Francesco Cabras (born 27 May 1966, in
Rome
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) is an Italian actor and film director. He played the role of
Gesmas
The impenitent thief is a man described in the New Testament account of the Crucifixion of Jesus. In the Gospel narrative, two criminal bandits are crucified alongside Jesus. In the first two Gospels (Matthew and Mark), they both join the crowd ...
on
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocaly ...
's ''
The Passion of the Christ
''The Passion of the Christ'' is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film produced, directed and co-written by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, mother of Jesus, and Monica Bellucci as Mary M ...
'', the chief of the rebels in
Kurt Wimmer
Kurt Wimmer (born 1964) is an American screenwriter, film producer and film director.
Biography
He attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA degree in Art History. He then moved to Los Angeles, wher ...
's ''
Equilibrium'', and
Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus g ...
in
Louis Nero
Louis Nero (born 24 September 1976) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Turin.
Life and career
Nero took a degree in D.a.m.s University of Turin in 1999. Nowadays is attending the second degree in theoretical philosoph ...
's 2011 film ''
Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...
''.
He is currently working as a director, writer, cinematographer, cameraman and producer. His acting debut won him the 1996
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the ...
's
Sacher Festival Award for best leading actor.
He directed, together with
Alberto Molinari
Alberto Molinari (born Rome, April 14, 1965) is an Italian actor, producer, and director, mainly of documentary films. He made his debut in the 1988 film ''Un bel dì vedremo''.
Filmography
As actor
Films
* '' Il cuore di mamma'', direc ...
, ''The Big Question'', a feature documentary selected at ''AFI'' Festival in Los Angeles
about the faith and the perception of the divine distributed by ''
ThinkFilm''. The film was originally produced by Mel Gibson.
References
External links
1966 births
Living people
Italian male actors
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