Daniel Caltagirone
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Infobox person
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| name = Daniel Caltagirone
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|6|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}}
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Daniel Caltagirone (born 18 June 1972) is an English actor,[https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/daniel-caltagirone Daniel Caltagirone profile], independenttalent.com; accessed 3 December 2017. best known for his roles in The Beach, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, and the Oscar-winning film The Pianist. His breakthrough role came in the television series Lock, Stock..., where he played series lead Moon. He is father to two children with ex-wife Melanie Sykes.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-09|title=Melanie Sykes, 50, stuns fans with incredible workout body|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/20201109100495/melanie-sykes-stuns-fans-workout-body/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=HELLO!|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Mel Sykes breaks up with Italian husband|url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/mel-sykes-breaks-up-with-italian-husband-26463552.html|access-date=2021-08-19|website=independent|language=en}}
Early life
Caltagirone was born and brought up in London, where he attended St Ignatius College, Enfield. He spent a considerable amount of time as a child in New York City, where he has relatives. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and began his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Acting career
Caltagirone went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,[http://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_-_The_Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama_-_1997-03-13 A Clockwork Orange — The Guildhall School of Music and Drama], 13 March 1997. graduating in 1997. It was during his last year at Guildhall that he was discovered by an ITV talent scout and cast as a lead in Ruth Rendell's Going Wrong. He finished filming his first film role, Legionnaire, alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the summer of 1998.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
Shortly after, he spent a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst at the RSC he was spotted by director Danny Boyle and cast as Unhygenix in The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprio[https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/my-hols-actor-daniel-caltagirone-7v2k8wg52vs My hols: actor Daniel Caltagirone], thetimes.co.uk; accessed 3 December 2017. Before commencing work on The Beach, he joined the cast of Friends for a role in "The One with Ross's Wedding", filmed mostly in London. In 1999, he was cast by Guy Ritchie as one of the leads in Lock Stock, the TV spin off of the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.[http://www.rebisfilm.com/nl/cast.html Cast of North Pole], rebisfilm.com; accessed 3 December 2017.
Caltagirone then starred in Roman Polanski's The Pianist which went on to win an array of international awards, including Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screen Play.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=2003-02-11&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2002&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm|title=2002 Domestic Grosses|publisher=Amazon.com|work=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=5 April 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074217/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=2003-02-11&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2002&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm|archivedate=7 April 2014}}
In 2003 he appeared in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie and Gerard Butler. Shortly after finishing filming on Tomb Raider he was cast in the movie The Fall. Directed by Tarsem Singh, Caltagirone played the dual roles of Hollywood star Archibald Sinclair and Governor Odious.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
In 2006 Caltagirone starred in The Path to 9/11, the two part miniseries which aired in the United States on ABC. The film starring Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg dramatizes the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Caltagirone was cast as one of the CIA operatives who were allegedly sent to kill Osama bin Laden. In 2009, he played ex-SAS Captain Gideon Stone in The Fixer. He portrayed aristocrat Girolamo de Treviso in The Tudors in 2010. He then performed at The Hampstead Theatre in .45, playing alongside fellow Tudors alumna Natalie Dormer in 2011. In 2016, he appeared in the TV series Medici: Masters of Florence.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}. In 2020 he played Will Arnot in Death in Paradise.
In September 2021, Caltagirone was honoured with the Nations Award in Venice for Outstanding Contribution to Film.[https://www.palermotoday.it/attualita/coronavirus-bergamasco-salvato-coronavirus-palermo.html Palermo Today], 10th September 2021.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1998
|Guido Rosetti | |
| 2000
|Unhygenix | |
| 2000
|Carlos Rega | |
| 2002
|Majorek | |
| 2002
|Gustave | |
| 2003
|Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life |Nicholas Petraki | |
| 2006
|Sinclair / Governor Odious | |
| 2006
|After... |Nate | |
| 2010
|The Reeds |Joe | |
| 2011
|Michael | |
| 2012
|Macavoy | |
| 2013
|Tommy | |
| 2015
|Stephen Dayan | |
| 2016
|Richard Holt | |
| 2016
|Ray | |
| 2020
|Original Gangster |Campbell | |
| 2024
|Lord Clement |
| 2025
| French Dy |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1997
|Liam |Episode: "In on the Act" |
| 1997, 2008
|Billy Figgis / Simon Watson |2 episodes |
| 1998
|The Waiter |Episode: "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2" |
| 1998
|Danny Danilo |3 episodes |
| 1999
|The Cyberstalking |Taylor |Television film |
| 1999, 2000
|Ray English |2 episodes |
| 2000
|Harry Badden |Episode: "A Quiet Storm" |
| 2000
|Moon |7 episodes |
| 2001
|Pvt. Phillip Cepeglia |Television film |
| 2006
|Mark | rowspan="3" |2 episodes |
| 2008
|Eban |
| 2009
|DS Paul Barolli |
| 2009
|Gideon Stone |Episode #2.3 |
| 2010
|Peter Snelling | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
| 2010 |
| 2010
|Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks |Hoyle |Television film |
| 2012
|Eddie Timms |Episode #1.1 |
| 2015
|Robert Penny |Episode: "Redux" |
| 2016
|Pazzi |7 episodes |
| 2017–2019
|Brutus |10 episodes |
| 2019
|Inspector Lorenzo Maramoldo |Episode: "It's a Ravenzo" |
| 2019
|1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? |Television film |
| 2020
|Will 'Wolfie' Arnot |Episode: "Murder on Mosquito Island" |
| 2020
|Agatha and the Midnight Murders |Eli Schneider |Television film |
| 2021
|Episode: "Fall" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0130736}}
- [https://www.instagram.com/danielcaltagironeofficial/ Daniel Caltagirone] on Instagram
- [https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/682765/Melanie-Sykes-ex-husband-Daniel-Caltagirone-reunite-autistic-son-This-Morning 'We have solidarity' Melanie Sykes and ex-husband 'get rid of egos' for autistic son]
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English film producers