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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 28, 1937
Died
October 8, 2025
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Also Known As
- Паоло Боначелли
Paolo Bonacelli
0.8 Popularity
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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
5.1
Priest of Alcamo
In the Hand of Dante
2025
5.0
The Duc de Blangis
120 Days of Sodom Literally
2025
5.0
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
6.9
Betti
The Commander
2023
6.6
Sé stesso
Noi ce la siamo cavata
2023
5.8
Divine
2020
0.0
To the Unknown God
2019
5.9
Calogero (Voice)
Forse è solo mal di mare
2019
6.1
Ennio 'The Great'
Magical Nights
2018
5.9
Vescovo
The Ploy
2016
Credits
In the Hand of Dante
as Priest of Alcamo
2025
5.1
120 Days of Sodom Literally
as The Duc de Blangis
2025
5.0
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
5.0
The Commander
as Betti
2023
6.9
Noi ce la siamo cavata
as Sé stesso
2023
6.6
Divine
2020
5.8
To the Unknown God
2019
0.0
Forse è solo mal di mare
as Calogero (Voice)
2019
5.9
Magical Nights
as Ennio 'The Great'
2018
6.1
The Ploy
as Vescovo
2016
5.9
Furore il vento della speranza
as Niccolò Carbone
2014
7.5
The American
as Father Benedetto
2010
6.0
Mission: Impossible III
as Monsignore
2006
6.8
13 at a Table
as Nonno Giulio
2004
6.3
A.A.A. Achille
as Dott. Aglieri
2003
7.4
The Accidental Detective
as Direttore Della Galleria Palatina
2003
0.0
Gli astronomi
as Peters
2003
0.0
Dirty Linen
as Amedeo
1999
5.4
🎬
Alice on the Run
as Luigi Mancini
1998
0.0
Bakunin's Son
as Giudice
1997
0.0
The Stendhal Syndrome
as Dr. Cavanna
1996
5.4
Christmas Vacation '95
as Paolo "Paolone"
1995
5.4
Once a Year, Every Year
as Romano
1994
0.0
The Teddy Bear
as Novacek
1994
4.3
Abraham
as Melchisedek
1994
8.0
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
as Vitale
1994
8.5
Abraham
as Melchisedek
1993
6.9
Mille bolle blu
as Mario
1993
6.4
🎬
Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993
1993
0.0
Ciao, Professore!
as Ludovico Mazzullo
1992
7.2
🎬
Il segno del comando
as Bonsanti
1992
3.7
Night on Earth
as Priest
1991
7.5
Johnny Stecchino
as D'Agata
1991
7.3
Touch and Die
as Morelli
1991
3.3
Only One Survived
as Andrade
1990
0.0
Lenin: The Train
as Zinoviev
1990
6.2
Flight from Paradise
as Eliah
1990
7.0
I promessi sposi
as padre di Gertrude
1989
6.4
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Carl Rune
1989
0.0
Francesco
as Francesco's Father
1989
6.5
🎬
A Double Victory
as Guido Sormani
1989
0.0
Lenin... The Train
as Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
1988
6.0
Topo Galileo
as Professor Zitti
1988
5.4
Rimini Rimini
as l'ingegnere
1987
4.8
Love Sins
as Ercole Leoni
1987
2.3
🎬
L'ultima mazurka
as Lanza
1986
0.0
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
as Tango
1986
5.8
Mother Ebe
as Don Paolo Monti
1985
4.3
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
as Leonardo da Vinci
1984
7.7
The Naked Sun
1984
2.0
Henry IV
as Belcredi
1984
6.4
The Commissioner
as Commissionario
1983
0.0
The Knight, Death and The Devil
as Nicholas
1983
10.0
🎬
Words and Blood
as Marcucci
1982
0.0
I Remember Nelson
as King Ferdinando
1982
0.0
Delitti, amore e gelosia
as Commissario Dell'Amore
1982
0.0
The Mystery of Oberwald
as Count of Foehn
1981
5.6
🎬
Calderon
1981
7.0
The Persian Lamb Coat
as Ferdinando
1980
4.5
Le Guignolo
as Kamal
1980
6.1
Good News
as Gualtiero Milano
1979
6.1
Caligula
as Chaerea
1979
6.0
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Don Luigi Magalone
1979
7.1
Midnight Express
as Rifki
1978
7.4
Madame Bovary
as Charles Bovary
1978
0.0
Nest of Vipers
as Paolo Mazzarini
1978
4.8
This Is the Night
1977
0.0
Origins of the Mafia
as Vincenzo Biscetta
1976
0.0
Evil Thoughts
as Antonio Marani
1976
5.3
The Inheritance
as Paolo Furlin
1976
6.2
La banca di Monate
as Dottor Defendente Massera
1976
5.0
Illustrious Corpses
as Dr. Maxia
1976
6.8
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
as The Duke
1976
6.4
Beyond Fear
as Francesco Grimaldi
1975
6.5
Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
1975
0.0
Year One
as Giorgio Amendola
1974
3.4
The Murri Affair
as Francesco Bonmartini
1974
6.6
Milarepa
as Prof. Bennet
1974
6.3
Giordano Bruno
1973
6.3
Io e lui
as Vladimiro
1973
5.0
Il cancelliere Krehler
as Max
1972
0.0
Maddalena
1971
5.2
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971
2.3
Tears of Love
as Cormick
1970
0.0
Seven Times Seven
1968
6.8
The Devil in Love
as Inn's customer
1966
5.6
Pleasant Nights
as Messenger
1966
6.3
SuperSeven Calling Cairo
as Capitano Hume
1965
5.5
One Million Dollars
as Zenone
1964
6.0
Corpse for the Lady
as Gedeon
1964
5.1
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
as Self
N/A
0.0