{{Short description|Italian actor and comedian (1952–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Antonello Fassari | image = Antonello Fassari (cropped).PNG | caption = Fassari in ''Le finte bionde'' (1989) | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1952|10|4}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|4|5|1952|10|4}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Actor, comedian | years_active = 1977–2024 | height_m = 1.73 }}
'''Antonello Fassari''' (4 October 1952 – 5 April 2025) was an Italian actor and comedian.
==Life and career== Antonello Fassari was born in Rome, where he practiced gymnastics at a competitive level until age 18.<ref name=Viventi>{{cite book|last1=Dell'Arti|first1=Giorgio|last2=Parrini|first2=Massimo|chapter=FASSARI Antonello|title=Catalogo dei viventi 2009: 7247 italiani notevoli con l'indice di tutti i nomi citati|language=it|location=Venice|publisher=Marsilio|year=2008|isbn=978-88-317-9599-9|page=709}}</ref> In the mid-1970s he attended the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts, and then Teatro Laboratorio in 1977 under director by Luca Ronconi, with whom he later worked in numerous stage plays.<ref name="Viventi"/><ref name=bio>{{cite book|editor-last1=Chiti|editor-first1=Roberto|editor-last2=Poppi|editor-first2=Roberto|title=Gli attori: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|language=it|volume=1|series=Dizionario del cinema italiano|location=Rome|publisher=Gremese|year=2003|isbn=88-8440-213-1}}</ref> Occasionally a singer-songwriter, in 1984 he composed one of the first Italian rap songs, "Roma di notte".<ref name="Viventi"/>
After several roles on stage, television, and in films, his breakout came in 1991 with the Rai Tre variety show {{ill|Avanzi|it|Avanzi (programma televisivo)|italic=y}}.<ref name="Viventi"/><ref name="bio"/><ref name=Grasso>{{cite book|editor-last=Grasso|editor-first=Aldo|author-link=Aldo Grasso|chapter=Avanzi|title=Enciclopedia della televisione Garzanti|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Garzanti|year=1996|isbn=88-11-50466-X|pages=46–47}}</ref>
In 2000, Antonello Fassari made his directorial debut with the comedy film {{ill|Il segreto del giaguaro|it|italic=y}}, which was a resounding flop at the box office.<ref name="Viventi"/><ref name="bio"/>
From 2006 to 2014, Fassari was part of the leading cast in the Italian television series ''I Cesaroni''.<ref name="Viventi"/>
Fassari considered himself Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Lucio|last=Giordano|title=Mi considero un buon cristiano anche se non credo nel paradiso e nell'inferno|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=16 August 2024|number=32|pages=82–85}}</ref> He died in Rome on 5 April 2025, at the age of 72.<ref>[https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/people/2025/04/05/news/antonello_fassari_morto_attore_cesaroni72_anni-424109342/?ref=RHLF-BG-P1-S1-T1 Morto Antonello Fassari, attore di “Avanzi” e “Cesaroni”] {{in lang|it}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Fatto su misura'' (1985) * ''Italian Fast Food'' (1986) * ''Italian Postcards'' (1987) * ''Casa mia, casa mia...'' (1988) * ''Maya'' (1989) * ''Le finte bionde'' (1989) * ''Valentina'' (1989) * ''Dark Illness'' (1990) * ''Faccione'' (1991) * ''The Invisible Wall'' (1991) * ''Count Max'' (1991) * ''Un'altra vita'' (1992) * ''Sognando la California'' (1992) * ''State Secret'' (1995) * ''Waiters'' (1995) * ''Who Killed Pasolini?'' (1995) * ''Selvaggi'' (1995) * ''Celluloide'' (1996) * ''E adesso sesso'' (2001) * ''Love Returns'' (2004) * ''Romanzo Criminale'' (2005) * ''The Goodbye Kiss'' (2006) * ''Sympathy for the Lobster'' (2007) * ''Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films'' (2011) * ''The Move of The Penguin'' (2013) * ''Suburra'' (2015) * ''Solo'' (2016) * ''All You Need Is Crime'' (2019) * ''L'agenzia dei bugiardi'' (2019) * ''Flaminia'' (2024)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0268724}} * {{discogs artist|Antonello Fassari}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fassari, Antonello}} Category:1952 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Male actors from Rome Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors Category:Italian male comedians Category:Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Category:Comedians from Rome Category:Italian Roman Catholics