Paolo Bonacelli was born on 28 February 1937 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for The American (2010), Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) and Caligula (1979). He was married to Cecilia Zingaro. He died on 8 October 2025 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Chessari, Elsa De Giorgi, Gaspare Di Jenno, Efisio Etzi, Guido Galletti, Rinaldo Missaglia, Giuseppe Patruno, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Hélène Surgère, and Aldo Valletti in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

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Paolo Bonacelli in Midnight Express (1978)

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Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, and Aldo Valletti in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Graziella Aniceto, Paolo Bonacelli, Lamberto Book, Caterina Boratto, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Chessari, Claudio Cicchetti, Elsa De Giorgi, Efisio Etzi, Benedetta Gaetani, Dorit Henke, Faridah Malik, Ezio Manni, Fabrizio Menichini, Franco Merli, Renata Moar, Tatiana Mogilansky, Antiniska Nemour, Antonio Orlando, Giuseppe Patruno, Sonia Saviange, Hélène Surgère, Claudio Troccoli, and Maurizio Valaguzza in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Roberto Benigni and Paolo Bonacelli in Night on Earth (1991)

George Clooney and Paolo Bonacelli in The American (2010)

Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, and Irene Papas in Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Elsa De Giorgi, Guido Galletti, Rinaldo Missaglia, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Claudio Troccoli, and Aldo Valletti in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

George Clooney and Violante Placido in The American (2010)

Paolo Bonacelli in Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

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