Riccardo Scamarcio

Who is Riccardo Scamarcio?

Riccardo Scamarcio is an increasingly well known Italian film actor. Born in Trani in Puglia, his mother is a painter. After a rebellious adolescence, he found his metier and plenty of scope for experimentation when he went to train as an actor at the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema in Rome, where he now lives. His debut acting role was in a TV series in 2000, while his first ever lead role in a feature film was in Tre metri sopra il cielo (2004), directed by Luca Lucini. Through this he immediately became well known to the Italian speaking public, especially a young audience. His success brought him prominence as a sex symbol and boosted requests for his acting skills, leading to his role in Texas (2005), directed by Fausto Paravidino and soon to him joining the cast of Romanzo Criminale, playing a monosyllabic, enigmatic thug character in a powerful portrait of a mafiosi community directed by Michele Placido.