Fabio Testi
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fabio Testi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Father Matteo
2000
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Manuela
1991
Ciao Darwin
1998
Letters to Juliet
2010
Barbarella
1968
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
2025
Four of the Apocalypse
1975
The Return of Sandokan
1996
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
Mussolini and I
1985
La dottoressa Giò
1997
Filmography
Father Matteo
as Dottor Ruggeri · 2000
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman (uncredited) · 1968
Manuela
as Carlo · 1991
Ciao Darwin
as Capitano Padania · 1998
Letters to Juliet
as Count Lorenzo · 2010
Barbarella
as Tall Man at Party (uncredited) · 1968
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
as John Diman (old) · 2025
Four of the Apocalypse
as Stubby Preston · 1975
The Return of Sandokan
as Janez De Gomera · 1996
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
as Bruno · 1970
Mussolini and I
as Lorenzo · 1985
La dottoressa Giò
as Armando Colucci · 1997
Torrente 3: The Protector
as Montellini Roures · 2005
Deceptions
as Carlo Ferraro · 1985
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Servais Mont · 1975
What Have You Done to Solange?
as Enrico Rosseni · 1972
Cemetery without Crosses
as Rogers' Man (uncredited) · 1969
Le Gorille
as René Faragi · 1990
The Uranium Conspiracy
as Renzo · 1978
China 9, Liberty 37
as Clayton Drumm · 1978
Piazza di Spagna
as Claudio · 1992
Il falco e la colomba
as Savelli · 2009
The Inheritance
as Mario Ferramonti · 1976
Desert of Fire
as Daniel Diderot · 1997
Al di la del lago
as Luciano Serramonti · 2010
Rings of Fear
as Inspector Gianni Di Salvo · 1978
Contraband
as Luca Di Angelo · 1980
The Ambassador
as Mustapha Hashimi · 1985
The Heroin Busters
as Fabio · 1977
Julia Forever
as Ermes Corsini · 1989
La donna che ritorna
as Bruno Gedda · 2011
Go Gorilla, Go!
as Marco Sartori · 1975
The Battle of the Damned
as Pvt. Terry Wilson · 1969
The Big Racket
as Nicola Palmieri · 1976
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
as Soranzo · 1971
Curse of the Blind Dead
as Jailer · 2020
Speed Driver
as Rudi · 1980
The Nada Gang
as Buenaventura Diaz · 1974
Deceptions
as Carlo Ferraro · 1985
Road to Nowhere
as Nestor Duran · 2010
Stateline Motel
as Floyd · 1973
Skipper
as Alex Grimaldi · 1987
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
as Rudolf Caserta · 1980
Manaos
as Arquimedes · 1979
King of the Sands
as Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud) · 2013
Il falco e la colomba
as Michele Alemani · 1981
A Place In Hell
as Ross · 1969
Very Valentine
as Domenico Vechiarelli · 2019
Revolver
as Milo Ruiz · 1973
Madman at War
as Boda · 1985
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!
as Sheriff Jack Ronson / Sartana · 1970
Death Knocks Twice
as Francesco di Villaverde · 1969
Crime of Passion
as Peter · 1994
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Summer Games
as Roberto Ripa · 1984
Blood Brothers
as Don Gaetano Fungillo · 1974
The Final Contract
as Commissario Luca Calarno · 1993
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
as Donovan henchman · 1968
Killer
as Georges Gasset · 1972
The Hawk and the Dove
as Michele Alemani · 1981
Speed Cross
as Paolo · 1980
Annarè
as Fausto D'Alessio · 1998
Blood River
as Ringo · 1974
Un amore così fragile, così violento
as Gerolamo Poliziani - detto 'Gepo' · 1973
Iguana
as Gamboa · 1988
Only One Survived
as Sergio Dinardo · 1990
Camorra
as Tonino Russo · 1972
Desert of Fire
as Daniel Diderot · 1997
Romy, A Free Woman
as Self - Servais Mont (archive footage) · 2022
A Gun for a Cop
as Francesco Palumbo · 1981
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
as Self · 2008
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
as Steve Cooper · 1968
Gun Shy Piluk
as Bit part (uncredited) · 1968
Vento di primavera
as Dr. Leonardis · 2001
At the End of the Rainbow
as Roy Greenford · 1971
Red Coat
as Bill Cormack · 1975
Top Kids
as Giovanni Agnelli · 1987
The Black Hand
as Fabio Testi · 1980
Pasquale Squitieri: il vizio della libertà
as Self · 2025
Il tempo delle mimose
· 2013
The Avenger, Zorro
as Zorro / Don Diego · 1969
El sueño de Tánger
as Carlos · 1991
Solo per Dirti Addio
· 1992
Two Eyes to Kill
as Jean · 1968
Zingara
as (uncredited) · 1969
Love Strikes
as Pietro · 2010
Ragazzi della notte
as Schizzo's father · 1995
I due Crociati
as Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio · 1968
First Action Hero
as Mark Fierro · 1994
Bilbao Blues
as Lucas Iturriaga · 1986
800 giorni
· 2023
Morbida - Gier auf Lust
· 1983