Giovanni Capalbo

Biography

Giovanni Capalbo (born Giovanni "Joe" Capalbo, 5 October 1969, Senise, province of Potenza, Italy) is an Italian actor and producer. His career spans over three decades, beginning in the early 1990s. He is best known for playing Cassius in The Passion of the Christ (2004) and for starring in, executive producing, and producing Lucania (2019). He has also worked as a director (Love and Desire, 2017) and producer (Fela, il mio Dio vivente, 2023; Bobò, 2025). His filmography includes: The Seventh Room (1996) (Lorraine Bracco, Michael Madsen); I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (2001) (Michele Placido, Luisa Ranieri); The Passion of the Christ (2004) (Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3 (2005) (Bill Nighy, Tilda Swinton); Antonio, guerriero di Dio (2006) (Sergio Rubini, Laura Morante); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008) (Vincent Perez, John C. Reilly); We Believed (2010) (Marco Bocci, Claudio Santamaria); Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012) (Giorgio Pasotti, Marco Bocci); Lords of London (2014) (Ray Winstone, Jason Connery); Montedoro (2015) (Valerio Mastandrea, Giovanna Mezzogiorno); Ustica (2016) (Claudia Gerini, Giorgio Pasotti); Lucania (2019) (Angela Fontana, Pippo Delbono); Don Chisciotte (2026) (Marcello Fonte, Angela Molina).