Bud Spencer was an Italian actor, filmmaker and a former professional swimmer. He was known for past roles in action-comedy films together with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. Growing from a successful swimmer in his youth, he got a degree in law, and has registered several patents. Bud also became a certified commercial airline and helicopter pilot, Bud Spencer also supported and funded many children's charities, including the Spencer Scholarship Fund. Bud Spencer and Terence Hill both appeared, produced and directed over 20 films together and thus became and remain best friends until he passed away.

Filmography

• 2017Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
• 2014Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… — Lui-même
• I delitti del cuoco — Carlo Banci
• 2009Killing Is My Business, Honey — Pepe
• 2008Pane e Olio — Laris
• 2004Vier Fäuste lassen's krachen
• 2003Singing Behind Screens — Old Captain Andorrano
• 2002Father Hope — Padre Speranza
• 2000Hijos del viento — Quintero
• Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? — Ospite
• Ciao Darwin — Capitano Grassi
• 1998Three Forever — Bops
• 1997Fireworks — Il Cieco
• 1997To the Limit — Elorza
• We Are Angels — Bob Russell / Father Orso
• 1994Troublemakers — Moses
• Detective Extralarge — Jack Costello, Writer
• 1991Detective Extralarge: Yo-yo — Jack 'Extralarge' Costello
• 1991Speaking of the Devil — Bull Webster
• Big Man — Jack Clementi, Writer, Idea
• 1986Aladdin — Genie
• 1985Miami Supercops — Steve Forest / L.A. Ray
• 1984Double Trouble — Greg Wonder / Antonio Coímbra
• 1983Go for It — Doug O'Riordan / Mason
• 1983Thieves and Robbers — Alan Parker
• 1982Banana Joe — Banana Joe, Screenplay
• 1982Bomber — Bud Graziano
• 1981Buddy Goes West — Buddy
• 1981Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure — Charlie O'Brien
• 1980Flatfoot in Egypt — Inspector Rizzo
• 1980Why Did You Pick On Me? — Sheriff Hall
• 1979I'm for the Hippopotamus — Tom
• 1979The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid — Sheriff Hall
• 1978Flatfoot in Africa — Inspector Rizzo
• 1978Odds and Evens — Charlie Firpo
• 1978They Called Him Bulldozer — Bulldozer
• 1977Charleston — Brian Charleston
• 1977Crime Busters — Wilbur Walsh
• 1976Soldier of Fortune — Hector Fieramosca / Ettore Fieramosca da Capua
• 1975Flatfoot in Hong Kong — Inspector Rizzo
• 1974The Two Missionaries — Padre Pedro De Leon
• 1974Watch Out, We're Mad — Ben
• 1973Even Angels Eat Beans — Charlie Smith
• 1973The Knock Out Cop — Inspector Rizzo
• 1972A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die — Eli Sampson
• 1972All the Way Boys — Salud
• 1972Black Turin — Rosario Rao
• 1972It Can Be Done Amigo — Hiram Coburn
• 1971Blackie the Pirate — Skull
• 1971Four Flies on Grey Velvet — Diomede / Godfrey
• 1971Trinity Is Still My Name — Bambino
• 1970The Fifth Day of Peace — Jelinek
• 1970They Call Me Trinity — Bambino, Stunts
• 1969Boot Hill — Hutch Bessy
• 1969The 5-Man Army — Mesito
• 1968Ace High — Hutch Bessy
• 1968Beyond the Law — James Cooper
• 1968Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! — O'Bannion
• 1967God Forgives... I Don't! — Hutch Bessy
• 1959Hannibal — Rutario
• 1957A Farewell to Arms — Carabinieri
• 1957Il cocco di mamma — Oscar
• 1955A Hero of Our Times — Fernando
• 1954Human Torpedoes — Magrini
• 1951Quo Vadis — Imperial Guard (uncredited)
• 1950Quel fantasma di mio marito — Swimmer (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2025Terence Hill, Bud Spencer… & me — Self (Archive)
• 2023Lui era Trinità — Self
• 2021We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Piedone nyomában — Self (archive footage)
• 2017They Called Him Spencer — Self
• 2016Bud Spencer zu Gast im Ramada Hotel in Berlin — Himself
• 2014Das Bud Spencer Spezial — Self
• 2012Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer — Self
• 2012Der Fall der vier Fliegen — Himself
• Gottschalk Live — Self - Guest
• Hamburg Journal — self
• 2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo — Self
• 2008Dragonland: L'Urlo di Chen terrorizza ancora l'occidente — Self
• Markus Lanz — Self - Guest
• 2006Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern — Self
• NDR Kultur – Das Journal — Self
• 2000Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co — Self
• Menschen der Woche — Self - Guest
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self - Guest
• Brisant — Self
• Nachtshow — Self
• Riverboat — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Okay — Self
• Auf los geht's los — Self, Self - Guest
• Telespiele — Self
• 3 nach 9 — Self
• Am laufenden Band — Self - Guest
• Der große Preis — Self
• Das aktuelle Sportstudio — self
• Stars in der Manege — Self - Guest
• Aktuelle Schaubude — Self
• Was bin ich? — Self
• Bambi — Self