29 Facts About Terence Hill

Terence Hill was born on Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939 and is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer.

Terence Hill began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with his long-time film partner and friend Bud Spencer.

Terence Hill went on to a successful television career in Italy, most notably playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo from 2000 until 2022.

Terence Hill was there up to the End of World War II in Europe.

Terence Hill was discovered at the age of 12 by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi at a swimming meet, and he became a child actor, appearing in Risi's Vacation with a Gangster as Gianni, the orphan gang leader.

Terence Hill had small roles in Voice of Silence with Jean Marais, Too Young for Love, and It Happened in the Park.

Terence Hill was in Golden Vein with Marta Toren and Richard Basehart, The Abandoned and Folgore Division.

Terence Hill could be seen in Mamma sconosciuta, I vagabondi delle stelle, La grande strada azzurra with Yves Montand and Alida Valli, and Lazzarella.

Terence Hill had support parts in Il padrone delle ferriere with Virna Lisi, Juke box - Urli d'amore, and Hannibal with Victor Mature and Carlo Pedersoli, who would later become known as Bud Spencer.

Terence Hill picked the name from a list of 20 he was given, the story about using his wife's name was a publicity idea.

Terence Hill followed it with a musicarello, The Crazy Kids of the War with Rita Pavone, then did a Western, Django, Prepare a Coffin for director Ferdinando Baldi, a sequel to Django with Terence Hill playing the role done by Franco Nero in the original; it co-starred Horst Frank and George Eastman.

Terence Hill was a leading man in a musical Western Crazy Westerners, again with Rita Pavone, then was reunited with Spencer in Ace High, a sequel to God Forgives with a cast including several American actors such as Eli Wallach.

Terence Hill did The Tough and the Mighty, a biopic of Graziano Mesina, then a second sequel to God Forgives, Boot Terence Hill, co-starring Spencer and Woody Strode.

Terence Hill did The Wind's Fierce then had a huge hit with Spencer with the comedy Western They Call Me Trinity.

Terence Hill did a swashbuckler, Blackie the Pirate, in which Spencer had a small role; they reteamed properly for a Trinity sequel, Trinity Is Still My Name.

Terence Hill did a modern-day crime drama The Hassled Hooker and a comedy Western without Spencer, Man of the East.

Terence Hill has stated in interviews that My Name Is Nobody, in which he co-starred with Henry Fonda, is his personal favorite of all his films.

Terence Hill again starred with Spencer in Watch Out, We're Mad and Two Missionaries then without him in the spaghetti Western A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe.

Terence Hill moved from Italy to live in the US and settled in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires.

For English dubs, Lloyd Battista dubbed him in six films, including the "Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy" trilogy, while Roger Browne dubbed him in most of his early 1970s films ; from Mr Billion onward, Terence Hill dubbed his own English voice.

Terence Hill did The World of Don Camillo, which he produced and directed.

Terence Hill teamed with Spencer for Double Trouble, and Miami Supercops, then did They Call Me Renegade, based on a story by Hill.

Terence Hill turned director for Lucky Luke in which he starred and that was shot in the United States; it led to a TV series of the same name.

Terence Hill reunited with Spencer one last time for Troublemakers which Hill directed.

Terence Hill did Virtual Weapon with Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

Terence Hill directed the 2018 film My Name Is Thomas, which he appeared in.

Terence Hill is married to Lori Terence Hill and they have two sons: Jess was born on 1969 and and Ross, who was adopted at birth.

Ross was killed in a car accident in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, US, in 1990, while Terence Hill was preparing to film Lucky Luke on the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Terence Hill holds American citizenship, and in November 2022, he attained a German citizenship by descent from the German consulate-general in Los Angeles without requiring a naturalization test.