{{short description|Italian actor (born 1982)}} {{Infobox person | image = LucaGuastini_00.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|3|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = Livorno, Italy | birth_name = Luca Guastini | spouse = | partner = | years_active = 2004-present | occupation = Actor }}
'''Luca Guastini''' <ref name="BasicData"> {{cite web | date = | title = Film Italia Page | work = Film Italia | publisher = Filmitalia | url = http://www.filmitalia.org/filmography.asp?lang=ing&si=1&documentID=52535 | accessdate = August 28, 2018}}</ref> (born March 9, 1982, in Livorno, Italy) is an Italian actor.
== Biography == Guastini was born in Livorno, Italy, the son of a housewife and an office worker. He has one brother.<ref name="MiniBiography"> {{cite web | date = July 24, 2010 | title = Cinema Italiano People Page | work = Cinema Italiano | publisher = CinemaItaliano | url = http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/pers/026179/luca-guastini.html | accessdate = October 18, 2010}}</ref>
He began playing piano when he was 5, with the hope of becoming a musician. Guastini played in various garage bands.<ref name="MiniBiography"/>
Acting accidentally stepped into his life. After a few performances as a busker he will work with directors such as Serge Denoncourt, Michelangelo Ricci, Gabriele Paoli.<ref name="PalmaresAnnecy2010">{{cite news | last = Molteni | first = Patrizia | title = Focus-In Palmares Annecy Cinéma Italien 2010 | work = Focus-In | url = http://www.focus-in.info/Annecy-Cinema-Italien | accessdate = October 18, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201322/http://www.focus-in.info/Annecy-Cinema-Italien | archive-date = July 21, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Guastini's first major role was in the 2010 film ''Exit: una storia personale'', directed by Max Amato, for which he won the Prix d'Interprétation Masculine - Festival du Cinema Italien d'Annecy (2010).<ref name="PrixAnnecy2010"> {{cite web | last = Lemercier | first = Fabien | date = October 4, 2010 | title = ''The Four Times'' triumphs at Annecy | work = Cineuropa | url = https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/151209/ | access-date = January 18, 2024 }}</ref>
In 2011, he starred in ''Steel'', based on the Silvia Avallone novel of the same name, directed by Stefano Mordini and presented at the Venice Film Festival (2012).<ref name="Steel"> {{cite web | last = | first = | date = August 27, 2012 | title = Steel - Venice Days | work = Venice Days | url = http://www.venice-days.com/film.asp?id=9&id_dettaglio=60&lang=eng | accessdate = June 14, 2014 }}</ref>
In 2015, he starred in the comedy ''L'Universale'', directed by Federico Micali and ''L'ospite'', a biographical drama film based on the last days of the philosopher Giovanni Gentile, directed by Ugo Frosi .
== Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2007 | ''Traditore'' | Policeman | |- | 2010 | ''Exit: una storia personale'' | Marco Serrano | Prix d'Interprétation masculine - Festival du Cinema Italien d'Annecy 2010<ref name="PalmaresAnnecy2010"/> <ref name="PrixAnnecy2010"/> |- | 2010 | ''Coincidenze'' | Him | |- | 2012 | ''Steel'' | Cristiano | |- | 2014 | ''Freddy Hotel'' | Boy in the dream | |- | 2015 | ''L'ospite'' | Cesare | |- | 2016 | ''L'Universale'' | Marco Calamassi | |- | 2016 | ''Distant Vision'' | Pizzutti | |- | 2018 | ''Malerba'' | Gabriele | |- | 2018 | ''Verso un altrove'' | Tommaso | |- | 2022 | ''Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo'' | Albertini | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2018 | ''I delitti del Barlume'' | Fanini | Episode: "La battaglia navale" |- | 2021 | ''Leonardo'' | Tornabuoni | |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guastini, Luca}} Category:Italian male film actors Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Livorno Category:Male actors from Tuscany