Mario Brega (March 5, 1923 - July 23, 1994) was an Italian actor. His heavy build and enormous physical stature meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6'2 and well over 250 pounds at his heaviest.
Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ens...
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Mario Brega (March 5, 1923 - July 23, 1994) was an Italian actor. His heavy build and enormous physical stature meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6'2 and well over 250 pounds at his heaviest.
Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's spaghetti western movies A Fistful of Dollars, as Chico, For a Few Dollars More, as Nino, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Wallace, and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America. He appeared in many other spaghetti Westerns, including Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, and My Name is Nobody. He was also featured in many Federico Fellini films, and later in his career had comical roles with director Carlo...
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