Acting

Massimo Vanni

Born 1946-07-08

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Department: Acting

Biography

A cousin of director Enzo G. Castellari and nephew of director Marino Girolami, Massimo Vanni became involved in the Italian film industry at a young age both as a bit-part player and stuntman before slowly graduating to larger more dramatic roles toward the end of the decade. A skilled acrobat and fight choreographer, Vanni himself became known as the Italian Jackie Chan of the 1980's, usually getting a good fight scene in before meeting with an inevitable demise.

1982

TMDB2.5

Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (110 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Juso per ferie	Self	Movie	2026
Nel nome dell'odio	Sé stesso	Movie	2025
L'uomo che disse no	Self / Appearance	Movie	2024
Pretendo l'inferno	Self	Movie	2024
I Am Santa Claus	Nanni	Movie	2021
Dietro la notte	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2021
Tracce di Bene	Self	Movie	2017
Roma criminale	Gargiulio	Movie	2013
Solitaire	Moriero	Movie	2008
Ti stramo - Ho voglia di un'ultima notte da manuale prima di tre baci sopra il cielo	Professore	Movie	2008
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1	Self	Movie	2008
Bastardi	Brasi	Movie	2008
Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente	Self	Movie	2008
Quelli del Maledetto Treno Blindato - Making of 'Inglorious Bastards'	Self	Movie	2007
E guardo il mondo da un oblò	Uomo che tradisce la moglie	Movie	2007
The Borgia	Soldier	Movie	2006
Baciami piccina	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2006
The Stone Merchant	Stunts	Movie	2006
Romanzo Criminale	Guardaspalle Gemito (uncredited)	Movie	2005
Belle da morire 2	Killer	Movie	2005
Il ritorno del Monnezza	Gargiulo	Movie	2005
The Clan	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2005
Come Into the Light	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2005
Five Moons Plaza	Brigatista con mitra	Movie	2003
Gangs of New York	Bar Bouncer (uncredited)	Movie	2002
Gangs of New York	Stunts	Movie	2002
A Perfect Love	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2002
Vajont	Roncacci	Movie	2001
Vajont	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2001
Stregati dalla luna	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2001
Alex the Ram	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	2000
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück	Angelo	Movie	1998
La quindicesima epistola	Michele	Movie	1998
Body and Soul	Killer	Movie	1997
The Wax Mask	Victor	Movie	1997
Desert of Fire	Albino	Movie	1997
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo	Self / Appearance	Movie	1996
Segreto di Stato	Following Hitman	Movie	1995
A Pure Formality	Self / Appearance	Movie	1994
Una grande voglia d'amore	Nicole's Friend	Movie	1994
First Action Hero	Drake	Movie	1994
First Action Hero	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	1994
Skinheads	Master at Arms	Movie	1993
After Death	David	Movie	1990
After Death	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	1990
Appointment in Trieste	Self / Appearance	TV Series	1989
Born to Fight	Prisoner #1	Movie	1989
Sinbad of the Seven Seas	Man (uncredited)	Movie	1989
Shocking Dark	First Soldier (Practicing Nunchucks)	Movie	1989
Shocking Dark	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	1989
Strike Commando 2	Kelly Sellers	Movie	1988
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2	Bo (as Alex McBride)	Movie	1988
Cop Game	Head of the Killers	Movie	1988
Robowar	Pvt. Larry Guarino	Movie	1988
Robowar	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	1988
My Sister and I	Uomo nel treno	Movie	1987
Strike Commando	Stunt Coordinator	Movie	1987
Double Target	Russian Soldier (uncredited)	Movie	1987
Attentato al Papa	Informer Policeman	TV Series	1986
The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri	Thief	Movie	1986
The Repenter	Self / Appearance	Movie	1985
Light Blast	Policeman in Warehouse	Movie	1985
È arrivato mio fratello	poliziotto	Movie	1985
Rats: Night of Terror	Taurus	Movie	1984
Blastfighter	Dying Police Officer	Movie	1984
Tuareg: Desert Warrior	Corporal	Movie	1984
Tuareg: Desert Warrior	Stunts	Movie	1984
Escape from the Bronx	Big Little Man	Movie	1983
The New Barbarians	Mako	Movie	1983
1990: The Bronx Warriors	Blade	Movie	1982
The Gorilla	ladro baffuto	Movie	1982
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant	brigadiere Gargiulo	Movie	1981
The Last Shark	Jimmy (as Max Vanders)	Movie	1981
Crime at Porta Romana	Brigadier Gargiulo	Movie	1980
Day of the Cobra	Beltrame	Movie	1980
The Last Hunter	Phillips	Movie	1980
Assassination on the Tiber	Brigadier Gargiulo	Movie	1979
Assassination on the Tiber	Stunts	Movie	1979
The House by the Edge of the Lake	Manuel	Movie	1979
The Face with Two Left Feet	Paolo	Movie	1979
Little Italy	Gargiulo	Movie	1978
The Inglorious Bastards	French Resistance	Movie	1978
Magnum Cop	Vinnie	Movie	1978
The Swindle	brigadiere Gargiulo	Movie	1977
Highway Racer	Man (uncredited)	Movie	1977
The Heroin Busters	Massimo	Movie	1977
Destruction Force	Marchetti	Movie	1977
Weapons of Death	Rosati - Undercover Cop	Movie	1977
Nerone	Painter	Movie	1977
A Special Cop in Action	Fabbri	Movie	1976
Keoma	Caldwell's Henchman at Wagon (uncredited)	Movie	1976
Keoma	Stunts	Movie	1976
Hit Squad	Brigadier Gargiulo	Movie	1976
Hit Squad	Stunts	Movie	1976
The Big Racket	Rudy's Enforcer	Movie	1976
The Big Racket	Stunts	Movie	1976
Rome, the Other Face of Violence	Agent Vanni (uncredited)	Movie	1976
Rome, the Other Face of Violence	Stunts	Movie	1976
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche	Self / Appearance	Movie	1976
Seven Beauties	Man in Prison (uncredited)	Movie	1975
We Are No Angels	Shark Henchman	Movie	1975
Cry, Onion!	Buck, Lamb Henchman	Movie	1975
Cry, Onion!	Stunts	Movie	1975
Violent Rome	Mr. Valli	Movie	1975
Violent Rome	Stunts	Movie	1975
Emanuelle and Françoise	Robi	Movie	1975
Street Law	Hood #2	Movie	1974
Lovers and Other Relatives	Mr. Muscle	Movie	1974
High Crime	Killer	Movie	1973
Hector the Mighty	Gang (uncredited)	Movie	1972