Who is Francesco Arca: age, wife, children and curiosities

Francis Ark it's a actor, model and Italian television personality, who conquered the public thanks to his charismatic presence and his great versatility. After participating in several Television programs, such as Wanting or Flying and Men and Women, the actor dedicated himself to acting, taking part in numerous successful dramas.

First name & Last name: Francesco Arca
Date of birth: 19 November 1979
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Place of birth: Siena (Italy)
Height: M 1,82
Girlfriends: Irene Capuano (2013-present), Laura Chiatti (2007-2010)
Sons: Maria Sole (2015), Brando Maria (2018)

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Private life

Francesco Arca suffered a great loss when he was still a teenager, i.e. the death of father Silvano, a paratrooper originally from Oristano, who lost his life in a tragic accident at work.

In his love life, Arca has had different relationships important, including Carla Velli, Jennifer Rodriguez, Laura Chiatti, Anna Safroncik and, finally, his current partner Irene Capuano.

With the latter, the actor was lucky find the love in December of the 2013, having separated in the past and never remarried. Their love story led to the birth of two sons: Maria Sole, born on 1 September 2015, and Brando Maria, born on 6 April 2018 in Rome.

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His career

Debuts in 2004 as a competitor to “Will or Fly”, the reality show of Channel 5 condotto Maria DeFilippi. Subsequently, she participates as “tronista" to "Men and women“, choosing the “suitor” Carla Velli, with whom he establishes a relationship that lasted two years and is constantly at the center of gossip magazines.

But his true ambition is to do the actor: in 2006, Francesco Arca moves to Rome and begins to follow courses in acting e diction. His debut on the big screen takes place in 2007, in the role of the seducer Brando in "25/12 – Christmas on recordby Alfonso Bergamo. However, the film was not successful and the actor decided to focus on television.

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From 2008, Francesco Arca begins to collect small roles in TV series, including “Spell 10” and “I married a cop 2”, in which he embodies the police officer Antonio Branca.

But it is with "Antimafia team - Palermo today” that the actor gets greater visibility, thanks to his interpretation of the character of Claudio Amendola. The success continues with other successful series, such as “Don Matteo"and "Commissioner Montalbano“, in which Francesco Arca demonstrates his versatility and his skill in covering different and complex roles.

Small and big screen

In 2010 Ark has a small role in “I'm sorry but I want to marry youby Frederick Moccia. In 2011 she is in the cast of the film “5 (Five)” by Francesco Dominedò, while in the two-year period 2012-2013 he is one of the protagonists of the first two seasons of the series “Eva's three roses".

In 2014 comes the turning point for the Tuscan actor: Ferzan Ozpetek choose it as protagonist of his new film, “Fasten your seatbelts“. In this film, Arca plays the role of Antonio, a rough and childish mechanic who falls in love with Elena, a sophisticated woman. For the film, the actor had to put on over ten kilos and had to abandon an active life for a sedentary life. Thanks to this film, Arca proves to be a versatile actor, capable of playing different roles and taking on important challenges.

Following the success of "Fasten Your Seatbelts," the actor continues to work in both film and television. In 2014 he lends his face to the new commissioner of the sixteenth season of "Commissioner Rex“. Finally, she is the protagonist of the television series “Stay with me“, where he plays the Deputy Commissioner Alessandro Scudieri.