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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

40

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-02-28 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Montona, Istria, Italy -now Motovun, Istria, Croatia

Also Known As

Mario Andretti

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is a retired Italian American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, sprint cars, and drag racing. During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles (three under USAC-sanctioning, one under CART), the 1978 Formula One World Championship, and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits. Andretti had a long career in racing. He was the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978, and 1984). He was also one of only three drivers to win races on road courses, paved ovals, and dirt tracks in one season, a feat that he accomplished four times. With his final IndyCar win in April 1993, Andretti became the first driver to win IndyCar races in four different decades and the first to win automobile races of any kind in five. In American popular culture, his name has become synonymous with speed, similar to Barney Oldfield in the early twentieth century and Stirling Moss in the United Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Andretti licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Dust to Glory

2005

Dust to Glory

as

Self

Turbo

2013

Turbo

as

Dos Bros Customer / Race Official (voice)

Super Speedway

1997

Super Speedway

as

Himself

The 24 Hour War

2016

The 24 Hour War

as

Self

Lap of the Gods

1992

Lap of the Gods

as

Self

Cars

2006

Cars

as

Mario Andretti (voice)

McLaren

2016

McLaren

as

Self

8 Meters

2016

8 Meters

as

Self

Rapid Response

2019

Rapid Response

as

Self

1

2013

1

as

Self

Lauda - The Untold Story

2014

Lauda - The Untold Story

as

Self (archive footage)

Home Improvement

Home Improvement

as

Mario Andretti

The Pretender

The Pretender

as

Mario Andretti

Mickey and the Roadster Racers

Mickey and the Roadster Racers

as

Mario Mousedretti (voice)

Top Gear

Top Gear

as

Self

Production

Crew

Cars

2006

Cars

as

Directing