Luca Marinelli (born 22 October 1984) is an Italian actor. He is best known for the roles of Guido in '' Every Blessed Day'' (2012), Andrea in ''

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'' (2013), Cesare in ''

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'' (2015), The Gipsy in ''

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'' (2016), the

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of '' Martin Eden'' (2019), Nicky in '' The Old Guard'' (2020), and the

of ''

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'' (2021).

Biography

Born in Rome, Luca Marinelli is the son of actor and voice actor , and the nephew of actress and voice actress . He enrolled at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2009. Occasionally appearing on stage since 2006, his

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was Mattia, the leading character in the

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's 2010 drama film ''

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''. In 2013 he was appointed EFP Shooting Star at the

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for his performance in

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's '' Every Blessed Day''. Marinelli also played a supporting role in the Academy Award-winning drama ''

'' by

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. For his role of Cesare in

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's final film ''

'', he won the Pasinetti Award for Best Actor at the

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. In 2016 he won the

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and

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for ''

'', and in 2019 he won the

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for his portrayal of the titular character '' Martin Eden'' at the

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. He also played the antagonist Primo in the 2018 TV series ''

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'', and starred as Nicky in the

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film '' The Old Guard''. In 2018 he portrayed the Italian singer-songwriter

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in ''Fabrizio De André: Principe libero''. He starred as

in the 2021 film based on the comics series.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Ex-aequo with

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for '' The Girl in the Fog''.

References

External links

* 1984 births Male actors from Rome Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people 21st-century Italian male actors People of Apulian descent Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni David di Donatello winners Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners {{Italy-actor-stub