youth and family
Born in Pozzuoli in 1967, Luigi is the first of seven children in a Puteolian family.
He spent his early years in Pozzuoli, then moved to Arco Felice near the rione
Toiano, because of the earthquake tremors that struck the city in the 1970s.
From a young age, Luigi had a great passion for the art of acting and cinema, showing
immediately a great talent in being able to express himself at his best within the world of
cinema.
He began his theatrical training by attending the “Maria Callas” academy in Bagnoli.
Currently, however, he attends the acting school “Lab Actors” of Antonio Milo, Salvatore
Catanesi and Ciro Esposito, where he began acting in numerous films and dramas, becoming a face
known and appreciated by the public.
the beginnings
In 2002, enrolling in the Neapolitan film production agency Studio Rapa, he obtained a first role in the TV series “La Squadra.” The series, set in the fictional “commissariato Sant’Andrea” in the Piscinola neighborhood of Naples, is premiered on RaiTre. After a short time, he got a second role in the Italian soap opera set in Naples “Un posto al sole” aired on the same channel. The drama still turns out to be not only the first soap opera entirely produced in Italy, but also the longest-running, holding the record for the number of episodes aired. It concludes its debuts in 2005 with “All the Invisible Children,” a film divided into seven short films, which tell of the daily lives of “Invisible” children in different parts of the world.” The episode set in Naples, with Stefano Veneruso directing, tells the story of two Neapolitan children who live amidst severe hardship and crime.
recent works
In 2017, he starred in the docu-series “Camorriste“. The miniseries, which aired on Sky, offers an unprecedented look inside the lives of some women who have been part of one of the most dangerous organizations in the world: the Camorra. Among his most recent work experiences, his acting performances as the delinquent and shoulder-guard Savastano in “Gomorrah” stand out. The Italian TV series, inspired by Roberto Saviano’s novel of the same name, premiered on Sky Italia from 2014 to 2021.
Also notable is his appearance in the big TV hit “Mare Fuori“. The TV series, a drama genre with record ratings, tells the story of a group of young inmates in a prison overlooking the sea loosely inspired by the one in Nisida. He also stars in Giuseppe Di Renzo’s “AFilmbaimichi” (2022), Monica Vullo’s “Resta con me” (2023) and Edoardo De Angelis’ “La vita bugiarda degli adulti” (2023).
Filmography
Cinema
• Falla girare, directed by Giampaolo Morelli (2022)
• L’ombra di Caravaggio, directed by Michele Placido (2022)
• La divina cometa, directed by Domenico Paladino (2022)
• Benvenuti in casa Esposito, directed by Gianluca Ansanelli (2021)
• La Santa piccola, directed by Silvia Brunelli (2021)
• Il ladro di cardellini, directed by Carlo Luglio (2020)
• Ultras, directed by Francesco Lettieri (2020)
• La paranza dei bambini, directed by Claudio Giovannesi (2019)
• La vacanza, directed by Enrico Iannaccone (2019)
• Rosa Pietra Stella, directed by Marcello Sannino (2019)
• Martin Eden, directed by Pietro Marcello (2019)
• Finalmente sposi, directed by Lello Arena (2018)
• Achille Tarallo, directed by Antonio Capuano (2018)
• A casa tutti bene, directed by Gabriele Muccino (2018)
• Bob & Marys – criminali a domicilio, directed by Francesco Prisco (2018)
• Napoli velata, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2017)
• L’equilibrio, directed by Vincenzo Marra (2017)
• Gomorroide, directed by Francesco De Fraia, Domenico Manfredi and Raffaele Ferrante (2017)
• Falchi, directed by Toni D’Angelo (2017)
• Ma che bella sorpresa, directed by Alessandro Genovesi (2015)
• Si accettano miracoli, directed by Alessandro Siani (2015)
• … E fuori nevica!, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (2014)
• Con tutto l’amore che ho, directed by Angelo Antonucci (2014)
• Colpi di fortuna, directed by Neri Parenti (2013)
• Fortapàsc, directed by Marco Risi (2009)
• Maradona, la mano di Dio, directed by Marco Risi (2007)
• All The Invisible Children, directed by Kátia Lund, Stefano Veneruso, Mehdi Charef, Jordan Scot, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, John Woo and Ridley Scott (2005)
TV
• Resta con me, directed by Monica Vullo (2023)
• AFilmbaimichi, directed by Giuseppe Di Renzo (2022)
• Gomorra, directed by Stefano Sollima, Francesca Comencini and Claudio Cupellini (2016 – 2021)
• I bastardi di Pizzofalcone, directed by Carlo Carlei (1st season); Alessandro D’Alatri (2nd season); Monica Vullo (3rd season) (2018 – 2020)
• Mare fuori, directed by Carmine Elia, Milena Cocozza, Ivan Silvestrini (2020)
• Un posto al sole, directed by Bruno De Paola, Marcantonio Graffeo, Gabriele Muccino, Gianfranco Micciché, Monica Massa, Alberto Bader, Massimiliano Papi, Fulvio Wetzl, Josué De Falco, Costanza Quatriglio, Bruno Nappi (2019)
• Solo, directed by Hugo Stuven (2018)
• Sotto copertura, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2015 – 2017)
• Due soldati, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2017)
• Camorriste, directed by Paolo Colangeli (2017)
• Per amore del mio popolo, directed by Antonio Frazzi (2014)
• Il caso Enzo Tortora, directed by Ricky Tognazzi (2012)
• ‘O Professore, directed by Maurizio Zaccaro (2008)
• Eravamo solo mille, directed by Stefano Reali (2007)
• La squadra, directed by Claudio Norza, Giorgio Molteni, Stefano Alleva, Alfredo Peyretti and Lucio Gaudino (2006)
• Maestro di strada, directed by Sergio Castellitto (2006)
Netflix series
• La vita bugiarda degli adulti, directed by Edoardo De Angelis (2023)
Short films
• Dolce & Gabbana: Devotion, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2022)
• The Bookmakers, directed by Alessandro Tonda (2015)
• Videoclip with Pasquale Palma (2016)
• Short film The Jackal (2016)
TV advertisements
• TIM advertisement (2015)