{{short description|Italian actor (born 1962)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Cosimo Fusco | image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Cosimo Fusco.jpg | alt = Cosimo Fusco wearing a dark blue shirt and dark blue blazer, looking directly at camera with a slight scowl | caption = Fusco in 2025 | birth_name = Cosimo Massimo Fusco | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|9|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Matera, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1986–present }}
'''Cosimo Massimo Fusco''' (born 23 September 1962) is an Italian actor.
==Biography== Born in Matera, Italy, Fusco was educated in Los Angeles, Rome, and Paris. In the United States, he is best known for his role as Paolo, one of Rachel's boyfriends in the American sitcom ''Friends''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where Is Paolo From 'Friends' Now? |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/146849-where-is-paolo-from-friends-now-cosimo-fusco-has-had-some-high-profile-roles |website=bustle.com |date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref> He has had roles in several Italian, German, and American productions, including the films ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''Coco Chanel'',<ref>{{cite web|title=L'attore Lucano Cosimo Fusco interpreta il padre di Coco Chanel |url=http://www.ilmiotg.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6150&Itemid=228 |website=ilmiotg.it |date=10 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110722035326/http://www.ilmiotg.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6150&Itemid=228|accessdate=11 October 2020 |archive-date = 22 July 2011|language=it |trans-title=Lucano actor Cosimo Fusco plays Coco Chanel's father}}</ref> ''Angels & Demons'', and ''The Man Who Invented Christmas''. He has appeared in the shows ''Alias'', ''La piovra'', and ''The Mentalist'', among others. He played the role of Judge Alberto Somaschi in the Italian series ''Il bene e il male'' from 2008 to 2009.
==Selected filmography== <!-- Rowspans are only allowed for the "Year" column, per WP:FILMOGRAPHY -->
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Sronly|List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown}} |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director(s) ! Notes |- | 1988 | ''Domino'' | {{Unknown}} | Ivana Massetti | |- | 1991 | ''Rossini! Rossini!'' | Franco | Mario Monicelli | |- | 1997 | ''The Eighteenth Angel'' | Florian | William Bindley | |- | 1999 | ''The Wasteland'' | Santino | Fabio Segatori | |- | 2000 | ''Gone in Sixty Seconds'' | Adjacent mechanic | Dominic Sena | |- | 2004 | ''The Card Player'' | Berardelli | Dario Argento | |- |rowspan=3 | 2005 | ''The Third Star'' | Boss | Alberto Ferrari | |- | ''Door of the Seven Stars'' | {{Unknown}} | Pasquale Pozzessere | |- | ''Italia's War'' | Franco | Ahmed Saleh | |- | 2006 | ''Love & Freedom: Masaniello'' | Salvatore | Angelo Antonucci | |- | rowspan=2| 2007 | ''Mineurs'' | Rocco Basile | Fulvio Wetzl | |- | ''Short Cutter!'' | Roldano | Pierfrancesco Campanella | Short film |- | rowspan=2| 2009 | ''Angels & Demons'' | Archbishop Simeon | Ron Howard | |- | ''Butterfly Zone'' | Erminio Zecca | Luciano Capponi | |- | 2010 | ''Viola'' | Sean Miller | Travis Andrade | Short film |- | 2012 | ''Berberian Sound Studio'' | Francesco Coraggio | Peter Strickland | |- | 2013 | ''Dante's Hell Animated'' | Chiron | Boris Acosta | Voice; short film |- | 2017 | ''The Man Who Invented Christmas'' | Giuseppe Mazzini | Bharat Nalluri | |- | 2018 | ''7 Miracles'' | Head of Pharisees | Rodrigo Cerqueira & Marco Spagnoli | VR short |- | rowspan=3| 2019 | ''Spiral Farm'' | Maurizio | Alec Tibaldi | |- | ''Lucania'' | Arrabal | Gigi Roccati | |- | ''The Tracker'' | Giordano | Giorgio Serafini | |- | 2020 | ''Thou Shalt Not Hate'' | Sig. Segre, Simone's father | Mauro Mancini | |- | 2021 | ''Venicephrenia'' | Plague doctor / Bufón | Álex de la Iglesia | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Sronly|List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown}} |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director(s) ! Notes |- |rowspan=2 | 1990 | ''La piovra'', {{Interlanguage link|La piovra (season 5)|it|3=La piovra 5 - Il cuore del problema|lt=season 5}} | Grillo | | 4 episodes |- | ''Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair'' | | | TV movie |- | 1994–95 | ''Friends'' | Paolo | NBC | 4 episodes |- | 1998 | ''Una donna per amico'' | Bruno Montemauro | Rai 1 | 8 episodes |- | rowspan=2 |2001 | ''Don Matteo'' | | Rai 1 | |- | ''Alias'' | Logan Gerace | NBC | rowspan=3 |1 episode |- | 2002 | ''Valeria medico legale'' | | Canale 5 |- |rowspan=2|2005 | ''Utta Danella'' | Marco | |- | ''Imperium: Saint Peter'' | | Television movie | |- | rowspan=2 |2007 | ''Rome'' | Hannibal Cotta / Hanibal Cotta | HBO<br />BBC<br />Rai Fiction | 4 episodes |- | ''Io e mamma'' | Cesare Prugnoli | | Miniseries |- |rowspan=2|2008 | ''Ho sposato uno sbirro'' | | | Episode: "La Venere scomparsa" |- | ''Coco Chanel'' | Albert | | Television movie |- | rowspan=4 |2009 | ''Il bene e il male'' | Judge Alberto Somaschi | | 11 episodes |- | ''Moana'' | Padre di Moana | Sky Cinema | |- | ''Il falco e la colomba'' | Monaco Colonna | | 6 episodes |- | ''Boris'' | | Fox International Channels Italy | 2 episodes |- | 2012 | ''The Mentalist'' | Guy Duval | CBS | Episode: "Red Is the New Black" |- | 2017 | ''1993'' | PM Rattazzi | Sky Atlantic<br />Sky Cinema | 1 episode |- | 2020–21 | ''30 Coins'' | Angelo | HBO Europe | 6 episodes |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Sronly|List of music video appearances, with year, title, and role shown}} |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director(s) ! Notes |- | 2016 | "Ballad for a Lifer" | Lifer | Nidi d'Arac | Also director, writer & producer |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{IMDb name|id=0299289|name=Cosimo Fusco}}
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