Lino Capolicchio | |
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Born |
Merano, Italy |
August 21, 1943
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | actor, screenwriter film director |
Known for | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
Lino Capolicchio (born August 21, 1943) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director. He won a special David di Donatello acting award for his role in Vittorio de Sica's 1970 film, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
Capolicchio was a well-known television actor before breaking into film with an uncredited role in Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew in 1967. He has appeared in over seventy films and television dramas. In 1995 he wrote and directed Pugili, an award-winning film about the world of boxing.
For three seasons, Lino Capolicchio provided the voice for Bo Hazard in the Italian broadcasts of The Dukes of Hazard.