Massimo Bonetti
{{short description|Italian actor and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
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Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's Bim Bum Bam.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003}} Then, he obtained roles of weight for notable directors such as Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pupi Avati and Massimo Troisi. He is also very active in Italian television, in which he is probably best known for the main role in the crime TV-series La squadra, that he starred for eight seasons between 1999 and 2007.{{cite news|last=Cervasio|first=Stella|title=Muore l'eroe della Squadra ed è giallo sulla fiction tv|url=http://napoli.repubblica.it/dettaglio/muore-leroe-della-squadra-ed-e-giallo-sulla-fiction-tv/1401780|accessdate=11 March 2012|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=7 December 2007|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926131244/https://napoli.repubblica.it/dettaglio/muore-leroe-della-squadra-ed-e-giallo-sulla-fiction-tv/1401780|url-status=dead}}
In 2010 Bonetti made his directorial debut with Quando si Diventa Grandi.{{cite news|title=Esordio alla regia per Massimo Bonetti con "Quando si Diventa Grandi"|url=http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/03345/esordio-alla-regia-per-massimo-bonetti-con.html|accessdate=11 March 2012|newspaper=Cinema Italiano|date=3 June 2009}}
Selected filmography
- Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
- Beach House (1977)
- The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
- Stay as You Are (1978)
- The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
- Kaos (1984)
- Le vie del Signore sono finite (1987)
- The Last Minute (1987)
- The Story of Boys & Girls (1989)
- The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990)
- Faccione (1991)
- Women in Arms (1991)
- Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
- Giovanni Falcone (1993)
- Porzûs (1997)
- Notes of Love (1998)
- Maria Goretti (2003)
- Pietralata (2008)
- The Youngest Son (2010)
- The Big Heart of Girls (2011)
- You Can't Save Yourself Alone (2015)
- Everything Calls For Salvation (2022)
- The American Backyard (2024)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0094351}}
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Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male television actors
Category:Male actors from Rome
Category:Italian film directors
Category:Giallo film directors
Category:20th-century Italian male actors
Category:21st-century Italian male actors
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