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George Eastman born Luigi Montefiori ; August 16, is an Italian actor and screenwriter well known for his frequent collaborations with notorious director Joe D'Amato.

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He is most famous for his role as the insane, cannibalistic serial killer Klaus Wortmann in the gory horror film Antropophagus aka The Grim Reaper. He also played a similar role in its follow-up, Absurd. Both films were directed by D'Amato and written by Eastman. Eastman later became a regular performer in many movies directed by Joe D'Amato , for whom he also wrote many screenplays.

Their first work together was Cormack of the Mounties aka Giubbe rosse in He was a very familiar face in Italian B-cinema in the early s, being generally cast as a villain, thanks to his towering 6'9" height, and his dark and menacing looks. His most famous movie is the gory horror film Anthropophagous , directed by Joe D'Amato in , in which he played the monster.

Two of his greatest major villain roles were in Rabid Dogs aka Kidnapped , and Blastfighter He appeared in Paramount 's biblical film King David playing Goliath in David's childhood flashback scene. He is now a well regarded author in Italian television and only acts occasionally. In , he returned to acting in La rivincita di Natale , a film directed by Pupi Avati.