Biografi
Mario Opinato was born on July 26, 1964, in Catania, Sicily, where he began his career as a dancer with a contemporary Dance Theatre Company. In July 1990, after spending a year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, studying Latin American dances such as salsa, merengue, and samba, he relocated to Los Angeles to study at the Lee Strasberg Actors Studio in Hollywood.
He has since taken on leading and supporting roles in American stage productions including "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht, "Cecè" by Luigi Pirandello, "Camino Real" and "27 Wagons Full of Cotton" by Tennessee Williams, as well as "The Necklace" and "The Forbidden Fruit" by Guy de Maupassant. In 1994, he secured his first film role in The Dangerous (1995), alongside Joel Grey and Elliott Gould. He has appeared in over 20 films ranging from big-budget to independent projects, as well as television shows. His film credits include Double Team (1997), The Muse (1999), The Good War (2002), Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018), All the Money in the World (2017), 2047: Sights of Death (2014), Annamaura (2012), and The Card Player (2003).
