Mario Brega

Known for ActingBorn 1923-03-25Died 1994-07-23Rome, Lazio, Italy

Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build 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 but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly. 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 Niño; 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. Later in his career he had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone, such as in Un sacco bello and Talcum Powder. He died of heart attack in Rome in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Brega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Crack

Seven Savage Men

Da Scaramouche or se vuoi l'assoluzione baciar devi sto... cordone!

Sotto a chi tocca!

Once Upon a Time in America

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

For a Few Dollars More

Il mondo dei miracoli

A Fistful of Dollars

Day by Day, Desperately

The Great Silence

Bianco, rosso e Verdone

Gli scontenti

March on Rome

My Name Is Nobody

Why

The Monsters

Fun Is Beautiful

Sogni e bisogni

Man of Straw

A Dangerous Toy

Cronache del '22

Detective School Dropouts

The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

Death Rides a Horse

Talcum Powder

The Divorce

Date for a Murder

A Girl in Australia

Mafia Things

Too Much

Amarsi un po'...

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

Christmas Holidays

The Last Round

An Angel for Satan

Let's Talk About Women

Convoy Buddies

The Cat

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio

No Diamonds for Ursula

Halleluja for Django

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die

Two Gangsters in the Wild West

Destruction Force

The Ugly Ones

I motorizzati

The Strange Type