Francesco Cabras (born 27 May 1966, in Rome) is an Italian actor and film director. He played the role of Gesmas on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ,[1] the chief of the rebels in Kurt Wimmer's Equilibrium, and Grigori Rasputin in Louis Nero's 2011 film Rasputin.[2]

He is currently working as a director, writer, cinematographer, cameraman and producer. His acting debut won him the 1996 Nanni Moretti's Sacher Festival Award for best leading actor.

He directed, together with Alberto Molinari, The Big Question, a feature documentary selected at AFI Festival in Los Angeles[3] about the faith and the perception of the divine distributed by ThinkFilm. The film was originally produced by Mel Gibson.

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  1. ^ Ebert, Roger (February 24, 2004). "The Passion of the Christ movie review (2004)". rogerebert.com. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/News/Spettacolo/Tra-verita-e-leggenda-esce-il-film-Rasputin-Franco-Nero-E-stato-un-martire_311876475852.htmld [dead link]
  3. ^ Koehler, Robert (November 11, 2004). "The Big Question". Variety. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

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Francesco Cabras at IMDb