title: Sergio Solli
text: # Sergio Solli
  
  Sergio Solli (19 November 1944 – 3 February 2023) was an Italian actor and stage director.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Born in Naples, Solli was originally a hairdresser who acted in small amateur dramatics as a hobby, but his career had a turning point in the 1970s after a successful audition with Eduardo De Filippo; he stayed with his stage for numerous years, also appearing in several De Filippo's television works.
  
  Solli was also a theatre director, and worked on stage with the companies of Carlo Giuffrè, Mariano Rigillo, Roberto De Simone, among others. In cinema he had a busy career as a character actor, both in dramatic and comedic roles, and is best remembered for his roles in Luciano De Crescenzo's films.
  
  Solli died on 3 February 2023, at the age of 78.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous (1982)
  * A Joke of Destiny (1983)
  * Petomaniac (1983)
  * Così parlò Bellavista (1984)
  * Il mistero di Bellavista (1985)
  * Stregati (1986)
  * 'O Re (1988)
  * 32 dicembre (1988)
  * Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
  * Ciao, Professore! (1992)
  * Il Postino: The Postman (1994)
  * A spasso nel tempo – L'avventura continua (1997)
  * E adesso sesso (2001)
  * Pater Familias (2003)
  * Salty Air (2006)
  * La seconda volta non si scorda mai (2008)
  * Come Undone (2009)
  * The Wholly Family (2011)
  * Kryptonite! (2011)
  * Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2011)
  * To Rome with Love (2012)
  * I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
  * I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem (2017)
  