
Acting
A cousin of director Enzo G. Castellari and nephew of director Marino Girolami, Massimo Vanni became involved in the Italian film industry at a young age both as a bit-part player and stuntman before slowly graduating to larger more dramatic roles toward the end of the decade. A skilled acrobat and fight choreographer, Vanni himself became known as the Italian Jackie Chan of the 1980's, usually getting a good fight scene in before meeting with an inevitable demise.

Gangs of New York
2002

Lovers and Other Relatives
1974

The Inglorious Bastards
1978

Keoma
1976

Light Blast
1985

The Borgia
2006

Seven Beauties
1975

Escape from the Bronx
1983

Rats: Night of Terror
1984

The Wax Mask
1997

A Pure Formality
1994

The Last Shark
1981

Crime Novel
2005

1990: The Bronx Warriors
1982

Vajont
2001

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2
1988

The New Barbarians
1983

Cry, Onion!
1975

High Crime
1973

Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989

The Big Racket
1976

Day of the Cobra
1980

Attentato al Papa
1986

Emanuelle and Françoise
1975

The Swindle
1977

Hit Squad
1976

The Heroin Busters
1977

After Death
1990

A Special Cop in Action
1976

Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984

Pierino Stecchino
1992

We Are No Angels
1975

Blastfighter
1984

The Last Hunter
1980

Strike Commando 2
1988

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
1976