Toni Bertorelli

Toni Bertorelli (18 March 1948 – 26 May 2017) was an Italian actor known for his work in over sixty films. Born in Barge, Piedmont, Italy, Bertorelli began his acting career in 1969 alongside Carlo Cecchi. He gained popularity in the 1990s with notable roles in Mario Martone's Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician and Marco Tullio Giordana's Who Killed Pasolini?. Throughout the 2000s, he collaborated with directors such as Nanni Moretti, Marco Bellocchio, and Mel Gibson. In 2016, he portrayed Cardinal Caltanissetta in Paolo Sorrentino's The Young Pope. Bertorelli passed away on 26 May 2017 at the age of 69 after battling a long illness.