Born Ulv Quarzell
in Bogotá Colombia on May 28, 1943, the son of a diplomat and an Italian mother
who worked in the Italian cinema (Fellini, Monicelli, ...) in the beginning of
the 1960s. Castel moved to Europe as a young man. Interested in acting from an
early age, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, but was
quickly kicked out. His first movie role was an uncredited extra in “The
Leopard” (1963). Two years later, he gained international fame for his
performance in “Fists in the Pocket”, in which he played the epileptic
Alessandro, who murders his mother and his brother. He later played Jeff, the
temperamental bisexual film director in “Beware of a Holy Whore” (1971), directed
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder himself portrayed the film's line
producer.
In the following
decades, Castel worked with European directors such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Wim
Wenders, Philippe Garrel, and Olivier Assayas. Though the quality of the films
he acted in were quite disparate, ranging from arthouse films to cheap
exploitation, Castel always chose roles that reflected his militant leftist
beliefs. He has a son with an affair with the actress Marcella Michelangeli.
Today Lou Castel
lives in Italy and works mainly as an actor and as a painter. He’s just
finished a film “Drive Me Home” which is in post production.
CASTEL, Lou (Ulv
Quarzell) [5/28/1943, Bogotá,
Colombia - ] – director, film, TV
actor, father of actor
Rocco Quarzell [1974- ] with actress
Marcella Michelangeli [1943- ].
A Bullet for the
General - 1967 (Bill 'Niño' Tate)
Kill and Pray –
1967 (Requiescant)
¡Mátalo! - 1970
(Ray/Todd)
Arizona Road –
1990 (Macedonio/McDonaldson)
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