# Paolo Bonacelli

Paolo Bonacelli (born 28 February 1937) is an Italian stage and film actor.
Bonacelli graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. After debuting on stage in Vittorio Gassman's Questa sera si recita a soggetto, he had his first film role in Corpse for the Lady (1964). He appeared in Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), in Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978), and in Tinto Brass' Caligula (1979). In addition, he worked for directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Roberto Rossellini, Elio Petri, and Liliana Cavani.
In 1992, Bonacelli received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Roberto Benigni's Johnny Stecchino.

## Filmography

* Corpse for the Lady (1964) .... Gedeon
* La congiuntura (1965) .... Zenone
* Super Seven Calling Cairo (1965) .... Capitano Hume (uncredited)
* Pleasant Nights (1966) .... Messenger
* The Devil in Love (1966) .... Inn's customer
* The Head of the Family (1967) .... Geometra
* Seven Times Seven (1968) .... (uncredited)
* Lady Barbara (1970) .... Edward
* Lacrime d'amore (1970) .... Cormick
* Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato (1971)
* Maddalena (1971)
* Io e lui (1973) .... Vladimiro
* Giordano Bruno (1973)
* Milarepa (1974) .... Prof. Bennet
* The Murri Affair (1974) .... Francesco Bonmartini
* Anno uno (1974) .... Amendola
* Au-delà de la peur (1975) .... Francesco Grimaldi
* Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) .... The Duke
* La banca di Monate (1975) .... Dottor Defendente Massera
* Al piacere di rivederla (1976) .... L'Usuraio
* Illustrious Corpses (1976) .... Dr. Maxia
* The Inheritance (1976) .... Paolo Furlin
* Evil Thoughts (1976) .... Antonio Marani
* Per questa notte (1977)
* Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere (1977) .... Bocchini
* Nest of Vipers (1977) .... Paolo Mazzarini
* Midnight Express (1978) .... Rifki
* Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) .... Don Luigi Magalone
* Caligula (1979) .... Chaerea
* Good News (1979) .... Gualtiero Milano
* Il cappotto di Astrakan (1979) .... Ferdinando
* Le Guignolo (1980) .... Kamal
* The Mystery of Oberwald (1981) .... Count of Foehn
* Calderó (1981)
* Delitti, amore e gelosia (1982) .... Commissario Dell'Amore
* I Remember Nelson (1982) .... King Ferdinando
* Il cavaliere, la morte e il diavolo (1983) .... Nicholas
* Henry IV (1984) .... Belcredi
* Sole nudo (1984) .... Il cameriere
* Non ci resta che piangere (1985) .... Leonardo da Vinci
* Mamma Ebe (1985) .... Don Paolo Monti
* Camorra (1986) .... Tango
* D'Annunzio (1987) .... Ercole Leoni
* Rimini Rimini (1987) .... Carlo Pedercini / Engineer
* Topo Galileo (1987)
* Francesco (1989) .... Francesco's Father
* Eleonora Pimentel (1990, TV Movie) .... The Judge
* Flight from Paradise (1990) .... Eliah
* Chi tocca muore (1991)
* Night on Earth (Tassisti di notte) (1991) .... Priest
* Johnny Stecchino (1992) .... D'Agata
* Ciao, Professore! (1992) .... Ludovico Mazzullo
* Mille bolle blu (1993) .... Mario Gora
* The Teddy Bear (1994) .... Novacek
* Once a Year, Every Year (1994) .... Romano
* Klon (1994) .... Prof. Zigote
* Vacanze di Natale '95 (1995) .... Paolone
* The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) .... Dr. Cavanna
* Il figlio di Bakunin (1997) .... Giudice
* Dirty Linen (1999, dir. Mario Monicelli) .... Amedeo
* Una furtiva lacrima (1999)
* Scarlet Diva (2000) .... Swiss Journalist
* Gli astronomi (2002)
* The accidental detective (2003) .... Direttore della Galleria Palatina
* A.A.A. Achille (2003) .... Dott. Aglieri
* 13 at a Table (2004) .... Nonno Giulio
* Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... Monsignore
* Un attimo sospesi (2006) .... Professore
* The American (2010) .... Father Benedetto
* La macchinazione (2016)
* Magical Nights (2018) .... Ennio