
Paolo Bonacelli
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1937
- Died
- October 8, 2025 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paolo Bonacelli (February 28, 1939 - October 8 2025) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as The Duke de Blangis in Pasolini's notorious Salò (1975). He can also be seen in Midnight Express (1978) and Caligula (1979), in which he plays the role of Cassius Chaerea. He also co-starred with Roberto Benigni in the films Johnny Stecchino and Night on Earth, both from 1991. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paolo Bonacelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography

I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Movie · as Self

In the Hand of Dante
Movie · as Priest Of Alcamo

Nato il sei ottobre
Movie

Noi ce la siamo cavata
Movie · as Sé stesso

The Commander
Movie · as Betti

Divine
Movie · as the patient

Forse è solo mal di mare
Movie · as Calogero (Voice)

To the Unknown God
Movie

Magical Nights
Movie · as Ennio 'The Great'

The Ploy
Movie · as Vescovo

Furore il vento della speranza
TV · as Niccolò Carbone · 8 eps

The American
Movie · as Father Benedetto

Mission: Impossible III
Movie · as Monsignore

13 at a Table
Movie · as Nonno Giulio

A.A.A. Achille
Movie · as Dott. Aglieri

Gli astronomi
Movie · as Peters

The Accidental Detective
Movie · as Direttore Della Galleria Palatina

Dirty Linen
Movie · as Amedeo
Alice on the Run
TV · as Luigi Mancini · 3 eps

Bakunin's Son
Movie · as Giudice

The Stendhal Syndrome
Movie · as Dr. Cavanna

Christmas Vacation '95
Movie · as Paolo "Paolone"

Once a Year, Every Year
Movie · as Romano

The Teddy Bear
Movie · as Novacek

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
TV · as Vitale · 3 eps

Abraham
Movie · as Melchisedek

Mille bolle blu
Movie · as Mario
Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993
Movie

Abraham
TV · as Melchisedek · 2 eps

Ciao, Professore!
Movie · as Ludovico Mazzullo
Il segno del comando
Movie · as Bonsanti

Night on Earth
Movie · as Priest

Touch and Die
Movie · as Morelli

Johnny Stecchino
Movie · as D'Agata

Flight from Paradise
Movie · as Eliah

Only One Survived
Movie · as Andrade

Francesco
Movie · as Francesco's Father

A Double Victory
Movie · as Guido Sormani

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Movie · as Carl Rune

I promessi sposi
TV · as padre di Gertrude · 5 eps

Lenin: The Train
Movie · as Zinoviev

Topo Galileo
Movie · as Professor Zitti

Lenin... The Train
TV · as Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev · 2 eps

Love Sins
Movie · as Ercole Leoni

Rimini Rimini
Movie · as l'ingegnere

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Movie · as Tango
L'ultima mazurka
Movie · as Lanza

Mother Ebe
Movie · as Don Paolo Monti

Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Movie · as Leonardo da Vinci

Henry IV
Movie · as Belcredi

The Naked Sun
Movie

The Knight, Death and the Devil
Movie · as Nicholas

The Commissioner
Movie · as Commissionario
Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani
TV · 1 ep
Words and Blood
Movie · as Marcucci

Delitti, amore e gelosia
Movie · as Commissario Dell'Amore

I Remember Nelson
TV · as King Ferdinando · 4 eps

The Mystery of Oberwald
Movie · as Count of Foehn
Calderon
Movie

Le Guignolo
Movie · as Kamal

The Persian Lamb Coat
Movie · as Ferdinando

Caligula
Movie · as Chaerea

Christ Stopped at Eboli
Movie · as Don Luigi Magalone

Good News
Movie · as Gualtiero Milano

Nest of Vipers
Movie · as Paolo Mazzarini

Midnight Express
Movie · as Rifki

Madame Bovary
TV · as Charles Bovary · 6 eps

This Is the Night
Movie

Illustrious Corpses
Movie · as Dr. Maxia

Evil Thoughts
Movie · as Antonio Marani

La banca di Monate
Movie · as Dottor Defendente Massera

The Inheritance
Movie · as Paolo Furlin

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Movie · as The Duke

Origins of the Mafia
TV · as Vincenzo Biscetta · 1 ep

Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
Movie

Beyond Fear
Movie · as Francesco Grimaldi

Milarepa
Movie · as Prof. Bennet

The Murri Affair
Movie · as Francesco Bonmartini

Year One
Movie · as Giorgio Amendola

Giordano Bruno
Movie

Io e lui
Movie · as Vladimiro

Il cancelliere Krehler
Movie · as Max

A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
Movie

Maddalena
Movie

Tears of Love
Movie · as Cormick

Seven Times Seven
Movie

Pleasant Nights
Movie · as Messenger

The Devil in Love
Movie · as Inn's customer

SuperSeven Calling Cairo
Movie · as Capitano Hume

Corpse for the Lady
Movie · as Gedeon

One Million Dollars
Movie · as Zenone

I grandi camaleonti
TV · as Babeuf · 13 eps