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Enzo Cilenti

Cilenti was born in Bradford, to Italian parents. He is married to the actress Sienna Guillory, with whom he has appeared in several films. The couple have two daughters, Valentina and Lucia Cilenti born in February 2011. After attending Bradford Grammar School, a degree in French and Spanish at the University of Nottingham followed and led to him working as a night porter and a bodyguard on the Cote D'Azur and in Mexico City respectively. He completed a one year postgraduate course in acting at Drama Studio London, after which he worked at The Duffer of St. George. His first professional acting role came in Trial & Retribution, which led to the role of Grant in the world premiere of Liz Lochhead's Perfect Days at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Here he was spotted by Wendy Brazington who was casting Michael Winterbottom's film Wonderland which at the time had the working title 'Snarl Up." Enzo played graphic artist Peter Saville on his second collaboration with Winterbottom: the Palme d'Or-nominated 24 Hour Party People. He has appeared in plays both on and off the West End, notably lead roles in Neil la Bute's The Shape of Things at The New Ambassadors Theatre, and the European premiere of the Pulitzer prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics at the Hampstead Theatre. He also performed at The Royal Court in a series of plays written and directed by Russian artists entirely in Russian; in Thai ballet as Orpheus in Backpacker Orpheus, a play devised entirely from people's experiences in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; and in conceptual theatre for new-writing company Paines Plough in a series of shows (including a one man show) commissioned over a number of seasons by Miuccia Prada to showcase collections for her Miu Miu line at Milan Fashion Week. Enzo also directed a short film called Getalife, and is currently producing his first feature length movie The Wicked Within, which he also wrote and stars in. His first novel, Mediterranean Homesick Blues, co-written with Ben Chatfield, has just been published. Enzo appeared in Kick-Ass 2 (2013) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). In 2015 he will join the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Yezzan. He now lives and resides in London and Los Angeles.


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Born:
Aug 8, 1974 In Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Movie/TV Credits:
42
First Appeared:
In the movie Magik
Latest Project:
Movie The Beekeeper 2024-01-08
Known For
Poster of The Last Tycoon
Poster of Jekyll and Hyde
Poster of Deserter
Poster of Magik
Filmography
Movie Magik Aiden 2025
Movie The Beekeeper Rico Anzalone 2024-01-08
Movie Heart of Stone Mulvaney 2023-08-09
Series The Serpent Queen Cosimo Ruggeri 2022-09-11
Movie Outside the Wire Sergeant Miller 2021-01-15
Movie National Theatre Live: Present Laughter Joe Lyppiatt 2019-11-28
Movie Greed Young Eric Weeks 2019-09-07
Series Next of Kin DS Joe Townsend 2018-01-08
Movie Juliet, Naked Barnesy 2018-08-16
Movie Free Fire Bernie 2017-03-31
Movie The Man with the Iron Heart Adolf Opálka 2017-05-25
Series The Last Tycoon Aubrey Hackett 2017-07-28
Movie The Man Who Knew Infinity Doctor 2016-04-08
Movie Bridget Jones's Baby Gianni 2016-09-14
Movie Lady Chatterley's Lover Victor Linley 2015-09-06
Series Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Childermass 2015-05-17
Movie The Wicked Within Michael 2015-10-16
Movie High-Rise Talbot 2015-11-22
Series Jekyll and Hyde Captain Dance 2015-10-25
Movie The Martian Mike Watkins 2015-09-30
Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Watchtower Guard 2014-07-30
Movie The Theory of Everything Kip Thorne 2014-11-26
Movie Kick-Ass 2 Lou 2013-07-17
Movie Supercollider Leo Tarsky 2013-11-02
Movie The Rum Diary Digby 2011-10-13
Series Game of Thrones Yezzan zo Qaggaz 2011-04-17
Series Luther Jeremy Lake 2010-05-04
Movie Nine Leopardi 2009-12-03
Movie In the Loop Bob Adriano 2009-01-22
Movie The Fourth Kind Scott Stracinsky 2009-11-05
Movie Next Mr. Jones 2007-04-25
Series The Virgin Queen Jean de Simier 2006-01-22
Movie Rabbit Fever Andrew 2006-09-22
Movie Colour Me Kubrick Waldegrave 2005-10-06
Movie Millions St Francis 2004-04-29
Movie Crust Todd Higgins 2003-12-12
Series NCIS Unknown 2003-09-23
Movie Deserter Sgt. Crepelli 2002-04-30
Movie 24 Hour Party People Peter Saville 2002-02-13
Movie Late Night Shopping Lenny 2001-06-22
Series Sweet Revenge Will Pointon 2001-10-15
Movie Wonderland Darren 1999-05-13