Marco Leonardi Overview

Born in Australia to Italian parents, Marco Leonardi moved to Rome at the age of four with his family. He began appearing in commercials at a very young age and made his film debut at the age of 14, appearing in 1986's La sposa era bellissima before gaining wider recognition in Cinema Paradiso (1989). Besides starring in over 20 Italian films, he played the lead role of Pedro in the critically-acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate (1992) before making his U.S. feature film debut in Desperate... See All