Fabio Testi

Biography

Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero. Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years. His most famous job as a stuntman was in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, where he fell from a rooftop and hit the ground on his shoulder. Testi married only once, in 1979, to Lola Navarro, with whom he fathered three children. He skirted international stardom through a series of unusual role choices and a firm decision to remain in Italy. He chose to work with people like Miles Deem, known as the "Ed Wood of Spaghetti Westerns" when better roles were available. Testi was cast by director Andrzej Żuławski in L'important c'est d'aimer (1975), opposite Romy Schneider, Klaus Kinski, Jacques Dutronc and Claude Dauphin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fabio Testi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Father Matteo

as Dottor Ruggeri

Reflection in a Dead Diamond

as John Diman (Old)

Once Upon a Time in the West

as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)

Manuela

as Carlo

Letters to Juliet

as Count Lorenzo

Ciao Darwin

as Capitano Padania

Skipper

as Alex Grimaldi

The Nada Gang

as Buenaventura Diaz

Barbarella

as Tall Man at Party (uncredited)

Annarè

as Fausto D'Alessio

The Return of Sandokan

as Janez De Gomera

Four of the Apocalypse

as Stubby Preston

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

as Soranzo

Deceptions

as Carlo Ferraro

What Have You Done to Solange?

as Enrico Rosseni

Torrente 3: The Protector

as Montellini Roures

The Big Racket

as Nicola Palmieri

Deceptions

as Carlo Ferraro

The Inheritance

as Mario Ferramonti

Summer Games

as Roberto Ripa