Leonardo Cecchi

Leonardo Cecchi
Born (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26)
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Leonardo Cecchi (born 26 August 1998) is an Italian actor. He is best known for playing Alex Leoni in the Disney Channel television series Alex & Co. (2015–2017).

Biography

[edit]

Cecchi was born in Minneapolis to an Italian father and American mother.[1][2] He grew up in Piscina, Piedmont.[3] He began participating in youth theater productions at the age of six and later attended Liceo Germana Erba [it], a drama school in Turin.[1][4]

In 2017, he moved to the United States to pursue acting abroad.[5] That year, he published an autobiography, Un respiro lungo e via.[1]

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Ref.
2016 Tini: The Movie Saúl [6]
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents Alex Leoni [2]
2021 Vote for Santa Mike [7]
2022 Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend Giampaolo Dallara [8]
A Christmas Mystery Harrison Bottoms [9]
2024 Prom Dates Giancarlo [4]

Television

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015–2017 Alex & Co. Alex Leoni 55 episodes [10]
2019 Catch-22 Bystander #2 1 episode [11]
The Wrong Stepmother [fr] Tyler Television film
2021 American Horror Stories Milo 1 episode [12]

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Cecchi, Leonardo (2017). Un respiro lungo e via (in Italian). Mondadori. ISBN 9788891813275.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c Andruetto, Guido (18 September 2017). "Leonardo Cecchi: "Io, tra Torino e Hollywood a vent'anni idolo delle ragazzine"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Rivaroli, Alberto (25 November 2016). "«Come diventare grandi nonostante i genitori», l'intervista a Leonardo Cecchi". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  3. ^ Resta, Lucia (17 April 2021). "La nuova vita di Leonardo Cecchi dopo Alex & Co.: vive a Los Angeles, studia e... sorprende i fan". Elle Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Meet Leonardo Cecchi". Canvas Rebel. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  5. ^ Muraro, Alberto (22 September 2017). "GingerGeneration.it intervista Leonardo Cecchi: "sto per trasferirmi negli Stati Uniti!"". Ginger Generation (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  6. ^ Maiuccaro, Rosa (17 November 2015). "I protagonisti di Alex & Co: «Siamo ragazzi normali, non Brad Pitt»". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  7. ^ Ruggiero, Maria Teresa (23 June 2021). "Vote for Santa, al via le riprese del film con Natasha Henstridge". Universal Movies (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  8. ^ Ramey, Jay (3 November 2022). ""Lamborghini: The Man behind the Legend" Trailer Drops". Autoweek. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  9. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (19 November 2022). "HBO Max Thanksgiving Double Feature: Watch Trailers For 'Holiday Harmony' & 'A Christmas Mystery'". Deadline. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  10. ^ Arcidiacono, Massimo (21 July 2015). "Alex&Co. A Giffoni il cast dei giovani attori italiani della serie tv Disney". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  11. ^ Boni, Laura (21 July 2021). "Leonardo Cecchi di Alex&Co nel cast della terza puntata di American Horror Stories". Ginger Generation (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  12. ^ Reiher, Andrea (22 July 2021). "'American Horror Stories' Episode 3 Takes Viewers To a 'Drive In' of Horrors". Variety. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
[edit]