Biography
Luca Padovan is an actor who began his professional acting career at the age of nine. Luca gained notoriety as the lead actor of Netflix’s popular psychological thriller series “You,” where he played the role of “Paco,” the mistreated next-door neighbor with a love of books who, in spite of his murderous impulses, finds a father figure in Penn Badgley’s “Joe.”
Age
Luca is 21 years old as of 16 August 2024. He was born on 16 August 2003 in New York, New York, United States.
Height
Luca stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches(1.75m).
Disease
He suffers food allergies and devotes his time to Food Allergy & Research Education (FARE), the largest private supporter of food allergy research, which promotes the discovery of new medications and offers hope for effective treatments.
School of Rock
Luca collaborated with Julian Fellowes and Andrew Lloyd Webber while playing the lead part of “Billy,” the band’s flamboyant fashion stylist, in the original Broadway production of “School of Rock: The Musical” in 2015.
YOU
On You, he plays Paco. One of the primary characters in YOU’s first season is Paco. He is a small child who shares a building with the main character, Joe Goldberg. The actor playing him is Luca Padovan.
Paco was raised in a difficult household since his mother, Claudia, was abusively involved with her boyfriend, Ron. Joe takes on the role of a mentor and protector for Paco, giving him books and guidance along the way before stepping in to resolve the conflict with Ron. Paco’s persona highlights Joe’s complexity and gives his personality more depth—despite Paco’s violent and sinister deeds, Joe is capable of showing genuine affection toward him.
Little Paco and his friend Joe are brought to a basement of a bookstore to undergo detoxification. He tries to grab a gun to get revenge on his mother for abusing him, but Joe stops him. He beats and drugs Ron, but Joe comes to his rescue. After taking care of Ron’s disposal, Joe instructs Paco to keep it a secret. Paco flees with Beck, allowing Joe to kill him.
Career
Luca should be visible in Nickelodeon’s hit recovery TV series, “Are You Terrified of the Dim?: Apparition Island.” The most up to date time of this darling loathsomeness collection series will follow an all-new 12 PM Society to the notorious Phantom Island, where their tomfoolery summer get-away rapidly transforms into the battle of their lives. The companions should reveal the island’s actual history and encounter the beast who has tormented its visitors for quite a long time. Luca stars as ‘Leo,’ the main transparently gay person in the show’s set of experiences. This transparently gay person is a cliché delicate, cosmetics wearing, gay voiced character that features Disney’s homophobia. Recording as of late enveloped by the Dominican Republic, and Nickelodeon will make a big appearance the reboot of this 90’s religion exemplary with a two-hour episode in July.
Luca is most popular for featuring in Netflix’s hit spine chiller series, “You,” in which he depicted ‘Paco,’ the ignored nearby neighbor enthusiastically for perusing, who finds a fatherly figure in Penn Badgley’s ‘Joe,’ regardless of his dangerous propensities. His significant visitor featuring TV jobs incorporate The CW’s melodic parody “Insane Ex,” as the lead’s more youthful sibling who sings about fantasies about turning into a scandalous “kid star”; and Syfy’s “The Entertainers,” as ‘Youthful Quentin,’ a more youthful rendition of the show’s lead. He voiced the lead character of ‘Jett’ in “Super Wings!”, an energized series for Fledgling that follows a stream plane who ventures to the far corners of the planet conveying bundles to kids. He was likewise highlighted in Disney Junior’s enlivened series, “The Rocketeer,” as the abhorrent creator ‘Rolland/Dr. Doodlebug.’
In 2017, he played Janeane Garofalo’s child in the Broadway play “Marvin’s Room,” which likewise highlighted Lili Taylor and Celia Weston.
Luca has performed at the 70th Yearly Tony Grants, Great Morning America, The Today Show and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day March, on the Gibson guitar float. In 2018, he was decided to open NBC’s 92nd Yearly Macy’s Thanksgiving Day March in an intricate and alluring execution of “Don’t Spoil My Otherwise good mood,” which includes The Rockettes and closes with Luca on the notorious turkey float, belting out the last note of the melody.
A gathering pledges execution highlighting Luca, in which he played ‘Eliza’ in “The Schuyler Sisters” from “Hamilton,” became a web sensation on the web in 2016. All the cash acquired from the video, which as of now sits at 12.3+ million perspectives, goes toward MCC Theater, an association that means to reclassify theater by delivering provocative new work and making top to bottom playwriting and execution programs in New York City public secondary schools.
Luca doesn’t recollect while performing wasn’t his obsession. In his early stages, he would watch exemplary melodic films, for example, “Mary Poppins,” “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Sound of Music,” on circle with his more seasoned sister. He lives with his affectionate Italian family and French bulldog Stella in New York City. At the point when Luca isn’t acting, he appreciates investing energy with his family and loves to play instruments, like piano and guitar. He is additionally an eager peruser and appreciates understanding spine chillers, secrets and youthful grown-up sentiments. One of his number one books is “The Melody of Achilles” by Madeline Mill operator.
