Terence Hill

{{Short description|Italian actor, director, producer (born 1939)}}

{{Redirect|Mario Girotti|the Alpini general|Mario Girotti (general)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Terence Hill

| image = Terence Hill in Dresden (20.08.2018).jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = during a visit in Dresden in August 2018

| birth_name = Mario Girotti

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|03|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Venice, Kingdom of Italy

| citizenship = {{hlist|Italy|United States|Germany}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
film director
screenwriter
film producer

}}

| years_active = 1951–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Lori Zwicklbauer|1967}}

| children = 2

| website = {{Official URL}}

| signature = Terence hill signature.png

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Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his long-time film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors.

His most widely seen films include comic and standard spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film at that time; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill also went on to a successful television career in Italy, most notably playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo from 2000 until 2022.

Early life

Hill was born on 29 March 1939 in Venice, Italy.{{cite web |author=Brennan, Sandra |title=Terence Hill |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/32352/Terence-Hill/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226032713/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/32352/Terence-Hill/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 December 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2014 |access-date=11 May 2015}} Hill's mother, Hildegard Girotti (née Thieme), was from Dresden, Germany; his father, Girolamo Girotti, was Italian, and a chemist by occupation.{{Cite book |last=Wilske |first=Dirk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amEvfnlPgZQC&q=Hildegard%20Thieme%20Girotti&pg=PA37 |title=Der Italowestern - von der Gewalt zum Humor: Filmanalysen ausgewählter Beispiele |date=2007 |publisher=GRIN Verlag |isbn=978-3-638-83742-2 |language=de}} During his childhood, Hill lived in the small town of Lommatzsch, Saxony. He was there up to the End of World War II in Europe.{{cite web |author=Badtke, Thomas |work=N-TV.de |title=Terence Hill – exklusiv und beeindruckend |url=http://www.n-tv.de/leute/buecher/Terence-Hill-exklusiv-und-beeindruckend-article5990226.html|access-date=24 January 2017 |date=11 April 2012}}(German)

Career

=Child actor=

He was discovered at the age of 12 by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi at a swimming meet, and he became a child actor, appearing in Risi's Vacation with a Gangster (1951) as Gianni, the orphan gang leader. "They were looking for a boy gang leader and they found me", he later said.

He had small roles in Voice of Silence (1953) with Jean Marais, Too Young for Love (1953), and It Happened in the Park (1953). He was in Golden Vein (1954) with Märta Torén and Richard Basehart, The Abandoned (1955) and Folgore Division (1955).

=Leading man=

Girotti had his first lead in Guaglione (1956). He could also be seen in Mamma sconosciuta (1956), I vagabondi delle stelle (1956), La grande strada azzurra (1956) with Yves Montand and Alida Valli, and Lazzarella (1957).As a Comrade, He Could Have Been A Contender: [Review]

Holden, Stephen. New York Times 6 June 2001: E.1.

Girotti did Anna of Brooklyn (1958) with Gina Lollobrigida, The Sword and the Cross (1958) with Yvonne de Carlo (playing Lazarus of Bethany), and a TV version of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1958).First American Film for Hill Thomas, Bob. Los Angeles Times 3 September 1976: f16

He had support parts in Il padrone delle ferriere (1959) with Virna Lisi, Juke box - Urli d'amore (1959), and Hannibal (1959) with Victor Mature and Carlo Pedersoli, who would later become known as Bud Spencer. Girotti had the lead roles in Spavaldi e innamorati (1959) and Cerasella (1959), a teen comedy.

It was back to support roles with Carthage in Flames (1960), Un militare e mezzo (1960), and The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1961) with Geoffrey Horne and Robert Morley, directed by Irving Rapper.CARTHAGE IN FLAMES "(Cartagine in Fiamme)"

Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 27, Iss. 312, (1 January 1960): 169.

Girotti had support parts in The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) with Donald O'Connor and directed by Henry Levin and Mario Bava, Pecado de amor (1961), Seven Seas to Calais (1962) with Rod Taylor, and The Shortest Day (1963).'ALADDIN' PERFECT FOR CHILD AUDIENCE

Stinson, Charles. Los Angeles Times 16 December 1961: B6.

Girotti secured a substantial supporting role in Luchino Visconti's film epic The Leopard (1963) alongside Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon, in which he unsuccessfully tries to court the daughter of Lancaster's character. During this time he studied classical literature for three years at an Italian university.

=Germany=

In 1964, he returned to Germany and there appeared in a series of Heimatfilme, adventure and Western films, based on novels by German author Karl May.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-03-29 |title=Terence Hill wird 80: Mit Backpfeifen und Bud Spencer zum Erfolg |url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/terence-hill-wird-80-mit-backpfeifen-und-bud-spencer-zum-erfolg-art-466792 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616201317/https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/terence-hill-wird-80-mit-backpfeifen-und-bud-spencer-zum-erfolg-art-466792 |archive-date=2021-06-16 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de |language=de}} These included Last of the Renegades (1964) with Lex Barker; three films with Stewart Granger, Amongst Vultures (1964), The Oil Prince (1965) and Old Surehand (1965); Shots in 3/4 Time (1965); Duel at Sundown (1965) with Peter Van Eyck; Call of the Forest (1965), an Austrian movie; Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1965) and Die Nibelungen, Teil 2 - Kriemhilds Rache (1967).

In 1967, he returned to Italy to make Io non protesto, io amo (1967), co starring Caterina Caselli.

=Partnership with Bud Spencer=

File:Preparati la bara! Terence Hill.png (1968)]]

Girotti then appeared alongside Bud Spencer (then known as Carlo Pedersoli) in Giuseppe Colizzi's spaghetti Western God Forgives... I Don't! (1967). (Although Girotti appeared in the same movie as Pedersoli in Hannibal in 1959, they did not meet during filming.{{Cite web |title=This & That {{!}} Terence Hill Official Website |url=https://en.terencehill.com/index.php?sel=thisandthat&sub=qa |access-date=2024-07-26|website=en.terencehill.com}}) At the time, cast and crew in Westerns frequently adopted American names to give the film a better chance of selling in non-Italian speaking countries; Girotti changed his name to "Terence Hill". He picked the name from a list of 20 he was given, the story about using his wife's name was a publicity idea.{{Cite web |title=This & That {{!}} Terence Hill Official Website |url=https://en.terencehill.com/index.php?sel=thisandthat&sub=qa |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=en.terencehill.com}} The film was a huge hit – the most popular film of the year in Italy – and established him as a star.

File:Lo chiamavano Trinità.png (1970)]]

Hill followed it with a musicarello, The Crazy Kids of the War (1967) with Rita Pavone, then did a Western, Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) for director Ferdinando Baldi, a sequel to Django (1966) with Hill playing the role done by Franco Nero in the original; it co-starred Horst Frank and George Eastman (and would be featured, much later, at the 64th Venice Film Festival, in 2007).Paola Naldi (2007). "Il nuovo cinema cerca gloria," at La Repubblica [Bologna]. 29 August 2007. [http://bologna.repubblica.it/dettaglio/il-nuovo-cinema-cerca-gloria/1358796 bologna.repubblica.it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226014053/http://bologna.repubblica.it/dettaglio/il-nuovo-cinema-cerca-gloria/1358796 |date=26 December 2014 }}. Retrieved 11 May 2015. Quote: "Per il resto l´istituzione diretta da Gianluca Farinelli, impegnatissima a Bologna con la rassegna dedicata a Chaplin, sarà presente alla manifestazione semplicemente come prestatrice (attività che svolge tutto l´anno) facendo arrivare sul grande schermo veneziano due pellicole per la rassegna "Western all´Italiana": «Preparati la abara», girato nel 1968 da Ferdinando Baldi, con Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman, José Torres; «I sette del Texas», anno 1964, di Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent."

Hill was a leading man in a musical Western Crazy Westerners (1968), again with Rita Pavone, then was reunited with Spencer in Ace High (1968), a sequel to God Forgives with a cast including several American actors such as Eli Wallach. Hill did The Tough and the Mighty (1968), a biopic of Graziano Mesina, then a second sequel to God Forgives, Boot Hill (1969), co-starring Spencer and Woody Strode.

Hill did The Wind's Fierce (1970) then had a huge hit with Spencer with the comedy Western They Call Me Trinity (1971). Hill did a swashbuckler, Blackie the Pirate (1971), in which Spencer had a small role; they reteamed properly for a Trinity sequel, Trinity Is Still My Name (1972). It was even more popular than the original and had a successful release in the USA.

Hill did a modern-day crime drama The Hassled Hooker (1972) and a comedy Western without Spencer, Man of the East (1972). He and Spencer did ... All the Way, Boys! (1972), their first non-Western though it was still a comic adventure film.

=International films=

Hill has stated in interviews that My Name Is Nobody (1973), in which he co-starred with Henry Fonda,{{cite web |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE2D8173FEF34BC4052DFB166838F669EDE |author=Canby, Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |title=Il Mio nome e Nessuno (1974) 'My Name Is Nobody,' Puts Fabled West on Film:The Cast |date=18 July 1974}} is his personal favorite of all his films. The film was based on an idea by Sergio Leone.

File:Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo.png (1974)]]

Hill again starred with Spencer in Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) and Two Missionaries (1974) then without him in the spaghetti Western A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975). He moved from Italy to live in the US and settled in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires.

Dino De Laurentiis cast Hill in his first English-language film, Mr. Billion (1977), directed by Jonathan Kaplan for 20th Century Fox, co-starring Valerie Perrine and Jackie Gleason. It was a box office flop.[http://trailersfromhell.com/trailers/528 Jonathan Kaplan on Mr. Billion] at Trailers From HellTerence Hill Makes American Film Debut in 'Mr. Billion'

Los Angeles Times 7 March 1977: e7.

After returning to Italy for Crime Busters (1977) with Spencer, Hill then made another English-language movie, March or Die (1977), an $8 million French Foreign Legion tale for Lew Grade, co starring Gene Hackman and Catherine Deneuve. It was a box office disappointment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/Terence_Hill|title = Terence Hill - the Spaghetti Western Database}}{{cite news|title=Movies: 'March or Die' a Dusty Venture for Terence Hill|last=Mills|first= Bart|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date=16 January 1977|page= t36}}

Despite his fluency in Italian and English, Hill was usually dubbed by other actors in both languages. In the Italian versions of his films, various actors provided his voice until the late 1960s, where he was primarily dubbed by Sergio Graziani; he was voiced by Pino Locchi from 1970 to 1983, and by Michele Gammino from 1983 to 1996. For English dubs, Lloyd Battista dubbed him in six films, including the "Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy" trilogy, while Roger Browne dubbed him in most of his early 1970s films (They Call Me Trinity to A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe); from Mr. Billion onward, Hill dubbed his own English voice.{{cite AV media |title=Get Mean |publisher=Blue Underground |people=Battista, Lloyd, Anthony, Tony |medium=Blu-ray |at=Commentary |time=19:00}}{{cite web |title=Terence Hill |url=https://spencerhilldb.de/darsteller.php?darsteller=2 |website=Bud Spencer/Terence Hill Database |access-date=20 February 2019}}

Hill and Spencer starred in Odds and Evens (1978), I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979), Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981), and Go for It (1983). Without Spencer, Hill made Org (1979), which he also produced, and Super Fuzz (1980).SUPER FUZZ' AND BORGNINE: [Review]

MITGANG, HERBERT. New York Times 17 May 1982: C.14.

=Director=

Hill did The World of Don Camillo (1984), which he also produced and directed. He teamed with Spencer for Double Trouble (1984), and Miami Supercops (1985), then did They Call Me Renegade (1987), based on a story by Hill.

=Television=

Hill turned director for Lucky Luke (1991) in which he starred and that was shot in the United States; it led to a TV series of the same name.Video – Lucky Luke directed by Terence Hill

Kermode, Mark. Sight and Sound; London Vol. 4, Iss. 1, (Jan 1994): 61.In the U.S., Silenzio on the Set

By ANDY MEISLERLOS ANGELES. New York Times 2 August 1992: H25.

He reunited with Spencer one last time for Troublemakers (1994) which Hill also directed. He did Virtual Weapon (1997) with Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

In 2000, he landed the leading role in the Italian television series Don Matteo (2000–ongoing), about an inspirational parish priest who assists the Carabinieri in solving crimes local to his community. Hill left This role earned Hill an international "Outstanding Actor of the Year" award at the 42nd Monte Carlo Television Festival, alongside ones for the series, and for producer Alessandro Jacchia at that festival.Jeri Jacquin (8 October 2014). [https://patch.com/california/imperialbeach/don-matteo-season-7-8-mhz-international-mystery patch.com "Don Matteo: Season 7 & 8 from MHz International Mystery"]. Imperial Beach Patch. Retrieved 11 May 2015. Hill left Don Matteo in 2022 after thirteen seasons, last appearing in 2024.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=Terence Hill and farewell to "Don Matteo": emotion and hugs for the last take on the set |url=https://www.unionesarda.it/en/terence-hill-and-farewell-to-quot-don-matteoquot-emotion-and-hugs-for-the-last-take-on-the-set-y6ng2skl |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=L'Unione Sarda English |language=en}}

During the series' run he appeared in TV movies L'uomo che sognava con le aquile (2009), Riding the Dark (2009), Doc West (2009), and Triggerman (2009); he co-directed the last two.

In the summer of 2010, Hill filmed another Italian television series for the Italian state television channel Rai Uno, this time entitled Un passo dal cielo (One Step from Heaven), playing a local chief of the state foresters in the region of Alto Adige, with a second season filmed in 2012.

Hill directed the 2018 film My Name Is Thomas, which he also appeared in.{{cite news |url=https://video.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/il-mio-nome-e-thomas-terence-hill-torna-al-cinema-un-cowboy-on-the-road/299934/300564 |title='Il mio nome è Thomas': Terence Hill torna al cinema, un cowboy on the road |date=17 March 2018 |access-date=12 January 2019 |newspaper=La Repubblica |language=it |publisher=GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A.}} The same year, the co-op beat 'em up videogame Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans was released.{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/bud_spencer_and_terence_hill_arrive_on_switch_with_slaps_and_beans_in_tow |title=Bud Spencer & Terence Hill Arrive On Switch With Slaps And Beans In Tow |first=Damien |last=McFerran |date=25 July 2018 |access-date=12 January 2019 |work=Nintendo Life |publisher=Gamer Network}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/bud_spencer_and_terence_hill_-_slaps_and_beans |title=Bud Spencer & Terence Hill – Slaps and Beans Review (Switch eShop) |first=Gonçalo |last=Lopes |date=30 July 2018 |access-date=12 January 2019 |work=Nintendo Life |publisher=Gamer Network}}

Personal life

Hill is married to Lori Hill (née Zwicklbauer) and they have two sons: Jess (born 1969) and Ross, who was adopted at birth (1973–1990).{{cite book |last=Lüdeke |first=Ulf |date=2012 |title=Terence Hill: Die exklusive Biografie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCZRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156 |language=de |page=156 |publisher=Riva Verlag |isbn=978-3-86883-203-7}} Ross was killed in a car accident in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, U.S., in 1990, while Hill was preparing to film Lucky Luke (1991) on the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1990/02/13/morto-16-anni-ross-hill.html|title=E' morto a 16 anni anni Ross Hill|date=13 February 1990 |access-date=2 December 2022|language=it}}

He holds American citizenship,{{cite web | url=https://movieplayer.it/news/terence-hill-donald-trump-lui-darei-tanti-schiaffoni_91038/ | title=Terence Hill: "Donald Trump? A lui darei tanti schiaffoni" }} and in November 2022, he also attained a German citizenship by descent from the German consulate-general in Los Angeles without requiring a naturalization test.{{cite news |date=11 November 2022 |work=Der Spiegel |title=Terence Hill nimmt deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft an |trans-title=Terence Hill Attains German Citizenship |url=https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/terence-hill-ueber-deutschen-pass-bekenntnis-zu-meinen-wurzeln-a-4b7e1f04-2eb0-4b08-b5c6-65695797f27f}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1951 \| Vacation with a Gangster \| Gianni \|
rowspan="4" \| 1953 \| Il viale della speranza \| \|
Voice of Silence \| Boy at the barrier \|
Un amore per te \| \|
It Happened in the Park \| Un compagno di scuola di Anna Maria \| Uncredited
rowspan="3" \| 1955 \| Golden Vein \| Corrado \|
Abandoned \| Wounded Estray \|
Folgore Division \| Paratrooper Delavigne \|
rowspan="3" \| 1956 \| Guaglione \| Franco Danieli \|
Mamma sconosciuta \| Gianni Martini \|
I vagabondi delle stelle \| Franco \|
rowspan="2" \| 1957 \| Lazzarella \| Luciano Pico \|
The Wide Blue Road \| Renato \|
rowspan="2" \| 1958 \| Anna of Brooklyn \| Ciccillo – Don Luigi's nephew \|
The Sword and the Cross \| Lazzaro \|
rowspan="6" \| 1959 \| First Love \| \|
Il padrone delle ferriere \| Octave de Beaulieu \|
Juke box urli d'amore \| Othello \|
Hannibal \| Quintilius \|
Spavaldi e innamorati \| Paolo \|
Cerasella \| Bruno \|
rowspan="2" \| 1960 \| Carthage in Flames \| Tsour \|
Un militare e mezzo \| Giorgio Strazzonelli \|
rowspan="3" \| 1961 \| The Story of Joseph and His Brethren \| Benjamin \|
The Wonders of Aladdin \| Prince Moluk \|
Pecado de amor \| Ángel Vega \|
rowspan="2" \| 1962 \| Seven Seas to Calais \| Babington \|
The Shortest Day \| Austrian soldier \|
1963 \| The Leopard \| Count Cavriaghi \|
rowspan="2" \| 1964 \| Last of the Renegades \| Lt. Robert Merril \|
Among Vultures \| Baker Jr. \|
rowspan="5" \| 1965 \| Shots in Threequarter Time \| Enrico \|
The Oil Prince \| Richard Forsythe \|
Call of the Forest \| Marcello Scalzi \|
Duel at Sundown \| Larry McGow \|
Old Surehand \| Toby \|
1966 \| Die Nibelungen, Teil 1: Siegfried \| Giselher \|
rowspan="3" \| 1967 \| Io non protesto, io amo \| Gabriele \|
God Forgives... I Don't! \| Cat Stevens \|
The Crazy Kids of the War \| Prof. Giuliano Fineschi \|
rowspan="3" \| 1968 \| Django, Prepare a Coffin \| Django \|
Rita of the West \| Black Star \|
Ace High \| Cat Stevens \|
rowspan="2" \| 1969 \| The Tough and the Mighty \| Graziano Cassitta \|
Boot Hill \| Cat Stevens \|
rowspan="2" \| 1970 \| The Wind's Fierce \| Marco \|
They Call Me Trinity \| Trinity \|
rowspan="2" \| 1971 \| Blackie the Pirate \| Blackie \|
Trinity Is Still My Name \| Trinity \|
rowspan="3" \| 1972 \| The Hassled Hooker \| Marco Manin \|
Man of the East \| Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore \|
... All the Way, Boys! \| Plata \|
1973 \| My Name Is Nobody \| Nessuno \|
rowspan="2" \| 1974 \| Watch Out, We're Mad! \| Kid \|
Two Missionaries \| Father / Padre J. \|
1975 \| A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe \| Joe Thanks \|
rowspan="3" \| 1977 \| Mr. Billion \| Guido Falcone \|
Crime Busters \| Matt Kirby \|
March or Die \| Marco Segrain \|
1978 \| Odds and Evens \| Johnny Firpo \|
rowspan="2" \| 1979 \| Org \| Zohommm!!! \| Also producer
I'm for the Hippopotamus \| Slim \|
1980 \| Super Fuzz \| Policeman Dave Speed \|
1981 \| Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure \| Alan \|
rowspan="2" \| 1983 \| Go for It \| Rosco Frazer / Steinberg \|
The World of Don Camillo \| Don Camillo \| Also director and producer
1984 \| Double Trouble \| Eliot Vance / Bastiano Coimbra de la Coronilla y Azevedo \|
1985 \| Miami Supercops \| Doug Bennet / Officer Jay Donell \|
1987 \| They Call Me Renegade \| Luke \| Also writer
1991 \| Lucky Luke \| Lucky Luke \| rowspan="2" \| Also director
1994 \| Troublemakers \| Travis
1997 \| Virtual Weapon \| Skims \|
2018 \| My Name Is Thomas \| Thomas \| Also director and writer

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1951

| Vacation with a Gangster

| Gianni

rowspan="4" | 1953

| Il viale della speranza

Voice of Silence

| Boy at the barrier

Un amore per te

It Happened in the Park

| Un compagno di scuola di Anna Maria

| Uncredited

rowspan="3" | 1955

| Golden Vein

| Corrado

Abandoned

| Wounded Estray

Folgore Division

| Paratrooper Delavigne

rowspan="3" | 1956

| Guaglione

| Franco Danieli

Mamma sconosciuta

| Gianni Martini

I vagabondi delle stelle

| Franco

rowspan="2" | 1957

| Lazzarella

| Luciano Pico

The Wide Blue Road

| Renato

rowspan="2" | 1958

| Anna of Brooklyn

| Ciccillo – Don Luigi's nephew

The Sword and the Cross

| Lazzaro

rowspan="6" | 1959

| First Love

Il padrone delle ferriere

| Octave de Beaulieu

Juke box urli d'amore

| Othello

Hannibal

| Quintilius

Spavaldi e innamorati

| Paolo

Cerasella

| Bruno

rowspan="2" | 1960

| Carthage in Flames

| Tsour

Un militare e mezzo

| Giorgio Strazzonelli

rowspan="3" | 1961

| The Story of Joseph and His Brethren

| Benjamin

The Wonders of Aladdin

| Prince Moluk

Pecado de amor

| Ángel Vega

rowspan="2" | 1962

| Seven Seas to Calais

| Babington

The Shortest Day

| Austrian soldier

1963

| The Leopard

| Count Cavriaghi

rowspan="2" | 1964

| Last of the Renegades

| Lt. Robert Merril

Among Vultures

| Baker Jr.

rowspan="5" | 1965

| Shots in Threequarter Time

| Enrico

The Oil Prince

| Richard Forsythe

Call of the Forest

| Marcello Scalzi

Duel at Sundown

| Larry McGow

Old Surehand

| Toby

1966

| Die Nibelungen, Teil 1: Siegfried

| Giselher

rowspan="3" | 1967

| Io non protesto, io amo

| Gabriele

God Forgives... I Don't!

| Cat Stevens

The Crazy Kids of the War

| Prof. Giuliano Fineschi

rowspan="3" | 1968

| Django, Prepare a Coffin

| Django

Rita of the West

| Black Star

Ace High

| Cat Stevens

rowspan="2" | 1969

| The Tough and the Mighty

| Graziano Cassitta

Boot Hill

| Cat Stevens

rowspan="2" | 1970

| The Wind's Fierce

| Marco

They Call Me Trinity

| Trinity

rowspan="2" | 1971

| Blackie the Pirate

| Blackie

Trinity Is Still My Name

| Trinity

rowspan="3" | 1972

| The Hassled Hooker

| Marco Manin

Man of the East

| Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore

... All the Way, Boys!

| Plata

1973

| My Name Is Nobody

| Nessuno

rowspan="2" | 1974

| Watch Out, We're Mad!

| Kid

Two Missionaries

| Father / Padre J.

1975

| A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe

| Joe Thanks

rowspan="3" | 1977

| Mr. Billion

| Guido Falcone

Crime Busters

| Matt Kirby

March or Die

| Marco Segrain

1978

| Odds and Evens

| Johnny Firpo

rowspan="2" | 1979

| Org

| Zohommm!!!

| Also producer

I'm for the Hippopotamus

| Slim

1980

| Super Fuzz

| Policeman Dave Speed

1981

| Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

| Alan

rowspan="2" | 1983

| Go for It

| Rosco Frazer / Steinberg

The World of Don Camillo

| Don Camillo

| Also director and producer

1984

| Double Trouble

| Eliot Vance / Bastiano Coimbra de la Coronilla y Azevedo

1985

| Miami Supercops

| Doug Bennet / Officer Jay Donell

1987

| They Call Me Renegade

| Luke

| Also writer

1991

| Lucky Luke

| Lucky Luke

| rowspan="2" | Also director

1994

| Troublemakers

| Travis

1997

| Virtual Weapon

| Skims

2018

| My Name Is Thomas

| Thomas

| Also director and writer

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1958 \| Il Novelliere: Il ritratto di Dorian Gray \| \| Television film
1992 \| Lucky Luke \| Lucky Luke \| 8 episodes
2006 \| L'uomo che sognava con le aquile \| Rocco Ventura \| rowspan="4" \| Television film
rowspan="3" \| 2009 \| L'uomo che cavalcava nel buio \| Rocco
Doc West \| rowspan="2" \| Doc West
Triggerman
2000–2022 \| Don Matteo \| Don Matteo \| 265 episodes
2011–2015 \| Un passo dal cielo \| Pietro \| 41 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1958

| Il Novelliere: Il ritratto di Dorian Gray

| Television film

1992

| Lucky Luke

| Lucky Luke

| 8 episodes

2006

| L'uomo che sognava con le aquile

| Rocco Ventura

| rowspan="4" | Television film

rowspan="3" | 2009

| L'uomo che cavalcava nel buio

| Rocco

Doc West

| rowspan="2" | Doc West

Triggerman

2000–2022

| Don Matteo

| Don Matteo

| 265 episodes

2011–2015

| Un passo dal cielo

| Pietro

| 41 episodes

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2017 \| Slaps and Beans \| rowspan="2" \| Terence Hill \| With Bud Spencer; for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC
2023 \| Slaps and Beans 2 \| With Bud Spencer; for PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2017

| Slaps and Beans

| rowspan="2" | Terence Hill

| With Bud Spencer; for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC

2023

| Slaps and Beans 2

| With Bud Spencer; for PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC

=Music Video=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Artist ! Song ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2019 \|Fabio Rovazzi \| Senza pensieri \| Terence Hill \|Feat.Loredana Bertè & J-Ax

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Artist

! Song

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2019

|Fabio Rovazzi

| Senza pensieri

| Terence Hill

|Feat.Loredana Bertè & J-Ax