Luca Zingaretti

Luca Zingaretti was born on November 11, 1961 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Inspector Montalbano (1999), Come Into the Light (2005) and La nostra vita (2010). He has been married to Luisa Ranieri since May 23, 2012. They have two daughters, Emma (born July 9 2011) & Bianca (bornJuly 27 2015).

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La nostra vita (2010)

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniele Luchetti
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Raoul Bova  •  Stefania Montorsi  •  Luca Zingaretti

Claudio is a construction worker living in the outskirts of Rome. He's happily married and his wife is pregnant with their third child. However, a dramatic event comes to upset this simple and happy life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniele Luchetti
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Raoul Bova  •  Stefania Montorsi  •  Luca Zingaretti

Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012)

Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Tirard
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Édouard Baer  •  Fabrice Luchini  •  Catherine Deneuve

Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Tirard
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Édouard Baer  •  Fabrice Luchini  •  Catherine Deneuve

Garibaldi's Lovers (2012)

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Claudia Gerini  •  Luca Zingaretti

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Claudia Gerini  •  Luca Zingaretti

Il Branco (1994)

In the Roman province a group of boys accepted Sola's proposal: to rape two German tourists on holiday in Italy held captive in a shack by a junkyard. The only one who pulls back from the group is Raniero, the others willingly accept to follow him. Slowly the news ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Giampiero Lisarelli  •  Ricky Memphis  •  Salvatore Spada  •  Luca Zingaretti

In the Roman province a group of boys accepted Sola's proposal: to rape two German tourists on holiday in Italy held captive in a shack by a junkyard. The only one who pulls back from the group is Raniero, the others willingly accept to follow him. Slowly the news ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Giampiero Lisarelli  •  Ricky Memphis  •  Salvatore Spada  •  Luca Zingaretti

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DIRECTION:  Edoardo De Angelis
CAST:  Luisa Ranieri  •  Aida Turturro  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Andrea Renzi

Kryptonite! (2011)

Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cotroneo
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Cristiana Capotondi  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Libero De Rienzo

Set in 1970s Naples, bullied nine year-old Peppino is watching the world around him as his extended dysfunctional family change. Psychedelic flower power and hippie love is threatening the old traditional southern Italian family. Dad is having an affair and Mom has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cotroneo
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Cristiana Capotondi  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Libero De Rienzo

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DIRECTION:  Simona Izzo
CAST:  Luca Zingaretti  •  Vanessa Incontrada  •  Michela Cescon  •  Lisa Gastoni

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012)

On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but a lone prosecutor uncovers a conspiracy of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Laura Chiatti  •  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Bob Marchese

On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but a lone prosecutor uncovers a conspiracy of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Laura Chiatti  •  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Bob Marchese

Il figlio più piccolo (2010)

Unscrupulous businessman Luciano reconnects with his estranged family from a previous marriage, only to use their youngest son, awkward and starry-eyed Baldo, as the fall guy for his failing holding company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Christian De Sica  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Nicola Nocella  •  Marcello Maietta

Unscrupulous businessman Luciano reconnects with his estranged family from a previous marriage, only to use their youngest son, awkward and starry-eyed Baldo, as the fall guy for his failing holding company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Christian De Sica  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Nicola Nocella  •  Marcello Maietta

We Believed (2010)

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

Rewind (1998)

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DIRECTION:  Sergio Gobbi
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Maruschka Detmers  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Cécile Pallas

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DIRECTION:  Sergio Gobbi
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Maruschka Detmers  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Cécile Pallas

L'anniversario (1999)

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DIRECTION:  Mario Orfini
CAST:  Laura Morante  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Elena Fresco  •  Alessandra Celi

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DIRECTION:  Mario Orfini
CAST:  Laura Morante  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Elena Fresco  •  Alessandra Celi

Strangled Lives (1996)

Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to participate to the deal, but all the banks refuse to lend the money. A corrupt bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricky Tognazzi
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Ricky Memphis

Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to participate to the deal, but all the banks refuse to lend the money. A corrupt bank ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricky Tognazzi
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Ricky Memphis

Come Into the Light (2005)

In 1990s Palermo, Pino Puglisi is a priest from the neglected Brancaccio neighborhood dedicated in helping kids to get off the streets and creating an embracing place of hope and solidarity in his church, which means trouble for the local Mafia. He continues his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Faenza
CAST:  Luca Zingaretti  •  Alessia Goria  •  Corrado Fortuna  •  Giovanna Bozzolo

In 1990s Palermo, Pino Puglisi is a priest from the neglected Brancaccio neighborhood dedicated in helping kids to get off the streets and creating an embracing place of hope and solidarity in his church, which means trouble for the local Mafia. He continues his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Faenza
CAST:  Luca Zingaretti  •  Alessia Goria  •  Corrado Fortuna  •  Giovanna Bozzolo

The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)

Jewish lovers (Rupert Everett, Stefania Sandrelli) and a homosexual doctor (Philippe Noiret) fall to prejudice and scandal in 1938 Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Rupert Everett  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Valeria Golino

Jewish lovers (Rupert Everett, Stefania Sandrelli) and a homosexual doctor (Philippe Noiret) fall to prejudice and scandal in 1938 Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuliano Montaldo
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Rupert Everett  •  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Valeria Golino

Abissinia (1993)

Antonio (Enrico Salimbeni) may not have been the most energetic waiter in the most popular restaurant in this unfashionable Adriatic tourist town, but that is no reason for his boss not to pay him. When he takes the wages that he is owed out of the till, not only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Ranieri Martinotti
CAST:  Enrico Salimbeni  •  Mario Adorf  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Danila Pisano

Antonio (Enrico Salimbeni) may not have been the most energetic waiter in the most popular restaurant in this unfashionable Adriatic tourist town, but that is no reason for his boss not to pay him. When he takes the wages that he is owed out of the till, not only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Ranieri Martinotti
CAST:  Enrico Salimbeni  •  Mario Adorf  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Danila Pisano

The Days of Abandonment (2005)

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Faenza
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Goran Bregović  •  Gaia Bermani Amaral

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Faenza
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Goran Bregović  •  Gaia Bermani Amaral

You Laugh (1998)

Two segments: In the first one Felice, a baritone who has had to give up his career because of a heart condition and now works as an accountant at the Opera, inexplicably spends his nights laughing in his sleep. When his best friend, a cripple, takes his life and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Taviani  •  Vittorio Taviani
CAST:  Antonio Albanese  •  Turi Ferro  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Lello Arena

Two segments: In the first one Felice, a baritone who has had to give up his career because of a heart condition and now works as an accountant at the Opera, inexplicably spends his nights laughing in his sleep. When his best friend, a cripple, takes his life and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Taviani  •  Vittorio Taviani
CAST:  Antonio Albanese  •  Turi Ferro  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Lello Arena

Texas '46 (2002)

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Serafini
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Robert Farrior  •  Vincent Riotta

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander of the camp. Things ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Serafini
CAST:  Roy Scheider  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Robert Farrior  •  Vincent Riotta

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002)

It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter, fighting in Africa an in the Spanish civil war where he deserved a safe conduct for Spanish embassies. After some years, disillusioned by fascism, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Negrin
CAST:  Luca Zingaretti  •  Amanda Sandrelli  •  Franco Castellano  •  Jérôme Anger

It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter, fighting in Africa an in the Spanish civil war where he deserved a safe conduct for Spanish embassies. After some years, disillusioned by fascism, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Negrin
CAST:  Luca Zingaretti  •  Amanda Sandrelli  •  Franco Castellano  •  Jérôme Anger
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