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Terence Hill
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Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer
Terence Hill is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who has worked across multiple roles in the entertainment industry. He is notable for his contributions to Italian cinema in various creative capacities behind and in front of the camera.
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Venice, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy [Now Italy]
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his long-time film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. His most widely seen…
Known for
- The Socceritos — Soccerito Terence2026
- Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy — Self2025
- Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me — Self (Archive)2025
- Lui era Trinità — Self2023
- On l'appelle Terence Hill — Self2022
- Caterina Caselli - Una vita, 100 vite2021
- The Last Movie Painter — Self2020
- Die Terence Hill Story — Self2019
- Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
- My Name Is Thomas — Thomas2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Bud Spencer and Terence Hill
- Given name
- Mario
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Venice
- Child
- Ross Hill
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Italian
- Field of work
- film direction
- Eye colour
- blue
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Genre
- comedy film
- Sport
- artistic gymnastics
- Official website
- www.terencehill.com
- Image
- Terence Hill in Dresden (20.08.2018).jpg
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- Category:Films directed by Terence Hill
- Commons category
- Terence Hill
- date of birth
- 1939-03-29
- birth name
- Mario Girotti
- name in native language
- Mario Girotti
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- pseudonym
- Terence Hill
- partner in business or sport
- Bud Spencer
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Italians
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Encyclopedic overview
Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his long-time film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors.
His most widely seen films include comic and standard spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film at that time; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill also went on to a successful television career in Italy, most notably playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo from 2000 until 2022.
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