Acting
Terence Hill
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. Hill was born on 29 March 1939 in Venice, Italy. Hill's mother, Hildegard Girotti (née Thieme), was from Dresden, Germany; his father, Girolamo Girotti, was Italian from Amelia, Umbria, and a chemist by occupation. During his childhood, Hill lived in the small town of Lommatzsch, Saxony. As a child, he experienced the bombing of Dresden, which was traumatic for him. He was there up to the End of World War II in Europe. He was discovered at the age of 12 by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi at a swimming meet, and he became a child actor, appearing in Risi's Vacation with a Gangster (1951) as Gianni, the orphan gang leader. "They were looking for a boy gang leader and they found me", he later said. He had small roles in Voice of Silence (1953) with Jean Marais, Too Young for Love (1953), and It Happened in the Park (1953). He was in Golden Vein (1954) with Märta Torén and Richard Basehart, The Abandoned (1955) and Folgore Division (1955). Girotti had his first lead in Guaglione (1956). He could also be seen in Mamma sconosciuta (1956), I vagabondi delle stelle (1956), La grande strada azzurra (1956) with Yves Montand and Alida Valli, and Lazzarella (1957). Girotti did Anna of Brooklyn (1958) with Gina Lollobrigida, The Sword and the Cross (1958) with Yvonne de Carlo (playing Lazarus of Bethany), and a TV version of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1958). He had support parts in Il padrone delle ferriere (1959) with Virna Lisi, Juke box - Urli d'amore (1959), and Hannibal (1959) with Victor Mature and Carlo Pedersoli, who would later become known as Bud Spencer. Girotti had the lead roles in Spavaldi e innamorati (1959) and Cerasella (1959), a teen comedy. It was back to support roles with Carthage in Flames (1960), Un militare e mezzo (1960), and The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1961) with Geoffrey Horne and Robert Morley, directed by Irving Rapper. Girotti had support parts in The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) with Donald O'Connor and directed by Henry Levin and Mario Bava, Pecado de amor (1961), Seven Seas to Calais (1962) with Rod Taylor, and The Shortest Day (1963). ... Source: Article "Terence Hill" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
The Socceritos
Film · 2026
Terence Hill: Pazifist und Cowboy
Film · 2025
Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me
Film · 2025
Lui era Trinità
Film · 2023
On l'appelle Terence Hill
Film · 2022
Caterina Caselli - Una vita, 100 vite
Film · 2021
The Last Movie Painter
Film · 2020
Die Terence Hill Story
Film · 2019
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
Film · 2019
My Name Is Thomas
Film · 2018
Piedone nyomában
Film · 2018
They Called Him Spencer
Film · 2017
Abendshow
Series · 2017
Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer
Film · 2012
One Step from Heaven
Series · 2011
Doc West
Film · 2009
Doc West II : Triggerman
Film · 2009
L'uomo che cavalcava nel buio
Series · 2009
L'uomo che sognava con le aquile
Film · 2006
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Film · 2006
L'uomo che sognava con le aquile
Series · 2006
Nobody is Perfect
Film · 2005
Vier Fäuste lassen's krachen
Film · 2004
Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
Series · 2001
Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Film · 2000
Father Matteo
Series · 2000
Volle Kanne
Series · 1999
Virtual Weapon
Film · 1997
Leute heute
Series · 1997
Troublemakers
Film · 1994
Lucky Luke 2
Film · 1992
Lucky Luke
Series · 1992
Lucky Luke
Film · 1991
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
Film · 1991
Renegade
Film · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Miami Supercops
Film · 1985
Don Camillo
Film · 1984
Double Trouble
Film · 1984
Go for It
Film · 1983
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
Film · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
Super Fuzz
Film · 1980
I'm for the Hippopotamus
Film · 1979
ORG
Film · 1979
Odds and Evens
Film · 1978
Crime Busters
Film · 1977
March or Die
Film · 1977
Mr. Billion
Film · 1977
Telespiele
Series · 1977
Auf los geht's los
Series · 1977
Das Schwert der Nibelungen
Film · 1976
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Film · 1975
The Two Missionaries
Film · 1974
Watch Out, We're Mad
Film · 1974
My Name Is Nobody
Film · 1973
All the Way Boys
Film · 1972
The Hassled Hooker
Film · 1972
Man of the East
Film · 1972
Trinity Is Still My Name
Film · 1971
Blackie the Pirate
Film · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
They Call Me Trinity
Film · 1970
Wrath of the Wind
Film · 1970
Rischiatutto
Series · 1970
Boot Hill
Film · 1969
The Tough and the Mighty
Film · 1969
Ace High
Film · 1968
Django, Prepare a Coffin
Film · 1968
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2
Film · 1967
God Forgives... I Don't!
Film · 1967
The Crazy Westerners
Film · 1967
Rita the Field Marshal
Film · 1967
Io non protesto, io amo
Film · 1967
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
Film · 1966
Flaming Frontier
Film · 1965
Rampage at Apache Wells
Film · 1965
Duel at Sundown
Film · 1965
Ruf der Wälder
Film · 1965
Shots in 3/4 Time
Film · 1965
Last of the Renegades
Film · 1964
Frontier Hellcat
Film · 1964
The Leopard
Film · 1963
The Shortest Day
Film · 1963
Seven Seas to Calais
Film · 1962
Joseph and His Brethren
Film · 1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
Film · 1961
Pecado de amor
Film · 1961
Carthage in Flames
Film · 1960
A Soldier and a Half
Film · 1960
Cerasella
Film · 1959
Hannibal
Film · 1959
Spavaldi e innamorati
Film · 1959
Il padrone delle ferriere
Film · 1959
Juke Box - Screams of Love
Film · 1959
The Sword and the Cross
Film · 1958
Fast and Sexy
Film · 1958
Il Novelliere - Il salotto di Oscar Wilde
Film · 1958
Lazzarella
Film · 1957
The Wide Blue Road
Film · 1957
Aktuelle Schaubude
Series · 1957
Mamma sconosciuta
Film · 1956
I vagabondi delle stelle
Film · 1956
Guaglione
Film · 1956
Abandoned
Film · 1955
The Golden Vein
Film · 1955
Divisione Folgore
Film · 1954
Voice of Silence
Film · 1953
It Happened in the Park
Film · 1953
The Age of Indiscretion
Film · 1953
The Street of Hope
Film · 1953
Vacation with a Gangster
Film · 1952
Bambi
Series · 1948