# Massimo Bonetti

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{{short description|Italian actor and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age text |28 March 1951}}
| birth_place = [Rome](/source/Rome), Italy
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| occupation  = Actor
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'''Massimo Bonetti''' (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director.

== Life and career ==
Born in [Rome](/source/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](/source/Paolo_and_Vittorio_Taviani), [Pupi Avati](/source/Pupi_Avati) and [Massimo Troisi](/source/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](/source/La_squadra_(television_series))'', 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](/source/Free_Hand_for_a_Tough_Cop)'' (1976)
* ''[Beach House](/source/Beach_House_(1977_film))'' (1977)
* ''[The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist](/source/The_Cynic%2C_the_Rat_and_the_Fist)'' (1977)
* ''[Stay as You Are](/source/Stay_as_You_Are)'' (1978)
* ''[The Night of the Shooting Stars](/source/The_Night_of_the_Shooting_Stars) '' (1982)
* ''[Kaos](/source/Kaos_(film))'' (1984)
* ''[Le vie del Signore sono finite](/source/Le_vie_del_Signore_sono_finite)'' (1987)
* ''[The Last Minute](/source/The_Last_Minute_(1987_film))'' (1987)
* ''[The Story of Boys & Girls](/source/The_Story_of_Boys_%26_Girls)'' (1989)
* ''[The Sun Also Shines at Night](/source/The_Sun_Also_Shines_at_Night)'' (1990)
* ''[Faccione](/source/Faccione)'' (1991)
* ''[Women in Arms](/source/Women_in_Arms_(film))'' (1991)
* ''[Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus](/source/Yes%2C_Virginia%2C_There_Is_a_Santa_Claus_(1991_film))'' (1991)
* ''[Giovanni Falcone](/source/Giovanni_Falcone_(film))'' (1993)
* ''[Porzûs](/source/Porz%C3%BBs)'' (1997)
* ''[Notes of Love](/source/Notes_of_Love)'' (1998)
* ''[Maria Goretti](/source/Maria_Goretti_(film))'' (2003)
* ''[Pietralata](/source/Pietralata_(film))'' (2008)
* ''[The Youngest Son](/source/The_Youngest_Son)'' (2010)
* ''[The Big Heart of Girls](/source/The_Big_Heart_of_Girls)'' (2011)
* ''[You Can't Save Yourself Alone](/source/You_Can't_Save_Yourself_Alone)'' (2015)
* ''[Everything Calls for Salvation](/source/Everything_Calls_for_Salvation)'' (2022)
* ''[The American Backyard](/source/The_American_Backyard)'' (2024)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0094351}}

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Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male television actors
Category:Male actors from Rome
Category:Italian film directors
Category:Giallo film directors
Category:20th-century Italian male actors
Category:21st-century Italian male actors

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