Paolo Bonacelli
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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.
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Movies (81)

El Manuscrito De Dante
2026 · Priest Of Alcamo

Nato il sei ottobre
2024

The Commander
2023 · Betti

Noi ce la siamo cavata
2023 · Sé stesso

Divine
2020 · the patient

To the Unknown God
2019

Forse è solo mal di mare
2019 · Calogero (Voice)

Magical Nights
2018 · Ennio 'The Great'

The Ploy
2016 · Vescovo

El ocaso de un asesino
2010 · Father Benedetto

Misión: Imposible 3
2006 · Monsignore

13 at a Table
2004 · Nonno Giulio

A.A.A. Achille
2003 · Dott. Aglieri

The Accidental Detective
2003 · Direttore Della Galleria Palatina

Gli astronomi
2003 · Peters

Dirty Linen
1999 · Amedeo

Bakunin's Son
1997 · Giudice

The Stendhal Syndrome
1996 · Dr. Cavanna

Christmas Vacation '95
1995 · Paolo "Paolone"

Once a Year, Every Year
1994 · Romano

The Teddy Bear
1994 · Novacek

Abraham
1993 · Melchisedek

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

Ciao, Professore!
1992 · Ludovico Mazzullo
Il segno del comando
1992 · Bonsanti

Night on Earth
1991 · Priest

Johnny Stecchino
1991 · D'Agata

Touch and Die
1991 · Morelli

Only One Survived
1990 · Andrade

Flight from Paradise
1990 · Eliah

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989 · Carl Rune

Francesco
1989 · Francesco's Father

A Double Victory
1989 · Guido Sormani

Lenin: The Train
1988 · Zinoviev

Topo Galileo
1988 · Professor Zitti

Rimini Rimini
1987 · l'ingegnere

Love Sins
1987 · Ercole Leoni
L'ultima mazurka
1986 · Lanza

Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
1986 · Tango

Mother Ebe
1985 · Don Paolo Monti

Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1984 · Leonardo da Vinci

The Naked Sun
1984

Henry IV
1984 · Belcredi

The Commissioner
1983 · Commissionario

The Knight, Death and the Devil
1983 · Nicholas
Words and Blood
1982 · Marcucci

Delitti, amore e gelosia
1982 · Commissario Dell'Amore

The Mystery of Oberwald
1981 · Count of Foehn
Calderon
1981

The Persian Lamb Coat
1980 · Ferdinando

Le Guignolo
1980 · Kamal

Good News
1979 · Gualtiero Milano

Caligula
1979 · Chaerea

Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Don Luigi Magalone

Midnight Express
1978 · Rifki

Nest of Vipers
1978 · Paolo Mazzarini

This Is the Night
1977

Evil Thoughts
1976 · Antonio Marani

The Inheritance
1976 · Paolo Furlin

La banca di Monate
1976 · Dottor Defendente Massera

Illustrious Corpses
1976 · Dr. Maxia

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976 · The Duke

Beyond Fear
1975 · Francesco Grimaldi

Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
1975

Year One
1974 · Giorgio Amendola

The Murri Affair
1974 · Francesco Bonmartini

Milarepa
1974 · Prof. Bennet

Giordano Bruno
1973

Io e lui
1973 · Vladimiro

Il cancelliere Krehler
1972 · Max

Maddalena
1971

A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971

Tears of Love
1970 · Cormick

Seven Times Seven
1968

The Devil in Love
1966 · Inn's customer

Pleasant Nights
1966 · Messenger

SuperSeven Calling Cairo
1965 · Capitano Hume

One Million Dollars
1964 · Zenone

Corpse for the Lady
1964 · Gedeon

I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
· Self
TV shows (11)

Furore il vento della speranza
2014 · Niccolò Carbone
Alice on the Run
1998 · Luigi Mancini

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
1994 · Vitale

Abraham
1993 · Melchisedek

I promessi sposi
1989 · padre di Gertrude

Lenin... The Train
1988 · Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani
1983

I Remember Nelson
1982 · King Ferdinando

Madame Bovary
1978 · Charles Bovary

Origins of the Mafia
1976 · Vincenzo Biscetta

I grandi camaleonti
1964 · Babeuf
