Massimo Vanni

Massimo Vanni

Known for
Acting
Born
July 8, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography

A cousin of director Enzo G. Castellari and nephew of director Marino Girolami, Massimo Vanni became involved in the Italian film industry at a young age both as a bit-part player and stuntman before slowly graduating to larger more dramatic roles toward the end of the decade. A skilled acrobat and fight choreographer, Vanni himself became known as the Italian Jackie Chan of the 1980's, usually getting a good fight scene in before meeting with an inevitable demise.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Juso per ferie poster

Juso per ferie

Movie · as Self

2026
ZOE - Il segreto degli onori poster

ZOE - Il segreto degli onori

Movie · as David Collins

2025
Nel nome dell'odio poster

Nel nome dell'odio

Movie · as Sé stesso

2025
Balboa poster

Balboa

Movie · as Mickey

2024
Pretendo l'inferno poster

Pretendo l'inferno

Movie · as Self

2024
L'uomo che disse no poster

L'uomo che disse no

Movie · as Alberto Gemma

2021
I Am Santa Claus poster

I Am Santa Claus

Movie · as Nanni

2021
Rocky Giraldi - Delitto a Porta Portese poster

Rocky Giraldi - Delitto a Porta Portese

Movie · as Questore

2017
Tracce di Bene poster

Tracce di Bene

Movie · as Self

2013
Roma criminale poster

Roma criminale

Movie · as Gargiulio

2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 poster

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

Movie · as Self

2008
Solitaire poster

Solitaire

Movie · as Moriero

2008
Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo poster

Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo

Movie · as Professore

2008
Bastardi poster

Bastardi

Movie · as Brasi

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

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

Movie · as Self

2007
E guardo il mondo da un oblò poster

E guardo il mondo da un oblò

Movie · as Uomo che tradisce la moglie

2007
Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'

Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'

Movie · as Self

2006
The Borgia poster

The Borgia

Movie · as Soldier

2005
Belle da morire 2 poster

Belle da morire 2

Movie · as Killer

2005
Il ritorno del Monnezza poster

Il ritorno del Monnezza

Movie · as Gargiulo

2005
Crime Novel poster

Crime Novel

Movie · as Guardaspalle Gemito (uncredited)

2003
Five Moons Plaza poster

Five Moons Plaza

Movie · as Brigatista con mitra

2002
Gangs of New York poster

Gangs of New York

Movie · as Bar Bouncer (uncredited)

2001
Vajont poster

Vajont

Movie · as Roncacci

1998
La quindicesima epistola poster

La quindicesima epistola

Movie · as Michele

1998
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück poster

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück

Movie · as Angelo

1997
The Wax Mask poster

The Wax Mask

Movie · as Victor

1997
Desert of Fire poster

Desert of Fire

Movie · as Albino

1997
Body and Soul poster

Body and Soul

Movie · as Killer

1996
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo poster

Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo

Movie

1995
Segreto di Stato poster

Segreto di Stato

Movie · as Following Hitman

1994
A Pure Formality poster

A Pure Formality

Movie

1994
Una grande voglia d'amore poster

Una grande voglia d'amore

Movie · as Nicole's Friend

1994
First Action Hero poster

First Action Hero

Movie · as Drake

1992
Pierino Stecchino poster

Pierino Stecchino

Movie

1990
After Death poster

After Death

Movie · as David

1989
Born to Fight poster

Born to Fight

Movie · as Prisoner #1

1989
Sinbad of the Seven Seas poster

Sinbad of the Seven Seas

Movie · as Man (uncredited)

1989
Shocking Dark poster

Shocking Dark

Movie · as First Soldier (Practicing Nunchucks)

1989
Appointment in Trieste

Appointment in Trieste

TV · 3 eps

1988
Cop Game poster

Cop Game

Movie · as Head of the Killers

1988
Strike Commando 2 poster

Strike Commando 2

Movie · as Kelly Sellers

1988
Robowar poster

Robowar

Movie · as Pvt. Larry Guarino

1988
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 poster

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

Movie · as Bo (as Alex McBride)

1987
Double Target poster

Double Target

Movie · as Russian Soldier (uncredited)

1987
My Sister and I poster

My Sister and I

Movie · as Uomo nel treno

1986
The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri poster

The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri

Movie · as Thief

1986
Attentato al Papa poster

Attentato al Papa

TV · as Informer Policeman · 1 ep

1985
Light Blast poster

Light Blast

Movie · as Policeman in Warehouse

1985
È arrivato mio fratello poster

È arrivato mio fratello

Movie · as poliziotto

1985
The Repenter poster

The Repenter

Movie

1984
Rats: Night of Terror poster

Rats: Night of Terror

Movie · as Taurus

1984
Blastfighter poster

Blastfighter

Movie · as Dying Police Officer

1984
Tuareg: Desert Warrior poster

Tuareg: Desert Warrior

Movie · as Corporal

1983
The New Barbarians poster

The New Barbarians

Movie · as Mako

1983
Escape from the Bronx poster

Escape from the Bronx

Movie · as Big Little Man

1982
The Gorilla poster

The Gorilla

Movie · as ladro baffuto

1982
1990: The Bronx Warriors poster

1990: The Bronx Warriors

Movie · as Blade

1981
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant poster

Crime at the Chinese Restaurant

Movie · as brigadiere Gargiulo

1981
The Last Shark poster

The Last Shark

Movie · as Jimmy (as Max Vanders)

1980
Day of the Cobra poster

Day of the Cobra

Movie · as Beltrame

1980
The Last Hunter poster

The Last Hunter

Movie · as Phillips

1980
Crime at Porta Romana poster

Crime at Porta Romana

Movie · as Brigadier Gargiulo

1979
The Face with Two Left Feet poster

The Face with Two Left Feet

Movie · as Paolo

1979
The House by the Edge of the Lake poster

The House by the Edge of the Lake

Movie · as Manuel

1979
Assassination on the Tiber poster

Assassination on the Tiber

Movie · as Brigadier Gargiulo

1978
Magnum Cop poster

Magnum Cop

Movie · as Vinnie

1978
Little Italy poster

Little Italy

Movie · as Gargiulo

1978
The Inglorious Bastards poster

The Inglorious Bastards

Movie · as French Resistance

1977
The Heroin Busters poster

The Heroin Busters

Movie · as Massimo

1977
The Swindle poster

The Swindle

Movie · as brigadiere Gargiulo

1977
Weapons of Death poster

Weapons of Death

Movie · as Rosati - Undercover Cop

1977
Nerone poster

Nerone

Movie · as Painter

1977
Destruction Force poster

Destruction Force

Movie · as Marchetti

1977
Highway Racer poster

Highway Racer

Movie · as Man (uncredited)

1976
Rome, the Other Face of Violence poster

Rome, the Other Face of Violence

Movie · as Agent Vanni (uncredited)

1976
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche poster

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche

Movie

1976
A Special Cop in Action poster

A Special Cop in Action

Movie · as Fabbri

1976
Hit Squad poster

Hit Squad

Movie · as Brigadier Gargiulo

1976
Keoma poster

Keoma

Movie · as Caldwell's Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)

1976
The Big Racket poster

The Big Racket

Movie · as Rudy's Enforcer

1975
We Are No Angels poster

We Are No Angels

Movie · as Shark Henchman

1975
Emanuelle and Françoise poster

Emanuelle and Françoise

Movie · as Robi

1975
Seven Beauties poster

Seven Beauties

Movie · as Man in Prison (uncredited)

1975
Violent Rome poster

Violent Rome

Movie · as Mr. Valli

1975
Cry, Onion! poster

Cry, Onion!

Movie · as Buck, Lamb Henchman

1974
Street Law poster

Street Law

Movie · as Hood #2

1974
Lovers and Other Relatives poster

Lovers and Other Relatives

Movie · as Mr. Muscle

1973
High Crime poster

High Crime

Movie · as Killer

1972
Hector the Mighty poster

Hector the Mighty

Movie · as Gang (uncredited)