Andrea Cipriano Brambilla (21 August 1946 − 24 October 2013), better known as Zuzzurro, was an Italian actor and comedian.
Zuzzurro was born on 21 August 1946 in Varese. He was a former member of Zuzzurro e Gaspare with Nino Formicola (Gaspare).
In September 2013, it was reported Zuzzurro had lung cancer. He subsequently died of the illness on 24 October 2013, aged 67, in Milan.
Luca Pasquale Medici (born 3 June 1977), known as Checco Zalone (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkekko ddzaˈloːne], modeled on the Italianized Barese insult "che cozzalone!", ("lit. 'what a boor!'), is an Italian comedian, actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He co-wrote and starred in the five highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.
Antonio Morese (9 December 1935 – 5 December 2021), known professionally as Toni Santagata, was an Italian folk singer, composer, comedian, and actor. He was sometimes credited as Tony Santagata.
Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer.
Francesco Paolantoni (born 3 March 1956) is an Italian film, stage and television actor and comedian.
Born in Naples, Paolantoni studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, then he started a career as a dramatic stage actor in the late 1970s. In 1987 he debuted as a comedian in Renzo Arbore's variety show Indietro tutta, but the real success came in 1996, with Gialappa's Band's Mai dire Gol and later with the participation in Quelli che... il Calcio. He was also active in films, in which he worked with Paolo Virzì, Mario Martone, Cristina Comencini and Sabina Guzzanti, among others.
Alighiero Noschese (Italian pronunciation: [aliˈɡjɛːro noˈskeːze, -eːse]; 25 November 1932 – 3 December 1979) was an Italian TV impersonator and actor.
Adolfo Margiotta (born 13 September 1957) is an Italian actor and comedian. He was born in Torre del Greco in the Province of Naples.
Paolo Hendel (born 2 January 1952) is an Italian actor, playwright and comedian.
Eugenio Ghiozzi (born 1 March 1955), best known by his stage name Gene Gnocchi, is an Italian television presenter, comedian and former footballer.
Gnocchi was born in Fidenza into a working-class family. He was an aspiring vocalist in a rock band when he was younger, and also has a degree as a lawyer; however he was largely unsuccessful in both roles.
He took advice from the general public and attempted to become a comedian. He started to appear on the then unknown stage of Milan's Zelig in the 1980s, and also as an emerging comedian on the Maurizio Costanzo Show.
Gnocchi started enjoying success in the 1990s and now is mostly known for his role in Quelli che il calcio, a Raidue football-related TV show with Simona Ventura, usually aired on Sundays.
Francesco Pippo (born 2 September 1940), known professionally as Pippo Franco, is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starring in a great number of commedia sexy all'italiana, the "sexy comedy" subgenre of Italian comedy. In the 1970s he expanded into television, acting in TV movies and presenting variety shows. His type of comedy borrows heavily from cabaret. Throughout his career he continued to sing, appearing many times at the Sanremo Festival. He has made children's music as well, and has co-written three books on (linguistic) humor.