Luca Barbareschi
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1956-07-28 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Also known as
- Лука Барбарески · Luca Giorgio Barbareschi · Frankie Speranza
Biography
Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish.
He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film Cannibal Holocaust, where he also abused and killed a young piglet. So realistic was the film that shortly after it was released its director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on suspicions of murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media for a year in order to fuel rumours that the film was a snuff movie. The court was only convinced that they were alive when the contracts were cancelled and the actors appeared on a television show as proof.
In 2008, he was elected as Member of the Italian Parliament at the Chamber of Deputies with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party The People of Freedom. In 2010 he joined, with other 32 deputies and 10 senators, the Gianfranco Fini's new party Future and Freedom. He left parliament in 2013.
On 11 June 2012 he becomes the protagonist of an attack against Filippo Roma, a journalist. He attacked the cameraman Marco Occhipinti destroying the camera and stealing his personal smartphone, with which he was filming the attack. The police rushed to the scene but without making any arrest, unable to search him for parliamentary immunity. The journalist filed a complaint for theft, but according to some witnesses the cell phone, never returned, would have been destroyed by Barbareschi.
On 28 August 2012 in Filicudi a similar event is repeated which sees Barbareschi attack again with kicks and punches the journalist Filippo Roma and hit his cameraman.
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Ciao Darwin
1998
as Capitano Settentrionali
Cursed Films
2020
as Self
Fog and Crimes
2005
as Commissario Franco Soneri
The Accursed Kings
2005
as Spinello Tolomei
Jesus
1999
as Herod
Wanderjahre
2000
as Luigi
L'Aquila - Grandi speranze
2019
as Riccardo De Angelis
Cronaca nera
1998
as Walter Cherubini
La famiglia Ricordi
1995
Donna Roma
2007
as Marcello
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud
2015
as Carlo Vittori
La bella Otero
1984
as Max
Zwei Männer und die Frauen
1996
as Saverio
Trenta righe per un delitto
1998
as Walter Cherubini
Rivoglio i miei figli
2004
as Walter
Movies (48)
Cannibal Holocaust
1980
as Mark Tomaso
The International
2009
as Umberto Calvin
Jesus
1999
as Herodes Antipas
The Palace
2023
as Bongo
An Officer and a Spy
2019
as Philippe Monnier
Hanna K.
1983
as Young Lawyer
Impiegati
1985
as Enrico
Cut and Run
1985
as Bud
Things Change
1988
as Italian man on Lake Tahoe plank (uncredited)
DolceRoma
2019
as Oscar Martello
Teresa
1987
as Gino
We Believed
2010
as Antonio Gallenga
Something Good
2013
as Matteo
Il Trasformista
2002
as Augusto Viganò
Bye Bye Baby
1988
as Paolo
From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979
as New York Cop
The Delegation
1993
The Frenchman's Son
1999
as Aureliano
Bits & Pieces
1996
The Blonde
1993
as Annibali
Noi c'eravamo
2011
as Self
Via Montenapoleone
1987
as Guido
The Penitent: A Rational Man
2023
as Charles
Dream of a Summer Night
1983
as Lysander
La voglia matta di vivere
2022
as Self
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud
2015
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: La Donna Giusta
1998
as Walter Cherubini
Intolerance
1996
as Soldier (segment "Prima linea")
In nome del popolo sovrano
1990
as Giovanni Livraghi
Chi mi aiuta?
1984
as Carlo
Connections
1996
as Bernard Moulins
Cronaca Nera: Il Portiere Distratto
1998
as Walter Cherubini
Romance
1986
as Andrea
Ardena
1997
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: La Bambola Sull'Asfalto
1998
as Walter Cherubini
Cronaca Nera: La Clinica dei Vip
1998
as Walter Cherubini
Cronaca Nera: Delitti al Torraccio
1998
as Walter Cherubini
La tenda nera
1996
as Fabio Leonardi
Obiettivo indiscreto
1992
as David Lamberti
Private Affairs
1987
as Claudio
Buio nella Valle
1984
as Brigadiere Sanna
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: Il Serial Killer dei Metronotte
1998
as Walter Cherubini
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
2003
as Himself
Un uomo americano
1979
as Bob
Il lungo inverno
1985
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: La Lista dei Partenti
1998
as Walter Cherubini
You Only Live Once
2000
as Nicolas
Summertime
1983
as Marco
About Luca Barbareschi
Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film Cannibal Holocaust, where he also abused and killed a young piglet. So realistic was the film that shortly after it was released its director Ruggero Deodato was arrested on suspicions of murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media… With 63 credits spanning from 1979 to 2023, Luca Barbareschi has appeared in 48 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Luca Barbareschi Movies
- Cannibal Holocaust (1980) — as Mark Tomaso
- The International (2009) — as Umberto Calvin
- Jesus (1999) — as Herodes Antipas
- The Palace (2023) — as Bongo
- An Officer and a Spy (2019) — as Philippe Monnier
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