Biography
A cousin of director Enzo G. Castellari and nephew of director Marino Girolami, Massimo Vanni became involved in the Italian film industry at a young age both as a bit-part player and stuntman before slowly graduating to larger more dramatic roles toward the end of the decade. A skilled acrobat and fight choreographer, Vanni himself became known as the Italian Jackie Chan of the 1980's, usually getting a good fight scene in before meeting with an inevitable demise.
Filmography36 titles
We Are No Angels
A Pure Formality
Seven Beauties
Gangs of New York
The Big Racket
Keoma
Street Law
Assassination on the Tiber
The Heroin Busters
The Inglorious Bastards
Little Italy
Born to Fight
Weapons of Death
Crime at Porta Romana
Destruction Force
The Wax Mask
Highway Racer
The Last Shark
Tuareg: Desert Warrior
Cry, Onion
The Borgia
Zombie 3
1990: The Bronx Warriors
Fearless
Skinheads
After Death
Escape from the Bronx
Strike Commando
Rats: Night of Terror
Strike Commando 2
Cop Game
Double Target
Shocking Dark
Robowar
Warriors of the Wasteland
Sinbad of the Seven Seas