Farewell to the eclectic actor Luis Molteni, stage name for Gianluigi Molteni, who died yesterday in Rome at the age of 73 after a very long and varied career in theatre, cinema and TV.
On social media, among the many messages of condolence, there is also one from Nuovo Imaie: "Goodbye to Luis Molteni. We will remember you for your Danny De Vito "de noantri" appearance, your love for theater and passion for cinema. You are still on the screens with Romeo is Juliet. We will see you there. In the meantime, dear Luis, enjoy the journey. Your friends from Nuovo Imaie".
Born in Seregno in 1950, he made his debut at the end of the 70s with the theater (Quelli di Grock) and remained linked to it with many successful shows including Sumerycon (i.e. Nutella amara) with Corrado Guzzanti, Francesca Reggiani and Cinzia Leone, in Barefoot in the park directed by Sergio Castellitto and Margaret Mazzantini, The War of the Roses directed by Ugo Chiti and where he played the role of Danny De Vito, The Abusive Prince with Alessandro Siani and Christian De Sica.
At the cinema he made his debut with Maurizio Nichetti in I made a splash in the '80s, he played the Butter Man in Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio and is on screens these days with Romeo and Juliet directed by Giovanni Veronesi.
But the list of his films and the many directors with whom he worked is truly endless, from Giuseppe Tornatore to Sergio Rubini, from Dario Argento to Carlo Vanzina, from Neri Parenti to Gabriele Muccino, from Carlo Verdone to Sergio Castellitto.
There are also many TV dramas from the Police District to Elisa di Rivombrosa, from Don Matteo to John Paul II, from Inspector Manara to Inspector Coliandro up to Sono Lillo in 2023 directed by Eros Puglielli.
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