Marco Leonardi

Marco Leonardi (born November 14, 1971 in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia ) is an Italian film actor .

Life

Leonardi was born in Australia to Italian parents and moved with them to Rome as early as 1975, at the age of four , where he spent his childhood and youth. As a three-year-old Leonardi was seen in an Australian commercial, which was to be followed by more in his Italian homeland. He made his debut as an actor at the age of 16 in the Italian drama Ultimo minuto from 1987. However, he only celebrated his breakthrough in 1988 in Giuseppe Tornatores with the Oscar- winning film Cinema Paradiso .

In the 1990s Leonardi moved to Los Angeles in the United States , where he now has his second home. Here he managed to get roles in US films, but also in international co-productions. In addition to the role of Urija in the 1997 film The Bible - David , he was also in front of the camera in the third part of From Dusk Till Dawn , The Hangman's Daughter , in 2000 . In 2007 he also starred in the biography Maradona, la mano di Dio Diego Maradona .

Marco Leonardi was in a relationship with the Mexican actress Lumi Cavazos from 1991 to 1999 ; In 2000 he briefly formed a couple with Rebecca Gayheart, who also worked as an actress . He is single and has no children yet.

Filmography (selection)

• 1986: The bride was beautiful (La sposa era bellissima)
• 1988: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
• 1992: Bittersweet chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)
• 1995: In the wake of evil (Desperate Measures)
• 1996: The Stendhal Syndrome (La sindrome di Stendhal)
• 1997: The Bible - David (David)
• 2000: From Dusk Till Dawn 3 - The Hangman's Daughter (From Dusk Till Dawn 3 - The Hangman's Daughter)
• 2001: The Crusaders 4 - The robe of Jesus (I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa)
• 2001: Texas Rangers (Texas Rangers)
• 2003: Sometime in Mexico (Once Upon a Time in Mexico)
• 2008: L'ultimo padrino
• 2019: Martin Eden

Web links

• Marco Leonardi in the Internet Movie Database (English)