Lorenzo Balducci

Lorenzo Balducci
Balducci in 2010
Born	(1982-09-04) 4 September 1982 (age 43) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

Lorenzo Balducci (born 4 September 1982) is an Italian actor. ^[1] He appeared in more than thirty films since 2001.

Life and career

Balducci was born in Rome, Italy. He began taking acting classes when he was 14 ^[2] and in November 2001 he made his stage debut as Romeo in a modern revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet , also starring Italian actress Myriam Catania. He is openly gay. ^[3]

After roles in a few TV commercials, he got a small part in Pupi Avati's The Knights of the Quest , that marked his film debut. Bigger roles quickly followed in films and television projects such as The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII , the acclaimed Incantato and the Italian box office hit Three Steps Over Heaven . His first lead role was in Luciano Melchionna's Gas, an indie drama that was selected at the inaugural Rome Film Festival and for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Chieti Film Festival.

He has appeared in more than thirty European films and television series since then, including Le héros de la famille, The Stone Council (both opposite Catherine Deneuve), André Téchiné's The Witnesses , Krzysztof Zanussi's Black Sun , Carlos Saura's I, Don Giovanni and the highly acclaimed Italian TV series Le cose che restano. In 2009 he received the Susan Batson Award for his performance in Due vite per caso at the San Francisco's NICE Film Festival.

Internationally, he starred in the Mexican romantic comedy 31 Días (opposite Karla Souza), the controversial Spanish film Estrella fugaz, the American TV movie Barabbas (starring Billy Zane) and the Italian TV series Mai per amore. He also appeared in the American independent comedy In search of Fellini (opposite Maria Bello), the acclaimed short film Snowflake (as Tracy Middendorf's love interest and for which he also served as an executive producer) and guest starred in the TV drama Medici: Masters of Florence .

In 2015 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Turin.

On stage, Balducci has starred in several productions of Dignità Autonome di Prostituzione in both Italy and Spain and, in 2017, he was part of the ensemble cast of Luciano Melchionna's Spoglia-Toy.

In 2018 he starred as John in 7 Miracles, one of the first feature-length cinematic VR experiences which premiered at the 26th Raindance Film Festival, winning the “VR Film of the Festival” grand jury award. ^[4]

In 2019 he reprised his role in Luciano Melchionna's acclaimed play Spoglia-Toy and played Giulio Mieli in Gli anni amari, a biopic based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.

In 2021 he starred in the stand-up comedy show Allegro, Non Troppo, originally produced to debut in 2020 but post-poned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the debut at Teatro dei Filodrammatici in Milan, the show run successfully at the Off-Off Theatre in Rome and then continued to tour around Italy. ^[5]

In 2022 he directed his first music video, Per Dirsi Mai by Italian electro-pop violinist and singer H.E.R. ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Knights of the Quest	Son of Louis IX of France
2001	The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII	Don Carlo	TV movie
2001	Stregati dalla luna	Alberto
2002	El Alamein: The Line of Fire	Soldier
2003	Incantato	Student
2003	It Can’t Be All Our Fault	Manuel
2003	Anime	Luca Anselmi
2004	Three Steps Over Heaven	Chicco Antinori
2005	Concorso di colpa	Stefano de Bernardi
2005	Gas	Luca	Best Actor Award - Chieti Film Festival
2006	Le héros de la famille	Frankie
2006	Ma l'amore... sì!	Carmelo Jorio
2007	Le Concile de Pierre	L'inspecteur Frank Neves
2007	Last Minute Marocco	Giacomo
2007	The Witnesses	Steve
2007	Black Sun	Manfredi
2008	Evelyn	Luca	Short Film
2008	Così vanno le cose	Pierfrancesco	TV movie
2008	Vito ballava con le streghe	Vito
2009	Ce n'è per tutti	Gianluca	Susan Batson Award - Best Actor - NICE Film Festival
2009	Evelyn	Luca	Short Film
2009	I, Don Giovanni	Lorenzo Da Ponte
2009	One Life, Maybe Two	Matteo Carli
2009	Brama		Short Film (48 Hour Film Project)
2011	Rosso Vivo	Matteo	Short Film
2011	Bloody Sin	Johnny
2012	Good As You	Adelchi
2012	Barabbas	Lazarus of Bethany	TV movie
2012	6 to 30	Andrea	Short Film
2013	31 días	Adam
2014	Estel fugaç - Stella Cadente	Alfredo, l'assistant del Rei
2014	Snowflake	Patrick	Short Film Also Executive Producer
2016	L'intruso	Boyfriend	Short Film
2016	Non si ruba a casa dei ladri	Michele
2017	In Search of Fellini	Angelo
2018	7 Miracles	John	Virtual Reality Film
2019	Gli anni amari	Giulio Mieli

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Giorni da Leone	Carlo Carmignani	Mini Series Series Regular
2001	Stiamo bene insieme	Alfredo	1 episode
2001	Incantesimo		1 episode
2002	Carabinieri 2		1 episode
2002	Il maresciallo Rocca	Luca Garrone	Episode 4x06: "L'uomo sbagliato"
2003	La squadra		1 episode
2004	Questo amore	Simone	Mini Series Series Regular
2005	Padri e Figli		1 episode
2005	48 ore	Andrea Billè	Series Regular (12 episodes)
2006	Giorni da Leone 2	Carlo Carmignani	Mini Series Series Regular
2009	Le cose che restano	Nino	Mini Series Series Regular
2012	Questo nostro amore	Carlo	Series Regular (12 episodes)
2015-2017	Solo per amore	Claudio	Series Regular (18 episodes)
2015	Provaci ancora prof	Roberto	Episode 6x02: "Debiti Pericolosi"
2016	Medici: Masters of Florence	Mario de Medici	Episode 1x05: "Temptation"
2018	Don Matteo	Stefano Corini	Episode 11x23: "Tutta la vita"

Music Videos

Year	Title	Role	Director
2001	Il Telecomando	Matteo Bassi	Manetti Bros.
2014	As You Hope	Rhò	CUT
2022	Per dirsi mai	H.E.R.	Lorenzo Balducci

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2001	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo	Teatro Sala Uno, Rome
2012	Dignità autonome di prostituzione	Monologue "Bolla di piacere"	Teatro Bellini, Naples
2015	Dignità autonome di prostituzione	Monologue "Il colla"	Teatro Bellini, Naples
2017	Spoglia-Toy	Monologue	Accademia Bella Arti, Naples
2017	Dignità autonome di prostituzione	Maîtresse	FITT. Noves Dramaturgies Tarragona
2019	Spoglia-Toy	Monologue	Teatro Colosseo, Turin / Teatro Eliseo Rome
2021-2022	Allegro, non troppo	Stand-up Comedy	Off/Off Theatre, Rome & National Tour
2022-2023	Fake	Stand-up Comedy	Off/Off Theatre, Rome & National Tour
2023-2024	Tom à la ferme	Francis	Teatro Belli, Rome & Galleria Toledo, Naples
2024	Back to black	David	Off/Off Theatre, Rome

References

1. "Andrea Giombini / Gli artisti dello studio Giannelli SRL | Studio Giannelli SRL".
2. "Intervista a Lorenzo Balducci giovane promessa del cinema nazionale e internazionale". Tutto Teatro. December 16, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
3. "Good as You: Lorenzo Balducci gay parla del coming out". 11 April 2012.
4. "Feature-Length VR Film '7 Miracles' Debuts At Raindance Film Festival". October 11, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
5. "Allegro, non troppo" . Retrieved November 29, 2021.
6. "Per Dirsi Mai, il nuovo inedito di H.E.R. è un viaggio nei sentimenti". January 29, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.

External links

• Lorenzo Balducci at IMDb