- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Rome, Italy
- Died
- October 8, 2025
Paolo Bonacelli
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paolo Bonacelli (February 28, 1939 - October 8 2025) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as The Duke de Blangis in Pasolini's notorious Salò (1975). He can also be seen in Midnight Express (1978) and Caligula (1979), in which he plays the role of Cassius Chaerea. He also co-starred with Roberto Benigni in the films Johnny Stecchino and Night on Earth, both from 1991. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paolo Bonacelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieIn the Hand of Dante
2026 · Priest Of Alcamo
movieNato il sei ottobre
2024
movieThe Commander
2023 · Betti
movieNoi ce la siamo cavata
2023 · Sé stesso
movieDivine
2020
movieTo the Unknown God
2019
movieForse è solo mal di mare
2019 · Calogero (Voice)
movieMagical Nights
2018 · Ennio 'The Great'
movieThe Ploy
2016 · Vescovo
tvFurore il vento della speranza
2014 · Niccolò Carbone
movieThe American
2010 · Father Benedetto
movieMission: Impossible III
2006 · Monsignore
movie13 at a Table
2004 · Nonno Giulio
movieA.A.A. Achille
2003 · Dott. Aglieri
movieThe Accidental Detective
2003 · Direttore Della Galleria Palatina
movieGli astronomi
2003 · Peters
movieDirty Linen
1999 · Amedeo
Alice on the Run
1998 · Luigi Mancini
movieBakunin's Son
1997 · Giudice
movieThe Stendhal Syndrome
1996 · Dr. Cavanna
movieChristmas Vacation '95
1995 · Paolo "Paolone"
movieOnce a Year, Every Year
1994 · Romano
movieThe Teddy Bear
1994 · Novacek
tvAbraham
1994 · Melchisedek
tvCharlemagne, le prince à cheval
1994 · Vitale
movieAbraham
1993 · Melchisedek
movieMille bolle blu
1993 · Mario
Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993
1993
movieCiao, Professore!
1992 · Ludovico Mazzullo
Il segno del comando
1992 · Bonsanti
movieNight on Earth
1991 · Priest
movieJohnny Stecchino
1991 · D'Agata
movieTouch and Die
1991 · Morelli
movieOnly One Survived
1990 · Andrade
movieFlight from Paradise
1990 · Eliah
tvI promessi sposi
1989 · padre di Gertrude
movieLa moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989 · Carl Rune
movieFrancesco
1989 · Francesco's Father
A Double Victory
1989 · Guido Sormani
movieLenin: The Train
1988 · Zinoviev
tvLenin... The Train
1988 · Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
movieTopo Galileo
1988 · Professor Zitti
movieRimini Rimini
1987 · l'ingegnere
movieLove Sins
1987 · Ercole Leoni
L'ultima mazurka
1986 · Lanza
movieCamorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986 · Tango
movieMother Ebe
1985 · Don Paolo Monti
movieNothing Left to Do But Cry
1984 · Leonardo da Vinci
movieThe Naked Sun
1984
movieHenry IV
1984 · Belcredi
movieThe Commissioner
1983 · Commissionario
movieThe Knight, Death and The Devil
1983 · Nicholas
Words and Blood
1982 · Marcucci
movieI Remember Nelson
1982 · King Ferdinando
movieDelitti, amore e gelosia
1982 · Commissario Dell'Amore
movieThe Mystery of Oberwald
1981 · Count of Foehn
Calderon
1981
movieThe Persian Lamb Coat
1980 · Ferdinando
movieLe Guignolo
1980 · Kamal
movieGood News
1979 · Gualtiero Milano
movieCaligula
1979 · Chaerea
movieChrist Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Don Luigi Magalone
movieMidnight Express
1978 · Rifki
tvMadame Bovary
1978 · Charles Bovary
movieNest of Vipers
1978 · Paolo Mazzarini
movieThis Is the Night
1977
tvOrigins of the Mafia
1976 · Vincenzo Biscetta
movieEvil Thoughts
1976 · Antonio Marani
movieThe Inheritance
1976 · Paolo Furlin
movieLa banca di Monate
1976 · Dottor Defendente Massera
movieIllustrious Corpses
1976 · Dr. Maxia
movieSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976 · The Duke
movieBeyond Fear
1975 · Francesco Grimaldi
movieGli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
1975
movieYear One
1974 · Giorgio Amendola
movieThe Murri Affair
1974 · Francesco Bonmartini
movieMilarepa
1974 · Prof. Bennet
movieGiordano Bruno
1973
movieIo e lui
1973 · Vladimiro
movieIl cancelliere Krehler
1972 · Max
movieMaddalena
1971
movieA Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971
movieTears of Love
1970 · Cormick
movieSeven Times Seven
1968
movieThe Devil in Love
1966 · Inn's customer
moviePleasant Nights
1966 · Messenger
movieSuperSeven Calling Cairo
1965 · Capitano Hume
movieOne Million Dollars
1964 · Zenone
tvI grandi camaleonti
1964 · Babeuf
movieCorpse for the Lady
1964 · Gedeon
movieI Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
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