Nino Frassica

• Name — Nino Frassica • Birth Name — Antonino Frassica • Born — 11 December 1950 • Birthplace — Messina, Italy • Occupation — * Actor • comedian • Years Active — 1970–present • Height — 1.68 m

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". He is considered "a master of nonsense humour". He debuted for Italian television with Renzo Arbore's Quelli della notte (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz show Indietro tutta! (lit. Full speed backwards!, 1987). Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such as Il Bi e il Ba (1986), and TV shows for Italian television. He plays Marshal Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series Don Matteo (2000-present). He co-hosted the second night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 alongside Bianca Balti, Cristiano Malgioglio and Carlo Conti, and the final of the 2026 festival alongside Conti, Laura Pausini and Giorgia Cardinaletti.

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes • 1998 — S.P.Q.R. — Salvatore Pitagora — Main role; 13 episodes • 2000–present — Don Matteo — Marshal Antonio Cecchini — Main role; 285 episodes • 2001 — La crociera — Tony Scalia — Television movie • 2002 — Il destino ha quattro zampe — Romeo — Television movie • 2004 — Madre come te — Inspector De Bono — Two-parts television movie • 2006–2009 — Butta la luna — Mario Ficuzza — Recurring role; 9 episodes • 2007 — Nati ieri — Giuseppe — Episode: "Controllati a vista" • 2008 — L'ultimo padrino — Nino Morra — Two-parts television movie • 2008–2010 — Ho sposato uno sbirro — Sandandro Piccirilli — 2 episodes • 2009 — Inspector Coliandro — Peppe Ramella — Episode: "Il sospetto" • 2011 — Cugino & cugino — Carmelo Mancuso — Co-lead role; 12 episodes • 2012 — I Cesaroni — Salvatore Incognito — Episode: "Inutile nascondersi" • 2013 — La tempesta — Bepi — Television movie • Casa e bottega — Erminio — Television movie • 2013–2014 — Mario — Pompiero — Recurring role; 5 episodes • 2016 — Mariottide — Lele Mosina — Main role; 20 episodes • Untraditional — Himself — Episode: "Lo spazio di Silvano" • 2016–2017 — Complimenti per la connessione — Marshal Antonio Cecchini — Main role; 40 episodes • 2016–2018 — The Mafia Kills Only in Summer — Stefano Castronuovo / Fra Giacinto — Main role; 20 episodes • 2017 — Il coraggio di vincere — Marcello — Television movie • 2018 — The Generi — Game Show Host — Episode: "Quiz" • 2020 — Io, una giudice popolare al Maxi processo — Alfonso Giordano — Television movie • 2020–2021 — Fratelli Caputo — Nino Caputo — Lead role; 4 episodes • 2025 — Un passo dal cielo — Uncle Nino — Episode: "L'uomo dei ghiacci" • Se fossi te — Oscar Mancuso — Main role; 4 episodes • 2026 — Seduci & scappa — Calogero — Television movie

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