Bud Spencer

Bud Spencer

Known for
Acting
Born
October 31, 1929
Died
June 27, 2016 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Napoli, Campania, Italy

Biography

Bud Spencer was an Italian actor, filmmaker and a former professional swimmer. He was known for past roles in action-comedy films together with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. Growing from a successful swimmer in his youth, he got a degree in law, and has registered several patents. Bud also became a certified commercial airline and helicopter pilot, Bud Spencer also supported and funded many children's charities, including the Spencer Scholarship Fund. Bud Spencer and Terence Hill both appeared, produced and directed over 20 films together and thus became and remain best friends until he passed away.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me poster

Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me

Movie · as Self (Archive)

2023
Lui era Trinità poster

Lui era Trinità

Movie · as Self

2021
We Are Cinema poster

We Are Cinema

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer poster

Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Piedone nyomában poster

Piedone nyomában

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
They Called Him Spencer poster

They Called Him Spencer

Movie · as Self

2017
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo poster

Thus Spoke De Crescenzo

Movie

2016
Bud Spencer zu Gast im Ramada Hotel in Berlin poster

Bud Spencer zu Gast im Ramada Hotel in Berlin

Movie · as Himself

2014
Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… poster

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

Movie · as Lui-même

2014
Das Bud Spencer Spezial poster

Das Bud Spencer Spezial

Movie · as Self

2012
Der Fall der vier Fliegen

Der Fall der vier Fliegen

Movie · as Self

2012
Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer poster

Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer

Movie · as Self

2012
Gottschalk Live

Gottschalk Live

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2011
Hamburg Journal

Hamburg Journal

TV · as self · 1 ep

2010
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo poster

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

Movie · as Self

2010
I delitti del cuoco poster

I delitti del cuoco

TV · as Carlo Banci · 11 eps

2009
Killing Is My Business, Honey poster

Killing Is My Business, Honey

Movie · as Pepe

2008
Pane e Olio poster

Pane e Olio

Movie · as Laris

2008
Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente poster

Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente

Movie · as Self

2008
Markus Lanz poster

Markus Lanz

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern poster

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

Movie · as Self

2004
Vier Fäuste lassen's krachen poster

Vier Fäuste lassen's krachen

Movie

2003
Singing Behind Screens poster

Singing Behind Screens

Movie · as Old Captain Andorrano

2002
Father Hope poster

Father Hope

Movie · as Padre Speranza

2002
NDR Kultur – Das Journal

NDR Kultur – Das Journal

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Hijos del viento poster

Hijos del viento

Movie · as Quintero

2000
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co poster

Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

Movie · as Self

2000
Menschen der Woche

Menschen der Woche

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? poster

Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?

TV · as Ospite · 1 ep

1998
Three Forever poster

Three Forever

Movie · as Bops

1998
Ciao Darwin poster

Ciao Darwin

TV · as Capitano Grassi · 1 ep

1998
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1997
To the Limit poster

To the Limit

Movie · as Elorza

1997
Fireworks poster

Fireworks

Movie · as Il Cieco

1997
We Are Angels poster

We Are Angels

TV · as Bob Russell / Father Orso · 6 eps

1994
Troublemakers poster

Troublemakers

Movie · as Moses

1994
Nachtshow

Nachtshow

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Brisant poster

Brisant

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Riverboat poster

Riverboat

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Speaking of the Devil poster

Speaking of the Devil

Movie · as Bull Webster

1991
Detective Extralarge: Yo-yo poster

Detective Extralarge: Yo-yo

Movie · as Jack 'Extralarge' Costello

1991
Detective Extralarge poster

Detective Extralarge

TV · as Jack Costello · 12 eps

1988
Big Man poster

Big Man

TV · as Jack Clementi · 6 eps

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Aladdin poster

Aladdin

Movie · as Genie

1985
Miami Supercops poster

Miami Supercops

Movie · as Steve Forest / L.A. Ray

1984
Double Trouble poster

Double Trouble

Movie · as Greg Wonder / Antonio Coímbra

1983
Thieves and Robbers poster

Thieves and Robbers

Movie · as Alan Parker

1983
Go for It poster

Go for It

Movie · as Doug O'Riordan / Mason

1982
Banana Joe poster

Banana Joe

Movie · as Banana Joe

1982
Bomber poster

Bomber

Movie · as Bud Graziano

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure poster

Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure

Movie · as Charlie O'Brien

1981
Buddy Goes West poster

Buddy Goes West

Movie · as Buddy

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1980
Flatfoot in Egypt poster

Flatfoot in Egypt

Movie · as Inspector Rizzo

1980
Why Did You Pick On Me? poster

Why Did You Pick On Me?

Movie · as Sheriff Hall

1979
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid poster

The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

Movie · as Sheriff Hall

1979
I'm for the Hippopotamus poster

I'm for the Hippopotamus

Movie · as Tom

1979
Okay

Okay

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1979
NDR Talk Show poster

NDR Talk Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
They Called Him Bulldozer poster

They Called Him Bulldozer

Movie · as Bulldozer

1978
Flatfoot in Africa poster

Flatfoot in Africa

Movie · as Inspector Rizzo

1978
Odds and Evens poster

Odds and Evens

Movie · as Charlie Firpo

1977
Crime Busters poster

Crime Busters

Movie · as Wilbur Walsh

1977
Charleston poster

Charleston

Movie · as Brian Charleston

1977
Telespiele

Telespiele

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Auf los geht's los poster

Auf los geht's los

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

1976
Soldier of Fortune poster

Soldier of Fortune

Movie · as Hector Fieramosca / Ettore Fieramosca da Capua

1975
Flatfoot in Hong Kong poster

Flatfoot in Hong Kong

Movie · as Inspector Rizzo

1974
The Two Missionaries poster

The Two Missionaries

Movie · as Padre Pedro De Leon

1974
Watch Out, We're Mad poster

Watch Out, We're Mad

Movie · as Ben

1974
Am laufenden Band poster

Am laufenden Band

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1974
3 nach 9

3 nach 9

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Der große Preis

Der große Preis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
The Knock Out Cop poster

The Knock Out Cop

Movie · as Inspector Rizzo

1973
Even Angels Eat Beans poster

Even Angels Eat Beans

Movie · as Charlie Smith

1972
All the Way Boys poster

All the Way Boys

Movie · as Salud

1972
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die poster

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

Movie · as Eli Sampson

1972
Black Turin poster

Black Turin

Movie · as Rosario Rao

1972
It Can Be Done Amigo poster

It Can Be Done Amigo

Movie · as Hiram Coburn

1971
Trinity Is Still My Name poster

Trinity Is Still My Name

Movie · as Bambino

1971
Blackie the Pirate poster

Blackie the Pirate

Movie · as Skull

1971
Four Flies on Grey Velvet poster

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Movie · as Diomede / Godfrey

1970
They Call Me Trinity poster

They Call Me Trinity

Movie · as Bambino

1970
The Fifth Day of Peace poster

The Fifth Day of Peace

Movie · as Jelinek

1969
Boot Hill poster

Boot Hill

Movie · as Hutch Bessy

1969
The 5-Man Army poster

The 5-Man Army

Movie · as Mesito

1968
Ace High poster

Ace High

Movie · as Hutch Bessy

1968
Beyond the Law poster

Beyond the Law

Movie · as James Cooper

1968
Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! poster

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!

Movie · as O'Bannion

1967
God Forgives... I Don't! poster

God Forgives... I Don't!

Movie · as Hutch Bessy

1963
Das aktuelle Sportstudio poster

Das aktuelle Sportstudio

TV · as self · 1 ep

1959
Hannibal poster

Hannibal

Movie · as Rutario

1959
Stars in der Manege poster

Stars in der Manege

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1957
A Farewell to Arms poster

A Farewell to Arms

Movie · as Carabinieri

1957
Il cocco di mamma poster

Il cocco di mamma

Movie · as Oscar

1957
Aktuelle Schaubude poster

Aktuelle Schaubude

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1955
A Hero of Our Times poster

A Hero of Our Times

Movie · as Fernando

1955
Was bin ich?

Was bin ich?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1954
Human Torpedoes poster

Human Torpedoes

Movie · as Magrini

1951
Quo Vadis poster

Quo Vadis

Movie · as Imperial Guard (uncredited)

1950
Quel fantasma di mio marito poster

Quel fantasma di mio marito

Movie · as Swimmer (uncredited)

1948
Bambi poster

Bambi

TV · as Self · 1 ep