Nino Frassica

Antonino "Nino" Frassica (born 11 December 1950) is an Italian actor and television personality.

Nino Frassica
Nino Frassica in 2012
Born
Antonino Frassica

(1950-12-11) 11 December 1950
Messina, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1970–present
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouses
Daniela Conti
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(m. 1985; div. 1993)​
    Barbara Exignotis
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    (m. 2018)​

    Biography and career

    Born in Messina, Frassica is mostly known for his deadpan humour, characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".[1] He is considered "a master of nonsense humour" (but only in the summer).[2] He debuted for Italian television with Renzo Arbore's Quelli della notte (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz show Indietro tutta! (lit. Full speed backwards!, 1987).

    Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such as Il Bi e il Ba (1986),[3] and TV shows for Italian television. He plays Marshal Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series Don Matteo.[4]

    Selected filmography

    Films
    • "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
    • Il Bi e il Ba (1985)
    • Mortacci (1989)
    • Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991)
    • Sognando la California (1992)
    • Anni 90 (1992)
    • Anni 90: Parte II (1993)
    • La fidanzata di papà (2008)
    • Baarìa (2009)
    • Somewhere (2010)
    • The Tourist (2010)
    • Natale a Londra – Dio salvi la regina (2016)
    • Omicidio all'italiana (2017)
    • No Country for Young Men (2017)
    • Pare parecchio Parigi (2024)

    TV series

    TV programs
    • Quelli della notte (RAIDUE, 1985)
    • Fantastico 7 (RAIUNO, 1986–1987)
    • Indietro tutta! (RAIDUE, 1987–1988)
    • XLIX Zecchino d'Oro (Rai 1, 2006)
    • Che tempo che fa (Rai 1, 2017–19; Rai 2, since 2019)
    • Indietro tutta! 30 e l'ode (Rai 2, 2017)

    Radio

    References
    1. Francesco Merlo, Nino Frassica: nel mio nonsenso c'è tutta la veritàne, repubblica.it (in Italian)
    2. Stefano Bartezzaghi, È tornato il frate di Frassica, abbattiamogli le mani, repubblica.it (in Italian)
    3. Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 75. ISBN 978-88-8440-269-1. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
    4. Nino Frassica Archived 2017-08-11 at the Wayback Machine ovguide.com
    5. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (TV series) at IMDb

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