Signor Adolfo Pirelli is a flamboyant, outrageous, faux-Italian barber and con man. Really a young Irish man by the name of Daniel O'Higgins, he pretends to be Italian in order to substantiate his false claim that he is the official barber of the King of Naples. In this way, he manages to convince the people of London that he is a stylish and expert haircutter and toothpuller, and returns every Thursday to grace them with his presence. He is the tertiary antagonist of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film).