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Paolo Bonacelli
Highest Rated: 90% Midnight Express (1978)
Lowest Rated: 22% Caligula (1979)
Birthday: Feb 28, 1937
Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Italian actor Paolo Bonacelli has over 100 acting credits to his name, going back to the early 1960s. Bonacelli is one of those ubiquitous actors that viewers may not know by name but certainly recognize. He is acknowledged most for his performance as the Duke de Blangis in director Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial Italian film "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom." "Salò" is banned in many countries due to its depictions of extreme violence, sexual torture, perversion, and sadism. Bonacelli made distinguished appearances in Alan Parker's "Midnight Express" based on the novel by Billy Hayes, and Tinto Brass's "Caligula," an adult biographical film following the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. He teamed up with countryman Roberto Benigni in both "Johnny Stecchino" and Jim Jarmusch's "Night on Earth." Bonacelli also appears in the J.J. Abrams film "Mission: Impossible III" with Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Ving Rhames, and plays Father Benedetto in Anton Corbijn's thriller "The American," with George Clooney.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caligula: The Ultimate Cut | Chaerea (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La macchinazione | Bishop (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 64% | 39% | The American | Father Benedetto (Character) | $35.6M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A.A.A. Achille | Dr. Aglieri (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 52% | 52% | Scarlet Diva | Swiss Journalist (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 75% | 51% | The Stendhal Syndrome | Dr. Cavanna (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L'ours en peluche | Novacek (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 57% | 76% | Ciao, Professore! | Ludovico Mazzullo (Character) | $63.0K | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mille Bolle Blu | Mario Gora (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 76% | 91% | Night on Earth | Priest (Character) | $2.0M | 1992 |
| 46% | 85% | Johnny Stecchino | D'Agata (Character) | $623.5K | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Only One Survived | Andrade (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Francesco | Francesco's Father (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Festa di Capodanno | Roberto (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La moglie ingenua, il marito malato | Carl Rune (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | D'Annunzio | Ercole Leoni (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Camorra | Tango (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Henry IV | Belcredi (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Nothing Left to Do but Cry | Leonardo da Vinci (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Le guignolo | Kamal (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 50% | 42% | The Mystery of Oberwald | Count of Foehn (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 90% | 77% | Eboli | Don Luigi Magalone (Character) | $77.9K | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Il cappotto di Astrakan | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 22% | 38% | Caligula | Chaerea (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good News | Gualtiero (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 90% | 88% | Midnight Express | Rifki (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | The Inheritance | Paolo Furlin (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Illustrious Corpses | Dr. Maxia (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Cadavres exquis | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 71% | 62% | Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom | The Duke (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Murri Affair | Francesco Bonmartini (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Times for Princes | Zenone (Character) | - | 1964 |