Luca Zingaretti

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Birth: 11 November, 1961

Ethnicity: Italian, some Jewish

Luca Zingaretti is an Italian actor. He is known for playing Salvo Montalbano on the series Inspector Montalbano.

Luca is married to actress Luisa Ranieri. His brother is politician Nicola Zingaretti, who has been Secretary of the Democratic Party, from 17 March, 2019 to 14 March, 2021, and President of Lazio, from 12 March, 2013 to 10 November, 2022.

His mother escaped from the Nazis. It appears that her own father was Jewish and her mother was not.

Luca’s maternal grandfather was Carlo Di Capua (the son of David Di Capua and Ester Della Torre). Ester was the daughter of Angelo Della Torre and Gentile Milano. Ester was deported to Auschwitz, where she died in 1943.

Sources: http://digital-library.cdec.it
https://roma.repubblica.it
https://www.world-today-news.com

Genealogy of Luca Zingaretti (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com