Luca Argentero

Luca Argentero

actor, producer, additional crew

Luca Argentero was born on Apr 12, 1978 in Italy. Luca Argentero's big-screen debut came with Our Country directed by Francesca Comencini in 2006, strarring Gerry. Luca Argentero is known for The Ignorant Angels directed by Gianluca Mazzella, Edoardo Purgatori stars as Riccardo and Eduardo Scarpetta as Michele. Luca Argentero has got 6 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Luca Argentero achieved is Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. The upcoming new tvshow Luca Argentero plays is The Ignorant Angels - Season 1 which will be released on Apr 13, 2022.

Born in Turin, he got a degree in Economics and Business in 2004. In 2005, he made his acting debut in the TV series "Carabinieri" and a year later on the big screen in "A casa nostra", directed by Francesca Comencini. In 2007, he appeared on the big screen again in "Saturno contro", directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, and in "Lezioni di cioccolato", directed by Claudio Cupellini. In 2008, he starred in the movie "Solo un padre" by Luca Lucini, and in 2009 "Diverso da chi?", directed by Umberto Carteni, with Claudia Gerini, and was nominated for a David di Donatello as best leading actor. That same year he was in Michele Placido's "Il grande sogno" with Jasmine Trinca and Riccardo Scamarcio, as the leader of the 1968 student protest movement, and after a series of successful comedies, he appeared in two international movies: Ryan Murphy's "Eat Pray Love" with Julia Roberts, and "Le Guetteur" with Daniel Auteil. In 2020, he starred in the TV series "Doc - nelle tue mani" which was wildly popular in Italy - gathering an audience share of over 30% - as well as worldwide (Spain, Portugal, France, England, Australia, New Zealand, and some Latin American countries). The second season was equally successful. He also starred in the Disney Plus series "Le Fate Ignoranti", directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, based on the movie of the same name. Since 2012, he's been vice-president of the NPO 1caffe.org which has revived the historic tradition of the "pending coffee" as an act of charity for people in need.

  • Birthday

    Apr 12, 1978
  • Place of Birth

    Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  • Also known

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Awards

6 wins & 9 nominations

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2017
Il permesso - 48 ore fuori (2017)
Winner - Persol Award
Il permesso - 48 ore fuori (2017)
2017
Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista)
Winner - Persol Award
Il permesso - 48 ore fuori (2017)
2008
Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
Winner - Guglielmo Biraghi Award
Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
Primavera del Cinema Italiano Festival
2011
Winner - Silver Telesio
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