Fosco Giachetti (Sesto Fiorentino, 28 March 1900 – Rome, 22 December 1974) was a theater-trained Italian actor who became one of the most representative and popular male figures of Italian cinema in the 1930s and 1940s. A versatile performer, he established himself in roles as a virile hero in historical and war epics such as Carmine Gallone's *Scipio Africanus* (1937) and Augusto Genina's *Bengasi* (1942), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. His filmography includes notable titles such as Renato Castellani's *A Pistol Shot* (1942), Goffredo Alessandrini's diptych *We the Living* and *Addio, Kira!* (1942), and *Headlights in the Fog* (1942). In the post-war period, while his film activity became less frequent, he continued to work assiduously in theater, radio, and television, establishing himself as a respected character actor. His career testifies to the transition from the "white telephone" cinema to more complex performances, always maintaining a hallmark of great professionalism and understated acting.