Fabrizio Brienza
Encyclopedia
Fabrizio Brienza is an Italian model
and actor
best-known for his portrayal of "tough guy" characters, though his range is versatile in comedic roles as well.
, Italy
to Paola and Franco. From the age of 14, he was drawn to and surrounded himself with the music
and fast-paced nightlife of the club-scene in Italy. At age 19 Fabrizio traveled throughout Europe
playing on a national military basketball team, until injuries forced him to quit. In 1992, after graduating from Florence's acclaimed Academia Delle Belle Arts with a degree in graphic design
, Fabrizio worked in his field as lair, counting some of the most exclusive nightclubs in Italy among his clients. In fact, it was in a nightclub where he was discovered, and received his big break as a model.
, Dolce & Gabbana
, Armani, Ferre, Valentino
and many other French Couture designers. Working as a runway model in Milan
helped pave the way for international modeling opportunities and travels across the globe, to destinations such as: Spain
, Greece
, Japan
, Korea
and South Africa
. Though Fabrizio has captivated the high-fashion world with his chiseled looks and signature poses, he has always had a passion for acting and for the challenge of bringing unique characters to life on screen. Fabrizio worked as a doorman for several Miami Beach Nightclubs, such as Crobar,Barroom and State. He was known as the flamboyant doorman with a bright yellow Ferrari. After several years on the SOBE nightlife circuit, he moved to New York, where he be came the door man at several nightclubs, including the famed Pink Elephant. Just recently Fabrizio joined the Ford Modeling Agency in NYC.
, music video
, radio
, commercial and television
. Determined to be "not just another pretty face", Fabrizio took his acting
career seriously, studying with some of the most renowned coaches and actors in the industry. Fabrizio started making the transition from fashion
to mainstream when he booked print ads for Microsoft
and American Airlines
, and eventually started doing commercials for major national brands, including: Nokia
and Hyundai
. He also starred as a lead in music videos for pop music
superstars Gloria Estefan
and Ricky Martin
("She Bangs").
From commercial and radio, Fabrizio made the transition to acting in major television series. Showing a range of acting skills, he was featured on Tina Fey
's Emmy-winning comedy series 30 Rock
, and held a guest spot on HBO's Emmy-winning drama Sopranos. Fabrizio's continued industry success opened doors for him on-screen, as he took on several lead roles in made-for-television movies. In the forthcoming film Duplicity
, set to hit theaters in early 2009, Fabrizio will take on the role of hotel manager in this "breakout" performance. The movie is directed by Tony Gilroy, and stars Julia Roberts
, Clive Owen
, Paul Giamatti
and Tom Wilkinson
.
Fabrizio currently resides in NYC, though his acting roles often bring him to Hollywood and Italy
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The DiGiTS Show http://www.youtube.com/digitsshow
Interview with BlackBook http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/fabrizio-brienza-signor-west/5515
Miami Times http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2003-01-23/music/the-rope-is-in-your-mind/
Michael Musto
Village Voice "Door God" http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0243,172279,39493,15.html
Miami International Film Festival http://www.watcha3.com/news/South%20Beach%20Undercover%20Release.pdf
The Doorman Festival Favorite http://www.giganticpictures.com/doorman.html
Cooking with Fabrizio (on YouTube
) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4hP6s4lgw
New York Magazine http://nymag.com/daily/food/tags/fabrizio%20brienza
New York Post Page Six Magazine http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080803/Discuss+Would+you+quit+your+job+if+you+won+lottery
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Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
best-known for his portrayal of "tough guy" characters, though his range is versatile in comedic roles as well.
Early life and career beginnings
Brienza was born in CampobassoCampobasso
-Main sights:The main attraction of Campobasso is the Castello Monforte, built in 1450 by the local ruler Nicola II Monforte, over Lombard or Norman ruins. The castle has Guelph merlons and stands on a commanding point, where traces of ancient settlements have been found...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
to Paola and Franco. From the age of 14, he was drawn to and surrounded himself with the music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and fast-paced nightlife of the club-scene in Italy. At age 19 Fabrizio traveled throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
playing on a national military basketball team, until injuries forced him to quit. In 1992, after graduating from Florence's acclaimed Academia Delle Belle Arts with a degree in graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, Fabrizio worked in his field as lair, counting some of the most exclusive nightclubs in Italy among his clients. In fact, it was in a nightclub where he was discovered, and received his big break as a model.
Modeling
Fabrizio Brienza, better known just as Fabrizio, has enjoyed a successful modeling career, traveling across Europe as the face (and body) for such major designers as: VersaceVersace
Gianni Versace S.p.A. , usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian fashion label founded by Gianni Versace in 1978.The first Versace boutique was opened in Milan's Via della Spiga in 1978, and its popularity was immediate. Today, Versace is one of the world's leading international fashion houses...
, Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury industry fashion house. The company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was €597 million....
, Armani, Ferre, Valentino
Valentino SpA
Valentino SpA is a clothing company founded in 1959 by Valentino Garavani. Nowadays it is a part of Valentino Fashion Group. New creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli will take Alessandra Facchinetti's seat as creative designer...
and many other French Couture designers. Working as a runway model in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
helped pave the way for international modeling opportunities and travels across the globe, to destinations such as: Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Though Fabrizio has captivated the high-fashion world with his chiseled looks and signature poses, he has always had a passion for acting and for the challenge of bringing unique characters to life on screen. Fabrizio worked as a doorman for several Miami Beach Nightclubs, such as Crobar,Barroom and State. He was known as the flamboyant doorman with a bright yellow Ferrari. After several years on the SOBE nightlife circuit, he moved to New York, where he be came the door man at several nightclubs, including the famed Pink Elephant. Just recently Fabrizio joined the Ford Modeling Agency in NYC.
Acting
Much like a renaissance man, Fabrizio's acting career has spanned many channels of media, including: filmFilm
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, commercial and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. Determined to be "not just another pretty face", Fabrizio took his acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
career seriously, studying with some of the most renowned coaches and actors in the industry. Fabrizio started making the transition from fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
to mainstream when he booked print ads for Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
and American Airlines
American Airlines
American Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
, and eventually started doing commercials for major national brands, including: Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
and Hyundai
Hyundai
Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...
. He also starred as a lead in music videos for pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
superstars Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
and Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
("She Bangs").
From commercial and radio, Fabrizio made the transition to acting in major television series. Showing a range of acting skills, he was featured on Tina Fey
Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live , the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls and Baby Mama .Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the...
's Emmy-winning comedy series 30 Rock
30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
, and held a guest spot on HBO's Emmy-winning drama Sopranos. Fabrizio's continued industry success opened doors for him on-screen, as he took on several lead roles in made-for-television movies. In the forthcoming film Duplicity
Duplicity (film)
Duplicity is a 2009 American romantic comedy spy film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, and starring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. The plot follows two corporate spies with a romantic history who collaborate to carry out a complicated con...
, set to hit theaters in early 2009, Fabrizio will take on the role of hotel manager in this "breakout" performance. The movie is directed by Tony Gilroy, and stars Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
, Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
, Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several projects in the...
and Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton...
.
Fabrizio currently resides in NYC, though his acting roles often bring him to Hollywood and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau The Adjustment Bureau The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American fantasy romantic thriller film loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story, "Adjustment Team". The film was written and directed by George Nolfi and stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The cast also includes Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly,... |
Mr. Miller | |
| 2009 | Duplicity Duplicity Duplicity is a software suite that provides easy encrypted, digitally signed, versioned, remote backup of files requiring little of the remote server. It is capable of both full backups and incremental backups where only changes since the prior backup was made are stored... |
Hotel Manager | |
| 2007 | The Doorman | Himself | |
| 2007 | South Beach Undercover | Detective Brienza | |
| 2004 | Model Behavior | Marco | |
| 2002 | Hotel Erotica aka Blue Hotel | Marco | |
| 2000 | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba.... Story |
Secret Agent | |
| 1998 | The Versace Versace Gianni Versace S.p.A. , usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian fashion label founded by Gianni Versace in 1978.The first Versace boutique was opened in Milan's Via della Spiga in 1978, and its popularity was immediate. Today, Versace is one of the world's leading international fashion houses... Murder |
Model and Friend | |
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Television
| Show | Role Type | Network |
|---|---|---|
| Law and Order: SVU | Joel | NBC |
| The Sopranos | Guest Spot | HBO |
| 30 Rock | Feature | NBC |
| On the Road | Guest Spot | Italia1 |
| Get Packin | Host/Regular | Travel Channel |
| Blind Date | Guest Spot | UPN |
| Occhio Di Falco | Recurring Role | RAI |
| Drive In | Recurring Role | Italia1 |
| La Sai' L' Ultima | Recurring Role | Italia1 |
External links
Official Page http://www.fabriziobrienza.comFabrizio Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
Page http://www.myspace.com/fabriziobrienza
Fabrizio Facebook
Facebook
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Page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabrizio-Brienza/78551680297
The DiGiTS Show http://www.youtube.com/digitsshow
Interview with BlackBook http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/fabrizio-brienza-signor-west/5515
Miami Times http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2003-01-23/music/the-rope-is-in-your-mind/
Michael Musto
Michael Musto
Michael Musto is an American columnist for the The Village Voice, where he writes La Dolce Musto. Musto was born in Brooklyn to an Italian American family. He attended Columbia University graduating in 1976. During his studies, he was a theater critic for the Columbia Spectator...
Village Voice "Door God" http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0243,172279,39493,15.html
Miami International Film Festival http://www.watcha3.com/news/South%20Beach%20Undercover%20Release.pdf
The Doorman Festival Favorite http://www.giganticpictures.com/doorman.html
Cooking with Fabrizio (on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4hP6s4lgw
New York Magazine http://nymag.com/daily/food/tags/fabrizio%20brienza
New York Post Page Six Magazine http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080803/Discuss+Would+you+quit+your+job+if+you+won+lottery
Gigs TV Series Premiere
NY Photoshoot
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