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# Cosimo Fusco

Actor. Born 23 September 1962 in Matera, Basilicata, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 September 1962, Matera, Basilicata, Italy
- **Also known as:** Cosimo Massimo Fusco 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299289/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74488

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Berberian Sound Studio*](https://film.one/film/berberian-sound-studio.md) (78)

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## 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).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Berberian Sound Studio* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Francesco — [page](https://film.one/film/berberian-sound-studio.md)

## Also known for

- *Angels & Demons* (2009), Father Simeon
- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Adjacent Mechanic
- *The Mentalist* (2008), Guy Duval
- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), The Cardinal
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), Carlos Vargas
- *The Man Who Invented Christmas* (2017), Signor Mazzini
- *30 Coins* (2020), Angelo
- *Boris* (2007), Dottore Dimension Six

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