Luigi Lo Cascio
Luigi Lo Cascio was born on Oct 20, 1967 in Italy. Luigi Lo Cascio's big-screen debut came with One Hundred Steps directed by Marco Tullio Giordana in 2000, strarring Peppino Impastato. Luigi Lo Cascio is known for The Traitor directed by Marco Bellocchio, Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Tommaso Buscetta and Maria Fernanda Cândido as Maria Cristina de Almeida Guimarães. Luigi Lo Cascio has got 17 awards and 16 nominations so far. The most recent award Luigi Lo Cascio achieved is David di Donatello Awards. The upcoming new movie Luigi Lo Cascio plays is The Traitor which will be released on May 12, 2020.
Born in Palermo, Sicily on the 20th of October, 1967. Following the family tradition, enrolled into Medicine with the intention of becoming a psychiatrist. Began performing with a group of street actors in his native Palermo. In 1989 received a small part in a theatrical production ("Waiting for Godot"), and toured Italy with the company.Ditched med school, and went to Rome to attend the "Silvio D'Amico" Academy of Dramatic Arts. After a series of increasingly important roles in theater, landed the lead role in I cento passi (2000). He was referred for the role by his uncle Luigi Maria Burruano, a seasoned Sicilian actor who in the movie played the main charachter's father. The role won him the David di Donatello for best lead actor. After this he starred in several different roles, the most important of which was La meglio gioventù (2003), a seven-hour long movie originally made for TV, but then released in theaters. In the movie he played a psychiatrist, which was his chosen specilization when still studying medicine.Luigi Lo Cascio currently lives in Rome.
Birthday
Oct 20, 1967Place of Birth
Palermo, Sicily, ItalyAlso known
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Awards
17 wins & 16 nominations
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