Portrait of Adolfo Celi

Acting

Adolfo Celi

Career

Active from 1946 to 1987, with a break from 1953 to 1963, busiest in 1976 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Friends
My Friends
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Adolfo Celi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 9
  • Character-Driven 8
  • Italian Comedy 5
  • Italian Cinema 5
  • Social Satire 4
  • Fast-Paced 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Character Study 3
  • 1960s Setting 3
  • Crime Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

12 titles · average score 64
Cinderella '87
Cinderella '87 (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Goncalvo Gherardeschi

My Friends Act III
My Friends Act III (1985)
GoodWatch score 63

as Professor Sassaroli

Cinderella '80
Cinderella '80 (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

as Goncalvo Gherardeschi

T.I.R.
T.I.R. (1984)

TV show · as Oreste Balestrini

My Friends Act II
My Friends Act II (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

as Professeur Sassaroli

Monsignor
Monsignor (1982)
GoodWatch score 18

as Cardinal Vinci

La sconosciuta
La sconosciuta (1982)

as Taladis

L'occhio di Giuda
L'occhio di Giuda (1982)

as Sir Henry

Madly in Love
Madly in Love (1981)
GoodWatch score 68

as Gustavo VI di San Tulipe

The Borgias
The Borgias (1981)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Rodrigo Borgia

Café Express
Café Express (1980)
GoodWatch score 77

as Chief Inspector Ramacci Pisanelli

Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold (1980)
GoodWatch score 64

as Polizeipräsident

1970s

44 titles · average score 58
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
GoodWatch score 66

as Vladimiro Palese

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife
Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife (1976)
GoodWatch score 54

as Antonio

Merciless Man
Merciless Man (1976)

as Commissario Lo Gallo

My Friends
My Friends (1975)
GoodWatch score 82

as Il Professor Sassaroli

The bitter case of the Baroness of Carini
The bitter case of the Baroness of Carini (1975)

TV show · as Don Mariano D'Agrò

The Phantom of Liberty
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

as Doctor

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
GoodWatch score 48

as General Hans Krebs

Who Saw Her Die?
Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Serafian

Eye in the Labyrinth
Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)
GoodWatch score 58

as Frank

Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why?
Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972)
GoodWatch score 64

as Inspector Vezzi

They Have Changed Their Face
They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
GoodWatch score 56

as Giovanni Nosferatu

Brancaleone at the Crusades
Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970)
GoodWatch score 71

as Re Boemondo

1960s

34 titles · average score 61
Detective Belli
Detective Belli (1969)
GoodWatch score 57

as Avvocato Fontana

Danger: Diabolik
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ralph Valmont

It's Your Move
It's Your Move (1968)

as Bayon / Guinet

Operation Kid Brother
Operation Kid Brother (1967)
GoodWatch score 33

as Mr. Thai - 'Beta'

Master Stroke
Master Stroke (1967)

as Mr. Bernard

Yankee
Yankee (1966)
GoodWatch score 56

as Grande Concho

King of Hearts
King of Hearts (1966)
GoodWatch score 73

as Schottischer Colonel

Thunderball
Thunderball (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

as Emilio Largo

The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
GoodWatch score 79

as Giovanni de' Medici

Snow Job
Snow Job (1965)

as Riccardo

A Man Named John
A Man Named John (1965)

as Msgr. Radini Tedeschi

That Man from Rio
That Man from Rio (1964)
GoodWatch score 76

as Señor Mario De Castro

1950s

2 titles
Tico-Tico no Fubá
Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952)

Director, Producer

Caiçara
Caiçara (1950)

as Genoese Man

1940s

4 titles
Guaglio
Guaglio (1948)

as Don Pietro Tassinare

Emigrantes
Emigrantes (1948)

as Il professore

Christmas at Camp 119
Christmas at Camp 119 (1947)

as John, il sergente americano

Un americano in vacanza
Un americano in vacanza (1946)

as Tom