Son of Eduardo De Filippo and torinese singer-actress Thea Prandi. From two different companions had had three sons: Matthew, Thomas and Louise. In 2013 had married Carolina Rosi, daughter of film director Francesco Rosi, with whom he shared a lot of theatrical experiences. His career began in 1955, at the age of seven, in the role of Mary Joy in Misery and nobility, by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by his father. The actual debut, takes place at the age of 20, the son of Pulcinella, Eduardo ( directed by Gennaro M ), under the name Luca Della Porta.

 

Directed by Eduardo, his father, participates in both theatre and in television versions:

 

The contract

The Cylinder

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Filumena Marturano

I'm not paying you

Il sindaco del rione Sanità

Napoli milionaria!

De Pretore Vincenzo

The lies with long legs

Man and gentleman

Natale in casa Cupiello

Exams never finish

Inner voices

Sik-Sik, the magic maker

Gennareniello

Pain under lock and key

Those include many years ago

Always tell him "Yes"

Who is cchiu ' felice ' e me!

CAP and bells

Lemon peel

' Or ' thunder and March

La donna è mobile

Dogs and cats

Curing Lu de pumpiero nu napulitano

' Na santarella

Three lucky canzune

Nu Turkish napulitane

 

Particularly attentive to contemporary theatre, is a Director and performer de La casa al mare, by Vincenzo Cerami, 1990-1991; the protagonist of Tuttosà and That beast, directed by Benno Besson, 1992-1993; de the flasher, written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, 1993-1994; de the lover, by Harold Pinter, with Anna Galiena, directed by Melly Ruth Shammah, 1997; de the suicide, free adaptation of Michele Serra da Nicolaj Erdman, directed by Armando Pugliese, 1999-2000; of waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, his also directed, 2001-2002; and directs Resisted, Indro Montanelli, realized incollaboration with the Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan. In 2002-2003 plays The ball at his feet, by Georges Feydeau, Gianfelice Imparato and Carolina Rosi, directed by Armando Pugliese, making sure it is even, with Carolina Rosi, translation and adaptation. In May 2003, debuts in the same San Carlo Theatre, directed by Francesco Rosi, the new staging of Napoli Milionaria!, nearly sixty years after the historic first representation of 25 March 1945, a few months after the end the war, in the sala requisitioned and obtained by Eduardo for only one replica. Luke is the protagonist, beside the actress Mariangela D'abbraccio. In 2006, directed by Francesco Rosi, Debuts at Teatro Argentina talking inner voices, by Eduardo. The third staging of the trilogy on Eduardo in collaboration with Francesco Rosi "Filumena Marturano" referred to is interpreter with Lina Sastri. At the end of 2009, together with Nicola Piovani, presents at the Teatro San Ferdinando di Napoli Father Stork, a poem set to music to recall Eduardo 25 years after his death. In 2010, back with the show long-legged lies, of which it is also the main interpreter, in 2012, de La Grande Magia. In December 2013, stages a new show: a Midsummer night's hangover, by Eduardo De Filippo comedy, freely adapted from the fortune he enjoys, of Athos. In 2015 directing the drama school of the Teatro Stabile di Napoli, founds the Foundation Eduardo De Filippo, formed in 2008, following the donation of the Teatro San Fernando to the city of Naples by the family De Filippo. The Foundation pursues cultural and active in civil and social purposes for the benefit of children at risk for whom Luke agrees, as his father, promoter of regional law No 41 of 1987, known as the "law Eduardo".

Is admitted to hospital in Rome for a disc disease, but he was diagnosed with cancer. He died on 27 November 2015 at the age of 67 years in his home in Rome. Funerals, in secular form, you are celebrated on 30 November within the theater Argentina in Rome in the presence of family members, friends and colleagues.

 

 

Past productions

 

1955/ Misery and nobility, Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1968/ The son of Pulcinella, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Gennaro Magliulo, under the pseudonym of Luca Della Porta

1968/ Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1970/ Dogs and cats, by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1972/ Long-legged lies, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1973/ The mayor of the Health Ward, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1974/ Exams never end, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1975, 1976, 1977 / Christmas at the Cupiello's, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1977/ inner voices, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1978/ Gennareniello, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1979/ The mayor of the Health Ward, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1979/ The CAP and bells, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1980, 1981, 1982/ The woman is mobile, Vincenzo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1980/ Sik-Sik, the magic maker, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1980/ Pain under lock and key, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1980/ Lemon peel, Gino Rocca, adaptation in Neapolitan by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1980, 1981/ Pulcinella ca va trying to luck his pe ' Napule ( or ' luck ' and Pulicenella, by Antonio Pandey), free makeover from Pulcinella that BA truvanno ' a fortune soja pè Napule, by Pasquale Altavilla, reduction and directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1981, 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 1999/ Ditegli sempre di sì, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo (1997-' 98 season 1998-99 \ ': directed by Luca De Filippo

1982, 1983/ Three cazune furtunate, Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1983, 1984/ Turkish Nu napulitano, by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1983, 1984, 1985/ Who is cchiu ' felice ' e me!, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997/ Man and gentleman, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

1985, 1986, 1987/ Don Giovanni, by Molière, directed by Luca De Filippo

1986, 1987, 1988/ 'or Scarfalietto, by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Armando Pugliese

1988, 1989/ And Cape point each year, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Armando Pugliese

1989, 1990, 1991 I don't pay you, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

1990/ The pleasure of honesty, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Luca De Filippo

1990, 1991, 1992/ The Beach House, by Vincenzo Cerami, directed by Luca De Filippo

1991, 1992, 1993/ These ghosts!, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Armando Pugliese

1993/ Tuttosà and Chebestia, by Coline Serreau, translation by Stefano Benni from Quisaitout et Grobeta, directed by Benno Benson

1993, 1994, 1995/ The flasher, by Lina Wertmüller, directed by Lina Wertmüller

1994, 1995, 1996/ The contract, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

1995, 1996, 1997/ Torquato Tasso, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

1997, 1998 / The lover, by Harold Pinter, directed by Andrée Ruth Shammah

1997, 1998, 1999/ Truffles or the imposter, by Molière, free translation from the original Enzo Moscato, directed by Armando Pugliese

1999, 2000/ The suicide, free adaptation of Michele Serra

2000, 2001, 2002 / The art of comedy, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004/ Eduardo at the Kursaal, project by Armando Pugliese and Luca De Filippo on texts by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Armando Pugliese

2001, 2002/ Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, translation of Carlo Fruttero, directed by Luca De Filippo

2001, 2002/ Resisted, Indro Montanelli, directed by Luca De Filippo

2002, 2003/ Torquato Tasso, Eduardo De Filippo, with music by Antonio Sala, directed by Luca De Filippo

2002, 2003/ The ball at his feet, by Georges Feydeau, translation and adaptation of Carolina Rosi and Luca De Filippo, directed by Armando Pugliese

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006/ Napoli milionaria!, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Francesco Rosi – the company of James Dahl/Mercadante Teatro Stabile di Napoli

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009/ inner voice sby Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Francesco Rosi

2008, 2009, 2010/ Filumena Marturano by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Francesco Rosi

2010, 2011, 2012 / lies with long legs, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

2012, 2013/ the great magic, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

2013, 2014, 2015/ A Midsummer night's hangover, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Armando Pugliese

2015/ Non ti pago, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Luca De Filippo

 

 

Theater on TV

 

1955/ Poverty and nobility, by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1975/ Lu pumpiero de nu napulitano curing, Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

31/01/1975/ And grandson d'o Ellen Degener..., by Eduardo Scarpetta

07/02/1975/ 'Na santarella, Eduardo Scarpetta, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

14/02/1975/' or ' thunder and March, Vincenzo Scarpetta, and directed by Eduardo De Filippo

26/12/1975/ Man and gentleman, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

02/01/1976/ De Pretore Vincenzo, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

09/01/1976/ The art of comedy, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

16/01/1976/ Exams never end, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

25/12/1977/ Christmas at the Cupiello's, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

05/11/1978/ Cylinder, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

12/11/1978/ Gennareniello, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

24/12/1978/ Those recorded many years ago, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

1978/ inner voices, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

14/04/1979/ Il sindaco del rione Sanità, Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

13/06/1981/ The contract, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

20/06/1981/ The CAP and bells, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Eduardo De Filippo

28/09/1992/ Emergency exit, by Manlio Santanelli, directed by Antonio and Andrea Frazzi

28/12/2013/ Father Stork, symphonic tale for four voices, Narrator and orchestra, on verses by Eduardo De Filippo and music by Nicola Piovani, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Carlo Tagliabue's television direction

 

 

Filmography

 

1967/ The Young Tigers, by Antonio Leonviola

1969/ That store in Piazza Navona, directed by Mino Guerrini (TV)

1985/ Dog Nose, directed by Pasquale Squitieri (TV)

1989/ The blackmail, directed by Tonino Valerii – TV miniseries

1990/ Saturday, Sunday and Monday, directed by Lina Wertmuller

1998/ Taxi, directed by Elisabetta Villaggio

1999/ Like you, no one ever directed by Gabriele Muccino

2010/ Mannaggia to misery, directed by Lina Wertmüller

2012/ Came into the world, directed by Sergio Castellitto

2014/ Eduardo: life that continues, by Francesco Saponaro – documentary

2015/ The fabric of dreams, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu