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)
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Father Matteo
2000
as Don Matteo
Bambi
1948
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
One Step from Heaven
2011
as Pietro
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
as Self
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001
as Self
Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Abendshow
2017
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
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Nobody
The Leopard
1963
as Count Cavriaghi
God Forgives... I Don't!
1967
as Cat Stevens
Watch Out, We're Mad
1974
as Kid
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
1981
as Alan Lloyd
Go for It
1983
as Rosco Frazer / Steinberg
ORG
1979
as Zohommm!!!
Crime Busters
1977
as Matt Kirby
Super Fuzz
1980
as Dave Speed
Double Trouble
1984
as Elliot Vance / Sebastiano Coímbra
March or Die
1977
as Marco Segrain
I'm for the Hippopotamus
1979
as Slim
Last of the Renegades
1964
as Lieutenant Robert Merril
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
1975
as Joe Thanks
Lucky Luke
1991
as Lucky Luke
Miami Supercops
1985
as Doug Bennett / Jay Donell
Ace High
1968
as Cat Stevens
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
as Townsperson (uncredited)
Man of the East
1972
as Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick Phillip Moore
All the Way Boys
1972
as Plata
Abandoned
1955
as Wounded Estray
Troublemakers
1994
as Travis
The Two Missionaries
1974
as Padre J.
Mr. Billion
1977
as Guido Falcone
Boot Hill
1969
as Cat Stevens
Blackie the Pirate
1971
as Blackie
Virtual Weapon
1997
as Skims
Rampage at Apache Wells
1965
as Richard Forsythe
Joseph and His Brethren
1961
as Benjamin
Renegade
1987
as Luke
Doc West
2009
as Doc West
Flaming Frontier
1965
as Toby
Django, Prepare a Coffin
1968
as Django / Joe
The Crazy Westerners
1967
as Black Star
Doc West II : Triggerman
2009
as Doc West
Hannibal
1959
as Quintilius
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
as Prince Moluk
Frontier Hellcat
1964
as Baker Jr.
Divisione Folgore
1954
as Delavigne
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2
1967
as Giselher
Carthage in Flames
1960
as Tsour
My Name Is Thomas
2018
as Thomas
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Shortest Day
1963
as Soldato austriaco
Io non protesto, io amo
1967
as Gabriele
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
1966
as Giselher
Rita the Field Marshal
1967
as Prof. Giuliano Fineschi
Don Camillo
1984
as Don Camillo
Wrath of the Wind
1970
as Marco
They Called Him Spencer
2017
as Self
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
2000
as Nobody (archive footage)
Pecado de amor
1961
as Ángel Vega
The Sword and the Cross
1958
as Lazzaro
It Happened in the Park
1953
as Anna Maria's Classmate (segment "Pi-greco") (uncredited)
Seven Seas to Calais
1962
as Babington
Juke Box - Screams of Love
1959
as Othello
The Hassled Hooker
1972
as Marco Manin
The Wide Blue Road
1957
as Renato
The Street of Hope
1953
as as Girolamo Girotti (unconfirmed)
The Tough and the Mighty
1969
as Graziano Cassitta
Fast and Sexy
1958
as Ciccillo
Lucky Luke 2
1992
as Lucky Luke (archive footage)
The Golden Vein
1955
as Corrado
Duel at Sundown
1965
as Larry McGow
Cerasella
1959
as Bruno
Voice of Silence
1953
as Boy at Barrier
A Soldier and a Half
1960
as Giorgio Strazzonelli
Vacation with a Gangster
1952
as Giannini
Lazzarella
1957
as Luciano Pico
Spavaldi e innamorati
1959
as Paolo
Shots in 3/4 Time
1965
as Enrico
Il padrone delle ferriere
1959
as Octave de Beaulieu
I vagabondi delle stelle
1956
as Franco
The Last Movie Painter
2020
as Self
The Age of Indiscretion
1953
as (uncredited)
Ruf der Wälder
1965
as Marcello Scalzi
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde
1958
as Dorian Gray
Mamma sconosciuta
1956
as Gianni Martini
Die Terence Hill Story
2019
as Self
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
L'uomo che sognava con le aquile
2006
as Rocco Ventura
The Socceritos
2026
as Soccerito Terence
Guaglione
1956
as Franco Danieli
Lui era Trinità
2023
as Self
Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy
2025
as Self
Vier Fäuste lassen's krachen
2004
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
1991
as Lucky Luke
Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer
2012
as Self
Das Schwert der Nibelungen
1976
as Giselher
Nobody is Perfect
2005
as Self / Self - Interviewee
On l'appelle Terence Hill
2022
as Self
Caterina Caselli - Una vita, 100 vite
2021
Piedone nyomában
2018
as Self
Odds and Evens
1978
as Johnny Firpo
Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me
2025
as Self (Archive)
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
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) — as Nobody
- The Leopard (1963) — as Count Cavriaghi
- God Forgives... I Don't! (1967) — as Cat Stevens
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