Lo Verso, Enrico

(1964-)

   Actor. One of the most distinctive young actors to emerge in the New Italian Cinema of the early 1990s, Lo Verso studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia before making his first screen appearance in Antonello Grimaldi's Nulla cipuo fermare (Nothing Can Stop Us, 1988). After playing strong supporting roles in Pasquale Squitieri's Atto di dolore (Act of Sorrow, 1991) and Michele Placido's Le Amiche del cuore (Close Friends, 1992), he achieved international renown as the young policeman charged with escorting the children to Sicily in Gianni Amelio's Il ladro di bambini (The Stolen Children, 1992). He subsequently acted in several other major films by Amelio, including Lamerica (1994) and Cost ridevano (So They Laughed, 1999), while also providing strong performances in, among others, Ricky Tognazzi's La scorta (The Escort, 1993), Carmine Amoroso's Come mi vuoi (As You Want Me, 1997), Michele Placido's Delperduto amore (Of Love Lost, 1998), and Giovanni Davide Maderna's L'amore imperfetto (Imperfect Love, 2001). He has also worked extensively out-side of Italy, appearing in films such as Gerard Corbiau's baroque extravaganza Farinelli (1994), Philippe Berenger's Mediterranees, and Ridley Scott's horror classic Hannibal (2001).