Raised in La Spezia, he entered the Silvio d’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome at seventeen before returning to Genoa, where he tackled a repertoire that spanned Shakespeare, Molière, O’Neill and Pirandello, laying a solid theatrical foundation that later supported a prolific screen career. Since his debut in the mid-1960s, he has taken part in more than thirty films, becoming a freq…