| Luca Barbareschi | |
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| Name: | Luca Barbareschi |
| Born: | July 28, 1956 |
| Occupation: | actor, television presenter, politician |
| Years active: | 1980-present |
| Known for: | Starring in Cannibal Holocaust |
Luca Barbareschi (born July 28, 1956 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter and politician, member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film Cannibal Holocaust. So realistic was the film that was shortly after it was released its director Ruggero Deodato was arrested for the murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media for a year in order to fuel rumors that the film was a snuff movie. The court was only convinced that they were alive when the contracts were cancelled and the actors appeared on a television show as proof.
In 1992, he hosted the shot-lived American game show That's Amore.
In 2001, he hosted a short-lived Italian version of Greed for Rai 2.
In 2008, he was elected as member of the Italian Parliament at the Chamber of Deputies with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party People of Freedom. In 2010, he joined with other 32 deputies and 10 senators, the Gianfranco Fini's new Party "Future and Freedom for Italy".
In 2012, he made a great stir when he knocked out an Italian journalist who was asking about his absence from sessions of parliament.
Shows hosted[]
That's Amore (1992-1993)
Greed (Italian version only/2001)