Davide Tucci

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{{Infobox person

| name = Davide Tucci

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|14}}

| birth_place = Isola del Liri, Lazio, Italy

| occupation = Actor, model

| years_active = 2009–present

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Davide Tucci (born September 14, 1987) is a Maltese actor and model, winner of Best Male Photo-model Award 2010 and 2011{{cite web|url=http://fashionweek.com.mt/past-editions/|title=Malta Fashion Awards Hall Of Fame|publisher=Malta Fashion Week|access-date=8 June 2017}} at the Malta Fashion Awards.

Early life

He was born on September 14, 1987, in Isola del Liri, to an Italian father and a Maltese mother. Later, his family moved to the Maltese Islands, where he attended St. Aloysius College.

Career

Tucci started out in musical theatre with Spring Awakening{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2009-04-14/news/spring-awakening-debuts-in-malta-223281/|title=Spring Awakening Debuts in Malta|publisher=The Malta Independent|date=14 April 2009|access-date=8 June 2017}} and later started a career in modelling which earned him two consecutive awards at the Malta Fashion Awards in 2010 and 2011.

Soon, he gained more popularity in Malta due to his TV roles as Clyde Montaldo in Katrina, and that of Alex Mamo on Ic-Caqqufa, both television series' on Maltese National Television. He later on starred as Brimbu on the Maltese television thriller series Division 7 (ongoing series) on Malta's ONE TV. Davide Tucci also plays John Camilleri in Limestone Cowboy,{{cite web|url=https://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/limestone-cowboy/|title=Limestone Cowboy Screening at the Valletta Film Festival 2016|author=|publisher=Valletta Film Festival|date=|access-date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620200340/http://www.vallettafilmfestival.com/film/limestone-cowboy/|archive-date=20 June 2016|url-status=dead}} one of the first indigenous feature films coming out of the Maltese Islands; Dangerous Arrangement,{{cite web|url=http://www.tvm.com.mt/en/news/two-maltese-canadian-films-to-be-shown-on-tvm|title=Two Maltese Canadian Films to be shown on TVM|author=Ruth Amaira|publisher=TVM.com.mt|date=10 June 2015|access-date=8 June 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150614/arts-entertainment/two-films-shot-in-malta-premiere-this-month|title=Two Maltese Films Shot in Malta Premiere This Month|newspaper=The Times of Malta|date=14 June 2015|access-date=8 June 2017}} directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi and produced by eOne Canada; and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

Tucci is also a stage actor who has performed in such plays as Jiena Nhobb, Inti Thobb,{{cite web|url=http://indulge.com.mt/jiena-nhobb-inti-thobb-returns-to-close-the-drama-season|title=Jiena Nhobb Inti Thobb Returns to close the Drama Season|author=Monique Chambers|publisher=Indulge.com.mt|date=April 2014|access-date=8 June 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140202/arts-entertainment/Different-shades-of-gay|title=Different Shades of Gay|author=David Schembri|newspaper=The Times of Malta|date=2 February 2014|access-date=8 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-01-26/arts-and-culture/jiena-nhobb-inti-thobb-takes-centre-stage-3789520899/|title=Jiena Nhobb Inti Thobb Takes Centre Stage|author=|publisher=The Malta Independent|date=26 January 2014}} Marti Martek, Martek Marti{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160518/arts-entertainment/Swinging-expectations|title=Swinging Expectations|author=Johann Agius|newspaper=The Times of Malta}} at the National Theatre of Malta; Faith, Hope u Charity{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150712/arts-entertainment/karmen-azzopardi-back-on-stage|title=Karmen Azzopardi Back on Stage|newspaper=The Times of Malta}} performed at Fort St. Elmo as part of the Malta Arts Festival; William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream,{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160724/arts-entertainment/A-smooth-and-seamless-production|title=A Smooth And Seamless Production|author=Jes Camilleri|newspaper=The Times of Malta|date=24 July 2016}} performed at the presidential palace's gardens.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}; and also worked in the acclaimed Maltese cabaret musical Balzunetta Towers, a show which sold out soon after its premiere,{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170611/arts-entertainment/Malta-s-naughtiest-cabaret|title=Malta's Naughtiest Cabaret|publisher=The Sunday Times Of Malta|date=June 2017}} part of the 2017 Malta International Arts Festival programme, created by some of the most prominent Maltese artists such as Alfred Sant (dialogue), Dominic Galea (music) and Albert Marshall (lyrics). In 2020, he also starred in the iconic role of Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest, at the National Theatre of Malta - to date, this has been his last role on stage.

Among many other TV, print and radio interviews, Tucci has been featured in 2016 by Lino Mallia on Platea; he is the youngest actor to date to be interviewed on the program.Lino Mallia, [https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14164 Platea7.mp3 and Platea8.mp3], University of Malta Radio Station, Malta, 2016

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2016 \| 13 Hours \| Defense Attache \|
2017 \| Limestone Cowboy \| John Camilleri \|
2018 \| L-Gharusa \| Diego \|
2019 \| Il-Miraklu Ta Hal-Saflieni \| Father Randolph \|
2020 \| God's Soldiers \| Knight Hospitaller, Raymonde \|
2021 \| Barbarians \| Septimus \|
2023 \| Napoleon \| Lazare Hoche \|
2024 \| Those About to Die \| Manilius \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2016

| 13 Hours

| Defense Attache

2017

| Limestone Cowboy

| John Camilleri

2018