# Cosimo Fusco

Cosimo Massimo Fusco (born 23 September 1962) is an Italian actor.

## Biography

Born in Matera, Italy, Fusco was educated in Los Angeles, Rome, and Paris. He is best known for his role as Paolo, one of Rachel's boyfriends in the American sitcom Friends. He has had roles in several Italian, German, and American productions, including the films Gone in 60 Seconds, Coco Chanel, Angels & Demons, and The Man Who Invented Christmas. He has appeared in the shows Alias, La piovra, and The Mentalist, among others. He played the role of Judge Alberto Somaschi in the Italian series Il bene e il male from 2008 to 2009.

## Selected filmography
### Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1988 | Domino | Un­known | Ivana Massetti | |
| 1991 | Rossini! Rossini! | Franco | Mario Monicelli | |
| 1997 | The Eighteenth Angel | Florian | William Bindley | |
| 1999 | The Wasteland | Santino | Fabio Segatori | |
| 2000 | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Adjacent mechanic | Dominic Sena | |
| 2004 | The Card Player | Berardelli | Dario Argento | |
| 2005 | The Third Star | Boss | Alberto Ferrari | |
| 2005 | Door of the Seven Stars | Un­known | Pasquale Pozzessere | |
| 2005 | Italy War | Franco | Ahmed Saleh | |
| 2006 | Love & Freedom: Masaniello | Salvatore | Angelo Antonucci | |
| 2007 | Mineurs | Rocco Basile | Fulvio Wetzl | |
| 2007 | Short Cutter! | Roldano | Pierfrancesco Campanella | Short film |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Archbishop Simeon | Ron Howard | |
| 2009 | Butterfly Zone | Erminio Zecca | Luciano Capponi | |
| 2010 | Viola | Sean Miller | Travis Andrade | Short film |
| 2012 | Berberian Sound Studio | Francesco Coraggio | Peter Strickland | |
| 2013 | Dante's Hell Animated | Chiron | Boris Acosta | Voice; short film |
| 2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Giuseppe Mazzini | Bharat Nalluri | |
| 2018 | 7 Miracles | Head of Pharisees | Rodrigo Cerqueira & Marco Spagnoli | VR short |
| 2019 | Spiral Farm | Maurizio | Alec Tibaldi | |
| 2019 | Lucania | Arrabal | Gigi Roccati | |
| 2019 | The Tracker | Giordano | Giorgio Serafini | |
| 2020 | Thou Shalt Not Hate | Sig. Segre, Simone's father | Mauro Mancini | |
| 2021 | Venicephrenia | Plague doctor / Bufón | Álex de la Iglesia | |

### Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1990 | La piovra, season 5 [it] | Grillo | | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair | | | TV movie |
| 1994–95 | Friends | Paolo | NBC | 4 episodes |
| 1998 | Una donna per amico | Bruno Montemauro | Rai 1 | 8 episodes |
| 2001 | Don Matteo | | Rai 1 | |
| 2001 | Alias | Logan Gerace | NBC | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Valeria medico legale | | Canale 5 | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Utta Danella | Marco | | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Imperium: Saint Peter | | Television movie | |
| 2007 | Rome | Hannibal Cotta / Hanibal Cotta | HBO BBC Rai Fiction | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Io e mamma | Cesare Prugnoli | | Miniseries |
| 2008 | Ho sposato uno sbirro | | | Episode: "La Venere scomparsa" |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel | Albert | | Television movie |
| 2009 | Il bene e il male | Judge Alberto Somaschi | | 11 episodes |
| 2009 | Moana | Padre di Moana | Sky Cinema | |
| 2009 | Il falco e la colomba | Monaco Colonna | | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Boris | | Fox International Channels Italy | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Guy Duval | CBS | Episode: "Red Is the New Black" |
| 2017 | 1993 | PM Rattazzi | Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema | 1 episode |
| 2020–21 | 30 Coins | Angelo | HBO Europe | 6 episodes |

### Music videos

List of music video appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
| 2016 | "Ballad for a Lifer" | Lifer | Nidi d'Arac | Also director, writer & producer |