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name: "Ricky Tognazzi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ricky-tognazzi"
fi1m_id: "ricky-tognazzi"
imdb_id: "nm0865573"
tmdb_id: 105114
wikidata_id: "Q367489"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 May 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:57:16.496646+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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# Ricky Tognazzi

## Identity

Ricky Tognazzi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ricky-tognazzi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ricky-tognazzi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0865573
- **TMDB ID:** 105114
- **Wikidata ID:** Q367489
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Tognazzi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105114

Actor. Born 1 May 1955 in Milano, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 May 1955, Milano, Italy
- **Also known as:** Riccardo Tognazzi
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Tognazzi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367489, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105114

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Nine*](https://film.one/film/nine.md) (46)

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## Biography

Ricky Tognazzi, also credited as Riccardo Tognazzi, is an Italian actor and film director. Born on 1 May 1955 in Milan, he is the son of actor and director Ugo Tognazzi. He has appeared in films and television since 1963 and has also directed a number of features.

Tognazzi trained in England and at the DAMS programme of the University of Bologna before graduating in 1975 from the Istituto di Stato per la Cinematografia e Televisione "Roberto Rossellini" in Rome. He began his career as an assistant director to Luigi Comencini, Pupi Avati and Maurizio Ponzi. His acting credits include the role of Dante in *Nine* (2009), as well as appearances in *The Key* (1983), *Firefighters* (1985) and *The Family* (1987).

As a director, Tognazzi won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 1991 Berlin International Film Festival for *Ultrà*. His other directorial work includes *The Escort* (1993), which was entered in the Cannes Film Festival. He has been married to Simona Izzo since 1995.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nine* (2009), Fi1m 46, as Dante — [page](https://film.one/film/nine.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Colpa dei sensi* (2026), series, Director, Creator
- *Poveri Noi* (2025), as Mimmo Lo Versi
- *Francesca e Giovanni* (2025), Director
- *Mostruosamente Villaggio* (2024), as Sé stesso
- *All the things that remain* (2024), Actor
- *La voglia matta di vivere* (2022), Director, Screenplay
- *Other Fathers* (2021), Actor
- *The Promised Life* (2018), series, Director, Story, Creator
- *Pertini: Il combattente* (2018), Actor
- *Hochzeit in Rom* (2017), as Vibaldo D’Arcadia
- *Boris Giuliano: un poliziotto a Palermo* (2016), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Infernet* (2016), as Giorgio
- *On Air: Storia di Un Successo* (2016), as Direttore Editoriale
- *Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud* (2015), Story, Screenplay, Director
- *Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud* (2015), series, Director, Writer
- *L'assalto* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *Esterno sera* (2013), as Zio Antonio
- *See You Tomorrow* (2013), as Gabriele Camicioli
- *All'ultima spiaggia* (2012), as direttore del Reality
- *Il caso Enzo Tortora: Dove eravamo rimasti?* (2012), as Enzo Tortora · Story, Director
- *Il caso Enzo Tortora: Dove eravamo rimasti?* (2012), as Enzo Tortora
- *Il caso Enzo Tortora - Dove eravamo rimasti* (2012), series, as Enzo Tortora · Director, Creator
- *Tutta colpa della musica* (2011), as Napoleone · Director
- *The Father and the Foreigner* (2011), Screenplay, Director
- *Mia madre* (2010), series, Director
- *Nine* (2009), as Dante — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/nine.md)
- *L'isola dei segreti - Koré* (2009), series, as Peter O'Hara · Director, Writer, Creator
- *L'ultimo Crodino* (2009), as Crodino
- *Appuntamento a ora insolita* (2008), as Marco
- *Tutte le donne della mia vita* (2007), as Rodolfo · Story
- *In This World of Thieves* (2004), as Gastone
- *Fate come noi* (2004), Actor
- *Io no* (2003), as Padre di Flavio e Francesco · Director
- *Alla fine della notte* (2003), Actor
- *The Good Pope* (2003), Director
- *Il Papa buono* (2003), series, Director
- *The Best Day of My Life* (2002), as Sandro Berardi
- *The Days of Rage: Cefalonia* (2001), Actor
- *The Friends of Jesus: Thomas* (2001), as Thomas
- *Sexy Comedy* (2001), as Ugo
- *Making Love* (2000), as Baron Blau · Director, Writer, Screenplay
- *Excellent Cadavers* (1999), Prison Director, Director
- *Il cielo in una stanza* (1999), as Paolo da adulto
- *Camere da letto* (1997), as Fabrizio
- *Strangled Lives* (1996), Director, Screenplay
- *Rome, November 12, 1994* (1995), Director
- *Un eroe borghese* (1995), as Mario Sarcinelli
- *Maniaci sentimentali* (1994), as Luca · Producer
- *The Escort* (1993), Director
- *In camera mia* (1992), as il notaio
- *A Simple Story* (1991), as Brigadiere Lepri
- *Ultrà* (1991), Director, Story, Idea, Writer, Screenplay
- *A Season of Giants* (1990), as Niccolò Machiavelli
- *A Season of Giants* (1990), series, as Niccolò Machiavelli
- *Mais qui arrêtera la pluie ?* (1990), Actor
- *Time to Kill* (1989), as Mario
- *Piccoli equivoci* (1989), Director
- *Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)* (1988), as Edoardo Mariotti
- *Arrivederci e grazie* (1988), as Paolo
- *According to Pontius Pilate* (1988), as Secondo Legionario
- *The Family* (1987), as Paolino as a middle-aged man
- *Parole e baci* (1987), Actor
- *Blood Ties* (1986), as Riccardo
- *Firefighters* (1985), as Daniele Traversi
- *Colpo di fulmine* (1985), as Massimo
- *Fatto su misura* (1985), as Ricky
- *Aurora* (1984), as Michele Orcini · Assistant Director
- *Son contento* (1983), as Il postino · First Assistant Director
- *Petomaniac* (1983), as Michel Pujol
- *The Key* (1983), as student · Assistant Director
- *The Pool Hustlers* (1983), as Un pescatore (Uncredited) · First Assistant Director
- *What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight* (1982), as Don Valerio
- *Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man* (1981), as Giovanni Spaggiari, figlio di Primo
- *Arrivano i bersaglieri* (1980), as Urbano, son of Prospero
- *I viaggiatori della sera* (1979), as The Gardener as a Gigolo (uncredited) · First Assistant Director
- *Traffic Jam* (1979), Assistant Director
- *Where Are You Going on Holiday?* (1978), as amico di Giuliana (episodio "Sarò tutta per te")
- *Nenè* (1977), Second Assistant Director
- *Evil Thoughts* (1976), as Gino
- *House of Pleasure for Women* (1976), Assistant Director
- *The Baron's Mazurka* (1975), Second Assistant Director
- *Ro.Go.Pa.G.* (1963), as The Son (segment "Il pollo ruspante")
- *Il pollo ruspante* (1963), as The Son

## Gallery

- ![Ricky Tognazzi](https://film.one/media/person/4159342/gallery-778bdae73515.jpg) Ricky Tognazzi — QuadasQueen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Ricky_Tognazzi.JPG/1280px-Ricky_Tognazzi.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ricky Tognazzi e Fabio Olmi sul set di 'Mia Madre' (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4159342/gallery-f05b6d60b3ea.png) Ricky Tognazzi e Fabio Olmi sul set di 'Mia Madre' (2010) — QuadasQueen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Ricky_Tognazzi-Fabio_Olmi.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Simona Izzo e Ricky Tognazzi al festival IMMaginario 3.0. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/4159342/gallery-e12b2810a272.jpg) Simona Izzo e Ricky Tognazzi al festival IMMaginario 3.0. (2012) — Marco Giugliarelli / ProgettoIMMaginario, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Simona_Izzo_e_Ricky_Tognazzi_01.jpg/1280px-Simona_Izzo_e_Ricky_Tognazzi_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mia Madre (R.Tognazzi F.Olmi) (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4159342/gallery-1edc5e4cde58.jpg) Mia Madre (R.Tognazzi F.Olmi) (2010) — QuadasQueen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Mia_Madre_%28R.Tognazzi_F.Olmi%29.JPG/1280px-Mia_Madre_%28R.Tognazzi_F.Olmi%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor 1991: Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor (won), for *Una storia semplice*
- Young European Film of the Year 1991: Young European Film of the Year (nominated), for *Ultra*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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