Marco Pancrazi

Marco Pancrazi is an Italian stuntman who also works as an actor. Born in Tivoli, near Rome, he began training in the Vietnamese martial art Viet Vo Dao at twelve and reached his third Dang in 2011, alongside parkour, gymnastics and motocross. His screen career began in 2004 on the HBO series Rome, with later stunt work on films featuring Dustin Hoffman, Spike Lee, Ron Howard and Woody Allen. He took acting classes and studied drama with Frida Bruno and Massimiliano Milesi, then focused on Method acting with Michael Margotta and Francesca Viscardi, members of New York's Actors Studio. In December 2011 he appeared on stage in Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, directed by Vincent Riotta. Collaborating with Alfonso Bergamo, he took lead parts in La Battaglia dei Colori and in The Labyrinth, which collected four awards in the USA. He played Jonah in Tender Eyes and studied photography and directing at UCLA.