Tony D'Amario (10 July 1960 – 29 June 2005 in

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) was a French actor best known for his role as K2 in ''

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''. He made his film debut in 1999, with a small role in '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc''. He followed this with a string of small film roles throughout the early 2000s, and appeared in an episode of the long-running crime series ''Central nuit'' in 2003. His most notable film role came in the 2004 film ''Banlieue 13'', in which he portrayed one of the main

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s. After this he appeared in an episode of ''Le Tuteur''. D'Amario died of an

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that led to a

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on 29 June 2005, while filming ''

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'', which his only international film and released posthumously in 2008.

Filmography

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1961 births 2005 deaths French male film actors French people of Italian descent {{France-actor-stub