Massimo Bonetti
Appearance
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Born | 28 March 1951 Rome, Italy | (age 73)
Occupation | Actor |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's Bim Bum Bam.[1] Then, he obtained roles of weight for notable directors such as Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pupi Avati and Massimo Troisi.[1] He is also very active in Italian television, in which he is probably best known for the main role in the crime TV-series La squadra, that he starred for eight seasons between 1999 and 2007.[1][2]
In 2010 Bonetti made his directorial debut with Quando si Diventa Grandi.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
- Beach House (1977)
- The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
- Stay as You Are (1978)
- The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
- Kaos (1984)
- Le vie del Signore sono finite (1987)
- The Last Minute (1987)
- The Story of Boys & Girls (1989)
- The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990)
- Faccione (1991)
- Women in Arms (1991)
- Giovanni Falcone (1993)
- Porzûs (1997)
- Notes of Love (1998)
- Maria Goretti (2003)
- Pietralata (2008)
- The Youngest Son (2010)
- The Big Heart of Girls (2011)
- You Can't Save Yourself Alone (2015)
- Everything Calls For Salvation (2022, television series)
- The American Garden (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003.
- ^ Cervasio, Stella (7 December 2007). "Muore l'eroe della Squadra ed è giallo sulla fiction tv". La Repubblica. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ "Esordio alla regia per Massimo Bonetti con "Quando si Diventa Grandi"". Cinema Italiano. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2012.