Paolo Calabresi

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Paolo Calabresi
Calabresi in 2008
Born17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) (age 59)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor

Paolo Calabresi (born 17 June 1964) is an Italian actor and television presenter.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Rome, Calabresi studied at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.[1] He started his career on stage, where among others he worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Mario Missiroli, Giorgio Albertazzi.[2][3] He made his film debut in 1995, in Umberto Marino's Heartless.[4]

Calabresi had his breakout in the second half of the 2000s, thanks to the participation in the Italia 1 TV-show Le Iene and to the role of Biascica in the comedy series Boris.[5] In 2008, he co-wrote and hosted the one-man-show Italian Job on La7.[2][6] Among his better known roles, there is the archeologist Arturo Frantini in the I Can Quit Whenever I Want film trilogy.[2][7]

Personal life[edit]

Calabresi is married and has four children. He is the father of footballer Arturo Calabresi.[8]

Selected filmography[edit]

Cinema[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chiavarone, Massimiliano (2 March 2014). "Milano, la città viva mi ha fatto capire che volevo fare l'attore". Il Giorno . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Paolo Calabresi: "Italian Job"". Mymovies (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Paolo Calabresi, il Rocco di «Perfetti sconosciuti» a teatro:«Si ride di più che nel film»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Calabresi, Paolo". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ Paloscia, Fulvio (26 March 2023). ""Perfetti Sconosciuti" alla Pergola di Firenze, Paolo Calabresi: "A teatro si ride di più. Ma la botta emotiva finale è doppia"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ Grasso, Aldo (4 March 2008). "Se il travestimento svela piaghe sociali". Corriere della Sera. p. 61.
  7. ^ Cataldo, Gianmaria (13 January 2020). "Paolo Calabresi: 10 cose che non sai sull'attore". Cinefilos. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ^ Esposito, Elisabetta (24 June 2021). "Paolo Calabresi: "La Roma mi ha cambiato la vita. E ora mi godo mio figlio Arturo"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.

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