Giorgio Pasotti

Giorgio Pasotti is an Italian actor whose route to the screen began with martial arts. Born in Bergamo, he was introduced to those disciplines at six by his father, rose to the highest rank in wushu and later studied physical education at the University of Beijing. In 1993 Milestone Production Ltd, a Hong Kong company, cast him as an American who turns shaolin monk, and after three films he went home, training in acting while still competing; in 1994 he won a European Championship with the national team. A spell in Los Angeles brought a part in Dragon Fury II (1996). Having met Gabriele Muccino in 1997, he played a pupil rebelling against fascist rule in Little Teachers (1998) and worked again with the director on But Forever in My Mind (1999) and The Last Kiss (2001). He turned professional in 1998, hosted MTV Italy's cinema show Cinematoc and reached wide popularity with the series Distretto di polizia.