Appeared in 18 films with frequent co-star Terence Hill, including the popular Trinity series of comedic Westerns.
Carlo Pedersoli changed his name to Bud Spencer in 1967. He chose that name because he is a big fan of Spencer Tracy and because of his favorite American beer.
Children: Giuseppe Pedersoli (1961), Christine (1962) and Diamy Spencer (1972).
Competed for Italy in the swimming competition at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
He only dubbed himself (for the Italian versions) in these films: Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975), Il soldato di ventura (1976), Flatfoot in Africa (1978), Piedone d'Egitto (1980), Occhio alla penna (1981), Fuochi d'artificio (1997), Singing Behind Screens (2003) & Father Hope (2005) (TV). For his other films he was dubbed by Glauco Onorato (in 30 films), Sergio Fiorentini (in 4 films) and Ferruccio Amendola (in Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968).
He's a Jet Airplane and Helicopter pilot (he became an flying geek after shooting All the Way Boys (1972)), and owned an air transports company.
His 78th birthday on October 31st 2007 was greatly celebrated in Berlin with about 100 guests and a big Tiramisu pie. Bud Spencer was shooting for his new movie Killing Is My Business, Honey (2009) by Sebastian Niemann, starring Rick Kavanian, at this time in Berlin. German comedians Oliver Kalkofe and Oliver Welke (famous for the 'Wixxer' movies) announced themselves to take the chance to congratulate him personally.
Holds a Juris Doctor degree.
Supports Napoli.
Was personally recruited by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand as a candidate of the moderate right-oriented party "Forza Italia" for the regional elections 2005 in Rome. He lost.
Was the first Italian to swim 100 m. Freestyle in less than a minute