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Francesco Quinn

Early life

Francesco Quinn was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Anthony Quinn and second wife Iolanda Quinn, a noted costume designer to whom Anthony Quinn would remain married for thirty-one years. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ...

Acting

Following in the footsteps of his father, who had appeared in more than 200 pictures, Francesco Quinn has displayed both acting range and a specialization in moody, dangerous characters with an edge; some of the more recent examples being “Dracula” himself in the alt-historical thriller Vlad, and wandering warrior Thane Le Mal in the short film The Gnostic. Bela Lugosi as Dracula; U.S. postage stamp first issued in 1997 as part of a series celebrating Famous Movie Monsters Dracula (1897) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of the worlds most famous vampire character. ... Vlad may refer to several Wallachian rulers: Vlad I Uzurpatorul Vlad II Dracul Vlad III Dracula (Vlad Å¢epeÅŸ) Vlad Călugărul Vlad cel Tânăr Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

Straight historical drama has been one of the younger Quinn’s strengths, playing roles such as that of Latino Captain Salamanca in Steven Spielberg’s mini-series Into the West (2005) and a lead role in TNT's Rough Riders (1997) (TV). One of Quinn’s earliest roles was as Marcus Vinicius in the 1985 mini-series Quo Vadis?. Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (born December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American film director. ... Into the West may refer to: Into the West (film) - a 1992 film. ... Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898 The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. ... Quo vadis is a Latin phrase meaning Where do you go?. It is used as proverbial phrase from the Bible (John 16:5). ...

Francesco has appeared in 23 feature films including the New York Independent Film Festival winner Placebo Effect. He starred with his famous father in several films, including A Star For Two with Lauren Bacall. One of their most poignant performances together was in The Old Man and the Sea, playing Santiago as a young man opposite his father as the elder version. The placebo effect (Latin placebo, I shall please), first mentioned in 1955 by Henry K. Beecher, M.D. [1] and also known as non-specific effects and the subject-expectancy effect, is the phenomenon that a patients symptoms can be alleviated by an otherwise ineffective treatment, since the individual... Lauren Bacall (born September 16, 1924) is an American film and stage actress and a former model. ... Original book cover The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. ...

Meanwhile, some of Francesco Quinn’s most extensive and effective work has been in television guest star roles in crime and thriller dramas. He was lead guest star in an episode of JAG (1995) that won the show a 29 share (the highest rating in its history). On CBS’s The Fugitive, Quinn played Victor Gutierrez, a DEA agent with an edge, and he has played recurrent villain Syed Ali on Fox’s series 24. Other TV guest starring roles have occurred in Criminal Minds, ER, CSI:Miami, Navy NCIS, Alias, Crossing Jordan, In the Heat of the Night, Miami Vice, Red Shoe Diaries, The Handler, Soldier of Fortune, Good vs. Evil, Vengeance Unlimited, and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. For other uses, see JAG (disambiguation). ... The Fugitive is the name of at least two major fictional fictional works which have been reproduced in a variety of media. ... 24 (Twenty-Four) is a current U.S. television action/drama/thriller series, produced by Imagine Television, broadcast in the US by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ... Criminal Minds is a crime drama that premiered on September 22, 2005 on CBS. It follows the adventures of an FBI profiling team from the FBIs Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) from Quantico, Virginia. ... ER is a long-running serial drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... CSI: Miami is a spinoff of the popular CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... NCIS is a CBS network television series about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service who investigate crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel. ... Alias is an American SpyFi television series, created by J. J. Abrams. ... Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that airs on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as a crime-solving medical examiner. ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern U.S. African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the... Miami Vice was a popular television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) starring Don Johnson (James Sonny Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Rico Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover. ... The cover for one of the DVD releases. ... The Handler is the third CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar. ... A Soldier of Fortune is another term for a professional mercenary. ... Vengeance Unlimited is a short-lived TV series broadcast during 1998-1999 on ABC. The show starred Michael Madson as Mr. ...

Francesco was a longtime fixture on CBS's hottest soap, Young and the Restless and was nominated for an ALMA Award as Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Soap Opera for his work as Tomas Del Cerro, an aloof writer from New York. The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated to Y&R) is an American soap opera that takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin (named after a vacation spot that series creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell visited annually). ...

Quinn was one of the earlier working actors to branch out into contributing to video games with his role as a main character in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999).

Family

Francesco Quinn is brother to Lorenzo Quinn, Valentina Quinn, Alex A. Quinn, Danny Quinn. Alex A. Quinn(December 30, 1976) is the youngest adult son of actor Anthony Quinn He has worked both in front of the camera and behind the scenes in film crews. ...

He has been married to Julie McCann since 1992, whom he refers to as the "love of his life and soul mate." They reside in Sherman Oaks, California with his twin children Max and Michela, who were baptized by the late Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from October 16, 1978 until his death, making his the second-longest pontificate. ...

Athletic pursuits

Francesco Quinn enjoys extreme sports such as skiing, snowboarding, windsurfing, and free diving; and in the words of friends and associates "You’ll never see him without a bike." He road cycles at least 300 miles a week, mountain biking, and actively races motorcross and street bikes. Quinn also is an avid motorcycler, and is a spokesperson for The Motorcycle Industry Council and Honda. An accomplished world traveler, he is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian. Members of the US Air Force skiing (and snowboarding) at Keystone Resorts 14th Annual SnoFest An alpine skier Deep powder skiing Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Windsurfing (also called boardsailing) is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4. ... Freedive photographer Free-diving refers to various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-hold diving. ... Mountain biker riding in the Arizona desert. ... A rider cornering during a motocross race in Australia Motocross is a form of motorcycle or ATV racing held on enclosed off-road circuits and is the most popular form of amateur motorcycle racing. ...

External links

• Official homepage
• Francesco Quinn at The Internet Movie Database