Luca Marinelli

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Luca Marinelli
Luca Marinelli recorded the Italian audiobook for Philip Roth's novel "Portnoy's Complaint (Lamento di Portnoy)" in 2017.jpg
Marinelli recorded the Italian audiobook for Philip Roth's novel Portnoy's Complaint in 2017
Born (1984-10-22) 22 October 1984 (age 40)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Spouse Alissa Jung

Luca Marinelli (born 22 October 1984) is an Italian actor.

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He is best known for the roles of Mattia in The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010), Guido in Every Blessed Day (2012), Andrea in The Great Beauty (2013), Cesare in Don't Be Bad (2015), The Gipsy in They Call Me Jeeg (2016), the title character of Martin Eden (2019), Nicky in The Old Guard (2020), and the title character of Diabolik (2021).

Biography

Born in Rome, Luca Marinelli is the son of actor and voice actor Eugenio Marinelli  [ it ], and the nephew of actress and voice actress Sonia Scotti  [ it ]. He enrolled at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2009. [1] Occasionally appearing on stage since 2006, his breakout role was Mattia, the leading character in the Saverio Costanzo's 2010 drama film The Solitude of Prime Numbers . [1] In 2013 he was appointed EFP Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in Paolo Virzì's Every Blessed Day . [2] Marinelli also played a supporting role in the Academy Award-winning drama The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino.

For his role of Cesare in Claudio Caligari's final film Don't Be Bad , he won the Pasinetti Award for Best Actor at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.

In 2016 he won the Nastro d'Argento and David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for They Call Me Jeeg , and in 2019 he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his portrayal of the titular character Martin Eden at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. [3] He also played the antagonist Primo in the 2018 TV series Trust , and starred as Nicky in the Netflix film The Old Guard . In 2018 he portrayed the Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André in Fabrizio De André: Principe libero.

He starred as Diabolik in the 2021 film based on the comics series. [4] [5]

In 2022, he plays Pietro Guasti in The Eight Mountains (Italian : Le otto montagne) by Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, based on the novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Solitude of Prime Numbers Mattia Balossino (adult)
2011 The Last Man on Earth Roberta
2012 Every Blessed Day Guido Caselli
Mary of Nazareth Joseph Television film
NinaFabrizio
WavesGabriele
2013 The Great Beauty Andrea
2015Il mondo fino in fondoLoris
Don't Be Bad Cesare
They Call Me Jeeg Fabio
2016A Dangerous FortuneMickey MirandaTelevision film
Slam Valerio
2017 There Is a Light Paolo
Let Yourself GoEttore
Rainbow: A Private Affair Milton
2018Fabrizio De André: Principe libero Fabrizio De André
Remember? Him
2019 Martin Eden Martin Eden
2020 The Old Guard Nicolò di Genoa (Nicky)
2021 Diabolik Diabolik
2022 The Eight Mountains Pietro
TBA The Old Guard 2 NickyPost-production [6]
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Ricomincio da meTV series; 2 episodes
2008 I Cesaroni Male friendTV series; episode 2x09
Provaci ancora prof! FabrizioTV series; episode 3x06
2009 Butta la luna TV series; episode 2x02
2018 Trust Primo FX miniseries; 8 episodes
2024 M. Son of the Century Benito Mussolini TV series [7]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Luca Marinelli
AwardYearWorkCategoryResult
Ciak d'oro 2016 They Call Me Jeeg Best Supporting ActorWon
David di Donatello [8] 2013 Every Blessed Day Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated
2016 Don't Be Bad Nominated
2016 They Call Me Jeeg Best Actor in a Supporting Role Won
2019 Fabrizio De André: Principe libero Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated
2020 Martin Eden Nominated
2023 The Eight Mountains Nominated
Globo d'Oro (Italian Golden Globe) 2012 Every Blessed Day Best ActorNominated
2017 There Is a Light Best ActorNominated
2018 Rainbow: A Private Affair Best ActorWon [i] [9]
2020Martin EdenBest ActorNominated [10]
Nastro d'Argento 2012 Every Blessed Day Best Actor Nominated
2016 They Call Me Jeeg Best Supporting Actor Won
2017 There Is a Light Best ActorNominated
2023 The Eight Mountains Best ActorWon [11]
Venice International Film Festival 2015 Don't Be Bad Pasinetti Award for Best Actor Won
2019 Martin Eden Volpi Cup for Best Actor Won
Vittorio Gassman Award 2015 Don't Be Bad Best ActorWon

^[i] Ex-aequo with Toni Servillo for The Girl in the Fog .

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References

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  10. "7 Nomination per 'Volevo Nascondermi'". 19 June 2020.
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