Acting

Paolo Bonacelli

Born 1937-02-28 · Rome, Italy

Died 2025-10-08

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.

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In the Hand of Dante
as Priest Of Alcamo
2026
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
The Commander
as Betti
2023
Noi ce la siamo cavata
as Sé stesso
2023
Divine
2020
To the Unknown God
2019
Forse è solo mal di mare
as Calogero (Voice)
2019
Magical Nights
as Ennio 'The Great'
2018
The Ploy
as Vescovo
2016
Furore il vento della speranza
as Niccolò Carbone
2014
The American
as Father Benedetto
2010
Mission: Impossible III
as Monsignore
2006
13 at a Table
as Nonno Giulio
2004
A.A.A. Achille
as Dott. Aglieri
2003
The Accidental Detective
as Direttore Della Galleria Palatina
2003
Gli astronomi
as Peters
2003
Dirty Linen
as Amedeo
1999
Alice on the Run
as Luigi Mancini
1998
Bakunin's Son
as Giudice
1997
The Stendhal Syndrome
as Dr. Cavanna
1996
Christmas Vacation '95
as Paolo "Paolone"
1995
Once a Year, Every Year
as Romano
1994
The Teddy Bear
as Novacek
1994
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
as Vitale
1994
Abraham
as Melchisedek
1993
Abraham
as Melchisedek
1993
Mille bolle blu
as Mario
1993
Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993
1993
Ciao, Professore!
as Ludovico Mazzullo
1992
Il segno del comando
as Bonsanti
1992
Night on Earth
as Priest
1991
Johnny Stecchino
as D'Agata
1991
Touch and Die
as Morelli
1991
Only One Survived
as Andrade
1990
Flight from Paradise
as Eliah
1990
I promessi sposi
as padre di Gertrude
1989
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Carl Rune
1989
Francesco
as Francesco's Father
1989
A Double Victory
as Guido Sormani
1989
Lenin: The Train
as Zinoviev
1988
Lenin... The Train
as Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
1988
Topo Galileo
as Professor Zitti
1988
Rimini Rimini
as l'ingegnere
1987
Love Sins
as Ercole Leoni
1987
L'ultima mazurka
as Lanza
1986
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
as Tango
1986
Mother Ebe
as Don Paolo Monti
1985
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
as Leonardo da Vinci
1984
The Naked Sun
1984
Henry IV
as Belcredi
1984
The Commissioner
as Commissionario
1983
The Knight, Death and the Devil
as Nicholas
1983
Words and Blood
as Marcucci
1982
I Remember Nelson
as King Ferdinando
1982
Delitti, amore e gelosia
as Commissario Dell'Amore
1982
The Mystery of Oberwald
as Count of Foehn
1981
Calderon
1981
The Persian Lamb Coat
as Ferdinando
1980
Le Guignolo
as Kamal
1980
Good News
as Gualtiero Milano
1979
Caligula
as Chaerea
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Don Luigi Magalone
1979
Midnight Express
as Rifki
1978
Madame Bovary
as Charles Bovary
1978
Nest of Vipers
as Paolo Mazzarini
1978
This Is the Night
1977
Origins of the Mafia
as Vincenzo Biscetta
1976
Evil Thoughts
as Antonio Marani
1976
The Inheritance
as Paolo Furlin
1976
La banca di Monate
as Dottor Defendente Massera
1976
Illustrious Corpses
as Dr. Maxia
1976
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as The Duke
1976
Beyond Fear
as Francesco Grimaldi
1975
Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
1975
Year One
as Giorgio Amendola
1974
The Murri Affair
as Francesco Bonmartini
1974
Milarepa
as Prof. Bennet
1974
Giordano Bruno
1973
Io e lui
as Vladimiro
1973
Il cancelliere Krehler
as Max
1972