Jonis Bascir

Somali-Italian actor and musician

Jonis Bascir
Born (1960-09-17) 17 September 1960 (age 63)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)actor, musician
Years active1990s–present
SpouseNicoletta
ParentHaji Bashir Ismail Yusuf
Websitewww.jonis.it

Jonis Bascir (born 17 September 1960) is a Somali-Italian actor and musician.

Personal life

Jonis is the son of Muheddin Hagi Bascir, and was born in Rome in 1960.[1][2] His father is Somali and his mother is Italian.[1]

Growing up, Jonis lived between six and ten years in Somalia.[1]

He is the grandson of Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf, the first President of the Somali National Assembly.

Jonis is married to Nicoletta.[3][4]

Career

Professionally, Jonis is best known for his role in Un medico in famiglia (1998–2008), a Rai 1 television series.[1] He has also appeared in The Stone Merchant (2006), Anita Garibaldi (2012) and Regalo a sorpresa (2013).[5]

Additionally, Jonis regularly performs with his own band.[6]

He has been a spokesperson for the Kosè coffee brand.[1]

Filmography

Cinema

  • Stupor Mundi, directed by Pasquale Squitieri (1997)
  • Simpatici & antipatici, directed by Christian De Sica (1998)
  • Comunque mia, directed by Sabrina Paravicini (2004)
  • The Stone Merchant, directed by Renzo Martinelli (2006)
  • Il mercante di stoffe, directed by Antonio Baiocco (2009)
  • Regalo a sorpresa, directed by Fabrizio Casini (2013)
  • Buongiorno papà, directed by Edoardo Leo (2013)
  • Una Diecimilalire, directed by Luciano Luminellii (2013–2014)
  • Tre tocchi, directed by Marco Risi (2013)
  • Non c'è due senza te, directed by Massimo Cappelli (2014)
  • Ustica - The missing paper, directed by Renzo Martinelli (2015)
  • Come si fa a vivere così, directed by Loredana Cannata (2016/2017)
  • Se son rose, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (2018)

Short films

  • Le 5 forze di Porter, directed by Massimo Cappelli (1996)
  • Il tuo paradiso, directed by Riccardo Acerbi (1997)
  • Toilette, directed by Massimo Cappelli (1999)
  • Il sinfamolle, directed by Massimo Cappelli (2001)
  • Amalia, directed by Biagio Fersini (2012)

Television

Music videos

Music

  • 1990 Lavori In Corso Blues Band
  • 1992 Tour Giappone Italian Pret A Porter
  • 1995 High Spirit (Gospel)
  • 1995 The Platters
  • 1996 Carràmba! Che sorpresa singer
  • 1999 Attenti Alla Noia short directed by Riccardo Acerbi - soundtrack
  • 1999 Jonis And The Supersoulfighters (Tribute to) Lenny Kravitz
  • 2005 Gli Io Stasera Mi Butto It's only Rhythm and Blues
  • 2005 Un posto al sole - Rai 3 guitarist
  • 2006 Jonistorie Original
  • 2007 Senza docu-film directed by Sabrina Paravicini - soundtrack
  • 2007 Un medico in famiglia Rai 1 - sing his song Tell me just one thing and others songs
  • 2007 "Without" CD soundtrack
  • 2010 L'Estasi dell'Anima - soundtrack
  • 2012 BEIGE - L'importanza di essere diverso -soundtrack
  • 2013 Il Treno del Blues with Jona's Blues Band
  • 2014 Tre tocchi, directed by Marco Risi - soundtrack
  • 2014 Non c'è due senza te, directed by Massimo Cappelli - soundtrack
  • 2015 L'Appartamento, directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
  • 2015 Dall'alto di una fredda torre, directed by Francesco Frangipane - soundtrack
  • 2015 Il Grande Male, directed by Sargis Galstyan - soundtrack
  • 2015 Autunno e Inverno directed by Francesco Frangipane - soundtrack
  • 2016 Spot Against Drugs directed by Marco Bonini - soundtrack
  • 2016 Ritratti di Signora directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
  • 2016 Ostaggi directed by Angelo Longoni - soundtrack
  • 2016/2017 Rosso Giungla directed by Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
  • 2017 Risiko regia di Vanessa Gasbarri - soundtrack
  • 2017 Boomerang regia di Angelo Longoni - soundtrack
  • 2018 Tu mi nascondi qualcosa regia di Giuseppe Loconsole - soundtrack
  • 2018 Ti racconto una storia con Edoardo Leo - soundtrack
  • 2018 Affiliazione short directed by Gianluca Blumetti - soundtrack
  • 2018 Verticale di 6 short directed by Massimiliano Pazzaglia - soundtrack
  • 2019 Bahlsen Spot TV soundtrack

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "Introduzione Agli Studi Postcoloniali" (PDF). Wuming Foundation. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Bambola Ramona ce la fa". TVBlog. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Anche Katia Pedrotti e Ascanio Pacelli alla premiere di 'Basilicata Coast to Coast', opera prima di Rocco Papaleo". Gossip.it. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Alessandra Mastronardi, Randi Ingerman e Max Parodi sul red carpet". Gossip.it. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Jonis Bashir". CinemaRx. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Jonis Bascir". Jonis Bascir. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

References

  • CinemaRx - Jonas Bashir

External links

  • Jonis Bashir at IMDb
  • Official website
  • Jonis Bascir - Music