Simone Borrelli

Simone Borrelli
Borrelli at the American Cinematheque in Hollywood for the European Film Festival
Born	Simone Borrelli (1985-11-05) November 5, 1985 Crotone, Calabria, Italy
Occupations	Actor director singer songwriter scriptwriter musician producer dancer
Years active	2000–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards
Website	www.simoneborrelli.com

Simone Borrelli (born November 5, 1985) is an Italian actor,¹ director, singer, songwriter and musician.

Simone Borrelli graduated in Acting and Dramatic arts at the Italian Academy of Dramatic Arts "Alessandra Galante Garrone" in Bologna. In 2004 he won the "Giusto Monaco" vocational award for Best Young Actor.

He pursued his career with Acting Coaches/Members of New York's Actors Studio and at NYFA.

He works in Cinema, Theater and TV, with directors such as Gabriele Salvatores, Guido Chiesa, Gianpaolo Tescari, Lucio Gaudino, Carmine Elia, Vittorio Franceschi, Giovanni Pampiglione, Francesco Marino, Marina Malfatti, Lindsay Kemp, Eimuntas Nekrosius, Nicolaj Karpov, Susan Batson, Marilyn Fried, Steven Berkoff, Pierre Byland.

2008/2009: Borrelli was one of the lead actors, playing the character Mauro Morbello, in the TV series Terapia d'urgenza (produced by RAI – Radio Televisione italiana). He was also a co-leading actor of the TV series Quo vadis, baby?; a series produced by SKY Cinema and directed by the Academy Award Winner, Gabriele Salvatores, and co-directed by Guido Chiesa.

In 2011 Simone Borrelli played the role of Ivan in Anna e i cinque directed by Franco Amurri and produced by Magnolia for Mediaset.

In 2006, Borrelli was the lead actor in the theatre performance AMADE in which he played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The play celebrated the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, and was produced by the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Aterballetto.

In 2007, as an actor and dancer, Borrelli took part in the European tour of Sinfonia, directed by Silvia Traversi (Folkwang Hochschule di Pina Bausch e Carolyn Carlson Company). In 2009, Borrelli filmed, composed and produced "X tutta la Notte" and "Giselle", two music singles and Cinematographic Music Videos. These were in the album VENERDÌ SERA,² his first album as a composer and songwriter.

In 2009/2010 Borrelli was the face of the brand BETTER-LOTTOMATICA produced by Movie Magic International. In 2010 Borrelli played the role of Andrea in Martino's Summer³ by Massimo Natale, starring Treat Williams. This film took part in the Official Selection of the Rome Film Festival⁴ that same year. In 2011 Borrelli wrote the screenplay for Venerdì Sera, a film linked to his first music album. This screenplay was nominated for the "Solinas Prize".

In 2012, Borrelli was one of the new lead actors in the sitcom Camera Café in which he played the part of Mario.⁵

In 2014 he was the scriptwriter, director, lead actor, singer and composer of the original soundtrack of Eddy,⁶ an international film about violence against children. The film is supported by Unicef, Doctors without Borders,⁷ Ministry of Education, Universities and Research⁸ and Amnesty International.⁹ This film was awarded the "Official Human Rights Movie 2015" by The Council of Europe.¹⁰

Linked to this, the Italian Prime Minister ¹¹ and the Presidency of The Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic decided to give Borrelli and his film their Official High Patronage for the film's high social, cultural and artistic significance.

His film Eddy was selected to open the “Starring Europe – European Film Festival” at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, an event organized by the American Cinematheque in collaboration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes Foundation.¹²¹³

Following the release of the film, Borrelli embarked on an international tour, presenting Eddy at screenings and events in numerous countries and at several universities, including Stanford University¹⁴, UC Berkeley¹⁵¹⁶and UCLA ¹⁷, and he was invited to take part in the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Italy’s accession to the United Nations.¹⁸ The tour, known as the Eddy Tour, included live performances with the film’s original soundtrack orchestra and comprised more than 90 dates, 11 of which were sold out.¹⁹

In 2016 he received the Special Prize of the 17th edition of the “Premio Fedeli” awarded by the SIULP ²⁰, the Italian Police Union, and was named “Personality of the Year” by the city of Crotone.²¹

In July 2019 he released the single “L’Amor”, distributed by Universal Music Group, accompanied by a music video composed entirely of animated GIF images conceived and produced by Borrelli.²²²³ In 2020 he wrote, directed and starred in the music video for “Il cammino dell’anima” by Angelo Branduardi, and oversaw the artistic supervision of the European tour associated with the album of the same name.²⁴. From 2023 he has appeared in several international advertising campaigns, including a Mulino Bianco spot themed around the 1980s, produced by Publicis.²⁵ In 2026 he was chosen as the lead testimonial and main on-screen face of Mail Boxes Etc.’s global advertising campaign during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, broadcast simultaneously across 81 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.²⁶

In 2026 he was included in The Notable People Project, a permanent, curated biographical archive based in New York City, among those recognized for having an exceptional and net positive contribution to humanity; according to the Project’s own estimates, about 0.01% of living people meet its notability standards.²⁷²⁸

Borrelli has been described by some sources as the first artist in documented international cinema to have simultaneously fulfilled eight key creative and production roles in a single feature film – writer, director, lead actor, composer, performer, arranger and musician of the original score, as well as author and performer of the soundtrack songs – with Eddy cited as this example.²⁹

His single “L’Amor” has also been noted in the press as the first documented music video released worldwide by a major label to be composed exclusively of original animated GIF images, with the related GIF and sticker content achieving hundreds of millions of views on platforms such as Giphy³⁰.

• Quo vadis, baby? (2007)
• Una volta sola, mai più (2008)
• Terapia d'urgenza (2008–2009)
• Martino's Summer (2010)
• Anna e i cinque (2011)
• Camera Café (2012)
• Eddy (2014)
• We're in this together (2025)

• Romeo and Juliet (2000)
• Antigone (2001)
• Monsieur Chasse (2002)
• Pericolosamente (2002)
• La Patente (2002)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003)
• The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (2004)
• The Imaginary Invalid (2005)
• Tingel Tangel (2005)
• Spoon River Anthology (2006)
• Viaggio nella città di Zeta (2006)
• The Stranger (monologue) (2006)
• The Liar (2006)

• X tutta la notte (2008)
• Giselle (2009)
• Il giorno di natale (2012)
• Eddy (Original Movie Soundtrack) (2016)
• L'Amor (2019) - Universal Music

• X tutta la Notte (2010)

• Giusto Monaco Prize 2004 as Best Young Actor
• Eddy – Official Human Rights Movie 2015 for The Council of Europe
• Eddy – European 12 Star City Award 2015 - Paris