Antonino "Nino" Frassica (born 11 December 1950) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.

Born in Messina, Sicily, Frassica is mostly known for his deadpan humour, characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".

[2] He debuted for Italian television with Renzo Arbore's Quelli della notte (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar.

He plays Marshal Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series Don Matteo (2000-present).

[4] He co-hosted the second night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 alongside Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio and Carlo Conti.