{{short description|Italian actor and director|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Massimo Bonetti | image = Massimo Bonetti - Ultimo minuto.jpg | caption = Massimo Bonetti in 1987 | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age text |28 March 1951}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | alma_mater = | height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | occupation = Actor | spouse = }} '''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''.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Gli attori|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003}}</ref> Then, he obtained roles of weight for notable directors such as Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Pupi Avati and Massimo Troisi.<ref name=bio/> 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.<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite news|last=Cervasio|first=Stella|title=Muore l'eroe della Squadra ed è giallo sulla fiction tv|url=http://napoli.repubblica.it/dettaglio/muore-leroe-della-squadra-ed-e-giallo-sulla-fiction-tv/1401780|accessdate=11 March 2012|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=7 December 2007|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926131244/https://napoli.repubblica.it/dettaglio/muore-leroe-della-squadra-ed-e-giallo-sulla-fiction-tv/1401780|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2010 Bonetti made his directorial debut with ''Quando si Diventa Grandi''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Esordio alla regia per Massimo Bonetti con "Quando si Diventa Grandi"|url=http://www.cinemaitaliano.info/news/03345/esordio-alla-regia-per-massimo-bonetti-con.html|accessdate=11 March 2012|newspaper=Cinema Italiano|date=3 June 2009}}</ref>
== 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) * ''Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus'' (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) * ''The American Backyard'' (2024)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0094351}}
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