Luca Argentero

Luca Argentero is an Italian actor, model, and television personality born on 12 April 1978. Since beginning his screen career in 2006, he has appeared in more than 18 films.

Argentero was born in Turin to parents Guido and Agata, and he grew up in the neighboring town of Moncalieri. He attended the Catholic Collegio San Giuseppe for high school. While completing his degree in Economy & Commerce, which he earned in 2004, he worked as a bartender at a local nightclub.

He first gained public notice in 2003 as a contestant on the third season of the reality television series Grande Fratello, also known as Big Brother. He reached the final round of the competition and finished in third place, receiving 9% of the Italian vote. Following his appearance on the show, he made guest appearances on various television programs and worked as a model, which included posing for a calendar published by the Italian monthly magazine Max.

Argentero launched his acting career on television in 2005, playing the character Marco Tosi in the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons of the series Carabinieri. In 2006, he starred in the short film Il Quarto Sesso. That same year, he made his feature film debut in Francesca Comencini's A Casa Nostra.

In 2007, Argentero appeared in Ferzan Özpetek's film Saturno Contro, portraying a homosexual character. That same year, he starred in Claudio Cupellini's film Lezioni di Cioccolato and co-starred as one of the two main characters in the television miniseries La Baronessa di Carini.

Argentero played the lead role in the Luca Lucini film Solo un padre, which began production in Turin in January 2008. In 2009, he starred in Diverso da Chi?, once again portraying a gay character. His performance in the film earned him a David di Donatello nomination for Best Actor.