Tino Schirinzi (12 August 1934 - 18 August 1993), was an Italian actor and stage director.Born in Taranto, Schirinzi graduated in medicine, then he devoted himself to the theatre, often working at the Teatro Stabile in Turin and at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. He created a successful artistic partnership with Piera Degli Esposti, and took part in Italian theatrical debut of Patrice Chéreau. After 1968, he was author of irreverent reinterpretations of works by Gabriele d'Annunzio, Carlo Goldoni and of the Elizabethan theatre which resulted in a resounding firing from the Vittoriale theatre.Less active in cinema, in 1983 Schirinzi won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor thanks to his performance in Sciopèn.Struck by an incurable cancer, for which he had lost his speech, in 1993 he killed himself with his wife Daisy Lumini, by jumping from the viaduct under construction on the Bilancino dam near Barberino di Mugello.
He and his wife, singer/actress Daisy Lumini, committed suicide by jumping together from a bridge under construction near Barberino di Mugello. He was seriously ill with a cancer of the oesophagus.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
L'ispettore Sarti - Un poliziotto, una città
1991
TV Series
Rosas
Matilda
1990
Presidente
Valentino
1983
TV Mini-Series
Chopin
1982
Nicolino
Tre fratelli
1981
Raffaeles's Friend
Storia di Anna
1981
TV Mini-Series
Liquirizia
1979
Professore
La commediante veneziana
1979
TV Mini-Series
L'uomo difficile
1978
TV Movie
Il conte Hans Karl Bühl
Nenè
1978
Father of Ju and Pa
Il giorno dell'Assunta
1977
Lo scandalo della banca romana
1977
TV Mini-Series
On. Felice Cavallotti
Paganini
1976
TV Mini-Series
Paganini
Oltre il duemila
1971
TV Mini-Series
Rolando
Un certo Harry Brent
1970
TV Mini-Series
Max Rainer
Nero Wolfe
1969
TV Series
Procuratore
Le inchieste del commissario Maigret
1966
TV Series
Victor
Quinta colonna
1966
TV Mini-Series
Dr, Johns
Vita di Dante
1965
TV Mini-Series
Manetto Portinari
Le avventure di Laura Storm
1965
TV Series
Il fotoreporter americano
Luciano, una vita bruciata
1962
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1983
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista)
Sciopèn (1982)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1983
David
David di Donatello Awards
Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore non Protagonista)
Sciopèn (1982)
Known for movies
Chopin (1982) as Nicolino
Tre fratelli (1981) as Raffaeles's Friend
Nenè (1978) as Father of Ju and Pa
L'uomo difficile (1978) as Il conte Hans Karl Bühl
$700,000
