Paolo Bonacelli

Known for: Acting

Born: 1937-02-28 – 2025-10-08 (aged 88)

From: Rome, Italy

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.

Filmography (91)

MOVIE★ 5.3
In the Hand of Dante
2026
as Priest Of Alcamo
MOVIE★ 5.0
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Commander
2023
as Betti
MOVIE★ 6.6
Noi ce la siamo cavata
2023
as Sé stesso
MOVIE★ 5.8
Divine
2020
MOVIE
To the Unknown God
2019
MOVIE★ 5.9
Forse è solo mal di mare
2019
as Calogero (Voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Magical Nights
2018
as Ennio 'The Great'
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Ploy
2016
as Vescovo
TV★ 7.5
Furore il vento della speranza
2014
as Niccolò Carbone
MOVIE★ 6.0
The American
2010
as Father Benedetto
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mission: Impossible III
2006
as Monsignore
MOVIE★ 6.6
13 at a Table
2004
as Nonno Giulio
MOVIE★ 7.8
A.A.A. Achille
2003
as Dott. Aglieri
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Accidental Detective
2003
as Direttore Della Galleria Palatina
MOVIE★ 9.0
Gli astronomi
2003
as Peters
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dirty Linen
1999
as Amedeo
TV★ 8.0
Alice on the Run
1998
as Luigi Mancini
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bakunin's Son
1997
as Giudice
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Stendhal Syndrome
1996
as Dr. Cavanna
MOVIE★ 5.4
Christmas Vacation '95
1995
as Paolo "Paolone"
MOVIE★ 9.0
Once a Year, Every Year
1994
as Romano
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Teddy Bear
1994
as Novacek
TV★ 7.0
Abraham
1994
as Melchisedek
TV★ 8.8
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
1994
as Vitale
MOVIE★ 7.2
Abraham
1993
as Melchisedek
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mille bolle blu
1993
as Mario
MOVIE
Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993
1993
MOVIE★ 7.2
Ciao, Professore!
1992
as Ludovico Mazzullo
MOVIE★ 5.0
Il segno del comando
1992
as Bonsanti
MOVIE★ 7.5
Night on Earth
1991
as Priest
MOVIE★ 7.3
Johnny Stecchino
1991
as D'Agata
MOVIE★ 5.0
Touch and Die
1991
as Morelli
MOVIE★ 8.0
Only One Survived
1990
as Andrade
MOVIE★ 8.5
Flight from Paradise
1990
as Eliah
TV★ 7.1
I promessi sposi
1989
as padre di Gertrude
MOVIE★ 10.0
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
as Carl Rune
MOVIE★ 6.6
Francesco
1989
as Francesco's Father
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Double Victory
1989
as Guido Sormani
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lenin: The Train
1988
as Zinoviev
TV★ 6.0
Lenin... The Train
1988
as Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
MOVIE★ 5.8
Topo Galileo
1988
as Professor Zitti
MOVIE★ 4.8
Rimini Rimini
1987
as l'ingegnere
MOVIE★ 4.3
Love Sins
1987
as Ercole Leoni
MOVIE★ 8.0
L'ultima mazurka
1986
as Lanza
MOVIE★ 6.0
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986
as Tango
MOVIE★ 4.9
Mother Ebe
1985
as Don Paolo Monti
MOVIE★ 7.7
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984
as Leonardo da Vinci
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Naked Sun
1984
MOVIE★ 6.5
Henry IV
1984
as Belcredi
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Commissioner
1983
as Commissionario
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Knight, Death and The Devil
1983
as Nicholas
MOVIE
Words and Blood
1982
as Marcucci
MOVIE
I Remember Nelson
1982
as King Ferdinando
MOVIE★ 7.0
Delitti, amore e gelosia
1982
as Commissario Dell'Amore
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Mystery of Oberwald
1981
as Count of Foehn
MOVIE★ 7.0
Calderon
1981
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Persian Lamb Coat
1980
as Ferdinando
MOVIE★ 6.1
Le Guignolo
1980
as Kamal
MOVIE★ 6.2
Good News
1979
as Gualtiero Milano
MOVIE★ 6.0
Caligula
1979
as Chaerea
MOVIE★ 7.2
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Don Luigi Magalone
MOVIE★ 7.4
Midnight Express
1978
as Rifki
TV★ 7.0
Madame Bovary
1978
as Charles Bovary
MOVIE★ 5.0
Nest of Vipers
1978
as Paolo Mazzarini
MOVIE★ 7.0
This Is the Night
1977
TV★ 8.0
Origins of the Mafia
1976
as Vincenzo Biscetta
MOVIE★ 5.5
Evil Thoughts
1976
as Antonio Marani
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Inheritance
1976
as Paolo Furlin
MOVIE★ 7.0
La banca di Monate
1976
as Dottor Defendente Massera
MOVIE★ 6.8
Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Dr. Maxia
MOVIE★ 6.3
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976
as The Duke
MOVIE★ 6.7
Beyond Fear
1975
as Francesco Grimaldi
MOVIE
Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
1975
MOVIE★ 5.2
Year One
1974
as Giorgio Amendola
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Murri Affair
1974
as Francesco Bonmartini
MOVIE★ 6.7
Milarepa
1974
as Prof. Bennet
MOVIE★ 6.4
Giordano Bruno
1973
MOVIE★ 6.0
Io e lui
1973
as Vladimiro
MOVIE
Il cancelliere Krehler
1972
as Max
MOVIE★ 5.4
Maddalena
1971
MOVIE★ 4.4
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971
MOVIE★ 8.0
Tears of Love
1970
as Cormick
MOVIE★ 7.0
Seven Times Seven
1968
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Devil in Love
1966
as Inn's customer
MOVIE★ 6.6
Pleasant Nights
1966
as Messenger
MOVIE★ 5.6
SuperSeven Calling Cairo
1965
as Capitano Hume
MOVIE★ 6.1
One Million Dollars
1964
as Zenone
TV★ 9.0
I grandi camaleonti
1964
as Babeuf
MOVIE★ 5.4
Corpse for the Lady
1964
as Gedeon
MOVIE
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
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as Self