Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 25, 1923 ( 71 years old )
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also Known As
Richard Stuyvesant
M. Braga
Mario Brega
Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and well over 250 pounds (110 kg) at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly. Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western movies: A Fistful of Dollars, as Chico; For a Few Dollars More, as Niño; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Corporal Wallace; and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America. He appeared in many other Spaghetti Westerns, including Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, and My Name is Nobody. Later in his career he had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone, such as in Un sacco bello and Talcum Powder. He died of heart attack in Rome in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Brega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Un genio, due compari, un pollo
1975-12-16Se t'incontro, t'ammazzo
1971-03-27Troppo forte
1986-01-30Il grande silenzio
1968-11-22Il mio nome è Nessuno
1973-12-13La mascotte dei diavoli blu
1947-09-15Un sacco bello
1980-01-19Borotalco
1982-01-22Il conto è chiuso
1976-12-30Da uomo a uomo
1967-08-31