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Fabio Testi Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

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Born:
1941-08-02

Birthplace:
Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy

Credits:
92 Total Roles

Fabio Testi

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The Run MOVIE Oil Miller
2025 Pasquale Squitieri: il vizio della libertà MOVIE Himself
2025 Reflection in a Dead Diamond MOVIE John Diman (old)
2023 800 giorni MOVIE Self
2022 The Garden That Doesn't Exist MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2019 Curse of the Blind Dead MOVIE Jailer
2019 Very Valentine MOVIE Domenico Vechiarelli
2013 King of the Sands MOVIE Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
2013 Il tempo delle mimose MOVIE Self
2011 La donna che ritorna TV Bruno Gedda

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