Marco Leonardi (born 14 November 1971) is an Italian

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. Leonardi was born in Australia to

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parents. He moved to

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at the age of four and at 17 starred in the acclaimed Italian film '' Cinema Paradiso'' (1988). He later starred in the Mexican movie '' Like Water for Chocolate'' (1992). He has made several movies in the

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, including ''

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'' and '' From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter'' (2000). Other appearances include the Canadian film '' The Five Senses'' (1999).

Filmography

Film

* ''La Sposa era Bellissima'' (1987, directed by

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) - Giuseppe * ''Il Coraggio di Parlare'' (1987, directed by

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) - Fortunato, the shepard * ''Ultimo Minuto'' (1987, directed by

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) - Paolo * ''Ciao Ma'' (1988, directed by Giandomenico Curi) - Paolo * '' Cinema Paradiso'' (1988, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) - Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita - Teenager * ''Scugnizzi'' (1989, directed by

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) - Salvatore * ''Dimenticare Palermo'' (1990, directed by

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) * ''Ferdinando, un uomo d'amore'' (1990, directed by Mème Perlini) - Ferdinando * '' Like Water for Chocolate'' (1992, directed by

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) - Pedro Muzquiz * ''La Ribelle'' (1993, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) - Sebastiano * '' Le Buttane'' (1994, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) - Maurizio * ''Viva San Isidro'' (1995, directed by Alessandro Cappeletti) - Quintino * ''Manhattan Merengue!'' (1995) - Carmelo * ' (1995) - Eddie Sanchez * ''Banditi'' (1995, directed by Stefano Mignucci) - David * '' La sindrome di Stendhal'' (1996, directed by Dario Argento) - Marco Longhi * ''Italiani'' (1996, directed by

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) - Fortunato * ''Para vivir o morir'' (1996) * ''La frontiera'' (1996, directed by

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) - Franco Velich * ''My Brother Jack'' (1997) - Jack Casale * ''Una vacanza all'inferno'' (1997, directed by

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) - Angelo * ''I cinque sensi'' (1999, directed by

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) - Roberto 'Luigi' * '' From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter'' (2001, directed by P. J. Pesce) - Johnny Madrid * '' The Knights of the Quest'' (2001, directed by

) - Ranieri di Panico * '' Texas Rangers'' (2001) - Jesus Sandoval * ''It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All'' (2003) - Ben Clemons * ''

'' (2003, directed by

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) - Fideo * ''Mary'' (2005, directed by

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) - Apostle Peter * ''Maradona, La Mano de Dios'' (2007) -

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* ''Red Gold'' (2009) * ''Cha cha cha'' (2013) - Fotografo * '' Anime nere'' (2014) - Luigi * ''Ustica: The Missing Paper'' (2016) - Corrado di Acquaformosa * '' Worldly Girl'' (2016) - Celestino * ''

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'' (2016) - Di Stasio * ''Prigioniero della mia libertà'' (2016) - Sovritendente Maggio * '' A Family'' (2017) - Pietro * ''

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'' (2017, directed by Ridley Scott) - Mammoliti * ''La banalità del crimine'' (2018) - Conte * ''

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'' (2018) - Antonio * ''Soledad'' (2018) - Belmonte * ''

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'' (2019) - Fortunato * ''Aspromonte - La terra degli ultimi'' (2019) - Cosimo * '' From the Vine'' (2019) - Luca * ''

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Television

* ''Villa Maltraversi'' (1993, TV Movie, directed by Fabrizio Laurenti) - Mirko Cavicchi * ''Pensando all'Africa'' (1998, directed by

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) * ''Elisa di Rivombrosa'' (2003, directed by Cinzia Torrini) - Gaetano Capece (2005) * ''Don Matteo 4'' (2004, directed by

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and Giulio Base) - Saverio Donini * ''San Pietro'' (2005, directed by Giulio Base) - Marco * ''

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'' (2007, directed by Enzo Monteleone and Alexis Sweet) * ''L'ultimo padrino'' (2008, directed by

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) - Emanuele alias 'Africano'

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