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name: "Bruno Zanin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruno-zanin"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1951"
died: "7 July 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:46:36.064723+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bruno Zanin

Actor. Born 9 April 1951 in Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy. Died 7 July 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1951, Vigonovo, Veneto, Italy
- **Died:** 7 July 2024

## Biography

Bruno Zanin was an Italian actor. Born on 9 April 1951 in Vigonovo, Veneto, he died on 7 July 2024 in Domodossola, Piedmont.

He is best known for playing Titta Biondi in Federico Fellini's *Amarcord* (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Discovered by chance by Fellini at Cinecittà while accompanying a friend, Zanin had no previous acting experience. He went on to appear in other films including *The Moro Affair* (1986) and *In Search of Fellini* (2017).

Zanin also worked in theatre with directors such as Giorgio Strehler and Luca Ronconi, and later published an autobiographical novel. He worked as a war reporter and humanitarian activist, and lived for many years in a cabin in Vanzone con San Carlo in the Piedmont Alps.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org, repubblica.it.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Amarcord* (1973), Fi1m 82, as Titta Biondi — [page](https://film.one/film/amarcord.md)

## Also known for

- *The Moro Affair* (1986), BR #2
- *In Search of Fellini* (2017), Beppi

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