Cast & creator
Luca Barbareschi
Best known for Cannibal Holocaust, Cursed Films, The International
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. The court was only convinced that they were alive when the contracts were cancelled and the actors appeared on a television show as proof. In 2008, he was elected as Member of the Italian Parliament at the Chamber of Deputies with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party The People of Freedom. In 2010 he joined, with other 32 deputies and 10 senators, the Gianfranco Fini's new party Future and Freedom. He left parliament in 2013. On 11 June 2012 he becomes the protagonist of an attack against Filippo Roma, a journalist. He attacked the cameraman Marco Occhipinti destroying the camera and stealing his personal smartphone, with which he was filming the attack. The police rushed to the scene but without making any arrest, unable to search him for parliamentary immunity. The journalist filed a complaint for theft, but according to some witnesses the cell phone, never returned, would have been destroyed by Barbareschi. On 28 August 2012 in Filicudi a similar event is repeated which sees Barbareschi attack again with kicks and punches the journalist Filippo Roma and hit his cameraman. Source: Article "Luca Barbareschi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Also known as: Лука Барбарески, Luca Giorgio Barbareschi, Frankie Speranza
90
film credits
20
television credits
56
1979–2025 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (110)
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Cannibal Holocaust
Mark Tomaso
1980
Cursed Films
Self
2020
The International
Umberto Calvini
2009
Nero Wolfe
Producer
2012
Ciao Darwin
Capitano Settentrionali
1998
The Accursed Kings
Spinello Tolomei
2005
An Officer and a Spy
Philippe Monnier
2019An Officer and a Spy
Co-Producer
2019
The Palace
Bongo
2023The Palace
Producer
2023
Jesus
Herodes Antipas
1999
Fog and Crimes
Commissario Franco Soneri
2005
Adriano Olivetti
Producer
2013
La lunga notte - La caduta del Duce
Producer
2024
Jesus
Herod
1999
Wanderjahre
Luigi
2000Zwei Männer und die Frauen
Saverio
1996
L'Aquila - Grandi speranze
Riccardo De Angelis
2019
Cronaca nera
Walter Cherubini
1998
La famiglia Ricordi
1995
Zodiac
Producer
2008
La bella Otero
Max
1984
Cut and Run
Bud
1985
Notes from a Women Salesman
Producer
2021
Modalità aereo
Producer
2019
Rivoglio i miei figli
Walter
2004
Things Change
Italian man on Lake Tahoe plank (uncredited)
1988
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud
Carlo Vittori
2015
From Corleone to Brooklyn
New York Cop
1979
Bits & Pieces
1996
Trenta righe per un delitto
Walter Cherubini
1998
The Blonde
Annibali
1993
In Love with an Angel
Producer
2014
Zodiaco - Il libro perduto
Creator
2012
Mia Martini - I Am Mia
Production Manager
2019
Hanna K.
Young Lawyer
1983Donna Roma
Marcello
2007
The Frenchman's Son
Aureliano
1999
La voglia matta di vivere
Self
2022
The Penitent: A Rational Man
Charles
2023The Penitent: A Rational Man
Producer
2023The Penitent: A Rational Man
Director
2023
In nome del popolo sovrano
Giovanni Livraghi
1990
Teresa
Gino
1987
If You Love Me
Producer
2019
La mia banda suona il pop
Producer
2020
Private Affairs
Claudio
1987
The Startup
Producer
2017
La luce nella masseria
Producer
2024
Il sogno del maratoneta
Producer
2012
Dream of a Summer Night
Lysander
1983Un'altra me
Producer
On Your Tiptoes
Producer
2018
Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo
Producer
2022
Via Montenapoleone
Guido
1987
Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly on My Head
Producer
2018
Chiara Lubich - L'amore vince tutto
Producer
2021
Ugly Nasty People
Producer
2017
Something Good
Matteo
2013Something Good
Director
2013Something Good
Screenplay
2013Something Good
Producer
2013Something Good
Writer
2013Something Good
Idea
2013Something Good
Story
2013
Buio nella Valle
Brigadiere Sanna
1984
You Only Live Once
Nicolas
2000
Walter Chiari - Fino all'ultima risata
Producer
2012
We Believed
Antonio Gallenga
2010
Bye Bye Baby
Paolo
1988
Un uomo americano
Bob
1979
Il lungo inverno
1985
Noi c'eravamo
Self
2011
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud
2015Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud
Producer
2015
La tenda nera
Fabio Leonardi
1996
In the Jungle - The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
Himself
2003
Bla Bla Baby
Producer
2022
DolceRoma
Oscar Martello
2019DolceRoma
Producer
2019
Impiegati
Enrico
1985
Someone to Run With
Co-Producer
2006The Delegation
Lorenzo
1993The Delegation
Producer
1993
Intolerance
Soldier (segment "Prima linea")
1996
Venetian Lies
Second Assistant Director
1981
Paradiso in vendita
Producer
2025Paradiso in vendita
Director
2025Ardena
1997Ardena
Writer
1997Ardena
Director
1997Ardena
Producer
1997
Il Trasformista
Augusto Viganò
2002Il Trasformista
Director
2002Il Trasformista
Story
2002Il Trasformista
Screenplay
2002Il Trasformista
Producer
2002Il Trasformista
Idea
2002Il Trasformista
Writer
2002
Chi mi aiuta?
Carlo
1984
Romance
Andrea
1986Romance
Writer
1986Connections
Bernard Moulins
1996
Obiettivo indiscreto
David Lamberti
1992Obiettivo indiscreto
Screenplay
1992Obiettivo indiscreto
Producer
1992
Rising Heartbeats
Executive Producer
2019
Summertime
Marco
1983Summertime
Screenplay
1983Summertime
Producer
1983