Salvatore Cascio (born 8 November 1979) is an
Italian
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actor. His most famous performance was in ''
Cinema Paradiso'' (1988), for which he received critical acclaim and a
BAFTA Award
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. He suffers from
retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic disorder of the eyes that causes loss of vision. Symptoms include trouble seeing at night and decreasing peripheral vision (side and upper or lower visual field). As peripheral vision worsens, people may ...
.
He is Roman Catholic.
Filmography
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1979 births
Living people
People from Palazzo Adriano
Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winners
Italian male film actors
Italian male child actors
20th-century Italian male actors
21st-century Italian male actors
Actors from the Province of Palermo
Italian Roman Catholics
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