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== BIOGRAPHY ==
Luciano de Luca, an Italian born actor from an Italian father and a French mother, studied as a simultaneous translator for English, Spanish and French at the University of Rome, Italy.
He had an exceptional career as an international model for more than 10 years that made him one of the most appreciated models in the world.
Some years ago Luciano was discovered in Rome, Italy for a Movie-of-the-week’s lead (“IL PREZZO DELLA VITA” or “THE POWER OF LOVE”) paying the role of a firm consultant, shot all over Europe, in a co-production among France, Italy and U.K. and released, then, in those countries. Luciano de Luca for his first movie already got his first prize as “best actor’s debut” in an Italian Film Festival.
After this experience, de Luca, took the decision to seriously devote himself to his new career by leaving Europe for U.S.A. bound to Los Angeles, CA. There he lived for some years attending the most renowned acting schools.
While studying, Luciano, took a break to go back to Europe (to Ireland, precisely) to shoot “MIA PER SEMPRE” (“MIA FOREVER”) once again as a lead and all in English opposite to John Savage and Claudia Cardinale palying the role of war reporter especially sent to the Bosnian front-line conflict. After this MOW was released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, it got a nomination at the Italian Telegatto prize, the TV Movie Festival.
Luciano de Luca, then, went back to L.A. to continue his acting studies and again he had to fly to Europe to shoot one of his career’s favorite character (according to what he says!) as a street-bum in a short movie (“LA BEFFA” - “THE MOCKERY”) that was prized with the “Nastro d’Argento” (“Silver Frame”) at the Castrocaro Italian Film Festival.
In 1998, de Luca, worked on a Mini TV Series of 12 episodes, “DOTTORESSA JOE” (“DOCTOR JOE”), a kind of “E.R.”s Italian clone, where he plays a witty South American doctor.
Luciano has been interviewed on many European TV programs and he’s been seen on many European magazines but he’s now strongly trying to break in the American market where he has already played in school theaters and he’s done TV commercials.
Luciano in the past years has never neglected his other scenic passion: the theater. In his in-between TV movie periods he plays on stage.
In the years 2000 he played in three more TV Series as main roles starting to establish his ever more growing popularity and in particular, in 2002, he landed a recurring role in “STORIE DI GUERRA E DI AMICIZIA” pretending to be a blind Swiss performing an international spy during World War II.
Soon after, for Luciano, a little role in a police TV Series, magically worked as a springboard for his now undiscussed popularity.
In fact, in “VIVERE” (“LIVING BY THE LAKESIDE”), the most followed Italian TV Soap Opera, he plays, from 2005 until 2007, one of the leads as “the bad man” that has led him to the “Saint Vincent TV Festival” as one of the three finalists for “Best Soap Opera Actor” of the year 2006.
During his ever-growing popularity, in 2007 shoots a feature-film key role as Bux in “PRINCIPESSA”, next to Piera degli Esposti e Vanessa Gravina.
Back to television, in 2008, he is “Saverio Massa” with legendary Terence Hill in “L’UOMO CHE CAVALCAVA NEL BUIO” (“THE MAN WHO RODE IN THE DARK”), a two-episode Mini Tv series for the Italian RAIUNO.
In 2009, Luciano is on “CASA COOP” set for an exhilarating 6-episode micro Sit-Com, conceived for the web and for the Italian digital TV, performing “Xavier Cervantes”, a Spanish teacher with a “veiled” gay personality.
Again, in the year 2009, he works on «LA SCUOLA È FINITA», the Valerio Jaolongo’s latest feature-film with Valeria Golino, playing «Ciotti», a relentless music producer.
Right after, he’s back on his much loved on-stage performing next to well-known actors as Mita Medici and Valerio Mastandrea, in the glittering show: “Fantasy”, at the “Auditorium” of Rome, the classic music temple.
Luciano de Luca’s prime passion is writing lyrics. His poems are available on internet.
His Official Websites are presented to welcome his revered visitors:
on IMDB
on facebook
on google search for: luciano de luca attore
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