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Fabio Testi
Actor

Fabio Testi

2 Aug 1941Born
85Age
87Credits
Peschiera del Garda, Verona, ItalyBirthplace

Biography

Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero. Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years. His most famous job as a stuntman was in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, where he fell from a rooftop and hit the ground on his shoulder. Testi married only once, in 1979, to Lola Navarro, with whom he fathered three children. He skirted international stardom through a series of unusual role choices and a firm decision to remain in Italy.

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He chose to work with people like Miles Deem, known as the "Ed Wood of Spaghetti Westerns" when better roles were available. Testi was cast by director Andrzej Żuławski in L'important c'est d'aimer (1975), opposite Romy Schneider, Klaus Kinski, Jacques Dutronc and Claude Dauphin.

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 87 credits.

  1. 2025Reflection in a Dead DiamondFilm: John Diman (old)
  2. 2023800 giorniFilm
  3. 2020Curse of the Blind DeadFilm: Jailer
  4. 2019Very ValentineFilm: Domenico Vechiarelli
  5. 2013King of the SandsFilm: Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
  6. 2013Il tempo delle mimoseFilm
  7. 2011La donna che ritornaSeries: Bruno Gedda (1 episode)
  8. 2010Al di la del lagoSeries: Luciano Serramonti (11 episodes)
  9. 2010Road to NowhereFilm: Nestor Duran
  10. 2010Letters to JulietFilm: Count Lorenzo
  11. 2010Love StrikesFilm: Pietro
  12. 2009Il falco e la colombaSeries: Savelli (6 episodes)
  13. 2005Torrente 3: The ProtectorFilm: Montellini Roures
  14. 2001Vento di primaveraFilm: Dr. Leonardis
  15. 2000Father MatteoSeries: Dottor Ruggeri (1 episode)
  16. 1998AnnarèFilm: Fausto D'Alessio
  17. 1997La dottoressa GiòSeries: Armando Colucci (11 episodes)
  18. 1997Desert of FireSeries: Daniel Diderot (3 episodes)
  19. 1997Desert of FireFilm: Daniel Diderot
  20. 1996The Return of SandokanSeries: Janez De Gomera (4 episodes)
  21. 1995Ragazzi della notteFilm: Schizzo's father
  22. 1994Crime of PassionFilm: Peter
  23. 1994First Action HeroFilm: Mark Fierro
  24. 1993The Final ContractFilm: Commissario Luca Calarno
  25. 1992Solo per Dirti AddioFilm
  26. 1992Piazza di SpagnaSeries: Claudio (1 episode)
  27. 1991El sueño de TángerFilm: Carlos
  28. 1991ManuelaSeries: Carlo (228 episodes)
  29. 1990Only One SurvivedFilm: Sergio Dinardo
  30. 1990Le GorilleSeries: René Faragi (1 episode)
  31. 1989Julia ForeverSeries: Ermes Corsini (6 episodes)
  32. 1988IguanaFilm: Gamboa
  33. 1987SkipperFilm: Alex Grimaldi
  34. 1987Top KidsFilm: Giovanni Agnelli
  35. 1986Bilbao BluesFilm: Lucas Iturriaga
  36. 1985Mussolini and ISeries: Lorenzo (4 episodes)
  37. 1985DeceptionsFilm: Carlo Ferraro
  38. 1985DeceptionsSeries: Carlo Ferraro (2 episodes)
  39. 1985Madman at WarFilm: Boda
  40. 1985The AmbassadorFilm: Mustapha Hashimi
  41. 1984Summer GamesFilm: Roberto Ripa
  42. 1983Morbida - Gier auf LustFilm
  43. 1981A Gun for a CopFilm: Francesco Palumbo
  44. 1981The Hawk and the DoveFilm: Michele Alemani
  45. 1981Il falco e la colombaSeries: Michele Alemani (1 episode)
  46. 1980Speed DriverFilm: Rudi
  47. 1980ContrabandFilm: Luca Di Angelo
  48. 1980S+H+E: Security Hazards ExpertFilm: Rudolf Caserta
  49. 1980Speed CrossFilm: Paolo
  50. 1980The Black HandFilm: Fabio Testi
  51. 1979ManaosFilm: Arquimedes
  52. 1978Rings of FearFilm: Inspector Gianni Di Salvo
  53. 1978The Uranium ConspiracyFilm: Renzo
  54. 1978China 9, Liberty 37Film: Clayton Drumm
  55. 1977The Heroin BustersFilm: Fabio
  56. 1976The Big RacketFilm: Nicola Palmieri
  57. 1976The InheritanceFilm: Mario Ferramonti
  58. 1975Go Gorilla, Go!Film: Marco Sartori
  59. 1975Four of the ApocalypseFilm: Stubby Preston
  60. 1975Red CoatFilm: Bill Cormack
  61. 1975That Most Important Thing: LoveFilm: Servais Mont
  62. 1974Blood RiverFilm: Ringo
  63. 1974Blood BrothersFilm: Don Gaetano Fungillo
  64. 1974The Nada GangFilm: Buenaventura Diaz
  65. 1973RevolverFilm: Milo Ruiz
  66. 1973Stateline MotelFilm: Floyd
  67. 1973Un amore così fragile, così violentoFilm: Gerolamo Poliziani - detto 'Gepo'
  68. 1972CamorraFilm: Tonino Russo
  69. 1972What Have You Done to Solange?Film: Enrico Rosseni
  70. 1972KillerFilm: Georges Gasset
  71. 1971'Tis Pity She's a WhoreFilm: Soranzo
  72. 1971At the End of the RainbowFilm: Roy Greenford
  73. 1970The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisFilm: Bruno
  74. 1970One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!Film: Sheriff Jack Ronson / Sartana
  75. 1969Death Knocks TwiceFilm: Francesco di Villaverde
  76. 1969ZingaraFilm: (uncredited)
  77. 1969The Avenger, ZorroFilm: Zorro / Don Diego
  78. 1969The Battle of the DamnedFilm: Pvt. Terry Wilson
  79. 1969Cemetery without CrossesFilm: Rogers' Man (uncredited)
  80. 1969A Place In HellFilm: Ross

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