Riccardo "Ricky" Tognazzi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈriːki toɲˈɲattsi] born 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director.

[2] Five years later, his film Strangled Lives won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

[3] He is the son of film actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and the half-brother of actor Gianmarco Tognazzi and film director Maria Sole Tognazzi.

In 2016, he appeared as an out-of touch variety show host in the music video for "Tutti Frutti" by English rock band New Order.

[4] He's an outspoken atheist,[5] even if he admires some religious figures such as Saint Thomas, Pope John XXIII and Pope Francis.