Cosimo Fusco

Cosimo Fusco is an Italian film and television actor who has appeared in Italian, German and American productions. He is best known internationally for his role as Rachel's lover Paolo in the TV series Friends.

He was born on September 23, 1962 in Matera. He received his acting training in Los Angeles, Rome and Paris.

Career

He started acting in the second half of the 1980s and moved into cinema with the movie Domino in 1988. He played Paolo in four episodes of Friends in 1994-1995. He subsequently appeared in American cinema in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Angels & Demons (2009); in the second he played the role of Archbishop Simeon.

On television, he appeared in the HBO and BBC co-production Rome (2007), and played a judge in the Italian TV series Il bene e il male. He was a guest on TV series such as Alias ​​and The Mentalist. He was seen in Berberian Sound Studio in 2012 and as Giuseppe Mazzini in The Man Who Invented Christmas in 2017. In 2020-2021, he starred in the TV series 30 Monedas (30 Coins).

Fusco lives and works in Rome.