Lorenzo Richelmy

Lorenzo Richelmy
Richelmy in 2017
Born	(1990-03-25) 25 March 1990 (age 35) La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actor
Known for	Marco Polo

Lorenzo Richelmy (born 25 March 1990) is an Italian actor, best known to audiences outside of Italy for his performance as the title character in the Netflix original series Marco Polo . Prior to being cast in the series, he appeared in several Italian television shows and films.

Early life

Richelmy was born in La Spezia to parents Marco and Vivienne and moved to Rome with his family when he was four. He attended the liceo classico Giovanni Paolo II di Ostia Lido. Having begun his career as a child, Richelmy was the youngest actor ever accepted to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. ^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Il pranzo della domenica	Daniele		[2]
2010	Fat Cat	Burro		[3]
2012	100 metri dal paradiso	Tommaso		[4]
2013	The Third Half	Samuel		[2]
	La terra e il vento	Leonardo		[5]
2014	Sotto una buona stella	Niccolò Picchioni		[2]
	Hybris	Fabio		[6]
2017	The Girl in the Fog	Agent Borghi
	Rainbow: A Private Affair	Giorgio
2018	Reckless	Roberto Rossi
	Ride	Max Falco
2019	Dolceroma	Andrea Serrano
2020	Il talento del calabrone	DJ Steph
2022	The Bunker Game	Gregorio
	Jumping from High Places	Massimo Di Lorenzo
2023	Eravamo bambini	Walter
2024	Here Now	Komandante

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2009	I liceali	Cesare Schifani	Main cast (season 1-2) [6]
2012	Sposami	Danilo	Episode: "Episode 2" [7]
2013	Borgia	Sidonius Grimani	Episode: "Transfiguration" [8]
2013	Una Ferrari per due	Fabio Marchitelli	Television film [6]
2014–2016	Marco Polo	Marco Polo	Lead role [2]
2019	Sanctuary	Enzo	Main role
2022	Hotel Portofino	Roberto Aldani	Main role
2023	Fifteen-Love	Gianluca Barzagni	Main role
2024	Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story	Francesco Pesce	Main role

References

1. Fumero, Duccio (14 November 2013). "Il Terzo Tempo: intervista a Lorenzo Richelmy "Il rugby? Molto simile alla vita"". BlogO (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2014.
2. "PRODUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON EPIC NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES MARCO POLO PRODUCED BY THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY GLOBAL CAST INCLUDES LORENZO RICHELMY, BENEDICT WONG, ZHU ZHU, TOM WU, REMY HII AND RICK YUNE". pr.netflix.com. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
3. Levine, Daniel S. (8 April 2014). "Netflix sets 'Marco Polo' cast, Lorenzo Richelmy to star in title role". thecelebritycafe.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
4. Boni, Laura (10 May 2014). "100 metri dal Paradiso: intervista esclusiva a Lorenzo Richelmy". gingergeneration.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
5. Fleming, Mike Jr. (9 April 2014). "UTA Signs 'Marco Polo' Netflix/TWC Series Star Lorenzo Richelmy". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 16 December 2014.
6. "Who Is The Guy Playing Marco Polo On Netflix? The Handsome Lorenzo Richelmy". daystune.com. 12 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
7. Bellu, Daniela (12 November 2012). "Lorenzo Richelmy: da I Liceali a Kubrick, dal cinema a I Borgia - l'intervista di Blogapuntate". blogpuntate.it. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
8. Sloan, Samuel K. (28 November 2014). "Goodbye – Hello from Netflix". the-newshub.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

External links

• Lorenzo Richelmy at IMDb