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Fabio Testi

Acting Born Aug 2, 1941 Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy 24 credits

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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Known for

Father Matteo

as Dottor Ruggeri
Film

Once Upon a Time in the West

as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)

Manuela

as Carlo

Ciao Darwin

as Capitano Padania
Film

Letters to Juliet

as Count Lorenzo
Film

Four of the Apocalypse

as Stubby Preston

Deceptions

as Carlo Ferraro

Cover Up

as Milo Ruiz

Full filmography

  • Father Matteo (2000) as Dottor Ruggeri
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
  • Manuela (1991) as Carlo
  • Ciao Darwin (1998) as Capitano Padania
  • Letters to Juliet (2010) as Count Lorenzo
  • Barbarella (1968) as Tall Man at Party (uncredited)
  • Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025) as John Diman (old)
  • Four of the Apocalypse (1975) as Stubby Preston
  • Torrente 3: The Protector (2005) as Montellini Roures
  • Deceptions (1985) as Carlo Ferraro
  • La dottoressa Giò (1997) as Armando Colucci
  • The Return of Sandokan (1996) as Janez De Gomera
  • Mussolini and I (1985) as Lorenzo
  • Romy, A Free Woman (2022) as Self - Servais Mont (archive footage)
  • What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) as Enrico Rosseni
  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) as Bruno
  • Julia Forever (1989) as Ermes Corsini
  • Le Gorille (1990) as René Faragi
  • Desert of Fire (1997) as Daniel Diderot
  • Revolver (1973) as Milo Ruiz
  • The Inheritance (1976) as Mario Ferramonti
  • Contraband (1980) as Luca Di Angelo
  • Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) as Rogers' Man (uncredited)
  • Killer (1972) as Georges Gasset