Biography
Cosimo Fusco, also credited as Cosimo Massimo Fusco, is an Italian actor born on 23 September 1962 in Matera, Basilicata. He was educated in Los Angeles, Rome and Paris, and resides in Rome. He has worked in Italian, German and American productions since the late 1980s.
Fusco is known internationally for playing Paolo, one of Rachel's boyfriends, in the sitcom Friends (1994–1995). His film roles include the Adjacent Mechanic in Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), Father Simeon in Angels & Demons (2009) and Francesco in Berberian Sound Studio (2012). Television credits include appearances in Alias (2001), The Mentalist (2008), 30 Coins (2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022). He played Judge Alberto Somaschi in the Italian series Il bene e il male (2008–2009).
