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Also known as Mario Girotti

Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer

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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…

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  • 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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Instance of
human
Given name
Mario
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Venice
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Italian
Field of work
film direction
Eye colour
blue
Hair colour
blond hair
Official website
www.terencehill.com
Image
Terence Hill in Dresden (20.08.2018).jpg
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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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