Born in La Spezia, Italy; educated at Accademia Nazionale di Arti Drammatica, Rome. Charming, melancholic star from the 1970s who appeared in a string of Lina Wertmuller films including FILM D'AMORE E D'ANARCHIA... (LOVE AND ANARCHY) (1973) and PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE (SEVEN BEAUTIES) (1976, also producer). Other notable credits in almost 130 film and TV appearances include THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIO (1969), LILI MARLEEN (1981), SAVING GRACE (1985), NEW YORK STORIES (1989), A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (1995), "Dune" (2000, TV mini-series), HANNIBAL, UNA LUNGA LUNGA LUNGA NOTTE D'AMORE / A LONG LONG LONG NIGHT OF LOVE, CQ and THE WHOLE SHEBANG (all 2001), IT VOGLIO BENE EUGENIO / I LOVE YOU EUGENIO, CIAO AMERICA, I BANCHIERI DI DIO / THE BANKERS OF GOD, JOSHUA and DARKNESS (all 2002), IL CUORE ALTROVE / INCANTATO, PIAZZA DELLE CINQUE LUNE / FIVE MOONS PLAZA, L'ACQUA... IL FUOCO / THE WATER... THE FIRE and PER SEMPRE / FOREVER (all 2003), MAN ON FIRE and 13DICI A TAVOLA / 13 AT A TABLE (both 2004), RAUL - DIRITTO DI UCCIDERE and THE SHADOW DANCER (both 2005), TIRANTE EL BLANCO, SALVATORE - QUESTA È LA VITA and CASINO ROYALE (all 2006), ESTRENANDO SUEÑOS, BASTARDI and MILANO-PALERMO: IL RITORNO (all 2007), and BOND 22 (planned for 2008).  Nominated for Actor 1976: PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE (SEVEN BEAUTIES) 1 nomination