Alessandro Roja

Alessandro Roja (born 4 September 1978) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor.

Life and career
Born in Rome, Roja studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 2003, and made his professional debut in 2004, in the RAI TV-series Incantesimo. He had his breakout in 2008, playing the Roman gangster Dandi in the crime series Romanzo criminale – La serie.

In 2014 Roya was nominated for the Globo d'oro for best actor and for the Nastro d'Argento in the same category thanks his performance in the Manetti Bros. film Song'e Napule.

Personal life
Roya is married to Claudia Ranieri, the daughter of football manager Claudio Ranieri.

Selected filmography

 * Your Whole Life Ahead of You (2008)
 * The Greatest of All  (2011)
 * Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood  (2012)
 * Magnificent Presence (2012)
 * Song'e Napule (2014)
 * It's the Law (2017)
 * The End? (2017)
 * I'm Back (2018)
 * Don't Stop Me Now (2018)
 * Diabolik (2021)
 * Watch Out, We're Mad (2022)