Terence Hill

"Mario Girotti" redirects here. For the Alpini general, see Mario Girotti (general).

Terence Hill
Hill in 2018
Born
Mario Girotti

(1939-03-29) 29 March 1939 (age 85)
Venice, Italy
Citizenship
  • Italy
  • United States
  • Germany
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • film producer
Years active1951–present
Spouse
Lori Zwicklbauer
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(m. 1967)​
Children2
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Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity, Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors.[1]

His most widely seen films include comic and standard spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); …continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film at that time; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill also went on to a successful television career in Italy, most notably playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo from 2000 until 2022.

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