Italian actor born in Merano, autonomous province of Bolzano in the Trentino-Alto Adige region, Italy, and died in Rome.

In 1965, he moved to Rome where he began a career at the cinema. He started in 1968 on television. In 1976, he also started working on radio, hosting a talkshow on the Rome-based station Radio Luna. It was a job that lasted for over thirty years.