Marco Leonardi

Marco Leonardi (born 14 November 1971) is an Australian-born Italian film and television actor. He has been nominated twice for the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor.

Leonardi was born in Australia to Italian parents. He moved to Italy at the age of four and at 17 starred in the acclaimed Italian film Cinema Paradiso (1988). He later starred in the Mexican movie Like Water for Chocolate (1992). He has made several movies in the United States, including Once Upon a Time in Mexico and From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000). Other appearances include the Canadian film The Five Senses (1999).

Filmography Film

The Bride Was Beautiful (1987, directed by Pál Gábor) – Giuseppe Il Coraggio di Parlare (1987, directed by Leandro Castellani) – Fortunato, the shepherd The Last Minute (1987, directed by Pupi Avati) – Paolo Ciao Ma (1988, directed by Giandomenico Curi) – Paolo Cinema Paradiso (1988, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) – Salvatore 'Totò' Di Vita – Teenager Street Kids (1989, directed by Nanni Loy) – Salvatore The Palermo Connection (1990, directed by Francesco Rosi) Ferdinando, un uomo d'amore (1990, directed by Mème Perlini) – Ferdinando Like Water for Chocolate (1992, directed by Alfonso Arau) – Pedro Muzquiz The Rebel (1993, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Sebastiano The Whores (1994, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi) – Maurizio Viva San Isidro (1995, directed by Alessandro Cappeletti) – Quintino Manhattan Merengue! (1995) – Carmelo (1995) – Eddie Sanchez Banditi (1995, directed by Stefano Mignucci) – David The Stendhal Syndrome (1996, directed by Dario Argento) – Marco Longhi Italiani (1996, directed by Maurizio Ponzi) – Fortunato Para vivir o morir (1996) The Border (1996, directed by Franco Giraldi) – Franco Velich My Brother Jack (1997) – Jack Casale Una vacanza all'inferno (1997, directed by Tonino Valerii) – Angelo The Five Senses (1999, directed by Jeremy Podeswa) – Roberto 'Luigi' From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2001, directed by P. J. Pesce) – Johnny Madrid The Knights of the Quest (2001, directed by Pupi Avati) – Ranieri di Panico Texas Rangers (2001) – Jesus Sandoval It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All (2003) – Ben Clemons Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003, directed by Robert Rodriguez) – Fideo Mary (2005, directed by Abel Ferrara) – Apostle Peter Maradona, the Hand of God (2007) – Diego Maradona Red Gold (2009) Cha cha cha (2013) – Fotografo Black Souls (2014) – Luigi Ustica: The Missing Paper (2016) – Corrado di Acquaformosa Worldly Girl (2016) – Celestino The Space Between (2016) – Di Stasio Prigioniero della mia libertà (2016) – Sovrintendente Maggio A Family (2017) – Pietro All the Money in the World (2017, directed by Ridley Scott) – Mammoliti La banalità del crimine (2018) – Conte The Last Man (2018) – Antonio Soledad (2018) – Belmonte Lucania (2019) – Fortunato Aspromonte – La terra degli ultimi (2019) – Cosimo From the Vine (2019) – Luca Martin Eden (2019) – Bernardo Fiore The Great Salento War (2022) – Ernesto Padre Pio (2022) – Gerardo Io e mio fratello (2023) My Place Is Here (2024) – Lorenzo

Television Villa Maltraversi (1993, TV Movie, directed by Fabrizio Laurenti) – Mirko Cavicchi Pensando all'Africa (1998, directed by Ruggero Deodato) Elisa di Rivombrosa (2003, directed by Cinzia Torrini) – Gaetano Capece (2005) Don Matteo 4 (2004, directed by Andrea Barzini and Giulio Base) – Saverio Donini San Pietro (2005, directed by Giulio Base) – Marco Il Capo dei Capi (2007, directed by Enzo Monteleone and Alexis Sweet) L'ultimo padrino (2008, directed by Marco Risi) – Emanuele alias 'Africano' The Iris Affair (2025)