Massimo Bonetti Explained

Massimo Bonetti
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Height:	1.8m (05.9feet)
Occupation:	Actor

Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's Bim Bum Bam.^[1] Then, he obtained roles of weight for notable directors such as Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pupi Avati and Massimo Troisi.^[1] He is also very active in Italian television, in which he is probably best known for the main role in the crime TV-series La squadra, that he starred for eight seasons between 1999 and 2007.^{[1] [2]}

In 2010 Bonetti made his directorial debut with Quando si Diventa Grandi.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
• Beach House (1977)
• The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
• Stay as You Are (1978)
• The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
• Kaos (1984)
• Le vie del Signore sono finite (1987)
• The Last Minute (1987)
• The Story of Boys & Girls (1989)
• The Sun Also Shines at Night (1990)
• Faccione (1991)
• Women in Arms (1991)
• Giovanni Falcone (1993)
• Porzûs (1997)
• Notes of Love (1998)
• Maria Goretti (2003)
• Pietralata (2008)
• The Youngest Son (2010)
• The Big Heart of Girls (2011)
• You Can't Save Yourself Alone (2015)
• Everything Calls For Salvation (2022, television series)
• The American Garden (2024)

Notes and References

1. Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003.
2. News: Cervasio. Stella. Muore l'eroe della Squadra ed è giallo sulla fiction tv. 11 March 2012. La Repubblica. 7 December 2007. 26 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926131244/https://napoli.repubblica.it/dettaglio/muore-leroe-della-squadra-ed-e-giallo-sulla-fiction-tv/1401780. dead.
3. News: Esordio alla regia per Massimo Bonetti con "Quando si Diventa Grandi". 11 March 2012. Cinema Italiano. 3 June 2009.