Chi è questo?

December 12, 2007 3:57 PM

Hi. Who is this actor?

I took this shot on the Via Veneto in Rome, so he's probably Italian. They were shooting a film or a TV show.

And who is this director? Photo taken at the same location.

posted by wfc123 to media & arts (14 comments total)

Willem Dafoe on a good day?
posted by Drexen at 4:54 PM on December 12, 2007

Looks like Marc Singer.
posted by marylynn at 4:59 PM on December 12, 2007

Or, you know, some Italian actor...
posted by marylynn at 5:00 PM on December 12, 2007

Looks like Gary Cole in the longer shot, but it's a pretty generic look and besides, he's not filming anything right now. I'm sure if you find the actor you can get the director from IMDB.
posted by rhizome at 5:14 PM on December 12, 2007

Yeah, he looks like Marc Singer but I agree it's probably an Italian actor. Don't give up... if the hive mind can figure out the identity of my snooty French dude, I'm willing to bet they'll nail this for you before the day is done. :)
posted by miss lynnster at 5:37 PM on December 12, 2007

It looks like Thomas Haden Church to me. He was in Rome for the Spiderman 3 premiere earlier this year.
posted by misha at 6:10 PM on December 12, 2007

(Hey guys, note that those pics were taken almost 3 years ago, in Feb of '05)

He does looks like Marc Singer, but the Marc singer of 10 years ago or so, back in his beastmastering days.
posted by mumkin at 6:41 PM on December 12, 2007

I think he looks a bit like Bruce Greenwood.
posted by momzilla at 7:44 PM on December 12, 2007

I'd have said Marc Singer, too. That was my first thought.
posted by yellowcandy at 8:27 PM on December 12, 2007

That guy's ears and Marc Singer's are substantially different.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:47 PM on December 12, 2007

The problem is, this guy has the typical 'Nordic good looks' of 90% of soap opera leading men.
posted by Hargrimm at 9:10 PM on December 12, 2007

I thought it looked like Jan Michael Vincent, but he's looking quite awful these days.
posted by deadmessenger at 9:43 PM on December 12, 2007

I immediately thought of Gary Cole as well.

IMDB

GIS for comparison
posted by ekstasis23 at 8:12 AM on December 13, 2007

There is an American actor he is a dead ringer for but not as big name as any of the ones so far in this thread. I'll see if it comes to me.
posted by biffa at 2:59 PM on December 13, 2007