Mario Brega (March 5, 1923 – July 23, 1994) was an Italian actor. His heavy build and enormous physical stature meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and well over 250 pounds (110 kg) at his heaviest.
Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's spaghetti western movies A Fistful of Dollars, as Chico, For a Few Dollars More, as Nino, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Corporal Wallace, and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America. He appeared in many other spaghetti Westerns, including Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, and My Name is Nobody. He was also featured in many Federico Fellini films, and later in his career had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone.
He died in Rome.
[edit] Filmography
- La marcia su Roma of Dino Risi (1962)
- Diciottenni al sole (1962)
- I motorizzati (1962)
- La parmigiana (1962)
- I mostri (episodio La nobile arte) (1963)
- Le ore dell'amore (1963)
- Se permettete parliamo di donne (1963)
- Uno strano tipo (1964)
- Due mafiosi nel Far West (1964)
- Per un pugno di dollari by Sergio Leone (1964)
- Per qualche dollaro in più by Sergio Leone (1965)
- Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo by Sergio Leone (1966)
- Da uomo a uomo by Giulio Petroni (1967)
- Tenderly (1968)
- Il Grande Silenzio by Sergio Corbucci (1968)
- Il divorzio (1969)
- Death Knocks Twice (1969)
- La taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io di Edoardo Mulargia (1970)
- Cose di Cosa Nostra (1971)
- New York Parigi per una Condanna a Morte (1972)
- Sotto a chi Tocca! (1972)
- Le mille e una notte e un’altra ancora… (1972)
- Decameron No. 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio di Mino Guerrini (1972)
- Il mio nome è Nessuno (1973)
- Anche gli angeli tirano di destro (1974)
- Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda by Lucio Dandolo (1975)
- Basta con la guerra, facciamo l'amore (1975)
- Genio, due compari, un pollo, Un (1975)
- Due cuori, una cappella (1975)
- Simone e Matteo, un gioco da ragazzi di Giuliano Carnimeo (1975)
- Il gatto (1977)
- La banda del trucido (1977)
- I sette del gruppo selvaggio by Gianni Crea (1977)
- Il giocattolo (1979)
- Un sacco bello di Carlo Verdone (1980)
- Bianco, rosso e Verdone by Carlo Verdone (1981)
- Una vacanza del cactus (1981)
- Borotalco by Carlo Verdone (1982)
- Pierino la Peste alla riscossa (1982)
- Vacanze di Natale (1982)
- Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (episodio Il mago) (1983)
- Amarsi un po' (1984)
- Sogni e bisogni (1984)
- C'era una volta in America by Sergio Leone (1984)
- Troppo forte di Carlo Verdone (1986)
- Asilo di polizia (1986)
- Montecarlo Gran Casinò (1986)
- Crack (1991)
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| Persondata |
| NAME | Brega, Mario |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1994 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Rome |
