Alfredo Pea (born 17 November 1954) is an Italian stage, film and television actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Pea studied acting at the "Studio di arti sceniche" drama school by

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. He became first known in the mid-seventies thanks to a series of

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films, in which he played the typical role of a shy teenager seduced by more experienced women. In the same period he started appearing, in secondary roles, in more ambitious

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s, working with

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and

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, among others. From the late 1970s he is also active on television, in TV-movies and series of good success such as

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Selected filmography

* '' The Visitor'' (1974) * ''

Classe mista ''Classe mista'' (internationally released as ''Coeds'') is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti. Plot Tonino is a high school student, in love with the new teacher of letters, Mrs. Moretti. One day Tonino and the teac ...

'' (1975) * ''

The School Teacher ''L'insegnante'' (internationally released as ''The School Teacher'' and ''Sexy Schoolteacher'') is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero. The film had a great commercial success and generated an "Insegnante" film series, th ...

'' (1975) * ''

And Agnes Chose to Die ''L'Agnese va a morire'', internationally released as ''And Agnes Chose to Die'', is a 1976 Cinema of Italy, Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Renata Viganò which won the Viareggio Prize i ...

'' (1976) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1976) * ''

La dottoressa del distretto militare ''La dottoressa del distretto militare'' (''The Lady Medic'') is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana film directed by Nando Cicero and starring Edwige Fenech. Plot The official doctor is temporarily unable to carry out his service at the military h ...

'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

To Love the Damned ''To Love the Damned'' ( it, Maledetti vi amerò) is a 1980 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno Inter ...

'' (1980) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1994) * ''

Oasi ''Oasi'' (also known as ''Oasis'') is a 1994 Italian romance-drama film written and directed by Cristiano Bortone. The film was screened out of competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot Cast * Henry Arnold as Simon ...

'' (1994) * '' State Secret'' (1995)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pea, Alfredo 1954 births Male actors from Rome Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors 20th-century Italian male actors Living people