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Leon Vitali is a Actor, Casting and Dialogue Coach British born on 26 july 1948 at Royal Leamington Spa (United-kingdom)

Leon Vitali

Leon Vitali
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Birth name Alfred Leon
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 july 1948 at Royal Leamington Spa (United-kingdom)
Death 20 august 2022 (at 74 years)

Leon Vitali (born Alfred Leon; born July 26, 1948) is an English actor, best known for his collaborations with film-maker Stanley Kubrick, most notably as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon.

Biography

Vitali was born "Alfred Leon" in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England in 1948 and went on to attend London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Vitali guest-starred in a number of TV series in the early 1970s, appearing in Softly, Softly, Follyfoot, Roads to Freedom, Z Cars, Public Eye, The Fenn Street Gang, series 1, and Notorious Woman among others. In 1973 he made his feature film debut in two movies: the Italian Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff? (directed by Massimo Dallamano, who had previously worked with Sergio Leone as a cinematographer in the first two of his Dollars Trilogy) and TV-film Catholics, next to Martin Sheen and Michael Gambon.

It wasn't until 1975 that Vitali met Stanley Kubrick, with whom he would go on to have a professional relationship for the rest of Kubrick's career. Vitali answered a cast call for Barry Lyndon and got the part of Lord Bullingdon, the title character's stepson. Kubrick and Vitali bonded during the shoot. Five years later, Kubrick sent Vitali a copy of Stephen King's The Shining and asked him to join the production of Kubrick's next film, to which Vitali eagerly agreed. He is credited in The Shining (1980) as "personal assistant to director".

In 1977 he portrayed Victor Frankenstein in Calvin Floyd's adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein, where he met his would-be-wife Kersti Vitali, who worked as costume designer in the shoot. The Vitalis then worked as costume designers in Birgitta Svensson's Mackan, after which Leon played a bit part in Svensson's next film, Inter Rail (1981). Leon and Kersti would divorce later on.

Vitali teamed once more with Stanley Kubrick for Full Metal Jacket (1987), where he served both as casting director and assistant to director. Twelve years later, Vitali was credited with the same titles in working with Kubrick in what would be his last movie, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), where he also played the ominous Red Cloak who confronts Tom Cruise during the infamous orgy scene. Vitali's name can actually be seen in the third column of the newspaper article that Cruise's character reads to learn about the Ex-beauty queen in hotel drugs overdose. Vitali's cameo in print is as a "fashion designer".

Since Kubrick's death, Vitali has overseen the restoration of both picture and sound elements for most of Kubrick's films. In 2004 Vitali was honored with the Cinema Audio Society's President's Award for this work.

Best films

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
(Casting)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
(Casting)
Little Children (2006)
(Location Manager)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
(Actor)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Leon Vitali (9 films)

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Actor

Romeo & Juliet, 1h58
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Théâtre, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Ed Westwick
Roles Apothecary
Rating58% 2.9184952.9184952.9184952.9184952.918495
During the Late Middle Ages in Verona, two wealthy families, the Montagues and Capulets, have been feuding for centuries. One day at the market place, the feuding families start a brawl which infuriates the Prince and he threatens that if the peace of Verona is disturbed again, he shall take their lives. Meanwhile, Romeo is a young Montague who reveals that he is in love with Lord Capulet's niece, Rosaline.
Little Children, 2h11
Directed by Todd Field
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman
Roles Oddly Familiar Man
Rating74% 3.7482853.7482853.7482853.7482853.748285
Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet) is a hapless, stay-at-home mother in a small suburban Boston community. She had been working on a doctorate in English, but set aside her work to marry Richard (Gregg Edelman) and raise their 3-year-old daughter, Lucy (Sadie Goldstein). Her marriage falls apart when she discovers that Richard is addicted to online pornography. She meets Brad Adamson (Patrick Wilson), a law student who brings his 4-year-old son, Aaron (Ty Simpkins), to the park. Although Brad's marriage to Katherine (Jennifer Connelly) is loving and amicable, it has been lacking intimacy.
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, 2h22
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Singer, Paul Mazursky, Christiane Kubrick
Roles Self
Rating79% 3.9943353.9943353.9943353.9943353.994335
Un documentaire sur l'univers mystérieux d'un des génies du septième art avec en voix off Tom Cruise. Inspiré des archives de la famille Kubrick, ce long métrage dresse le portrait intimiste d'une figure de légende à travers des images fascinantes (Stanley Kubrick à ses débuts, sur les plateaux de tournage et dans la vie privée) et commentées par ses collaborateurs, collègues et amis. Depuis ses choix musicaux jusqu'à ses angles de caméra en passant par ses projets restés inachevés, il s'agit d'un document essentiel à la compréhension de l'homme et de ses oeuvres.
Eyes Wide Shut, 2h39
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Todd Field, Jackie Sawiris, Madison Eginton
Roles Red Cloak
Rating74% 3.749963.749963.749963.749963.74996
Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) and his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), are a young couple living in New York. They go to a Christmas party thrown by a wealthy patient, Victor Ziegler (Sydney Pollack). Bill meets an old friend from medical school, Nick Nightingale (Todd Field), who now plays piano professionally. While a Hungarian man named Sandor Szavost (Sky du Mont) tries to pick up Alice, two young models try to take Bill off for a tryst. He is interrupted by a call from his host upstairs, who had been having sex with Mandy (Julienne Davis), a young woman who has overdosed on a speedball. Mandy recovers with Bill's aid.
Inter Rail
Inter Rail (1981)

Genres Comedy
Actors Hannes Holm, Leon Vitali
Roles Ron
Rating52% 2.6345452.6345452.6345452.6345452.634545
Mafia Junction
Directed by Massimo Dallamano
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Ivan Rassimov, Leon Vitali, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Michael Sheard, Patricia Hayes, Harry Fielder
Rating61% 3.0920853.0920853.0920853.0920853.092085
L'inspecteur Cliff Hoyst (Ivan Rassimov) est infiltré dans un réseau anglais de traffiquants de drogue. Sa mission consiste à remonter l'ensemble des intermédiaires afin de confondre Morell (Red Carter), la supposée tête pensante de ce réseau. Lors d'un échange, il abat un émissaire chargé de négocier un stock d'héroïne avec Mama la Turque (Patricia Hayes) dans le but d'entraîner une réaction en chaîne qui lui permettrait de s'approprier l'argent de l'organisation.

Producer

Little Children, 2h11
Directed by Todd Field
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman
Roles Location Manager
Rating74% 3.7482853.7482853.7482853.7482853.748285
Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet) is a hapless, stay-at-home mother in a small suburban Boston community. She had been working on a doctorate in English, but set aside her work to marry Richard (Gregg Edelman) and raise their 3-year-old daughter, Lucy (Sadie Goldstein). Her marriage falls apart when she discovers that Richard is addicted to online pornography. She meets Brad Adamson (Patrick Wilson), a law student who brings his 4-year-old son, Aaron (Ty Simpkins), to the park. Although Brad's marriage to Katherine (Jennifer Connelly) is loving and amicable, it has been lacking intimacy.
Eyes Wide Shut, 2h39
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Todd Field, Jackie Sawiris, Madison Eginton
Roles Casting
Rating74% 3.749963.749963.749963.749963.74996
Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) and his wife, Alice (Nicole Kidman), are a young couple living in New York. They go to a Christmas party thrown by a wealthy patient, Victor Ziegler (Sydney Pollack). Bill meets an old friend from medical school, Nick Nightingale (Todd Field), who now plays piano professionally. While a Hungarian man named Sandor Szavost (Sky du Mont) tries to pick up Alice, two young models try to take Bill off for a tryst. He is interrupted by a call from his host upstairs, who had been having sex with Mandy (Julienne Davis), a young woman who has overdosed on a speedball. Mandy recovers with Bill's aid.
Full Metal Jacket, 1h56
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about the labor movement, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Adam Baldwin, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Arliss Howard, Dorian Harewood
Roles Casting
Rating82% 4.1489354.1489354.1489354.1489354.148935
In 1967, during the Vietnam War, a group of new U.S. Marine Corps recruits arrive at Parris Island, South Carolina, for basic training. After having their heads shaved, they meet Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, who employs excessively aggressive tactics to turn the recruits into hardened, combat-ready Marines. Among the recruits are privates "Joker", "Cowboy", and the overweight, bumbling Leonard Lawrence, who earns the nickname "Gomer Pyle" after attracting Hartman's wrath.

Team

Romeo & Juliet, 1h58
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Théâtre, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Ed Westwick
Roles Dialogue Coach
Rating58% 2.9184952.9184952.9184952.9184952.918495
During the Late Middle Ages in Verona, two wealthy families, the Montagues and Capulets, have been feuding for centuries. One day at the market place, the feuding families start a brawl which infuriates the Prince and he threatens that if the peace of Verona is disturbed again, he shall take their lives. Meanwhile, Romeo is a young Montague who reveals that he is in love with Lord Capulet's niece, Rosaline.