Luca Calvani

Luca Calvani is an Italian actor born in 1974.

Luca Calvani was born on August 7 1974 in Prato, Tuscany, Italy, Luca was amodel 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 on CBS TV's daytime drama "As the World Turns". In Europe, he worked in theatre, TV and a Film, among them Ferzan Ozpetek award-winning "His Secret Life" aka "Le Fate Ignoranti". Calvani is trilingual, he speaks French and English in addition to his native Italian. In 2007 he shoot "Il Commissario Manara" directed by Davide Marengo for italian network Raiuno. He is set to co-star as Enzo Calvini opposite Clive Owen in Tom Tykwer's "The International" and the up coming Italian TV series "Questo è Amore" directed by Riccardo Milani opposite Stefania Rocca.

Career

Theatre

*"Sangue del mio sangue", dir. Maria Luisa Bigai (2007)

Film

*"The International", directed by Tom Tykwer (2008)
*"Sguardi controversi", directed by Corrado Veneziano (2006)
*"Freezerburn", directed by Melissa Balin (2005)
*"Parallel Passage", directed by Mandi Riggi (2003)
*"Il ronzio delle mosche", directed by Dario D'Ambrosi (2003)
*"Il diario di Matilde Manzoni", directed by Lino Capolicchio (2002)
*"Absolutely Fabulous", directed by Gabriel Aghion (2001)
*"Le fate ignoranti", directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (2001)
*"Al momento giusto", directed by Giorgio Panariello e Gaia Gorrini (2000)

Television

*"Il commissario Manara", (miniseries) directed by Davide Marengo (2008)
*"Un posto al sole", (2007)
*"Cotti e mangiati", directed by Franco Bertini (2006)
*"La freccia nera", directed by Fabrizio Costa (2006)
*"Carabinieri 4", directed by Raffaele Mertes (2005)
*"Quarto piano scala a destra", directed by Michele Truglia - Luca Calvani (2004)
*"As the World Turns", various directors (2001)
*"Sex and the City" - Episode: "The Real Me", directed by Michael Patrick King (2001)
*"Distretto di polizia", directed by Renato De Maria (2000)

TV Appearances

*"L'isola dei famosi 4" " aka Italian "Celebrity Survivor' - Winner (2006)

External links

* [http://lucacalvani.net Luca Calvani - Official Site]
* [http://www.vippando.it/personaggi/Luca_Calvani Live Interview video]
* [http://www.rbcasting.com/site/lucacalvani.rb Luca Calvani - Personal page]

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