Lorenzo Balducci

Lorenzo Balducci (born 4 September 1982) is an Italian actor.[1] He appeared in more than thirty films since 2001.

Lorenzo Balducci
Born (1982-09-04) 4 September 1982
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active2001-present

Life and career

Balducci was born in Rome, Italy. He began taking acting classes when he was 14 [2] and in November 2001 he made his stage debut as Romeo in a modern revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, also starring Italian actress Myriam Catania. He is openly gay.[3]

After roles in a few TV commercials, he got a small part in Pupi Avati's The Knights of the Quest, that marked his film debut. Bigger roles quickly followed in films and television projects such as The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII, the acclaimed Incantato and the Italian box office hit Three Steps Over Heaven. His first lead role was in Luciano Melchionna's Gas, an indie drama that was selected at the inaugural Rome Film Festival and for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Chieti Film Festival.

He has appeared in more than thirty European films and television series since then, including Le héros de la famille, The Stone Council (both opposite Catherine Deneuve), André Téchiné's The Witnesses, Krzysztof Zanussi's Black Sun, Carlos Saura's I, Don Giovanni and the highly acclaimed Italian TV series Le cose che restano. In 2009 he received the Susan Batson Award for his performance in Due vite per caso at the San Francisco's NICE Film Festival.

Internationally, he starred in the Mexican romantic comedy 31 Días (opposite Karla Souza), the controversial Spanish film Estrella fugaz, the American TV movie Barabbas (starring Billy Zane) and the Italian TV series Mai per amore. He also appeared in the American independent comedy In search of Fellini (opposite Maria Bello), the acclaimed short film Snowflake (as Tracy Middendorf's love interest and for which he also served as an executive producer) and guest starred in the TV drama Medici: Masters of Florence.

In 2015 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

On stage, Balducci has starred in several productions of Dignità Autonome di Prostituzione in both Italy and Spain and, in 2017, he was part of the ensemble cast of Luciano Melchionna's Spoglia-Toy.

In 2018 he starred as John in 7 Miracles, one of the first feature-length cinematic VR experiences which premiered at the 26th Raindance Film Festival, winning the “VR Film of the Festival” grand jury award.[4]

In 2019 he reprised his role in Luciano Melchionna's acclaimed play Spoglia-Toy and played Giulio Mieli in Gli anni amari, a biopic based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Knights of the Quest Son of Louis IX of France
2001 The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII Don Carlo TV movie
2001 Stregati dalla luna Alberto
2002 El Alamein: The Line of Fire Soldier
2003 Incantato Student
2003 It Can’t Be All Our Fault Manuel
2003 Anime Luca Anselmi
2004 Three Steps Over Heaven Chicco Antinori
2005 Concorso di colpa Stefano de Bernardi
2005 Gas Luca Best Actor Award - Chieti Film Festival
2006 Le héros de la famille Frankie
2006 Ma l'amore... sì! Carmelo Jorio
2007 Le Concile de Pierre L'inspecteur Frank Neves
2007 Last Minute Marocco Giacomo
2007 The Witnesses Steve
2007 Black Sun Manfredi
2008 Evelyn Luca Short Film
2008 Così vanno le cose Pierfrancesco TV movie
2008 Vito ballava con le streghe Vito
2009 Ce n'è per tutti Gianluca Susan Batson Award - Best Actor - NICE Film Festival
2009 Evelyn Luca Short Film
2009 I, Don Giovanni Lorenzo Da Ponte
2009 One Life, Maybe Two Matteo Carli
2009 Brama Short Film (48 Hour Film Project)
2011 Rosso Vivo Matteo Short Film
2011 Bloody Sin Johnny
2012 Good As You Adelchi
2012 Barabbas Lazarus of Bethany TV movie
2012 6 to 30 Andrea Short Film
2013 31 días Adam
2014 Estel fugaç - Stella Cadente Alfredo, l'assistant del Rei
2014 Snowflake Patrick Short Film
Also Executive Producer
2016 L'Intruso Boyfriend Short Film
2016 Non si ruba a casa dei ladri Michele
2017 In search of Fellini Angelo
2018 7 Miracles John Virtual Reality Film
2019 Gli anni amari Giulio Mieli

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Giorni da Leone Carlo Carmignani Mini Series
Series Regular
2001 Stiamo bene insieme Alfredo 1 episode
2001 Incantesimo 1 episode
2002 Carabinieri 2 1 episode
2002 Il maresciallo Rocca Luca Garrone Episode 4x06: "L'uomo sbagliato"
2003 La squadra 1 episode
2004 Questo amore Simone Mini Series
Series Regular
2005 Padri e Figli 1 episode
2005 48 ore Andrea Billè Series Regular (12 episodes)
2006 Giorni da Leone 2 Carlo Carmignani Mini Series
Series Regular
2009 Le cose che restano Nino Mini Series
Series Regular
2012 Questo nostro amore Carlo Series Regular (12 episodes)
2015-2017 Solo per amore Claudio Series Regular (18 episodes)
2015 Provaci ancora prof Roberto Episode 6x02: "Debiti Pericolosi"
2016 Medici: Masters of Florence Mario de Medici Episode 1x05: "Temptation"
2018 Don Matteo Stefano Corini Episode 11x23: "Tutta la vita"

Music Videos
Year Title Role Director
2001 Il Telecomando Matteo Bassi Manetti Bros.
2014 As You Hope Rhò CUT

Theatre
Year Title Role Venue
2001 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Teatro Sala Uno, Rome
2012 Dignità autonome di prostituzione Monologue "Bolla di piacere" Teatro Bellini, Naples
2015 Dignità autonome di prostituzione Monologue "Il colla" Teatro Bellini, Naples
2017 Spoglia-Toy Monologue Accademia Bella Arti, Naples
2017 Dignità autonome di prostituzione Maîtresse FITT. Noves Dramaturgies Tarragona
2019 Spoglia-Toy Monologue Teatro Colosseo, Turin / Teatro Eliseo Rome
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References
  2. "Intervista a Lorenzo Balducci giovane promessa del cinema nazionale e internazionale". Tutto Teatro. December 16, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  3. http://www.queerblog.it/post/15185/good-as-you-lorenzo-balducci-gay-parla-del-coming-out
  4. "Feature-Length VR Film '7 Miracles' Debuts At Raindance Film Festival". October 11, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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