Mario Brega

Mario Brega is the kind of actor whose name you forget but whose face you never do, and I have enormous respect for that craft. An Italian from Rome, all 6 feet 4 inches and 250-plus pounds of him, he was born to play thugs in spaghetti westerns, and Leone fans know him instantly. What I love, though, is the second act: after the 1960s he slimmed down and pivoted into Italian comedy, trading menace for mirth. That range, from frightening to funny, is the mark of a real character actor, not a one-note heavy. He died in 1994, but supporting players like him are why the leads ever shine.

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Name (English)

Mario Brega

Name (Japanese)

マリオ・ブレガ

Reading

まりお・ぶれが

Born

March 5, 1923 – July 23, 1994

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Occupation

actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Brega
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1040908

Tags

• Province of Rome
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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