Domiziano Arcangeli

Domiziano Arcangeli was an Italian actor and producer, and a writer too, whose work lay mostly in exploitation and other low-budget independent movies. He came from Venice and started out modeling and on stage. Supporting parts in Paprika (1991) and L'urlo della verità (1992) came his way before he left Italy for America, where Zalman King cast him in the television series ChromiumBlue.com, shown from 2002 to 2003. Darker parts followed, beginning with his first American villain in the thriller Sin's Kitchen (2004), and he went on to independent features including The Seer (2007) and Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (2009). He set up Empire Films in 2009, acting in and producing its pictures, among them House of Flesh Mannequins (2009) and Virus X (2010). The Ghostmaker (2012) followed, as did Scenes from a Gay Marriage (2012), a comedy. Wrath of the Crows (2013) was another of his credits. He died in 2020.