomo in discoteca
• 2005I Love You in All Languages of the World — Gilberto Rovai, Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
• 2003Suddenly Heaven — Lorenzo Buccianti, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
• 2001Leonardo Pieraccioni Show 2000-2001 — Self, Writer, Stage Director
• 2001The Prince and the Pirate — Leopoldo Natali, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
• 1999A Fish in Love — Arturo Vannino, Director, Story, Screenplay
• Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? — Ospite
• 1998Gunslinger's Revenge — Doc, Screenplay
• 1998Viola Kisses Everybody — Turista (as special thanks to:)
• 1997Fireworks — Ottone, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1996Silenzio... si nasce — Padre (voice)
• 1996The Cyclone — Levante, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1995The Graduates — Leonardo Pace, Director, Screenplay, Story
• 1994Miracolo italiano — Saverio
• 1993Bonus Malus — Nedo
• 1991Zitti e mosca — Pieraccioni

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2026Juso per ferie — Self
• 2025Edoardo Bennato - Sono solo canzonette — Self
• 2023People from Cecchetto — Himself
• 2019Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana — Self
• 2014Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori — Self
• 2010Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano — Self
• Domenica In — Self