Luca Calvani

Last updated
Luca Calvani
Luca Calvani 2007 cropped.jpg
Calvani in 2007
Born (1974-08-07) 7 August 1974 (age 49)
Prato, Tuscany, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Luca Calvani (born 7 August 1974) is an Italian actor. [1] [2]

Contents

Calvani was born in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Luca was a model during his teen years, working with top names in the world of fashion, including Giorgio Armani. Spent his twenties in New York City, where he first studied acting with Ron Stetson then with Susan Batson. Among his American TV roles, the HBO series Sex and the City (2001) where he starred opposite Alan Cumming and Sarah Jessica Parker, and as the villain Dante Grimaldi on CBS TV's daytime drama As the World Turns . In Europe, he worked in theatre, TV and film, among them Ferzan Özpetek's award-winning His Secret Life a.k.a. Le Fate Ignoranti . Calvani is trilingual, he speaks French and English in addition to his native Italian. In 2007 he shot Il Commissario Manara directed by Davide Marengo for the Italian network Raiuno. He co-starred as Enzo Calvini opposite Clive Owen in Tom Tykwer's movie The International and the upcoming Italian TV series Questo è Amore directed by Riccardo Milani opposite Stefania Rocca.

Career

Theatre

Personal life

On 30 June 2022 Luca came out and revealed that he and Alessandro Franchini, an entrepreneur also from Tuscany (Viareggio), have been in a relationship since 2016. [3]

Filmography

Film

Television

TV appearances

Related Research Articles

<i>Facing Windows</i> 2003 Italian film

Facing Windows is a 2003 Italian movie directed by Ferzan Özpetek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ferzan Özpetek</span> Italian director (born 1959)

Ferzan Özpetek is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giovanna Mezzogiorno</span> Italian actress

Giovanna Mezzogiorno is an Italian theatre and film actress.

Carlo Cecchi is an Italian actor.

<i>Saturn in Opposition</i> 2007 Italian film

Saturn in Opposition is a 2007 Italian-Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. The Turkish title is Bir ömür yetmez. It had its United States premiere at Frameline in San Francisco on 20 June 2008.

Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, known as Antonello Grimaldi is an Italian actor, film and television director, and screenwriter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Filippo Timi</span> Italian actor, director and writer

Filippo Timi is an Italian actor, director and writer.

'Il commissario Manara is an Italian police procedural television series. It is a spin-off from the 2005 series, Una famiglia in giallo. Like that earlier series, the show is a romantic comedy and police procedural. Guido Caprino plays the titular police officer, Luca Manara.

Sascha Zacharias is a Swedish television and film actress who developed her acting career in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luca Argentero</span> Italian actor, model and television personality

Luca Argentero is an Italian actor, model and television personality. He has appeared in more than 18 films since 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luigi Maria Burruano</span> Italian actor (1948–2017)

Luigi Maria Burruano was an Italian film, stage and television actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films.

Alberto Molinari is an Italian actor, producer, and director, mainly of documentary films. He made his debut in the 1988 film Un bel dì vedremo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simona Caparrini</span> Italian actress (born 1972)

Simona Caparrini is an Italian actress. She is known for: To Rome with Love, directed by Woody Allen, where she plays Aunt Joan, the uptight member of Roman high society; Romeo & Juliet, directed by Carlo Carlei; and the Warner Bros. production The Man from U.N.C.L.E., directed by Guy Ritchie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Proclemer</span> Italian actress

Anna Proclemer, sometimes credited Anna Vivaldi, was an Italian stage, film and television actress and voice actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paolo Buonvino</span> Composer, conductor and music arranger

Paolo Buonvino is an Italian composer, musician, conductor, and music arranger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loredana Cannata</span> Italian actress

Loredana Cannata is an Italian movie, television and theater actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Filippo Nigro</span> Italian actor

Filippo Nigro is an Italian actor.

Elisabetta Pellini is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for playing Laura in the Italian TV series Le tre rose di eva.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lunetta Savino</span> Italian actress (born 1957)

Lunetta Savino is an Italian theatre and movie actress, particularly famous for starring in popular TV series. She is best known in her home country for playing Cettina, one of the leading characters on Rai Uno's primetime TV series Un medico in famiglia. In 2010, she starred in Ferzan Özpetek's movie Loose Cannons, which received international acclaim.

Francesca Valtorta is an Italian actress.

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Italian Hearthrob & The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Star Luca Calvani". www.yahoo.com. 25 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Armitage, Hugh (September 13, 2013). "'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' casts Luca Calvani". Digital Spy.
  3. ↑ Manca, Mario (June 30, 2022). "Luca Calvani fa coming out: «Il tempo si ferma e vedo solo luce» (Luca Calvani comes out: "Time stops, I only see light")". Vanity Fair Italia.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.