Stars From alpha male to fragile grandfather: what the star of the TV series “Octopus” Michele Placido looks like today – you will be surprised!

Michele Placido was born on May 19, 1946 in Puglia, Italy. He started acting at the age of 20, but his real fame came from the first four “classic” seasons of “Octopus”. Corrado Cattani forever remained the main role of Placid, although he had the opportunity to embody many different characters on the screen. He even played a Russian officer in our compatriot Vladimir Bortek’s film “Afghan Break”.

Charismatic Placido was, of course, popular not only among Soviet women – his dark charm disarmed every beauty. The actor has five children and three marriages.

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Moreover, Michele’s third, last wife, actress Federica Luna Vincenti Placido, is 37 years younger than him!

Of course, the passing years have changed “Commissioner Cattani”. He turned completely gray quite soon, but even as an adult he retained his charm and looked like a real bon vivant who did not leave the pages of Italian gossip.

In recent years, Placido has not acted in films, but continues to work in the film industry. He devoted himself to directing and recently made his first public appearance after a long break when he came to Romania for the Buzău Film Festival. Michele brought his own film about the consequences of the pandemic and how the measures taken by the authorities to protect against it changed our lives.

Fans were shocked at how the famous actor changed. He has noticeably lost weight and seems even shorter (Michele Placido is 185 cm tall). His gray hair has thinned a lot and the Italian movie star moves without the confidence he used to have – check out this video. Age spares no one…

But “Commissioner Cattani” does not even think of stopping: he has many ambitious creative plans. His staged costume historical drama The Shadow of Caravaggio, starring Isabelle Huppert and Louis Garrel, recently premiered.

And the movie supernova was Placido’s middle son Marco Brenno. This guy is 21 years old and as you can see, he is just a copy of his famous father in his youth!

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