--- name: "Lou Castel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lou-castel" fi1m_id: "lou-castel" imdb_id: "nm0144589" tmdb_id: 32827 wikidata_id: "Q376652" roles: [] born: "28 May 1943" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T05:23:53.093505+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lou Castel ## Identity Lou Castel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lou-castel - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lou-castel - **IMDb ID:** nm0144589 - **TMDB ID:** 32827 - **Wikidata ID:** Q376652 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Castel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32827 Actor. Born 28 May 1943 in Bogotá, Colombia. ## Details - **Born:** 28 May 1943, Bogotá, Colombia - **Active:** 1977–1996 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Castel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376652, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32827 ## Biography Lou Castel is a Colombian-Swedish actor. Born Ulv Quarzell on 28 May 1943 in Bogotá, Colombia, he moved to Europe as a child and later settled in Rome. He made his screen debut in an uncredited role in *The Leopard* (1963) and gained prominence with his leading performance in Marco Bellocchio's *Fists in the Pocket* (1965). Castel appeared in several Italian films of the 1960s and 1970s, including spaghetti westerns such as *A Bullet for the General* (1967), as well as *The Cassandra Crossing* (1976) and *The American Friend* (1977). Later credits include *Irma Vep* (1996), *I Feel Good* (2018) and *Paris Is Us* (2019). He has also worked in French and German productions and is noted for his political activism in the 1970s. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), Fi1m 77, as Bum #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/three-lives-and-only-one-death.md) ## Complete filmography (117) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Marx Can Wait* (2021), as Alessandro / Giovanni / Pippo (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Drive Me Home* (2019), as Karl - *Paris Is Us* (2019), Actor - *Look Up* (2018), as Baobab - *I Feel Good* (2018), as Grégory (le costaud) - *Les rues de Pantin* (2016), Actor - *Die Geschlechtskriegerinnen* (2015), as Frank Ewington - *Earth* (2015), Actor - *Jour et nuit, delle donne e degli uomini perduti* (2014), Actor - *Hotel de l'Univers* (2013), Actor - *Gare du Nord* (2013), as Ali, tramp - *Everyday Objects* (2013), as Daniel - *La lapidation de Saint Étienne* (2013), Actor - *The Nun* (2013), as Baron de Lasson - *Home Sweet Home* (2012), Actor - *Eye of the Astronomer* (2012), as The old astronomer - *A Girl Named Yssabeau* (2012), as Physician - *Dr. Ketel - Der Schatten von Neukölln* (2011), as Dr. Wissmann - *Nuits transparentes* (2011), Actor - *Medea Miracle* (2011), as Créon - *La rabbia* (2008), as Spazzino - *Little Red Riding Hood* (2008), as Zack Wolf - *Assoud et les fantômes de La Havane* (2008), Actor - *Heartbeat Detector* (2007), as Arie Neumann - *Le corps sublime* (2007), Actor - *1, 2, 3, Whiteout* (2007), Actor - *L'Opération de la dernière chance* (2006), as Vladimir Cosmos - *Horezon* (2006), Actor - *El Cantor* (2005), as Clovis Fishermann - *Jean-Jacques* (2005), as Jean-Jacques - *I Want Something And I Do Not Know What* (2004), as Rabbin - *Tiresia* (2003), as Charles - *Bungalow* (2002), Actor - *Promenaux* (2002), Actor - *Nude, Descending...* (2002), as Marcel - *About Special Effects* (2001), Actor - *Clement* (2001), as François - *Assoud le Buffle* (2001), Actor - *Love* (1999), Actor - *Life Doesn't Scare Me* (1999), as A teacher - *Louise (Take 2)* (1999), as Louise's Father - *Amours décolorées* (1998), Actor - *Sinon, oui* (1997), Actor - *Sorrisi asmatici: fiori del destino* (1997), as Vent - *Little Girls* (1997), as Geography Teacher - *Irma Vep* (1996), as José Mirano - *Encore* (1996), as Metro salesman - *Three Lives and Only One Death* (1996), as Bum #1 — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/three-lives-and-only-one-death.md) - *The Birth of Love* (1993), as Paul - *Assolto per aver commesso il fatto* (1992), as Hartman - *Fish Soup* (1992), as Franco - *Manila paloma blanca* (1992), as Guido - *Sweet War, Farewell* (1991), as Adult Silvano - *Year of the Gun* (1991), as Round Faced Man - *Arizona Road* (1991), as McDonaldson - *Perduta* (1991), as Narratore - *Saint Paul's Bride* (1990), Actor - *Gli angeli del potere* (1990), as Josef, Maria's husband - *Flight from Paradise* (1990), as Oleg - *What Time Is It?* (1989), as il pescatore muto - *Oceano* (1989), series, as Don Julian - *Rorret* (1988), as Joseph Rorret - *Man on Fire* (1987), as Violente - *Nanou* (1987), as Italian activist - *Paradise Hotel* (1986), as Tramp - *Fraulein* (1986), as André - *Treasure Island* (1986), as Doctor / Father - *She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps* (1985), as Marie's friend - *Campo Europa* (1984), as Silvio - *Trauma* (1984), as Le Maitre - *Love Is the Beginning of All Terror* (1984), as Traugott - *The Eyes, the Mouth* (1982), as Giovanni Pallidissimi / Pippo Pallidissimi - *Cinématon XIII* (1981), as N°129 - *Parano* (1981), as Michel - *Shadow* (1980), as Renato - *Killer Nun* (1979), as Peter - *Obscene Desire* (1978), as Father Clark - *Flesh Color* (1978), as le psychiatre - *Violanta* (1978), as Silver - *Mr. Mean* (1977), as Huberto - *Could It Happen Here?* (1977), as Marco - *Closet Children* (1977), as Nicola - *The American Friend* (1977), as Rodolphe - *Change of Sex* (1977), as Durán - *Pigs Have Wings* (1977), as Marcello - *The Cassandra Crossing* (1976), as Swedish Terrorist - *Dear Michele* (1976), as Osvaldo - *Pure as a Lily* (1976), as Luciano - *C.I.A. Secret Story* (1975), as Sgt. Leon - *Output* (1974), as Gorski - *A Stranger Came by Train* (1974), Actor - *Voyage to Grand Tartarie* (1974), Actor - *The Nada Gang* (1974), as D'Arey - *The Scarlet Letter* (1973), as Rev. Dimmesdale - *Planet Venus* (1972), Actor - *Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?* (1972), as Carlo - *In the Name of the Father* (1971), as Salvatore, a servant - *Beware of a Holy Whore* (1971), as Jeff - *Policeman* (1971), Actor - *Stress* (1971), as Gilberto - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Jorek - *Matalo! (Kill Him)* (1970), as Ray / Todd - *Nailed Lips* (1970), as Carmelo La Manna - *With What Love, With How Much Love* (1970), as Ernesto - *Paranoia* (1969), as Peter Donovan - *Galileo* (1968), as padre Charles - *Lucrezia* (1968), as Cesare Borgia - *The Protagonists* (1968), as Taddeu - *Come Play With Me* (1968), as Alvise - *The Dress Rehearsal* (1967), Actor - *Kill and Pray* (1967), as 'Requiescant' - *A Bullet for the General* (1967), as Bill Tate - *Francis of Assisi* (1966), as Francesco d'Assisi - *Fists in the Pocket* (1965), as Alessandro - *The Leopard* (1963), as Party Guest (uncredited) - *Just in Time*, Director - *High Grounds*, as Mr. Pirotte ## Gallery - ![Lou Castel](https://film.one/media/person/3909405/gallery-039f68b1ae4c.png) Lou Castel — Pugniintasca-1965-Castel.png: Gawain78 at the Italian Wikipedia project. derivative work: Cavarrone, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Lou_Castel-1965.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lou Castel in una scena del film Requiescant (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/3909405/gallery-49ed4888c529.png) Lou Castel in una scena del film Requiescant (1967) — Carlo Lizzani (director), Castoro Film, Istituto Nazionale Luce, Tefi Film (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Requiescant_%281967%29_Lou_Castel.png/1280px-Requiescant_%281967%29_Lou_Castel.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lou Castel in una scena del film italiano Grazie zia (1968).](https://film.one/media/person/3909405/gallery-719cd846c494.png) Lou Castel in una scena del film italiano Grazie zia (1968). — Salvatore Samperi (director), Aldo Scavarda (cinematographer), Doria G. 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