Ricky Tognazzi

{{short description|Italian actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Ricky Tognazzi.JPG

| caption = Tognazzi on set

| name = Ricky Tognazzi

| birth_name = Riccardo Tognazzi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = Actor, film director

| yearsactive = 1963–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Simona Izzo|1995}}

| father = Ugo Tognazzi

| mother = Pat O'Hara

| relatives = Gianmarco Tognazzi (half-brother)
Maria Sole Tognazzi (half-sister)
Thomas Robsahm (half-brother)

}}

Riccardo "Ricky" Tognazzi ({{IPA|it|ˈriːki toɲˈɲattsi}} born 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film The Escort was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2582/year/1993.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Escort |access-date=20 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}

In 1991, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Ultra.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1991/03_preistr_ger_1991/03_Preistraeger_1991.html |title=Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners |access-date=26 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}} Five years later, his film Strangled Lives won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistr_ger_1996/03_Preistraeger_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1996 Prize Winners |access-date=1 January 2012 |work=berlinale.de}}

He is the son of film actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and the half-brother of actor Gianmarco Tognazzi and film director Maria Sole Tognazzi. In 2016, he appeared as an out-of touch variety show host in the music video for "Tutti Frutti" by English rock band New Order.{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-new-orders-delirious-tutti-frutti-video-20160123 |title=Watch New Order's Delirious 'Tutti Frutti' Video |access-date=23 January 2016|work=rollingstone.com|date=23 January 2016 |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel }}

He's an outspoken atheist,{{cite web|last=Toaff|first=Alisa|url=https://www.olbianotizie.it/24ore/articolo/558849-covid_tognazzi__cinema_non_riaprono_manca_volonta_per_anima_importanti_come_chiese_|title=Covid: Tognazzi, 'cinema non riaprono? manca volontà, per anima importanti come chiese'|language=it|publisher=AdnKronos|website=OlbiaNotizie|date=11 March 2021|access-date=24 July 2021}} even if he admires some religious figures such as Saint Thomas, Pope John XXIII and Pope Francis.{{cite magazine|last=Giordano|first=Lucio|title=Credo in Dio ma solo in TV, nella vita sono ateo|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=30 July 2021|number=30|pages=98–101}}