Luigi Lo Cascio

{{short description|Italian actor (born 1967)}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

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| birth_place = Palermo, Italy

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Luigi Lo Cascio (born 20 October 1967) is an Italian actor. He won the David di Donatello as best actor for his starring role in I cento passi. In 2012, he debuted as film director and writer with La città ideale.

Filmography

=Films=

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!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role(s)

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2000

|One Hundred Steps

|Giuseppe Impastato

|

2001

|Light of My Eyes

|Antonio

|

2002

|The Best Day of My Life

|Claudio Mazzoni

|

rowspan="3"|2003

|The Best of Youth

|Nicola Carati

|

Good Morning, Night

|Mariano

|

Mio cognato

|Vito

|

rowspan="2"|2004

|Eyes of Crystal

|Inspector Giacomo Amaldi

|

The Life That I Want

|Stefano

|

2005

|Don't Tell

|Daniele

|

2006

|Mare nero

|Luca

|

2007

|The Sweet and the Bitter

|Saro Scordia

|

rowspan="2"|2008

|Wild Blood

|The partisian

|Cameo appearance

Miracle at St. Anna

|Adult Angelo Torancelli

|

rowspan="2"|2009

|The Friends at the Margherita Cafe

|Manuelo

|

Baarìa

|Beggard's son

|Cameo appearance

2010

|We Believed

|Domenico Lopresti

|

rowspan="2"|2012

|Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

|Judge Ugo Paolillo

|

The Ideal City

|Michele

|

rowspan="3"|2013

|Salvo

|Enzo Puleo

|

Marina

|Salvatore Granata

|

Human Capital

|Donato Russomanno

|

2014

|The Dinner

|Paolo

|

2015

|An Italian Name

|Sandro De Luca

|

rowspan="2"|2017

|I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass

|rowspan="2"|Walter Mercurio

|

I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem

|

2018

|Il mangiatore di pietre

|Cesare

|

2019

|The Traitor

|Salvatore Contorno

|

2020

|The Ties

|Aldo

|

rowspan="3"|2022

|Lord of the Ants

|Aldo Braibanti

|

Spaccaossa

|Machinetta

|

Chiara

|Gregorio IX

|

2023

|Delta

|Osso

|

=Television=

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!scope="col"|Year

!scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"|Role(s)

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2012

|Il sogno del maratoneta

|Dorando Pietri

|Television movie

2013

|Il bambino cattivo

|Michele

|Television movie

2022

|The Bad Guy

|Nino Scotellaro

|Main role

Theatre

  • 1989: Aspettando Godot
  • 1989: I coralli
  • 1990: ''La sposa
  • 1992: La Signora delle Camelie
  • 1992: La morte di Empedocle
  • 1994: Il labirinto di Orfeo
  • 1994: Coriolano
  • 1995: Verso Tebe
  • 1996: Romeo e Giulietta
  • 1997: La famiglia Scroffenstein
  • 1997: Gloria del Teatro Immaginario
  • 1997: La figlia dell'Aria
  • 1998: Salomè
  • 1999: Il figlio di Pulcinella
  • 1999: Amleto
  • 1999: Sogno di una notte di mezza estate
  • 2006: Nella tana
  • 2008: La caccia

Awards and nominations

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Result

!Ref.

2023

| Nastri d'Argento Grandi Serie

| Best Actor

| {{Nominated}}

|{{cite web |last1=Leombruni |first1=Lucrezia |title=Nastri d'Argento, Mare Fuori è la serie dell'anno |url=https://www.dire.it/12-05-2023/907498-nastri-dargento-mare-fuori-e-la-serie-dellanno/ |website=Agenzia Dire |language=it-IT |date=12 May 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Naselli |first1=Antonio |title=NASTRI d'ARGENTO GRANDI SERIE 2023_NASTRI SPECIALI e STASERA LA PREMIAZIONE |url=https://www.nastridargento.it/nastri-dargento-grandi-serie-2023_nastri-speciali-e-stasera-la-premiazione/ |website=Nastri d'Argento |language=it-IT |date=17 June 2023}}

References

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