Luca Barbareschi

Personal Info

Birthday

July 28, 1956

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

Also Known As

Лука Барбарески

Luca Giorgio Barbareschi

Frankie Speranza

Luca Barbareschi

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.

Known For

Cannibal Holocaust

Ciao Darwin

An Officer and a Spy

Fog and Crimes

The International

The Accursed Kings

Cronaca nera

The Palace

Filmography

2023
The Palace
as Bongo
The Penitent - A Rational Man
as Charles
2022
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self
2019
An Officer and a Spy
as Philippe Monnier
DolceRoma
as Oscar Martello
2013
Something Good
as Matteo
2011
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
2010
We Believed
as Antonio Gallenga
2009
The International
as Umberto Calvin
2003
In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
as Himself
2002
Il trasformista
as Augusto Viganò
2000
You Only Live Once
as Nicolas
1999
The Son of Français
as Aureliano
Jesus
as Herodes Antipas
1998
Cronaca Nera: Delitti al Torraccio
as Walter Cherubini
Cronaca Nera: Il Portiere Distratto
as Walter Cherubini
Cronaca Nera: La Clinica dei Vip
as Walter Cherubini
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: Il Serial Killer dei Metronotte
as Walter Cherubini
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: La Bambola Sull'Asfalto
as Walter Cherubini
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: La Donna Giusta
as Walter Cherubini
Trenta Righe per un Delitto: La Lista dei Partenti
as Walter Cherubini
1996
Intolerance
as Soldier (segment "Prima linea")
Connections
as Bernard Moulins
La tenda nera
as Fabio Leonardi
1993
The Blonde
as Annibali
1992
Obiettivo indiscreto
as David Lamberti
1990
In nome del popolo sovrano
as Giovanni Livraghi
1988
Bye Bye Baby
as Paolo
Things Change
as Italian man on Lake Tahoe plank (uncredited)
1987
Private Affairs
as Claudio
Teresa
as Gino
Via Montenapoleone
as Guido
1986
Romance
as Andrea
1985
Cut and Run
as Bud
Impiegati
as Enrico
1984
Buio nella Valle
as Brigadiere Sanna
Chi mi aiuta?
as Carlo
La bella Otero
as Max
1983
Dream of a Summer Night
as Lysander
Hanna K.
as Young Lawyer
Summertime
as Marco
1980
Cannibal Holocaust
as Mark Tomaso
1979
From Corleone to Brooklyn
as New York Cop
Un uomo americano
as Bob