Terence Hill
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1939-03-29 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Venice, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy [Now Italy]
- Also known as
- Mario Girotti
Biography
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his long-time film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors.
His most widely seen films include comic and standard spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film at that time; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill also went on to a successful television career in Italy, most notably playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo from 2000 until 2022.
Hill was born on 29 March 1939 in Venice, Italy. Hill's mother, Hildegard Girotti (née Thieme), was from Dresden, Germany; his father, Girolamo Girotti, was Italian from Amelia, Umbria, and a chemist by occupation. During his childhood, Hill lived in the small town of Lommatzsch, Saxony. As a child, he experienced the bombing of Dresden, which was traumatic for him. He was there up to the End of World War II in Europe.
He was discovered at the age of 12 by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi at a swimming meet, and he became a child actor, appearing in Risi's Vacation with a Gangster (1951) as Gianni, the orphan gang leader. "They were looking for a boy gang leader and they found me", he later said.
He had small roles in Voice of Silence (1953) with Jean Marais, Too Young for Love (1953), and It Happened in the Park (1953). He was in Golden Vein (1954) with Märta Torén and Richard Basehart, The Abandoned (1955) and Folgore Division (1955).
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
as Self
Father Matteo
2000
as Don Matteo
Bambi
1948
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
One Step from Heaven
2011
as Pietro
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Abendshow
2017
as Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
as Self
Rischiatutto
1970
Lucky Luke
1992
as Lucky Luke
Telespiele
1977
as Self
L'uomo che sognava con le aquile
2006
as Rocco Ventura
L'uomo che cavalcava nel buio
2009
as Rocco
Movies (97)
They Call Me Trinity
1970
as Trinity
Trinity Is Still My Name
1971
as Trinity
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Kid
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Nobody
The Leopard
1963
as Count Cavriaghi
Crime Busters
1977
as Matt Kirby
The Socceritos
2026
as Soccerito Terence
Last of the Renegades
1964
as Lieutenant Robert Merril
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
1981
as Alan Lloyd
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
as Townsperson (uncredited)
Double Trouble
1984
as Elliot Vance / Sebastiano Coímbra
Go for It
1983
as Rosco Frazer / Steinberg
It Happened in the Park
1953
as Anna Maria's Classmate (segment "Pi-greco") (uncredited)
Miami Supercops
1985
as Doug Bennett / Jay Donell
God Forgives... I Don't!
1967
as Cat Stevens
Troublemakers
1994
as Travis
I'm for the Hippopotamus
1979
as Slim
March or Die
1977
as Marco Segrain
Pecado de amor
1961
as Ángel Vega
Guaglione
1956
as Franco Danieli
The Two Missionaries
1974
as Padre J.
Piedone nyomában
2018
as Self
All the Way Boys
1972
as Plata
Divisione Folgore
1954
as Delavigne
Das Schwert der Nibelungen
1976
as Giselher
Super Fuzz
1980
as Dave Speed
Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me
2025
as Self (Archive)
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965
as Richard Forsythe
Ace High
1968
as Cat Stevens
The Shortest Day
1963
as Soldato austriaco
Blackie the Pirate
1971
as Blackie
Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy
2025
as Self
Vacation with a Gangster
1952
as Giannini
Voice of Silence
1953
as Boy at Barrier
Django, Prepare a Coffin
1968
as Django / Joe
Lucky Luke
1991
as Lucky Luke
My Name Is Thomas
2018
as Thomas
They Called Him Spencer
2017
as Self
Doc West II : Triggerman
2009
as Doc West
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
as Joe Thanks
The Street of Hope
1953
as as Girolamo Girotti (unconfirmed)
Renegade
1987
as Luke
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
as Benjamin
Ruf der Wälder
1965
as Marcello Scalzi
Doc West
2009
as Doc West
I vagabondi delle stelle
1956
as Franco
Frontier Hellcat
1964
as Baker Jr.
The Golden Vein
1955
as Corrado
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
as Prince Moluk
Man of the East
1972
as Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore
Hannibal
1959
as Quintilius
Vier Fäuste lassen's krachen
2004
The Crazy Westerners
1967
as Black Star
Flaming Frontier
1965
as Toby
Wrath of the Wind
1970
as Marco
Fast and Sexy
1958
as Ciccillo
Virtual Weapon
1997
as Skims
Mr. Billion
1977
as Guido Falcone
Juke Box - Screams of Love
1959
as Othello
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
1991
as Lucky Luke
Carthage in Flames
1960
as Tsour
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Babington
The Sword and the Cross
1958
as Lazzaro
ORG
1979
as Zohommm!!!
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
1966
as Giselher
Don Camillo
1984
as Don Camillo
The Wide Blue Road
1957
as Renato
Lucky Luke 2
1992
as Lucky Luke (archive footage)
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2
1967
as Giselher
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
as Prof. Giuliano Fineschi
Shots in 3/4 Time
1965
as Enrico
Boot Hill
1969
as Cat Stevens
Cerasella
1959
as Bruno
Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer
2012
as Self
Io non protesto, io amo
1967
as Gabriele
A Soldier and a Half
1960
as Giorgio Strazzonelli
Nobody is Perfect
2005
as Self / Self - Interviewee
Lazzarella
1957
as Luciano Pico
The Age of Indiscretion
1953
as (uncredited)
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Nobody (archive footage)
The Last Movie Painter
2020
as Self
Abandoned
1955
as Wounded Estray
The Hassled Hooker
1972
as Marco Manin
Spavaldi e innamorati
1959
as Paolo
The Tough and the Mighty
1969
as Graziano Cassitta
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Duel at Sundown
1965
as Larry McGow
Il padrone delle ferriere
1959
as Octave de Beaulieu
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde
1958
as Dorian Gray
Caterina Caselli - Una vita, 100 vite
2021
Lui era Trinità
2023
as Self
Mamma sconosciuta
1956
as Gianni Martini
L'uomo che sognava con le aquile
2006
as Rocco Ventura
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Die Terence Hill Story
2019
as Self
On l'appelle Terence Hill
2022
as Self
Odds and Evens
1978
as Johnny Firpo
About Terence Hill
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his long-time film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. His most widely seen films include comic and standard spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous… With 115 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Terence Hill has appeared in 97 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Terence Hill Movies
- They Call Me Trinity (1970) — as Trinity
- Trinity Is Still My Name (1971) — as Trinity
- Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) — as Kid
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) — as Nobody
- The Leopard (1963) — as Count Cavriaghi
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