Cosimo Fusco

Cosimo Massimo Fusco (born 23 September 1962) is an Italian actor.

Cosimo Fusco
Fusco in 2025
Born	Cosimo Massimo Fusco (1962-09-23) 23 September 1962 (age 62) Matera, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present

Biography

Born in Matera, Italy, Fusco was educated in Los Angeles, Rome, and Paris. He is best known for his role as Paolo, one of Rachel's boyfriends in the American sitcom Friends.^[1] He has had roles in several Italian, German, and American productions, including the films Gone in 60 Seconds, Coco Chanel,^[2] Angels & Demons, and The Man Who Invented Christmas. He has appeared in the shows Alias, La piovra, and The Mentalist, among others. He played the role of Judge Alberto Somaschi in the Italian series Il bene e il male from 2008 to 2009.

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
1988	Domino	Un­known	Ivana Massetti
1991	Rossini! Rossini!	Franco	Mario Monicelli
1997	The Eighteenth Angel	Florian	William Bindley
1999	The Wasteland	Santino	Fabio Segatori
2000	Gone in Sixty Seconds	Adjacent mechanic	Dominic Sena
2004	The Card Player	Berardelli	Dario Argento
2005	The Third Star	Boss	Alberto Ferrari
	Door of the Seven Stars	Un­known	Pasquale Pozzessere
	Italia's War	Franco	Ahmed Saleh
2006	Love & Freedom: Masaniello	Salvatore	Angelo Antonucci
2007	Mineurs	Rocco Basile	Fulvio Wetzl
	Short Cutter!	Roldano	Pierfrancesco Campanella	Short film
2009	Angels & Demons	Archbishop Simeon	Ron Howard
	Butterfly Zone	Erminio Zecca	Luciano Capponi
2010	Viola	Sean Miller	Travis Andrade	Short film
2012	Berberian Sound Studio	Francesco Coraggio	Peter Strickland
2013	Dante's Hell Animated	Chiron	Boris Acosta	Voice; short film
2017	The Man Who Invented Christmas	Giuseppe Mazzini	Bharat Nalluri
2018	7 Miracles	Head of Pharisees	Rodrigo Cerqueira & Marco Spagnoli	VR short
2019	Spiral Farm	Maurizio	Alec Tibaldi
	Lucania	Arrabal	Gigi Roccati
	The Tracker	Giordano	Giorgio Serafini
2020	Thou Shalt Not Hate	Sig. Segre, Simone's father	Mauro Mancini
2021	Venicephrenia	Plague doctor / Bufón	Álex de la Iglesia

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
1990	La piovra, season 5 [it]	Grillo		4 episodes
	Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair			TV movie
1994–95	Friends	Paolo	NBC	4 episodes
1998	Una donna per amico	Bruno Montemauro	Rai 1	8 episodes
2001	Don Matteo		Rai 1
	Alias	Logan Gerace	NBC	1 episode
2002	Valeria medico legale		Canale 5
2005	Utta Danella	Marco
	Imperium: Saint Peter		Television movie
2007	Rome	Hannibal Cotta / Hanibal Cotta	HBO BBC Rai Fiction	4 episodes
	Io e mamma	Cesare Prugnoli		Miniseries
2008	Ho sposato uno sbirro			Episode: "La Venere scomparsa"
	Coco Chanel	Albert		Television movie
2009	Il bene e il male	Judge Alberto Somaschi		11 episodes
	Moana	Padre di Moana	Sky Cinema
	Il falco e la colomba	Monaco Colonna		6 episodes
	Boris		Fox International Channels Italy	2 episodes
2012	The Mentalist	Guy Duval	CBS	Episode: "Red Is the New Black"
2017	1993	PM Rattazzi	Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema	1 episode
2020–21	30 Coins	Angelo	HBO Europe	6 episodes

Music videos

List of music video appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
2016	"Ballad for a Lifer"	Lifer	Nidi d'Arac	Also director, writer & producer