Luca Lionello is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 actor

Actor

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. His father was the actor and voice dubbing artist

Voice acting

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 Oreste Lionello

Oreste Lionello

Oreste Lionello was an Italian actor and voice dubbing artist. He was well known as Italy's film 'voice' for Woody Allen.-Biography:...

. An actor since 1986, Luca Lionello came to international attention in 2004, when he played the role of Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot

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 in Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...

's The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ

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He was an atheist until 2004, when he became a Catholic

Catholic

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, owing to his experience filming The Passion of the Christ.

He has also played at least two other Apostles

Apostle (Christian)

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: St. Barnabas

Barnabas

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 in Imperium: St. Peter, starring Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

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, and St. Thomas

Thomas the Apostle

Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the Roman...

 in Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara is an American film screenwriter and director. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer , Ms. 45 , King of New York , Bad Lieutenant and The Funeral .-Early life:Ferrara was born in the Bronx of Italian and Irish descent...

's Mary

Mary (2005 film)

Mary is a 2005 drama thriller film, written and directed by American director Abel Ferrara. The film stars Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Modine and Heather Graham....

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