Angelo Russo

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Angelo Russo
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Born (1961-10-21) 21 October 1961 (age 62)
Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Angelo Russo (born 21 October 1961) is an Italian theatre and television actor, and native of Ragusa, Sicily.

Since 1999 Russo has played the comic character of police officer Agatino Catarella in the television series Il commissario Montalbano , based on the characters and novels written by Andrea Camilleri. He played Ciccio Coniglio in five episodes of the 2007 TV mini-series Il Capo dei Capi , and Maresciallo in the 1999 movie il pesce innamorato , directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni.

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