Luca Calvani

Luca Calvani, an Italian actor from Prato, Tuscany, started out as a teenage fashion model and worked with names including Giorgio Armani. He lived in New York City during his twenties and studied acting there, first with Ron Stetson and later with Susan Batson. His American television work included the HBO series Sex and the City and the role of the villain Dante Grimaldi on CBS's daytime drama As the World Turns. In Europe his career has ranged across theater, television and film, and it includes Ferzan Özpetek's award-winning His Secret Life (2001), also known as Le Fate Ignoranti. In 2007 he filmed Il Commissario Manara, directed by Davide Marengo, for the network Raiuno. In Tom Tykwer's film The International, he played Enzo Calvini opposite Clive Owen. On stage he appeared in Sangue del mio sangue, directed by Maria Luisa Bigai. He speaks Italian, English and French.