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Luca Zingaretti

Highest Rated: 84% My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)

Lowest Rated: 57% Perlasca (2002)

Birthday: Nov 11, 1961

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

The role that launched Luca Zingaretti to fame was Commissario Salvo Montalbano in "Detective Montalbano," a series of television movies based on a fictional novel character. The character of Montalbano was written as an archetypical Sicilian: hot-tempered, clever, quick, brooding, and self-indulgent when it came to good food. Because of the acclaim he garnered with Montalbano, Zingaretti was in high-demand for all sorts of leading parts after that point. In 2002, he starred in the Holocaust biopic "Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man," about an ordinary Italian who poses as a Spanish official to save the lives of thousands of Jewish children. Both the film and Zingaretti's performance received overwhelmingly positive reviews by audiences and critics, with lots of praise and recognition internationally. In 2005's crime drama "Alla luce del sole," Zingaretti played another do-gooder hero going against the grain, as Catholic priest Padre Puglisi, who works in a Mafia-dominated area in Palermo, determined to prevent neighborhood children from getting involved with the rampant crime. In the comedy film "Kiss Me First," Zingaretti plays the narrator and friend of two star-crossed lovers--once again, Zingaretti was the benevolent paternal figure. It was in the drama "I giorni dell'abbandono" that Zingaretti played against type, as a husband who leaves his wife, Olga, for a younger woman. Though the film focuses on Olga's emotional journey, Zingaretti's performance was given significant critical praise.

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Highest rated movies

84% 78% My Brother Is an Only Child
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80% 56% Boys Cry
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75% 75% L'Incredibile storia dell'Isola Delle Rose Watchlist
67% 64% Artemisia
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57% 63% Perlasca
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73% Come Into the Light
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Tormenti: Film disegnato
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43% La kryptonite nella borsa
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Il Commissario Montalbano: La forma dell'acqua
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The Heroes' Words
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il commissario Montalbano: Il metodo Catalanotti Unknown (Character),
Director
- 2021
75% 75% L'Incredibile storia dell'Isola Delle Rose Giovanni Leone (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thanks for Vaselina Unknown (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paolo Conte: It's Wonderful Self - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letscleanapp Ruggero Lipari (Character) - 2019
80% 56% Boys Cry Angelo (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Heroes' Words Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Partly Cloudy With Sunny Spells Giacomo (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 36% Nicholas on Holiday Le producteur (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maldamore Marco (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perez. Demetrio Perez (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il giudice meschino Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 58% The Commander and the Stork Avv. Malaffano (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 23% Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia Général (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paolo Borsellino Paolo Borsellino (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 47% Immaturi: The Reunion Carlo (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Romanzo di una strage Medico Tribunale (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 43% La kryptonite nella borsa Antonio (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tormenti: Film disegnato Rinaldo Maria Bonci Pavonazzi (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 40% Mozzarella Stories Giulio Ricci (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 45% Our Life Ari (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Youngest Son Sergio Bollino (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 47% Wild Blood Osvaldo Valenti (Character) - 2008
84% 78% My Brother Is an Only Child Mario Nastri (Character) $251.0K 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Country Ugo (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 37% Days of Abandonment Mario (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 73% Come Into the Light Padre Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet First Give Me a Kiss Loris (Character) - 2003
57% 63% Perlasca Giorgio Perlasca (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good War Luigi Manin (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Texas 46 Luigi Manin (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il Commissario Montalbano: La forma dell'acqua Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il Commissario Montalbano: Il cane di terracotta Commissario Salvo Montalbano (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Comisario Montalbano: El Perro de Terracota Commissario Salvo Montalbano (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 71% Jesus Peter (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Montalbano : The Snack Thief Commissario Salvo Montalbano (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il Commissario Montalbano: La Voce del Violino Commissario Salvo Montalbano (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 40% You're Laughing Gino Migliori (Character) - 1998
67% 64% Artemisia Cosimo Quorli (Character) $349.9K 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Octopus 8 Pietro Favignana (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vite strozzate Sergio (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il branco Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Abyssinia Marco (Character) - 1993

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet No Activity: Italy Unknown (Character) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dinner Club Self 2023