Giuseppe Battiston (22 July 1968) is an Italian film, TV, and stage actor, director, writer, and producer. Born in Udine, he graduated from the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts in Milan. He is the winner of 3 David di Donatello awards. He is perhaps best known to worldwide audiences for Pinocchio (2022) on Disney + where he played Stromboli. His most notable films are Perfect Strangers (2016), Bread & Tulips (2000), La Passione (2010). Giuseppe made his directorial debut with Io Vivo Altrove! (2023) Giuseppe, or Beppe Battiston as he is sometimes credited, has frequently collaborated with directors Silvio Soldini, Carlo Mazzacurati, and Antonio Padovan. On screen he plays the title character of Stucky, a Treviso detective.

Filmography

• 2026Lavoreremo da grandi — Beppe
• 2026The Last Slap — Don Attilio
• 2025Come fratelli — Agente immobiliare
• 2025Story of a Night — Piero
• Stucky
• 2024The Body — Ispettore Corrado Cosser
• 2023Billy — Massimo
• 2023Le donne di Pasolini — Narrator
• 2023The Worst Days — Antonio (segment "Primo Maggio")
• 2023What a Life! — Fausto Biasutti, Director, Writer
• 2022Pinocchio — Stromboli
• 2022The Desired War — Mauro
• 2022The Prince of Rome — Papa Borgia
• 2021Stay Still — Rainer
• 2021The Queen of Hearts — Psicologo
• 2020Moon Landing — Dario Cavalieri
• 2020The Macaluso Sisters — Producer
• 2020Three Perfect Daughters — Sergio
• I wanted to be a rock star — Francesco Colombo
• 2018Hotel Gagarin — Nicola
• 2018Just Believe — Marco Cilio
• 2018Lucia's Grace — Paolo
• Trust — Bertolini
• 2018Tu mi nascondi qualcosa — Francesco
• 2017After the War — Marco Lamberti
• I fantasmi di Portopalo — Giacomo Sanna
• 2017The Last Prosecco — Ispettore Stucky
• 2017The Order of Things — Luigi Coiazzi
• 2016Perfect Strangers — Peppe
• 2015Pizza and Dates — Bepi
• 2015The Complexity of Happiness — Carlo Bernini
• 2014Come il peso dell'acqua — Self, Writer
• 2014La sedia della felicità — Father Weiner
• 2013La prima neve — Fabio
• 2013The Human Factor — Carlo Levi
• 2013Zoran: My Nephew the Idiot — Paolo
• 2012Garibaldi's Lovers — Amanzio
• 2011Bar Sport — Onassis, il barista
• 2011Make a Fake — Carmine
• 2011Shun Li and the Poet — Devis
• 2010Come Undone — Alessio
• 2010La passione — Ramiro
• 2010Notizie degli scavi — Il Professore
• 2010The Swing Girls — Pier Maria Canapa Canapone
• 2010Unlikely Revolutionaries — Bauer
• Non pensarci – La serie — Alberto Nardini
• 2009The Hush — Ugo
• 2008Amore, bugie e calcetto — Mina
• 2008Don't Think About It — Alberto Nardini
• Donne assassine — Carlo
• Everyone's Crazy About Love — Dottor Freiss
• 2008In nome del figlio — Dott. Frisanti
• 2008We Can Do That — Dr. Federico Furlan
• 2007Apnea — Renato
• 2007At the End of the Sea — Dolce
• 2007Days and Clouds — Vito
• 2007Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight — Vittorio
• 2007One Out of Two — Paolo
• 2007Peopling The Palaces — Cuoco
• 2007The Right Distance — Amos
• 2006Don't Tell — Andrea Negri
• 2006Our Country — Otello
• 2006The Short Night — Stefano
• 2005L'uomo perfetto — Simone
• 2005The Tiger and the Snow — Ermanno
• Una famiglia in giallo — dottor Biamonti
• 2004Agatha and the Storm — Romeo
• Al di là delle frontiere
• 2004Beyond Borders
• 2002Brucio nel vento — Janek (voice)
• 2002Nemmeno in un sogno — Zicarico
• 2002Un Aldo qualunque — Caimano
• 2000Ask Me If I'm Happy — Beppe, the thief
• 2000Bread and Tulips — Costantino Maria Caponangeli
• 2000Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia
• 1997Le acrobate — Ettore Mondini
• 1996Amati Matti — Patient
• 1993A Soul Split in Two — Gas Pump Attendant

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2024Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema — Self