Paolo Bonacelli

Actor Feb 28 (died age 88) Rome, Italy 1964–2025 (61 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paolo Bonacelli (born February 28, 1939) is 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 …

Known For

Film

Mission: Impossible III

Monsignore

Film

Midnight Express

Rifki

Film

Nothing Left to Do But Cry

Leonardo da Vinci

Film

Night on Earth

Priest

Film

Johnny Stecchino

D'Agata

Film

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

The Duke

Film

The American

Father Benedetto

Film

Ciao, Professore!

Ludovico Mazzullo

Filmography

Acting (92)

Movies (84)

120 Days of Sodom Literally

2025

as The Duc de Blangis

In the Hand of Dante

as Priest of Alcamo

Nato il sei ottobre

The Commander

as Betti

Noi ce la siamo cavata

2023

as Sé stesso

6.6

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

2023

as Chaerea

Divine

2020

5.8

To the Unknown God

2019

Forse è solo mal di mare

as Calogero (Voice)

Magical Nights

as Ennio 'The Great'

The Ploy

as Vescovo

The American

as Father Benedetto

Mission: Impossible III

as Monsignore

13 at a Table

as Nonno Giulio

The Accidental Detective

2003

as Direttore Della Galleria Palatina

Gli astronomi

2003

as Peters

A.A.A. Achille

as Dott. Aglieri

Dirty Linen

as Amedeo

Bakunin's Son

as Giudice

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

as Dr. Cavanna

5.4

Christmas Vacation '95

as Paolo "Paolone"

The Teddy Bear

as Novacek

Once a Year, Every Year

1994

as Romano

Abraham

as Melchisedek

Mille bolle blu

as Mario

Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993

Il segno del comando

as Bonsanti

Ciao, Professore!

as Ludovico Mazzullo

Night on Earth

as Priest

Johnny Stecchino

as D'Agata

Touch and Die

as Morelli

Lenin: The Train

as Zinoviev

Only One Survived

as Andrade

Flight from Paradise

1990

as Eliah

7.0

A Double Victory

1989

as Guido Sormani

Francesco

1989

as Francesco's Father

6.5

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

1989

as Carl Rune

Topo Galileo

as Professor Zitti

Love Sins

as Ercole Leoni

Rimini Rimini

as l'ingegnere

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)

1986

as Tango

5.8

L'ultima mazurka

1986

as Lanza

Mother Ebe

1985

as Don Paolo Monti

4.3

Nothing Left to Do But Cry

as Leonardo da Vinci

The Naked Sun

Henry IV

as Belcredi

The Commissioner

as Commissionario

The Knight, Death and The Devil

1983

as Nicholas

10.0

Words and Blood

1982

as Marcucci

I Remember Nelson

1982

as King Ferdinando

Delitti, amore e gelosia

1982

as Commissario Dell'Amore

Calderon

1981

7.0

The Mystery of Oberwald

as Count of Foehn

Le Guignolo

as Kamal

The Persian Lamb Coat

as Ferdinando

Caligula

as Chaerea

Good News

as Gualtiero Milano

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979

as Don Luigi Magalone

Midnight Express

as Rifki

Nest of Vipers

as Paolo Mazzarini

This Is the Night

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

as The Duke

Illustrious Corpses

as Dr. Maxia

Evil Thoughts

as Antonio Marani

The Inheritance

as Paolo Furlin

La banca di Monate

as Dottor Defendente Massera

5.0

Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista

1975

Beyond Fear

1975

as Francesco Grimaldi

6.5

The Murri Affair

1974

as Francesco Bonmartini

Year One

as Giorgio Amendola

Milarepa

as Prof. Bennet

Giordano Bruno

Io e lui

as Vladimiro

Il cancelliere Krehler

1972

as Max

Maddalena

1971

5.1

A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State

1971

3.0

Tears of Love

1970

as Cormick

Seven Times Seven

The Devil in Love

as Inn's customer

Pleasant Nights

as Messenger

SuperSeven Calling Cairo

as Capitano Hume

One Million Dollars

as Zenone

Corpse for the Lady

as Gedeon

I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni

as Self

Television (8)

Furore il vento della speranza

2014

as Niccolò Carbone

7.5

Alice on the Run

1998

as Luigi Mancini

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

as Vitale

Abraham

as Melchisedek

I promessi sposi

as padre di Gertrude

Lenin... The Train

as Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev

6.0

Madame Bovary

1978

as Charles Bovary

Origins of the Mafia

1976

as Vincenzo Biscetta