Alessandro Cremona (born 1969) is an Italian actor best known in English language cinema for his role of the

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Marco Sciarra in the

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'' (2015).

Biography

He was born in

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in the province of

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. His family were originally from

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, in the province of

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, in

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Selected filmography

*''

Nirvana ( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp Richard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colomb ...

'' (1997), as a policeman *''

20 - Venti ''20 - Venti'' (aka ''Twenty'') is a 2000 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Marco Pozzi. Plot The journey of a porn actress and a journalist, through twenty episodes, linked by the continued presence on the scene of cigarettes. Cast *An ...

'' (2000) *'' Malèna'' (2000) *''

Miracle in Palermo! ''Miracle in Palermo!'' ( it, Miracolo a Palermo it) is a 2004 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Beppe Cino. Cast * Tony Sperandeo as Sparagna * Vincent Schiavelli as Federico II * Luigi Maria Burruano as Fofò * Maria Grazi ...

'' (2004), as ''the Boss'' *''

I giorni dell'abbandono ''The Days of Abandonment'' ( it, I giorni dell'abbandono} is a film of 2005 by Roberto Faenza, set in Turin, based on the novel '' The Days of Abandonment'' by Elena Ferrante. Synopsis Olga (Buy), literary translator, wife and mother of two ...

'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *''

The Bodyguard's Cure ''The Bodyguard's Cure'' ( it, La cura del gorilla) is a 2006 Italian neo-noir film directed by Carlo Arturo Sigon. Cast * Claudio Bisio: Sandrone * Stefania Rocca: Vera * Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine (; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; Ja ...

'' (2006), as Spada *''

Me and Marilyn ''Me and Marilyn'' ( it, Io & Marilyn) is a 2009 Italian comedy film directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian and screenwriter. Born in Florence, he made his di ...

'' (2009) *' (2010), as Mustafà *''

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'' (2012) *''

'' (2015), as Marco Sciarra a

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*''

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'' (2016), as Ferzetti *' (2019), as Fiore

References

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