Daniel Caltagirone (born 18 June 1972) is an English actor,Daniel Caltagirone profile, independenttalent.com; accessed 3 December 2017. best known for his roles in The Beach, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, and the Oscar-winning film The Pianist. His breakthrough role came in the television series Lock, Stock..., where he played series lead Moon. He is father to two children with ex-wife Melanie Sykes.
Early life Caltagirone was born and brought up in London, where he attended St Ignatius College, Enfield. He spent a considerable amount of time as a child in New York City, where he has relatives. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and began his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Acting career Caltagirone went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,A Clockwork Orange — The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 13 March 1997. graduating in 1997. It was during his last year at Guildhall that he was discovered by an ITV talent scout and cast as a lead in Ruth Rendell's Going Wrong. He finished filming his first film role, Legionnaire, alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the summer of 1998.
Shortly after, he spent a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst at the RSC he was spotted by director Danny Boyle and cast as Unhygenix in The Beach starring Leonardo DiCaprioMy hols: actor Daniel Caltagirone, thetimes.co.uk; accessed 3 December 2017. Before commencing work on The Beach, he joined the cast of Friends for a role in "The One with Ross's Wedding", filmed mostly in London. In 1999, he was cast by Guy Ritchie as one of the leads in Lock Stock, the TV spin off of the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.Cast of North Pole, rebisfilm.com; accessed 3 December 2017.
Caltagirone then starred in Roman Polanski's The Pianist which went on to win an array of international awards, including Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screen Play.
In 2003 he appeared in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie and Gerard Butler. Shortly after finishing filming on Tomb Raider he was cast in the movie The Fall. Directed by Tarsem Singh, Caltagirone played the dual roles of Hollywood star Archibald Sinclair and Governor Odious.
In 2006 Caltagirone starred in The Path to 9/11, the two part miniseries which aired in the United States on ABC. The film starring Harvey Keitel and Donnie Wahlberg dramatizes the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Caltagirone was cast as one of the CIA operatives who were allegedly sent to kill Osama bin Laden. In 2009, he played ex-SAS Captain Gideon Stone in The Fixer. He portrayed aristocrat Girolamo de Treviso in The Tudors in 2010. He then performed at The Hampstead Theatre in .45, playing alongside fellow Tudors alumna Natalie Dormer in 2011. In 2016, he appeared in the TV series Medici: Masters of Florence.. In 2020 he played Will Arnot in Death in Paradise.
In September 2021, Caltagirone was honoured with the Nations Award in Venice for Outstanding Contribution to Film.Palermo Today, 10th September 2021.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1998LegionnaireGuido Rosetti2000The BeachUnhygenix2000Mad About MamboCarlos Rega2002The PianistMajorek2002The Four FeathersGustave2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of LifeNicholas Petraki2006The FallSinclair / Governor Odious2006After...Nate2010The ReedsJoe2011LipstikkaMichael2012Outpost: Black SunMacavoy2013ConvenienceTommy2015DoughStephen Dayan2016Smoking GunsRichard Holt2016EliminatorsRay2020Original GangsterCampbell2024ThangalaanLord ClementTamil film2025Aghathiyaa French DyTamil film
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1997HeartbeatLiamEpisode: "In on the Act"1997, 2008The BillBilly Figgis / Simon Watson2 episodes1998FriendsThe WaiterEpisode: "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2"1998The Ruth Rendell MysteriesDanny Danilo3 episodes1999The CyberstalkingTaylorTelevision film1999, 2000A Touch of FrostRay English2 episodes2000Harbour LightsHarry BaddenEpisode: "A Quiet Storm"2000Lock, Stock...Moon7 episodes2001The Lost BattalionPvt. Phillip CepegliaTelevision film2006The Path to 9/11Mark2 episodes2008The PassionEban2009Above SuspicionDS Paul Barolli2009The FixerGideon StoneEpisode #2.32010Silent WitnessPeter Snelling2 episodes2010The TudorsGirolamo da Treviso2010Time Machine: Rise of the MorlocksHoyleTelevision film2012The FearEddie TimmsEpisode #1.12015Crossing LinesRobert PennyEpisode: "Redux"2016MediciPazzi7 episodes2017–2019BritanniaBrutus10 episodes2019RansomInspector Lorenzo MaramoldoEpisode: "It's a Ravenzo"20191944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?John W. PehleTelevision film2020Death in ParadiseWill 'Wolfie' ArnotEpisode: "Murder on Mosquito Island"2020Agatha and the Midnight MurdersEli SchneiderTelevision film2021DominaLedipusEpisode: "Fall"
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Daniel Caltagirone on Instagram 'We have solidarity' Melanie Sykes and ex-husband 'get rid of egos' for autistic son