Cosimo Massimo Fusco is an Italian

Italy

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 actor

Actor

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Born in Matera, Italy

Italy

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 on 23 September 1962, Fusco was educated in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, Rome

Rome

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 and Paris

Paris

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. He is probably best known for his role as Paolo in the American sitcom Friends

Friends

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. He had roles in several Italian, German and American series and movies. His latest work is Angels and Demons, the adaptation of Dan Brown

Dan Brown

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's novel, but he played also in the films Gone in 60 Seconds and Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel (film)

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, and in one episode of Alias

Alias (TV series)

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. He plays the role of Judge Somaschi in the Italian series The Good and the Bad (Il bene e il male) in 2008-2009.

He speaks Italian, English and French. He lives in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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Movies

• 1988 - Domino
• 1991 - Rossini, Rossini
• 1998 - The Eighteenth Angel
• 1999 - Terra Bruciata
• Mineurs
• Falling Out of Love
• 2000 - Gone in 60 Seconds
• 2004 - The Card Player
  The Card Player
  The Card Player is a 2004 horror-thriller directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and marks Argento's second giallo feature of the decade . In its Italian Theatrical release it took in 2.926.000 Euro The film features a brief role for Fiore Argento, the...
  
   - Il Cartaio
• 2005 - La Porta Delle Sette Stelle
• 2005 - Harb Atalia
• 2005 - La Terza Stella
• 2006 - Amore e Libertà, Masaniello
• 2007 - Mineurs-Minatori Minori
• 2008 - Butterfly Zone
• 2009 - Angels and Demons

Television

• 1986 - Adventures of William Tell
• 1987 - Il Giudice Istruttore
• 1989 - Aquile
• 1990 - La Piovra 5
• 1990 - La "Achille Lauro"
• 1994-1995 - Friends
  Friends
  Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
   (4 episodes: 1-07, 1-11, 1-12, 2-01)
• 1998 - Alexandria Hotel
• 2001 - Alias
  Alias (TV series)
  Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
  
  , (1-09: Mea Culpa)
• 2001 - Una donna per amico 3
• Don Matteo, La Confessione
• 2005 - Lucia
• 2005 - Saint Peter
• 2005 - Valeria Medico Legale, Buon Compleanno Valeria
• 2005 - "Utta Danella", Eine Liebe in Venedig
• 2006 - La Provinciale
• 2007 - Rome
  Rome (TV series)
  Rome is a British-American–Italian historical drama television series created by Bruno Heller, John Milius and William J. MacDonald. The show's two seasons premiered in 2005 and 2007, and were later released on DVD. Rome is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic...
  
  
• 2007 - Io e Mamma
• 2007 - Ho sposato uno sbirro
• 2007 - Coco Chanel
  Coco Chanel (film)
  Coco Chanel is a 2008 television film directed by Christian Duguay and written by Ron Hutchinson, Enrico Medioli and Lea Tafuri. It stars Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel, the pioneering French fashion designer....
  
  
• 2008 - Il bene e il male
• 2008 - Salto Vitale

External links

• Interview with Cosimo Fusco (in Italian)
• His page on StudioSegre