Cast
Franco Columbu
Acting
Cast
Franco Columbu
Known for
Acting
Born
1941-08-07
From
Ollolai, Nuoro, Italia
Died
2019-08-30
Also known as Francesco Columbu
Biography
An Italian born former bodybuilder, actor and author. Despite his short statue at 5 ft 5 (165cm) he won Mr. Olympia bodybuilding in 1976 and 1981. During a competition in Munich in 1965, he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the two of them got very close. After Arnolds relocation to USA, he brought Franco over not long after because he missed his best friend. It was a friendship that would last for 54 years til Franco'a death. Franco Columbo's would participate in several minor roles in movies after his US entry, acting along side Schwarzenegger in a few of his motion pictures. Although he held a US residence and lived there since the 1970's, Columbu would often travel back home to Sardinia on vacation, and it was there he ultimately passed away at the age of 78.
★7.6
MOVIE1987
Predator
as Medic (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1984
The Terminator
as Future Terminator
★6.8
MOVIE1982
Conan the Barbarian
as Pictish Scout
★6.5
MOVIE1987
The Running Man
as 911 Security Officer #2
★8.0
MOVIE1994
Taken Alive
as Enrico Costa
★7.1
MOVIE1977
Pumping Iron
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1976
Stay Hungry
as Franco Orsini (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1988
Big Top Pee-wee
as Otto the Strongman
★5.8
MOVIE1980
The Hustler of Muscle Beach
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1987
Last Man Standing
as Batty
★7.1
MOVIE2002
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
as Self - Mr. Olympia 1981
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Rickles... On the Loose
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE1984
Getting Physical
as Himself
★3.5
MOVIE1994
Beretta's Island
as Franco "Beretta" Armando
★5.1
MOVIE2003
Ancient Warriors
as Aldo Paccione
★4.3
MOVIE1993
Desperate Crimes
as Nerescu
★7.0
MOVIE1980
The Comeback
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE1988
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1962
Herakles
★6.4
MOVIE2014
Rocky IV: The American Punch
as Self
★1.0
MOVIE2015
One More Round
as Franco Turelli
MOVIE1984
The Road To Olympia
as Self
★4.6
MOVIE1997
Doublecross on Costa's Island
as Enrico Costa
★5.0
MOVIE1991
Perduta
as L'americano
★2.4
MOVIE2011
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
as Frank
MOVIE2018
How To Become Rambo... Part One
as Self