Ricky Tognazzi


Riccardo "Ricky" Tognazzi is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film The Escort was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1991, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Ultra. Five years later, his film Strangled Lives won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
He is the son of film actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and the half-brother of actor Gianmarco Tognazzi and film director Maria Sole Tognazzi. In 2016, he appeared as an out-of touch variety show host in the music video for "Tutti Frutti" by English rock band New Order.
He is an outspoken atheist, even if he admires some religious figures such as Saint Thomas, Pope John XXIII and Pope Francis.

Selected filmography

Director

Little Misunderstandings Ultra The Escort Strangled Lives Excellent Cadavers Canone inverso - Making Love The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII

Actor

I mostri Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man Petomaniac Aurora Colpo di fulmine I pompieri Fatto su misura The Family Caruso Pascoski, Son of a Pole Time to Kill A Season of Giants A Simple Story Sentimental Maniacs An Ordinary Hero Il cielo in una stanza Thomas The Best Day of My Life The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII In questo mondo di ladri Nine