Ettore Bassi, full name Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi (born 16 April 1970), is an Italian actor and television presenter.
Having loved magic since he was a child, he decided to study to become a magician and began to work as an animator in tourist villages. At the age of 19 he started his training as an actor attending the Acting School at Tangram Teatro di Torino. In 1992 he participated in the TV program Il più bello d'Italia, winning the title as the best talent. In 1993 he debuted as a television presenter in the TV program of Rai 1, La Banda dello Zecchino. In 1994 he started his career as an actor in the TV miniseries Italian Restaurant, directed by Giorgio Capitani. From that moment and for many years he alternates the work of a television presenter to the work of an actor of fiction, photo-romances, cinema, and theatre.
In 2000, alongside Pope John Paul II, he presented the Jubilee World Youth Day, transmitted on a worldwide basis. He became famous in Italy playing the role of Marshal Andrea Ferri in the TV series Carabinieri from 2002 to 2005. In 2003 he won the premium of Telegrolla d'oro as the best actor of Italian fiction. In 2005 he received the Agesp Prize for the Best TV Fiction at the Busto Arsizio Film Festival. In the same year he started participating in car racing, following the passion for motoring, inherited from his father. He cultivated this passion for many years with discrete results.