Fabio Testi
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1941-08-02 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (15)
Father Matteo
2000
as Dottor Ruggeri
Ciao Darwin
1998
as Capitano Padania
Manuela
1991
as Carlo
Deceptions
1985
as Carlo Ferraro
Mussolini and I
1985
as Lorenzo
La dottoressa Giò
1997
as Armando Colucci
Le Gorille
1990
as René Faragi
Desert of Fire
1997
as Daniel Diderot
The Return of Sandokan
1996
as Janez De Gomera
Al di la del lago
2010
as Luciano Serramonti
La donna che ritorna
2011
as Bruno Gedda
Piazza di Spagna
1992
as Claudio
Julia Forever
1989
as Ermes Corsini
Il falco e la colomba
2009
as Savelli
Il falco e la colomba
1981
as Michele Alemani
Movies (77)
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
Barbarella
1968
as Tall Man at Party (uncredited)
Letters to Juliet
2010
as Count Lorenzo
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
2025
as John Diman (old)
Four of the Apocalypse
1975
as Stubby Preston
Manaos
1979
as Arquimedes
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005
as Montellini Roures
Speed Cross
1980
as Paolo
Speed Driver
1980
as Rudi
The Ambassador
1985
as Mustapha Hashimi
Deceptions
1985
as Carlo Ferraro
Contraband
1980
as Luca Di Angelo
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Servais Mont
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
as Bruno
What Have You Done to Solange?
1972
as Enrico Rosseni
The Big Racket
1976
as Nicola Palmieri
First Action Hero
1994
as Mark Fierro
The Inheritance
1976
as Mario Ferramonti
Cemetery Without Crosses
1969
as Rogers' Man (uncredited)
The Uranium Conspiracy
1978
as Renzo
Revolver
1973
as Milo Ruiz
Blood Brothers
1974
as Don Gaetano Fungillo
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
as Clayton Drumm
The Battle of the Damned
1969
as Pvt. Terry Wilson
Skipper
1987
as Alex Grimaldi
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1971
as Soranzo
Iguana
1988
as Gamboa
The Nada Gang
1974
as Buenaventura Diaz
Rings of Fear
1978
as Inspector Gianni Di Salvo
Crime of Passion
1994
as Peter
Solo per Dirti Addio
1992
Stateline Motel
1973
as Floyd
The Black Hand
1980
as Fabio Testi
Madman at War
1985
as Boda
Summer Games
1984
as Roberto Ripa
The Heroin Busters
1977
as Fabio
Camorra
1972
as Tonino Russo
Top Kids
1987
as Giovanni Agnelli
Road to Nowhere
2010
as Nestor Duran
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!
1970
as Sheriff Jack Ronson / Sartana
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
1968
as Donovan henchman
Red Coat
1975
as Bill Cormack
Very Valentine
2019
as Domenico Vechiarelli
Blood River
1974
as Ringo
A Gun for a Cop
1981
as Francesco Palumbo
Killer
1972
as Georges Gasset
Bilbao Blues
1986
as Lucas Iturriaga
Go Gorilla, Go!
1975
as Marco Sartori
Only One Survived
1990
as Sergio Dinardo
Death Knocks Twice
1969
as Francesco di Villaverde
Desert of Fire
1997
as Daniel Diderot
Gun Shy Piluk
1968
as Bit part (uncredited)
The Avenger, Zorro
1969
as Zorro / Don Diego
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
2008
as Self
I due Crociati
1968
as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio
At the End of the Rainbow
1971
as Roy Greenford
The Final Contract
1993
as Commissario Luca Calarno
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
1980
as Rudolf Caserta
King of the Sands
2013
as Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
Annarè
1998
as Fausto D'Alessio
A Place In Hell
1969
as Ross
Zingara
1969
as (uncredited)
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Un amore così fragile, così violento
1973
as Gerolamo Poliziani - detto 'Gepo'
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
1968
as Steve Cooper
800 giorni
2023
Ragazzi della notte
1995
as Schizzo's father
The Hawk and the Dove
1981
as Michele Alemani
El sueño de Tánger
1991
as Carlos
Pasquale Squitieri: il vizio della libertà
2025
as Self
Love Strikes
2010
as Pietro
Romy, A Free Woman
2022
as Self - Servais Mont (archive footage)
Il tempo delle mimose
2013
Two Eyes to Kill
1968
as Jean
Curse of the Blind Dead
2019
as Jailer
Vento di primavera
2001
as Dr. Leonardis
Morbida - Gier auf Lust
1983
About Fabio Testi
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… With 92 credits spanning from 1968 to 2025, Fabio Testi has appeared in 77 films and 15 TV shows.
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- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — as Frank's Gunman (uncredited)
- Barbarella (1968) — as Tall Man at Party (uncredited)
- Letters to Juliet (2010) — as Count Lorenzo
- Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025) — as John Diman (old)
- Four of the Apocalypse (1975) — as Stubby Preston
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