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Luca Calvani

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Luca Calvani
Calvani in 2007
Born (1974-08-07) 7 August 1974 (age 50)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Luca Calvani (born 7 August 1974) is an Italian actor.[1][2]

Calvani was born in Prato, Tuscany, Italy. Luca was a model during his teen years, working with top names in the world of fashion, including Giorgio Armani. Spent his twenties in New York City, where he first studied acting with Ron Stetson then with Susan Batson. Among his American TV roles, the HBO series Sex and the City (2001) where he starred opposite Alan Cumming and Sarah Jessica Parker, and as the villain Dante Grimaldi on CBS TV's daytime drama As the World Turns. In Europe, he worked in theatre, TV and film, among them Ferzan Özpetek's award-winning His Secret Life a.k.a. Le Fate Ignoranti. Calvani is trilingual, he speaks French and English in addition to his native Italian. In 2007 he shot Il Commissario Manara directed by Davide Marengo for the Italian network Raiuno. He co-starred as Enzo Calvini opposite Clive Owen in Tom Tykwer's movie The International and the upcoming Italian TV series Questo è Amore directed by Riccardo Milani opposite Stefania Rocca.

Career

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Theatre

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Personal life

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On 30 June 2022 Luca came out and revealed that he and Alessandro Franchini, an entrepreneur also from Tuscany (Viareggio), have been in a relationship since 2016.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Television

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TV appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Meet Italian Hearthrob & The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Star Luca Calvani". www.yahoo.com. 25 August 2015.
  2. ^ Armitage, Hugh (September 13, 2013). "'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' casts Luca Calvani". Digital Spy.
  3. ^ Manca, Mario (June 30, 2022). "Luca Calvani fa coming out: «Il tempo si ferma e vedo solo luce» (Luca Calvani comes out: "Time stops, I only see light")". Vanity Fair Italia.
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