Lorenzo Caccialanza
Lorenzo Caccialanza | |
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| Born | January 28, 1955 Cologno Monzese, Italy |
Lorenzo Caccialanza (born January 28, 1955) is an Italian-born American football goalkeeper and actor.
Career
[edit]Football
[edit]Caccialanza played for several years in the Italian leagues before moving to the United States to pursue an acting career. In 1986, he played for the Hollywood Kickers when they won the Western Soccer Alliance championship. Caccialanza was the league leading goalkeeper.[1][2]
Caccialanza was an assistant coach with the Marlborough School in Los Angeles.[3][failed verification]
Acting
[edit]As an actor, Caccialanza is best known for his work on the CBS prime time soap opera Knots Landing as Nick Schillace, the gigolo boyfriend of Anne Matheson (played by Michelle Phillips). Caccialanza has also appeared on the daytime soap operas, Days of Our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful. He played the Italian terrorist Marco in Die Hard.
Personal life
[edit]Jane Fonda dated Caccialanza for about six months beginning in 1989. She broke up with him and began a relationship with businessman Ted Turner in the middle of 1990.[4]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Die Hard | Marco | |
| 1990 | Funny About Love | Sotto Voce Maitre d' | |
| 1993 | Entangled | Mark Merylle | |
| 1994 | Don Juan DeMarco | Maitre D' | Uncredited |
| 1997 | In Dark Places | Mortuary Father | |
| 2003 | Just Married | Italian Man | |
| 2005 | Monster-in-Law | Signor Ramondi | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Red Is the Color of | Carlo | |
| 2008 | AmericanEast | Mohammed | Uncredited |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–2006 | Days of Our Lives | Nico | 157 episodes |
| 1990–1993 | Knots Landing | Nick Shillace / Dimitri Pappas | 30 episodes |
| 1992 | Tarzán | Bruno Valletti | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Acapulco H.E.A.T. | Sergio Lanti | Episode: "Code Name: Million Dollar Ladies (a.k.a. Vanished)" |
| 1994 | Fortune Hunter | Reynoldo Contia | Episode: "Stowaway" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Inspector Amati / Insp. Piero Amati | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Renegade | Aldo | Episode: "Hound Downtown" |
| 1996–2002 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Antonio Giovanni / Signor Orio | 3 episodes |
| 2003, 2005 | Alias | Chancellor / Team Leader | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Vincenzo DeLuca | 3 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ Kickers Need Not Beat the Heat to Win It All
- ^ 1986 Western Soccer Alliance
- ^ Marlborough School Athletics Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Park, Jeannie; Mason, Michael; Savaiano, Jacqueline (June 11, 1990). "Low-Impact Aerobics, High-Impact Romance: Jane Fonda and Ted Turner Find a Common Cause—each Other". People.com. People. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
External links
[edit]| International | |
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| National | |
- 1955 births
- American male soap opera actors
- American male television actors
- Italian men's footballers
- Italian emigrants to the United States
- Living people
- Footballers from Milan
- Western Soccer Alliance players
- Cologno Monzese
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- American people of Italian descent
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen