Fabio Testi
Known for
Born in Peschiera del Garda in 1941, Fabio Testi built his career in Italian genre cinema of the 1970s, moving fluidly between spaghetti western, giallo and poliziottesco. He appeared in Vittorio De Sica's Oscar-winning The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), then headlined Massimo Dallamano's What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) and What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974). He starred in Lucio Fulci's Contraband (1980) and worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on Fear of Fear. He remains one of the most iconic Italian leading men of his generation.
Fabio Testi
60 Movies
9 Series
Born in Peschiera del Garda in 1941, Fabio Testi built his career in Italian genre cinema of the 1970s, moving fluidly between spaghetti western, giallo and poliziottesco. He appeared in Vittorio De Sica's Oscar-winning The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), then headlined Massimo Dallamano's What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) and What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974). He starred in Lucio Fulci's Contraband (1980) and worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on Fear of Fear. He remains one of the most iconic Italian leading men of his generation.
Movies
Plays Count Lorenzo
Letters to Juliet
2010
Plays John Diman (old)
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
2025
Plays Stubby Preston
Four of the Apocalypse
1975
Plays Fausto D'Alessio
Annarè
1998
Plays Montellini Roures
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005
Plays Buenaventura Diaz
The Nada Gang
1974
Plays Luca Di Angelo
Contraband
1980
Plays Gamboa
Iguana
1988
Plays Enrico Rosseni
What Have You Done to Solange?
1972
Plays Ross
A Place In Hell
1969
Plays Bruno
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
Plays Clayton Drumm
China 9, Liberty 37
1978
Plays Servais Mont
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
Plays Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
King of the Sands
2013
Plays Soranzo
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
1971
Plays Mario Ferramonti
The Inheritance
1976
Plays Pvt. Terry Wilson
The Battle of the Damned
1969
Plays Francesco di Villaverde
Death Knocks Twice
1969
Plays Inspector Gianni Di Salvo
Rings of Fear
1978
Plays Fabio
The Heroin Busters
1977
Plays Paolo
Speed Cross
1980
Plays Georges Gasset
Killer
1972
Plays Commissario Luca Calarno
The Final Contract
1993
Plays Nicola Palmieri
The Big Racket
1976
Plays Bill Cormack
Red Coat
1975
Plays Roberto Ripa
Summer Games
1984
Plays Mustapha Hashimi
The Ambassador
1985
Plays Milo Ruiz
Revolver
1973
Plays Renzo
The Uranium Conspiracy
1978
Plays Donovan henchman
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
1968
Plays Arquimedes
Manaos
1979
Plays Don Gaetano Fungillo
Blood Brothers
1974
Plays Jailer
Curse of the Blind Dead
2019
Plays Nestor Duran
Road to Nowhere
2010
Plays Peter
Crime of Passion
1994
Plays Floyd
Stateline Motel
1973
Plays Daniel Diderot
Desert of Fire
1997
Plays Ringo
Blood River
1974
Plays Zorro / Don Diego
The Avenger, Zorro
1969
Plays Rudi
Speed Driver
1980
Plays Marco Sartori
Go Gorilla, Go!
1975
Plays Tonino Russo
Camorra
1972
Plays Roy Greenford
At the End of the Rainbow
1971
Plays Sheriff Jack Ronson / Sartana
One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!
1970
Plays Steve Cooper
And Now... Make Your Peace with God
1968
Plays Boda
Madman at War
1985
Plays Michele Alemani
The Hawk and the Dove
1981
Plays Warrior enlisting Franco and Ciccio
I due Crociati
1968
Plays Carlos
El sueño de Tánger
1991
Plays Fabio Testi
The Black Hand
1980
TV Shows
Plays Armando Colucci
La dottoressa Giò
1997
Plays Ermes Corsini
Julia Forever
1989
Plays Savelli
Il falco e la colomba
2009
Plays Janez De Gomera
The Return of Sandokan
1996
Plays Lorenzo
Mussolini and I
1985
Plays Daniel Diderot
Desert of Fire
1997
Plays Carlo Ferraro
Deceptions
1985
Plays René Faragi
Le Gorille
1990
Plays Dottor Ruggeri
Father Matteo
2000
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Reflection in a Dead Diamond
Full Filmography
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
John Diman (old)
2025
Film
Curse of the Blind Dead
Jailer
2019
Film
King of the Sands
Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud)
2013
Film
Road to Nowhere
Nestor Duran
2010
Film
Letters to Juliet
Count Lorenzo
2010
Film
Il falco e la colomba
Savelli · 6 episodes
2009
TV
Torrente 3: The Protector
Montellini Roures
2005
Film
Father Matteo
Dottor Ruggeri · 1 episode
2002
TV
Vento di primavera
Dr. Leonardis
2001
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Fabio Testi and where are they from?
Fabio Testi is 85 years old, born on August 2, 1941 in Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy.
What are the most famous roles of Fabio Testi?
Fabio Testi is best known for roles in Once Upon a Time in the West, Letters to Juliet, Barbarella.
How many movies has Fabio Testi been in?
Over a 58-year career (since 1968), Fabio Testi has appeared in 60 movies and 9 TV shows.
What was Fabio Testi's first movie?
The career of Fabio Testi began with Two Eyes to Kill (1968).
What is Fabio Testi's most recent movie or series?
Fabio Testi's most recent release is Pasquale Squitieri: il vizio della libertà, which premiered on October 15, 2025.
What TV shows has Fabio Testi appeared in?
On television, Fabio Testi has appeared in Father Matteo, Ciao Darwin, Mussolini and I, Le Gorille.
Fabio Testi
1941-08-02 · Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
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.Fabio Testi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.