Lorenzo Balducci (born 4 September 1982) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 2001.
Life and career Balducci was born in Rome, Italy. He began taking acting classes when he was 14 and in November 2001 he made his stage debut as Romeo in a modern revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, also starring Italian actress Myriam Catania. He is openly gay.
After roles in a few TV commercials, he got a small part in Pupi Avati's The Knights of the Quest, that marked his film debut. Bigger roles quickly followed in films and television projects such as The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII, the acclaimed Incantato and the Italian box office hit Three Steps Over Heaven. His first lead role was in Luciano Melchionna's Gas, an indie drama that was selected at the inaugural Rome Film Festival and for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Chieti Film Festival.
He has appeared in more than thirty European films and television series since then, including Le héros de la famille, The Stone Council (both opposite Catherine Deneuve), André Téchiné's The Witnesses, Krzysztof Zanussi's Black Sun, Carlos Saura's I, Don Giovanni and the highly acclaimed Italian TV series Le cose che restano. In 2009 he received the Susan Batson Award for his performance in Due vite per caso at the San Francisco's NICE Film Festival.
Internationally, he starred in the Mexican romantic comedy 31 Días (opposite Karla Souza), the controversial Spanish film Estrella fugaz, the American TV movie Barabbas (starring Billy Zane) and the Italian TV series Mai per amore. He also appeared in the American independent comedy In search of Fellini (opposite Maria Bello), the acclaimed short film Snowflake (as Tracy Middendorf's love interest and for which he also served as an executive producer) and guest starred in the TV drama Medici: Masters of Florence.
In 2015 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Turin.
On stage, Balducci has starred in several productions of Dignità Autonome di Prostituzione in both Italy and Spain and, in 2017, he was part of the ensemble cast of Luciano Melchionna's Spoglia-Toy.
In 2018 he starred as John in 7 Miracles, one of the first feature-length cinematic VR experiences which premiered at the 26th Raindance Film Festival, winning the “VR Film of the Festival” grand jury award.
In 2019 he reprised his role in Luciano Melchionna's acclaimed play Spoglia-Toy and played Giulio Mieli in Gli anni amari, a biopic based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.
In 2021 he starred in the stand-up comedy show Allegro, Non Troppo, originally produced to debut in 2020 but post-poned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the debut at Teatro dei Filodrammatici in Milan, the show run successfully at the Off-Off Theatre in Rome and then continued to tour around Italy.
In 2022 he directed his first music video, Per Dirsi Mai by Italian electro-pop violinist and singer H.E.R.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2001The Knights of the Quest Son of Louis IX of France 2001The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII Don Carlo TV movie 2001Stregati dalla luna Alberto 2002El Alamein: The Line of Fire Soldier 2003Incantato Student 2003It Can’t Be All Our Fault Manuel 2003Anime Luca Anselmi 2004Three Steps Over Heaven Chicco Antinori 2005Concorso di colpa Stefano de Bernardi 2005Gas Luca Best Actor Award - Chieti Film Festival 2006Le héros de la famille Frankie 2006Ma l'amore... sì! Carmelo Jorio 2007Le Concile de Pierre L'inspecteur Frank Neves 2007Last Minute Marocco Giacomo 2007The Witnesses Steve 2007Black Sun Manfredi 2008Evelyn Luca Short Film 2008Così vanno le cose Pierfrancesco TV movie 2008Vito ballava con le streghe Vito 2009Ce n'è per tutti Gianluca Susan Batson Award - Best Actor - NICE Film Festival 2009Evelyn Luca Short Film 2009I, Don Giovanni Lorenzo Da Ponte 2009One Life, Maybe Two Matteo Carli 2009Brama Short Film (48 Hour Film Project) 2011Rosso Vivo Matteo Short Film 2011Bloody Sin Johnny 2012Good As You Adelchi 2012Barabbas Lazarus of Bethany TV movie 20126 to 30 Andrea Short Film 201331 días Adam 2014Estel fugaç - Stella Cadente Alfredo, l'assistant del Rei 2014Snowflake PatrickShort FilmAlso Executive Producer 2016L'intruso Boyfriend Short Film 2016Non si ruba a casa dei ladri Michele 2017In Search of Fellini Angelo 20187 Miracles John Virtual Reality Film 2019Gli anni amari Giulio Mieli
Television Year Title Role Notes 2001Giorni da Leone Carlo Carmignani Mini SeriesSeries Regular 2001Stiamo bene insieme Alfredo 1 episode 2001Incantesimo 1 episode 2002Carabinieri 2 1 episode 2002Il maresciallo Rocca Luca Garrone Episode 4x06: "L'uomo sbagliato" 2003La squadra 1 episode 2004Questo amore Simone Mini SeriesSeries Regular 2005Padri e Figli 1 episode 200548 ore Andrea Billè Series Regular (12 episodes) 2006Giorni da Leone 2 Carlo Carmignani Mini SeriesSeries Regular 2009Le cose che restano Nino Mini SeriesSeries Regular 2012Questo nostro amore Carlo Series Regular (12 episodes) 2015–2017Solo per amore Claudio Series Regular (18 episodes) 2015Provaci ancora prof Roberto Episode 6x02: "Debiti Pericolosi" 2016Medici: Masters of Florence Mario de Medici Episode 1x05: "Temptation" 2018Don Matteo Stefano Corini Episode 11x23: "Tutta la vita"
Music Videos Year Title Role Director 2001Il Telecomando Matteo Bassi Manetti Bros. 2014As You Hope Rhò CUT 2022Per dirsi mai H.E.R. Lorenzo Balducci
Theatre Year Title Role Venue 2001 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Teatro Sala Uno, Rome 2012 Dignità autonome di prostituzione Monologue "Bolla di piacere" Teatro Bellini, Naples 2015 Dignità autonome di prostituzione Monologue "Il colla" Teatro Bellini, Naples 2017 Spoglia-Toy Monologue Accademia Bella Arti, Naples 2017 Dignità autonome di prostituzione Maîtresse FITT. Noves Dramaturgies Tarragona 2019 Spoglia-Toy Monologue Teatro Colosseo, Turin / Teatro Eliseo Rome 2021–2022 Allegro, non troppo Stand-up Comedy Off/Off Theatre, Rome & National Tour 2022–2023 Fake Stand-up Comedy Off/Off Theatre, Rome & National Tour 2023–2024 Tom à la ferme Francis Teatro Belli, Rome & Galleria Toledo, Naples 2024 Back to black David Off/Off Theatre, Rome
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