Paolo Bonacelli

Paolo Bonacelli
Bonacelli in 2017
Born(1937-02-28)28 February 1937
Rome, Italy
Died8 October 2025(2025-10-08) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1964–2025
Known forSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Midnight Express
Mission: Impossible III
The American
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Paolo Bonacelli (28 February 1937 – 8 October 2025) was an Italian actor. He had roles in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final movie, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), as Rifki in Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978), as Don Luigi Magalone in Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979), and as Cassius Chaerea in Tinto Brass' Caligula (1979).

Bonacelli died on 8 October 2025 in Rome, Italy at the age of 88.

References

  1. ↑ Lancia, Enrico (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano : testi e strumenti per la scuola e l'università. Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri : T. 1. A - L (in Italian). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-8440-213-4.
  2. ↑ "Paolo Bonacelli". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Canby, Vincent (1 October 1977). "Film Festival: 'Salo' Is Disturbing..." The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Fox, Audrey (June 29, 2024). "The Only Main Actors Still Alive From Midnight Express". Looper.
  5. ↑ Addio a Paolo Bonacelli, maestro del cinema e del teatro italiano (in Italian)

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