[1] Born in La Spezia, at the age of 17, Pagni started attending the Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and then went back to Genoa and played roles in works by William Shakespeare, Molière, Eugene O'Neill, Luigi Pirandello and more.

He is well known for his collaboration with Lina Wertmüller in films such as Love and Anarchy, Swept Away and All Screwed Up and for his minor role in Dario Argento's Deep Red.

He and all the cast of Ettore Scola's The Dinner received the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He is notable for having dubbed in Italian actors like R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket and Christopher Lee in Gremlins 2: The New Batch and animated characters such as Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Master Shifu in the Kung Fu Panda film series.

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