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Fabio Testi

Fabio Testi

Acting1941Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy

Biography

Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero. Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years. His most famous job as a stuntman was in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, where he fell from a rooftop and hit the ground on his shoulder. Testi married only once, in 1979, to Lola Navarro, with whom he fathered three children. He skirted international stardom through a series of unusual role choices and a firm decision to remain in Italy. He chose to work with people like Miles Deem, known as the "Ed Wood of Spaghetti Westerns" when better roles were available. Testi was cast by director Andrzej Żuławski in L'important c'est d'aimer (1975), opposite Romy Schneider, Klaus Kinski, Jacques Dutronc and Claude Dauphin.

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Acting History

2025
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
as John Diman (Old)
2019
Very Valentine
as Domenico Vechiarelli
2010
Letters to Juliet
as Count Lorenzo
Ciao Darwin
TVas Capitano Padania1 eps
2005
Torrente 3: The Protector
as Montellini Roures
2002
Father Matteo
TVas Dottor Ruggeri1 eps
1997
Desert of Fire
as Daniel Diderot
1995
Ragazzi della notte
as Schizzo's father
1994
First Action Hero
as Mark Fierro
1993
The Final Contract
as Commissario Luca Calarno
1991
Manuela
TVas Carlo
1988
Iguana
as Gamboa
1987
Top Kids
as Giovanni Agnelli
Skipper
as Alex Grimaldi
1986
Bilbao Blues
as Lucas Iturriaga
1985
Deceptions
as Carlo Ferraro
The Ambassador
as Mustapha Hashimi
1984
Summer Games
as Roberto Ripa
1981
The Hawk and the Dove
as Michele Alemani
1980
The Black Hand
as Fabio Testi
Speed Cross
as Paolo
Contraband
as Luca Di Angelo
1979
Manaos
as Arquimedes
1978
Rings of Fear
as Inspector Gianni Di Salvo
China 9, Liberty 37
as Clayton Drumm
1977
1976
The Inheritance
as Mario Ferramonti
The Big Racket
as Nicola Palmieri
1975
Red Coat
as Bill Cormack
Four of the Apocalypse
as Stubby Preston
Go Gorilla, Go!
as Marco Sartori
1974
The Nada Gang
as Buenaventura Diaz
Blood Brothers
as Don Gaetano Fungillo
Blood River
as Ringo
1973
Revolver
as Milo Ruiz
1972
Killer
as Georges Gasset
Camorra
as Tonino Russo
1969
Zingara
as (uncredited)
Cemetery Without Crosses
as Rogers' Man (uncredited)
Death Knocks Twice
as Francesco di Villaverde
The Avenger, Zorro
as Zorro / Don Diego
The Battle of the Damned
as Pvt. Terry Wilson
1968
Barbarella
as Tall Man at Party (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
Gun Shy Piluk
as Bit part (uncredited)
I due Crociati
as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio
1961
Barabbas
Stunts

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/2/1941(84 years old)
Place of Birth
Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy