Simon Rizzoni was born in Frascati, Italy, to a mixed Italian-South American family. At 19, he joined the Army and served 10 years as part of Italy's Special Forces. After several deployments, he decided to apply what he'd learned to something more creative and joined the movie industry, initially as a stuntman and then as a professional actor. Perfectly bilingual in Italian and Spanish, he's also fluent in English.

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He is known for his stunts in: (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One), (The Traitor), and (The Equalizer 3).