Gianluca Testa (born March 2, 1982) is an Italian actor, director and singer-songwriter.

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Biography

Gianluca Testa began his acting career in theatre productions and independent cinema. In theatre he worked with Giuliano Vasilicò and Gruppo di Ricerca e Progettazione Teatrale, starring the role of San Giovanni in Dal Vangelo secondo Giovanni for three years[1] and worked with Giancarlo Nanni and Teatro Vascello in Rome since 2006 to 2009.[2] In 2006 he appeared in the official music video for Raf (singer) in the song Dimentica. In 2008, he starred as Mirko Bertolini in the miniseries Rex[3][4][5] on Rai 1 and as Francesco Ticconi in the television series Carabinieri on Canale 5. In 2009 he starred as main character in the movie Mad in italy, distributed in the US,[6][7][8] and in Symphony in Blood Red, distributed in Germany. In 2010 he starred as Brenno in the movie Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà,[9] and in Calibro 10, with Franco Nero. In the same year he starred the role of Syd Barrett in the musical Syd l'altra faccia della luna[10] and directed the short film Fagiolino e il cavaliere[11][12] under the patronage of Molise. In 2014, Gianluca Testa wrote and directed the short film Banza Kiri! starred by Aurora Ruffino.[13][14] In 2019, Gianluca Testa wrote and directed the short film La strategia del prigioniero starred by Daniele Marcheggiani, Anca Mariana Doncilà, Roberta Valdes.[15][16] Since 2002 he directs many commercials and music videos for Video Italia and MTV. He works also as trainer in the field of self-help[17][18] and acting coach.[19] In 2020 Testa released his studio album Nomade digitale[20][21]

Selected filmography

Films

• Pipi Room, directed by Jerry Calà (2011)
• Calibro 10 (2010)
• Mad in Italy(2009)
• Symphony in Blood Red(2009)

Television

• Rex (2008, miniseries)
• Carabinieri (2008, television series)

Music Videos

• Dimentica by Raf (singer) (2006)

Short films

• Banza Kiri!, screenwriter and director (2014)
• Fagiolino e il cavaliere, screenwriter and director (2010)
• La strategia del prigioniero, screenwriter and director (2019)

Selected discography

• 2002 – L'inesprimibile sogno di Giada
• 2006 – Le canzoni del mondo di Oz
• 2020 – Nomade digitale

References

External links

• Official website
• Gianluca Testa at the Internet Movie Database
• Gianluca Testa on Movieplayer.it
• Gianluca Testa on Cinemaitaliano.info
• Gianluca Testa on Mymovies^{[permanent dead link]}