Dario Oliviero (born 12 July 1972), better known by his stage name Gabriel Garko, is an Italian actor and former fashion model.
Actor in both film and television, he has appeared mainly on the small screen. He started his career at the end of 1990s but achieved a breakthrough in 2006 with the television drama ''
L'onore e il rispetto'' where he plays the mob boss Tonio Fortebracci.
Background
Born in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
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Piedmont
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, Italy to a Venetian father and Sicilian mother, Garko was raised in the nearby suburb of
Settimo Torinese
Settimo Torinese ( pms, Ël Seto) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont, Italy. The name ''settimo'' means "seventh", and it comes from the comune's distance from Turin, which is seven Roman miles. It is bordered by the oth ...
. His film credits include ''
Callas Forever'' (2002), and ''L'onore e il rispetto'' (2006) a television mini-series where he portrayed a ruthless fictitious Mafia boss Tonio Fortebracci. In Tinto Brass' ''
Senso '45
''Senso '45'' (also released internationally as ''Black Angel'') is an Italian erotic drama film written and directed by Tinto Brass, based on the novella '' Senso'' by Camillo Boito, also which inspired Luchino Visconti's 1954 film.
Instead of ...
'' he appears full-frontal nude in a scene with lead actress
Anna Galiena. He starred alongside actresses
Serena Autieri and
Manuela Arcuri
Manuela Arcuri (born 8 January 1977, in Anagni) is an Italian actress, model and soubrette. She was the protagonist of two successful TV series, '' L'onore e il rispetto'' and '' Il peccato e la vergogna''.
Biography
Arcuri was born in Anagni, ...
. In 2010 he starred in the main role of Nito Valdi in another mini-series ''
Il peccato e la vergogna'', which was set in Italy during World War II. Manuela Arcuri was his co-star in this series as well. In 2011, he starred in the television mini-series ', a police thriller.
He currently lives in
Zagarolo
Zagarolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the region of Lazio of central Italy. It lies southeast of Rome, and it borders the municipalities of Colonna, Gallicano nel Lazio, Monte Compatri, Palestrina, Rome, San Cesar ...
. Garko is the owner of a riding school; enjoys bodybuilding, swimming, horse riding and skiing. He came out as bisexual in September 2020.
Filmography
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Actors from Turin
Italian male models
Italian male actors
Male beauty pageant winners
Italian beauty pageant winners
Bisexual male actors
LGBT models
LGBT actors from Italy
Models from Turin