Overview

• Italian outlets report Girone died suddenly at his home in Monaco, where he lived with his wife, Argentine actress Victoria Zinny.
• His breakthrough came in 1987 with the role of Gaetano “Tano” Cariddi in La Piovra, a character he returned to across later seasons and that became culturally emblematic.
• Born on December 1, 1948, in Asmara, he moved to Rome at 13 and trained at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica "Silvio d'Amico," building a major career on stage.
• He alternated Italian and international productions, notably portraying Enzo Ferrari in Ford v Ferrari and appearing in The Equalizer 3.
• Tributes are pouring in, with Michele Placido calling him a great actor and recalling a recent plan to cast him in a new project.