Massimo Vanni

ActorCrew Jul 8 (age 79) Rome, Lazio, Italy 1972–2025 (53 year career)

5.4 avg rating

Biography

A cousin of director Enzo G. Castellari and nephew of director Marino Girolami, Massimo Vanni became involved in the Italian film industry at a young age both as a bit-part player and stuntman before slowly graduating to larger more dramatic roles toward the end of the decade. A skilled acrobat and fight choreographer, Vanni himself became known as the Italian Jackie Chan of the 1980's, usually getting a good fight scene in before meeting with an inevitable demise.

Known For

Film

Gangs of New York

Bar Bouncer (uncredited)

Film

Romanzo Criminale

Guardaspalle Gemito (uncredited)

Film

A Pure Formality

7.4 1994

Film

Seven Beauties

Man in Prison (uncredited)

Film

Keoma

Caldwell's Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)

Film

The Inglorious Bastards

French Resistance

Film

I Am Santa Claus

Nanni

Film

Come Into the Light

Stunt Coordinator

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (83)

Nel nome dell'odio

2025

as Sé stesso

Pretendo l'inferno

as Self

L'uomo che disse no

I Am Santa Claus

as Nanni

Tracce di Bene

as Self

Roma criminale

2013

as Gargiulio

2.0

Bastardi

2008

as Brasi

Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo

2008

as Professore

4.9

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

as Self

Solitaire

as Moriero

Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente

2008

as Self

10.0

Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'

2007

as Self

E guardo il mondo da un oblò

2007

as Uomo che tradisce la moglie

The Borgia

as Soldier

Belle da morire 2

as Killer

Romanzo Criminale

as Guardaspalle Gemito (uncredited)

7.2

Il ritorno del Monnezza

2005

as Gargiulo

4.2

Five Moons Plaza

2003

as Brigatista con mitra

5.5

Gangs of New York

2002

as Bar Bouncer (uncredited)

7.3

Vajont

2001

as Roncacci

6.6

La quindicesima epistola

1998

as Michele

6.0

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück

1998

as Angelo

The Wax Mask

as Victor

Desert of Fire

as Albino

Body and Soul

as Killer

Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo

Segreto di Stato

as Following Hitman

Una grande voglia d'amore

as Nicole's Friend

A Pure Formality

First Action Hero

as Drake

After Death

as David

Born to Fight

as Prisoner #1

Shocking Dark

as First Soldier (Practicing Nunchucks)

4.4

Sinbad of the Seven Seas

1989

as Man (uncredited)

4.0

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

1988

as Bo (as Alex McBride)

5.1

Robowar

1988

as Pvt. Larry Guarino

Strike Commando 2

as Kelly Sellers

Cop Game

as Head of the Killers

4.7

Double Target

1987

as Russian Soldier (uncredited)

4.2

My Sister and I

1987

as Uomo nel treno

6.5

The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri

as Thief

The Repenter

Light Blast

as Policeman in Warehouse

4.4

È arrivato mio fratello

1985

as poliziotto

5.7

Tuareg: Desert Warrior

1984

as Corporal

4.9

Rats: Night of Terror

1984

as Taurus

4.8

Blastfighter

1984

as Dying Police Officer

5.2

The New Barbarians

1983

as Mako

4.3

Escape from the Bronx

1983

as Big Little Man

4.8

1990: The Bronx Warriors

as Blade

The Gorilla

as ladro baffuto

The Last Shark

as Jimmy (as Max Vanders)

5.5

Crime at the Chinese Restaurant

1981

as brigadiere Gargiulo

5.8

The Last Hunter

1980

as Phillips

5.4

Crime at Porta Romana

1980

as Brigadier Gargiulo

5.7

Day of the Cobra

1980

as Beltrame

6.0

Assassination on the Tiber

1979

as Brigadier Gargiulo

6.2

The House by the Edge of the Lake

1979

as Manuel

4.5

The Face with Two Left Feet

1979

as Paolo

5.9

The Inglorious Bastards

as French Resistance

Little Italy

as Gargiulo

Magnum Cop

as Vinnie

Destruction Force

as Marchetti

The Swindle

as brigadiere Gargiulo

Nerone

as Painter

Highway Racer

as Uomo (uncredited)

Weapons of Death

as Rosati - Undercover Cop

6.1

The Heroin Busters

1977

as Massimo

6.3

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche

1976

2.7

Hit Squad

1976

as Brigadier Gargiulo

6.5

Keoma

1976

as Caldwell's Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)

6.9

The Big Racket

1976

as Rudy's Enforcer

6.9

A Special Cop in Action

1976

as Fabbri

6.1

Rome, the Other Face of Violence

1976

as Agent Vanni (uncredited)

5.6

Seven Beauties

1975

as Man in Prison (uncredited)

7.5

Emanuelle and Françoise

1975

as Robi

5.0

Cry, Onion!

1975

as Buck, Lamb Henchman

Violent Rome

as Mr. Valli

We Are No Angels

as Shark Henchman

Lovers and Other Relatives

as Mr. Muscle

Street Law

as Hood #2

High Crime

as Killer

Hector the Mighty

as Gang (uncredited)

Television (1)

Appointment in Trieste

1989

Crew (24)

Movies (24)

Dietro la notte

Stunt Coordinator

Baciami piccina

Stunt Coordinator

The Stone Merchant

Stunts

Come Into the Light

Stunt Coordinator

The Clan

Stunt Coordinator

Gangs of New York

Stunts

A Perfect Love

Stunt Coordinator

Vajont

Stunt Coordinator

Stregati dalla luna

Stunt Coordinator

Alex the Ram

Stunt Coordinator

First Action Hero

Stunt Coordinator

Skinheads

Master at Arms

After Death

Stunt Coordinator

Shocking Dark

Stunt Coordinator

Robowar

Stunt Coordinator

Strike Commando

Stunt Coordinator

Tuareg: Desert Warrior

1984

Stunts

4.9

Assassination on the Tiber

Stunts

Hit Squad

Stunts

Keoma

Stunts

The Big Racket

Stunts

Rome, the Other Face of Violence

Stunts

Cry, Onion!

Stunts

Violent Rome

Stunts