Luca Calvani

Luca Calvani

actor, director, writer

Luca Calvani was born on Aug 07, 1974 in Italy. Luca Calvani's big-screen debut came with The Ignorant Fairies directed by Ferzan Özpetek in 2001, strarring Sandro. Luca Calvani is known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. directed by Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavill stars as Solo and Armie Hammer as Illya. The upcoming new movie Luca Calvani plays is Amundsen which will be released on Apr 02, 2021.

Born in Tuscany, Italy Luca Calvani studied textile engineering and moved to Milan and then New York to complete his education.While in New York City, a photographer turned screenwriter/director Kelley Sane pointed him to acting introducing him to Ron Stetson where he studied for two years. He later trained with Susan Batson and attended sessions at the Actor's Studio.His American debut ,the HBO series Sex and the City (1998), where he starred opposite Alan Cumming and Sarah Jessica Parker.In Europe, Ferzan Özpetek award-winning Tableau de famille (2001) aka "Le Fate Ignoranti."Between 2001 and 2012 he worked on on CBS TV's daytime drama As the World Turns (1956), Il commissario Manara (2008) directed by Davide Marengo, on Tutti pazzi per amore (2008) directed by Riccardo Milani, Ho sposato uno sbirro (2007), Sposami (2012) and Una buona stagione (2014). All series aired on Rai Uno network.Also for RaiUno, Luca hosted prime-time talk show Effetto sabato (2008).Among his film credits, Fausto Brizzi's, Maschi contro femmine (2010) Tom Tykwer's action thriller L'enquête - The international (2009), Woody Allen's To Rome with Love (2012), Mark Steven Johnson's When in Rome (2009) and the indie feature Le Fiancé Idéal (2009) directed by Julio DePietro.In September 2013 he joined Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander and screen wife Elizabeth Debicki when he was cast by Guy Ritchie as villainous Alexander Vinciguerra. Then starred opposite Piotr Adamczyk and Torsten Voges in German Polish thriller Titanium White (2016) directed by Piotr Smigasiewicz.Travelled and entrepreneurial in the fall of 2014 Calvani launched "Inspiritu", a line of fine fragrance candles.Calvani is trilingual, he speaks French and English in addition to his native Italian.He lives in Camaiore at Le Gusciane a Tuscan country estate where he produces Organic Gin and Honey.His directorial debut Il cacio con le pere (2022) is due out later this year.

  • Birthday

    Aug 07, 1974
  • Place of Birth

    Prato, Tuscany, Italy
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