Luca Lionello Biography

Italian actor

Luca Lionello (born 9 January 1964) is an Italian actor.

Biography

Born in Rome to actor and voice dubbing artist Oreste Lionello, he has been actor since 1986. Since then, Lionello came to international attention in 2004, when he played the role of Judas Iscariot in Mel Gibson's The P*ion of the Christ.

He was an atheist until 2004, when he became a Catholic, owing to his experience filming The P*ion of the Christ.

He has also played at least two other Apostles: St. Barnabas in Imperium: St. Peter, starring Omar Sharif, and St. Thomas in Abel Ferrara's Mary.

References

    External links

    • Luca Lionello at IMDb
    • Luca Lionello at AllMovie


    Luca Lionello