Domiziano Arcangeli (born June 10, 1968 in Venice, Italy) is an Italian and American actor, producer, and writer.[1]
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Arcangeli, was discovered in 1979 by famed photographer Helmut Newton, who eventually, photographed the young new face, in many exclusive photo shoots (in Montecarlo and Berlin), that gained controversy, for the young age of the model, but, made the covers of many popular publications worldwide, establishing Arcangeli, as a very interesting personality, and model, throughout the 1980's[2]. He began his acting career in 1980 in the Italian-Japanese romantic drama Eden no sono.[3] He has acted in over 100 films(among others: "The Good Soldier" directed by Franco Brusati in 1982[4],"Francesco" directed by Liliana Cavani in 1989, starring Mickey Rourke[5],Lucio Fulci's nazi exploitation extravaganza's Sodoma's Ghost in 1989[6],Tinto Brass blockbuster's "Paprika" in 1991[7]). In 2002 was cast as Popo for the Luxembourg/UK/Showtime Networks drama television series "Zalman King's ChromiumBlue".[8] His first American role earned in the Fabien Pruvot drama film Sin's Kitchen in 2004, where he played,opposite Jeffrey Wright, the twisted rich boy Carlton, a role that became more and more popular and layered in his later film roles:the tormented villain or antagonist.[9] Arcangeli starred later in the lead role of the Science-Fiction thriller film, Box of Shadows[10], in the slick Futuristic outbreak/action Drama Virus X (2011), playing the villain Jerron, and, playing opposite another Cult Star, Sybil Danning. This movie was also produced by Arcangeli, through his new Production Company, Empire Films Inc.[11], and released by Sam Raimi's Grindstone Entertainment and Lions Gate. He went on playing, right after that, another extremely different character, the handsome Samuel, a human who gets made into an immortal, ambiguous vampire in the Gothic romantic drama, The Brides of Sodom[12]to be released in 2012, and also produced by Arcangeli's Empire Films Inc.[13]. He will also be seen in a diverse variety of starring roles in 2012, such as the unpredictable Larry, in Ivan Zuccon's supernatural thriller, Wrath of the Crows, playing opposite, actress Tiffany Shepis[14], then as the disturbed, heart broken, and touching, Aldo, in actor/writer/director's new and highly controversial, bittersweet comedy called Scenes from a Gay Marriage[15], followed by the portrait of a very complex man, Bob, in Sundance Winner Director, Everett Lewis's, new romantic drama, taking place in the colorful, yet, extreme crowd, populating the reborn's Downtown L.A.'s Art District, called "Territory"[16], and, also as a cruel and sexy gangster, 'Chaka', on the second season of the hip TV Series Femme Fatales[17], airing on the cable network, Cinemax. The Actor funded his own Production Company in 2009[18]and has been producing movies actively since[19], the last one is an horror comedy, co-produced with TLA Releasing, called Waiting for Dracula[20], and where Arcangeli makes also his directorial debut.
He currently resides in Los Angeles.[21] The actor and Film producer has 2 sons, who were born in Atlanta, on November 11, 2011.The two fraternal twins, named Skyler and Thor-Lyndon, both live at the father's residence in[Los Angeles, CA.][22]