Fortunato Cerlino

Fortunato Cerlino plays Pietro Savastano in Gomorrah. Pietro expects obedience, and Cerlino makes that expectation feel established long before the current scene. He does not need to advertise the character's power with constant outbursts.

The performance helps define the world Ciro and Genny inhabit. A family conversation can also be a test of rank, and Cerlino makes it clear how difficult it is to separate the two around Pietro.

His television work also includes Rinaldo Pazzi in Hannibal, Mastro Bredani in Medici and Mario Muzo in Carlo & Malik. He appeared in Inferno and has worked across Italian film and television. Gomorrah is an especially memorable use of his ability to make a quiet room feel controlled by one person.