Lorenzo Crespi (born Vincenzo Leopizzi on 13 August 1971) is an Italian actor.

Life and career

Born in

Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...

, Crespi made his film debut in 1995, in

Pappi Corsicato Pappi Corsicato (born 12 June 1960) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' Libera'' (1993) * ''Black Holes A black hole is a massive, compact astronomical object so dense that its gravity prevents anyth ...

's ''

Black Holes A black hole is a massive, compact astronomical object so dense that its gravity prevents anything from escaping, even light. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will form a black hole. Th ...

''. In 1998, he won the

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was founded in 1959 by the Foreign Press Association in Italy. The Globo d'oro Awards for Italian cinema are given by the Foreign Press. The fi ...

for best breakthrough actor for his performance in ''

Porzûs ''Porzûs'' (also spelled ''Porzus'') is a 1997 Italian historical war-drama film written and directed by Renzo Martinelli. For his performance in this film Lorenzo Crespi won the Globo d'oro for best breakthrough actor, while Gastone Moschin was ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

The Stendhal Syndrome ''The Stendhal Syndrome'' ''(Ital. La Sindrome di Stendhal)'' is a 1996 Italian horror film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring his daughter Asia Argento, with Thomas Kretschmann and Marco Leonardi. It was a critical and commerci ...

'' (1995) * ''

The Return of Sandokan ''The Return of Sandokan'' is a 1996 television series produced by Germany (where it was released as ''Die Rückkehr des Sandokan'') and Italy (where is known as ''Il ritorno di Sandokan''). It is a sequel to the 1976 ''Sandokan'' television ser ...

'' (TV, 1996) * ''

The Nymph ''Ninfa plebea'', internationally released as ''The Nymph'', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. It is based on the Premio Strega winning novel with the same name by Domenico Rea. Plot Cast * Raoul Bova: Pietro ...

'' (1996) * ''

Marianna Ucrìa ''Marianna Ucrìa'' is a 1997 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Faenza. It is based on a novel by Dacia Maraini. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot In Sicily, in the first half of the eighteenth century, ...

'' (1997) * ''

Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign poli ...

'' (TV, 2002 – 2003) * ''

Gente di mare "Gente di mare" ("People of the sea") is a song recorded by Italian duo Umberto Tozzi & Raf. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, placing third. Description and performance The song is a blues-influenced ballad, in which the singers descri ...

'' (TV, 2005 – 2007) * '' Imperium: Pompeii'' (TV, 2007) * '' Un Hada, cortometraggio, regia di José Militano'' (2016)

Television

* ''Il ritorno di Sandokan - miniserie TV, 4 episodi (1996)'' * ''La principessa e il povero - film TV (1997)'' * ''Operazione Odissea - film TV (1999)'' * ''Donne di mafia - film TV (2001)'' * ''Carabinieri - serie TV, 21 episodi (2002)'' * ''Pompei - miniserie TV, 2 episodi (2007)'' * ''Gente di mare - serie TV, 34 episodi (2005-2007)'' * ''Mogli a pezzi - serie TV (2008)'' * ''Vita da paparazzo - film TV (2008)'' Videoclip musicali È Natale per noi dei Controtempo, regia di Nicola Gennari (201

References

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* 1971 births 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Male actors from Messina Living people {{Italy-screen-actor-stub