Cast & creator
Paolo Bonacelli
Best known for Mission: Impossible III, Caligula, In the Hand of Dante
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paolo Bonacelli (February 28, 1939 - October 8 2025) was an Italian actor. He is best known for his performance as The Duke de Blangis in Pasolini's notorious Salò (1975). He can also be seen in Midnight Express (1978) and Caligula (1979), in which he plays the role of Cassius Chaerea. He also co-starred with Roberto Benigni in the films Johnny Stecchino and Night on Earth, both from 1991. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paolo Bonacelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Паоло Боначелли, パオロ・ボナチェリ
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1964–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (91)
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Mission: Impossible III
Monsignore
2006
Caligula
Chaerea
1979
In the Hand of Dante
Priest Of Alcamo
2026
Midnight Express
Rifki
1978
The American
Father Benedetto
2010
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
The Duke
1976
Origins of the Mafia
Vincenzo Biscetta
1976
Night on Earth
Priest
1991
Nest of Vipers
Paolo Mazzarini
1978
I promessi sposi
padre di Gertrude
1989
Abraham
Melchisedek
1993
Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
Vitale
1994
Furore il vento della speranza
Niccolò Carbone
2014
Lenin... The Train
Grigori Jewsejewitsch Zinoviev
1988
The Stendhal Syndrome
Dr. Cavanna
1996
Abraham
Melchisedek
1993
Le Guignolo
Kamal
1980
Magical Nights
Ennio 'The Great'
2018
Madame Bovary
Charles Bovary
1978
The Commander
Betti
2023
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
Leonardo da Vinci
1984
Lenin: The Train
Zinoviev
1988
Johnny Stecchino
D'Agata
1991
I Remember Nelson
King Ferdinando
1982
Ciao, Professore!
Ludovico Mazzullo
1992Alice on the Run
Luigi Mancini
1998
Francesco
Francesco's Father
1989
Christmas Vacation '95
Paolo "Paolone"
1995
Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)
Tango
1986
Giordano Bruno
1973
The Teddy Bear
Novacek
1994
Rimini Rimini
l'ingegnere
1987
Seven Times Seven
1968
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Don Luigi Magalone
1979
The Inheritance
Paolo Furlin
1976
The Persian Lamb Coat
Ferdinando
1980
Illustrious Corpses
Dr. Maxia
1976
A Double Victory
Guido Sormani
1989
I grandi camaleonti
Babeuf
1964
The Murri Affair
Francesco Bonmartini
1974
Dirty Linen
Amedeo
1999
The Mystery of Oberwald
Count of Foehn
1981
Evil Thoughts
Antonio Marani
1976
The Knight, Death and the Devil
Nicholas
1983
Love Sins
Ercole Leoni
1987Il segno del comando
Bonsanti
1992
Touch and Die
Morelli
1991
The Devil in Love
Inn's customer
1966
The Commissioner
Commissionario
1983
The Ploy
Vescovo
2016
Pleasant Nights
Messenger
1966
La banca di Monate
Dottor Defendente Massera
1976
A.A.A. Achille
Dott. Aglieri
2003
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self
Mille bolle blu
Mario
1993
Noi ce la siamo cavata
Sé stesso
2023
13 at a Table
Nonno Giulio
2004
Forse è solo mal di mare
Calogero (Voice)
2019
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Carl Rune
1989
This Is the Night
1977
Flight from Paradise
Eliah
1990
Divine
2020
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971
Bakunin's Son
Giudice
1997
Delitti, amore e gelosia
Commissario Dell'Amore
1982
Mother Ebe
Don Paolo Monti
1985
One Million Dollars
Zenone
1964
Good News
Gualtiero Milano
1979
Beyond Fear
Francesco Grimaldi
1975
Once a Year, Every Year
Romano
1994
Maddalena
1971
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
Only One Survived
Andrade
1990
Topo Galileo
Professor Zitti
1988
Gli strumenti del potere. 1925/1926 la dittatura fascista
1975
Henry IV
Belcredi
1984
Tears of Love
Cormick
1970
Gli astronomi
Peters
2003
Corpse for the Lady
Gedeon
1964
SuperSeven Calling Cairo
Capitano Hume
1965Calderon
1981
Milarepa
Prof. Bennet
1974
The Naked Sun
1984Words and Blood
Marcucci
1982
The Accidental Detective
Direttore Della Galleria Palatina
2003Flusso di coscienza - Razzismo 1993
1993
To the Unknown God
2019
Io e lui
Vladimiro
1973
Year One
Giorgio Amendola
1974
Il cancelliere Krehler
Max
1972L'ultima mazurka
Lanza
1986