Edoardo Costa(I)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Edoardo Cicorini (born August 7, 1967), better known as Edoardo Costa,
is an Italian actor, entrepreneur and former model. His career began in
the fashion industry as a model in the early 1990s for the modeling
agency Why Not. Desiring something more, he began studying acting in
Paris and Milan as well as in Los Angeles at The Actors Studio. He soon
made television appearances on various American television series
including Baywatch, Arliss, The Bold and the Beautiful.
Costa also made a variety of independent American films leading to his
debut in a first major feature as the terrorist Emerson, in the final
installment of the Die Hard series, Live Free or Die Hard, with Bruce
Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. His
first major role in an American film was in the soon to be released
drama Kiddie Ride, directed by Harold Guskin and starring James
Gandolfini and Famke Janssen.
Costa continues to work in both the United States and Italy. He has
made forays into theater in the plays, Bread Love Fantasy and Very Old
Man, alongside Italian acting legend Marcello Mastroianni (Federico
Fellini's La Dolce Vita) and worked on numerous Italian soap operas,
television series, films and reality shows.
Costa was born in Varese, northern Italy, the son of a Rosangela, who
worked at the local electric company and Pietro Cicorini, a transport
business owner. Costa is the eldest of two children, he and his sister
Monica. Costa attended Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore where he
studied philosophy. He served his military service as a Carabinieri in
the mid 1980s. It was during this that he was discovered in a local
Milanese restaurant bar by a modeling scout.
Costa's modeling has seen him work in Paris, Moscow, Los Angeles and
Tokyo. He has appeared in print and television commercials for brands
including Giorgio Armani, Laura Biagiotti, Versace, Tissot, Cerutti,
Diet Coke and Toyota. In 1999, he began his acting career with a part
in a popular Italian television series, going on to appear in further
television programs and several Italian films.
In 2007 Costa took control of Beatrice International Models, an agency
with forty years experience in the fashion industry on a par with Ford
Models, Elite and Next. Former models include Iman and Stephanie
Seymour. The venture catapulted Costa into the international spotlight.
The modeling agency also recently began a formal dialogue with The
National Eating Disorders Association and its CEO, Dr. Lynne Grefe.
Beatrice International Models will be the first international modeling
agency that will work together with the association to spread awareness
and positive prevention about the diseases that have plagued the
industry for decades. In 2007, Costa also opened The Actor's Academy
Milano. Inspired by his experience at The Actor's Studio, Costa began
one of the first schools in Europe to exclusively recruit Lifetime
Members of the Actor's Studio as well as teachers from the Stella Adler
Studio of Acting, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, all of
whom specialized in method acting using the system created by Constatin
Stanislavski. The Actor's Academy Milano hosted acclaimed actors such
as Academy Award winner Martin Landau and Oscar nominated actor Mickey
Rourke. The Actor's Academy Milano has asked Gary Swanson to play a
pivotal role in its development. Swanson was one of the first teachers
to start "Inside the Actor's Studio" hosted by James Lipton. Swanson
was among the few personally chosen by the executive committee that
includes the late Paul Newman, Ellen Burstyn, and Arthur Penn.
Costa began charitable work in the mid 1990s while still a model.
Through a friendship with Quincy Jones, Costa has used his celebrity to
support projects in Afghanistan, Brazil and Africa. Costa states that
it was Nelson Mandela who encouraged him to become more actively
involved in philanthropic work.
is an Italian actor, entrepreneur and former model. His career began in
the fashion industry as a model in the early 1990s for the modeling
agency Why Not. Desiring something more, he began studying acting in
Paris and Milan as well as in Los Angeles at The Actors Studio. He soon
made television appearances on various American television series
including Baywatch, Arliss, The Bold and the Beautiful.
Costa also made a variety of independent American films leading to his
debut in a first major feature as the terrorist Emerson, in the final
installment of the Die Hard series, Live Free or Die Hard, with Bruce
Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. His
first major role in an American film was in the soon to be released
drama Kiddie Ride, directed by Harold Guskin and starring James
Gandolfini and Famke Janssen.
Costa continues to work in both the United States and Italy. He has
made forays into theater in the plays, Bread Love Fantasy and Very Old
Man, alongside Italian acting legend Marcello Mastroianni (Federico
Fellini's La Dolce Vita) and worked on numerous Italian soap operas,
television series, films and reality shows.
Costa was born in Varese, northern Italy, the son of a Rosangela, who
worked at the local electric company and Pietro Cicorini, a transport
business owner. Costa is the eldest of two children, he and his sister
Monica. Costa attended Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore where he
studied philosophy. He served his military service as a Carabinieri in
the mid 1980s. It was during this that he was discovered in a local
Milanese restaurant bar by a modeling scout.
Costa's modeling has seen him work in Paris, Moscow, Los Angeles and
Tokyo. He has appeared in print and television commercials for brands
including Giorgio Armani, Laura Biagiotti, Versace, Tissot, Cerutti,
Diet Coke and Toyota. In 1999, he began his acting career with a part
in a popular Italian television series, going on to appear in further
television programs and several Italian films.
In 2007 Costa took control of Beatrice International Models, an agency
with forty years experience in the fashion industry on a par with Ford
Models, Elite and Next. Former models include Iman and Stephanie
Seymour. The venture catapulted Costa into the international spotlight.
The modeling agency also recently began a formal dialogue with The
National Eating Disorders Association and its CEO, Dr. Lynne Grefe.
Beatrice International Models will be the first international modeling
agency that will work together with the association to spread awareness
and positive prevention about the diseases that have plagued the
industry for decades. In 2007, Costa also opened The Actor's Academy
Milano. Inspired by his experience at The Actor's Studio, Costa began
one of the first schools in Europe to exclusively recruit Lifetime
Members of the Actor's Studio as well as teachers from the Stella Adler
Studio of Acting, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, all of
whom specialized in method acting using the system created by Constatin
Stanislavski. The Actor's Academy Milano hosted acclaimed actors such
as Academy Award winner Martin Landau and Oscar nominated actor Mickey
Rourke. The Actor's Academy Milano has asked Gary Swanson to play a
pivotal role in its development. Swanson was one of the first teachers
to start "Inside the Actor's Studio" hosted by James Lipton. Swanson
was among the few personally chosen by the executive committee that
includes the late Paul Newman, Ellen Burstyn, and Arthur Penn.
Costa began charitable work in the mid 1990s while still a model.
Through a friendship with Quincy Jones, Costa has used his celebrity to
support projects in Afghanistan, Brazil and Africa. Costa states that
it was Nelson Mandela who encouraged him to become more actively
involved in philanthropic work.