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name: "Luca Marinelli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luca-marinelli"
fi1m_id: "luca-marinelli"
imdb_id: "nm2143950"
tmdb_id: 509344
wikidata_id: "Q3838188"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 October 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:17:48.436882+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."
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# Luca Marinelli

## Identity

Luca Marinelli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luca-marinelli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luca-marinelli
- **IMDb ID:** nm2143950
- **TMDB ID:** 509344
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3838188
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Marinelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3838188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2143950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/509344

Actor. Born 22 October 1984 in Rome, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 October 1984, Rome, Italy
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Λούκα Μαρινέλι, لوکا مارینلی
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Marinelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3838188, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2143950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/509344

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Great Beauty*](https://film.one/film/the-great-beauty.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mussolini: Son of the Century*](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Luca Marinelli

> Luca Marinelli makes vanity worth watching without making it admirable. We rate the physical boldness and the ambition he keeps visible beneath the absurdity, even when the production around him does not know when to stop.

Luca Marinelli’s Mussolini addresses the audience as though its attention were his due. In Joe Wright’s series *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), he is puffed up, ridiculous and still determined to be heard. We felt uneasy about enjoying him so much, because the vanity that made us laugh also made us keep watching. Marinelli lets us see the effort to impress, and the performance is stronger for it.

His breakthrough lead in *The Solitude of Prime Numbers* (2010) began a run of leading and supporting parts in Italian cinema. *Martin Eden* (2019) made particular use of his physical and vocal work to show a man driven by ambition. The international breakthrough of *The Old Guard* (2020) did not take him away from arthouse films: he followed it with a lead in *The Eight Mountains* (2022).

For Wright’s series, Marinelli gained 20 kilograms and cut his hair, but the useful detail is the persistence he finds beneath the bluster. He never lets looking foolish mean that the man has stopped wanting something. Wright allows him to be grotesque rather than requiring the solemnity that so often passes for seriousness in historical drama. We would not want the performance made tidier; its vanity is what keeps it interesting.

Davide Serino and Stefano Bises give him speeches in which the appetite for an audience is as important as the words. Marinelli makes those displays persuasive enough that their length has a purpose. But over eight episodes the repeated speeches and Wright’s restless flourishes become tiring, and even this performance cannot make every repetition necessary. Our reservation is with how much of it the series asks us to take, not with the actor’s willingness to look absurd.

In *Martin Eden*, that forcefulness can approach caricature. It is a reason to value a director who can judge when a face or a voice has already done the work. For Marinelli at full stretch, start with Wright’s series, and resist the temptation to watch all eight episodes in a sitting.

## Biography

Luca Marinelli is an Italian actor. Born in Rome on 22 October 1984, he is the son of actor and voice actor Eugenio Marinelli and the nephew of actress and voice actress Sonia Scotti. He trained at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 2009.

His film roles include Mattia Balossino in *The Solitude of Prime Numbers* (2010), Andrea in *The Great Beauty* (2013), Cesare in *Don't Be Bad* (2015), Zingaro in *They Call Me Jeeg* (2016), the title character in *Martin Eden* (2019), Nicolò di Genova in *The Old Guard* (2020), the title character in *Diabolik* (2021) and Pietro Guasti in *The Eight Mountains* (2022).

On television, Marinelli portrayed Benito Mussolini in the series *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2024–2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Benito Mussolini — [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *The Great Beauty* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Andrea — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-beauty.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Let Love In* (2026), Actor
- *The Echo Chamber* (2026), as Leo
- *The Old Guard 2* (2025), as Nicolò di Genova / Nicky
- *Paternal Leave* (2025), as Paolo
- *Mussolini: Son of the Century* (2025), series, as Benito Mussolini — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mussolini-son-of-the-century.md)
- *I 400 giorni - Funamboli e maestri* (2023), as Sé stesso
- *The Eight Mountains* (2022), as Pietro Guasti
- *Diabolik* (2021), as Diabolik
- *The Old Guard* (2020), as Nicolò di Genova / Nicky
- *Martin Eden* (2019), as Martin Eden
- *Ricordi?* (2019), as Lui
- *Trust* (2018), series, as Primo
- *Fabrizio De André: Principe libero* (2018), as Fabrizio De André
- *Fabrizio De André: Free Prince* (2018), series, as Fabrizio De André
- *Rainbow: A Private Affair* (2017), as Milton
- *Let Yourself Go* (2017), as Ettore
- *There Is a Light* (2017), as Paolo
- *Slam* (2016), as Valerio
- *They Call Me Jeeg* (2016), as Zingaro
- *Die Pfeiler der Macht* (2016), series, as Mickey Miranda
- *Don't Be Bad* (2015), as Cesare
- *Up to the World* (2014), as Loris
- *The Great Beauty* (2013), as Andrea — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-beauty.md)
- *Waves* (2012), as Gabriele
- *Nina* (2012), as Fabrizio
- *Every Blessed Day* (2012), as Guido Caselli
- *Mary of Nazareth* (2012), as Josef
- *Mary of Nazareth* (2012), series, as Joseph
- *The Last Man on Earth* (2011), as Roberta
- *The Solitude of Prime Numbers* (2010), as Mattia Balossino

## Gallery

- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-c60ec1fd5211.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/MKr373118_Luca_Marinelli_%28Berlinale_2025%29.jpg/1280px-MKr373118_Luca_Marinelli_%28Berlinale_2025%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrea Pallaoro and his Cast “The Echo Chamber” at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-677567ce336c.jpg) Andrea Pallaoro and his Cast “The Echo Chamber” at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — Ondine Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Andrea_Pallaoro_and_his_Cast_%E2%80%9CThe_Echo_Chamber%E2%80%9D_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Andrea_Pallaoro_and_his_Cast_%E2%80%9CThe_Echo_Chamber%E2%80%9D_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast and Filmaker of “The Echo Chamber” at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-c9fba54f505b.jpg) Cast and Filmaker of “The Echo Chamber” at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) — Ondine Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Cast_and_Filmaker_of_%E2%80%9CThe_Echo_Chamber%E2%80%9D_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_Filmaker_of_%E2%80%9CThe_Echo_Chamber%E2%80%9D_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hideo Kojima and Luca Marinelli at Cinema in Piazza in Rome 2026](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-eb717644842b.jpg) Hideo Kojima and Luca Marinelli at Cinema in Piazza in Rome 2026 — Sofia Luna Cabras, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Hideo_Kojima_and_Luca_Marinelli_at_Cinema_in_Piazza_in_Rome_2026.jpg/1280px-Hideo_Kojima_and_Luca_Marinelli_at_Cinema_in_Piazza_in_Rome_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-c1c8c7b34d29.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Image via TMDB
- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-ea7b6257a3ff.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Image via TMDB
- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-de69b826571e.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Image via TMDB
- ![Luca Marinelli, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Vikander, Andrea Pallaoro at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival-27 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-01b02b214cef.jpg) Luca Marinelli, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Vikander, Andrea Pallaoro at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival-27 (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Luca_Marinelli%2C_Susan_Sarandon%2C_Alicia_Vikander%2C_Andrea_Pallaoro_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-24.jpg/1280px-Luca_Marinelli%2C_Susan_Sarandon%2C_Alicia_Vikander%2C_Andrea_Pallaoro_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-24.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Luca Marinelli, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Vikander, Andrea Pallaoro at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival-27 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-2197908dd96d.jpg) Luca Marinelli, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Vikander, Andrea Pallaoro at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival-27 (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Luca_Marinelli%2C_Susan_Sarandon%2C_Alicia_Vikander%2C_Andrea_Pallaoro_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-25.jpg/1280px-Luca_Marinelli%2C_Susan_Sarandon%2C_Alicia_Vikander%2C_Andrea_Pallaoro_at_the_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-25.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-9061c4c38c35.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Image via TMDB
- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-b4ceca1c2355.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Image via TMDB
- ![Luca Marinelli](https://film.one/media/person/48223/gallery-c2e9c3fbc7df.jpg) Luca Marinelli — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actor 2020: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Martin Eden*
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor 2019: Volpi Cup for Best Actor (won)
- David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor 2016: David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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