Overview

• He died on the evening of October 8 at Rome’s San Filippo Neri hospital, according to Italian outlets.
• Born in 1937 in Civita Castellana, he trained at Rome’s Accademia d’Arte Drammatica and made his stage debut in 1962 under Vittorio Gassman.
• He sustained a lifelong commitment to theatre, co-founding the Compagnia del Porcospino and performing with the Teatro Stabile di Genova.
• His screen work included Pasolini’s Salò, Rifki in Alan Parker’s Midnight Express, and collaborations with Roberto Benigni such as Johnny Stecchino.
• He amassed a filmography exceeding 100 titles, earned major career honors including the Premio Gassman, and most recently appeared at the Venice Film Festival in Julian Schnabel’s In the Land of Dante.