Frank Matano

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Frank Matano
Born
Francesco Matano

(1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 34)
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • YouTuber
  • actor
  • voice actor
  • television personality
Years active2008–present
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]

Francesco Matano is an Italian comedian, television personality, YouTuber, and actor. He rose to prominence in 2008 through his YouTube channel, where he gained widespread recognition for his phone prank videos. He was the first Italian YouTuber to surpass one million subscribers.

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In addition to his online success, Matano expanded his presence in the television industry. He starred in Le Iene , serving as an envoy and presenter. He was also a judge on Italia's Got Talent .

Biography

Francesco Matano was born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere in 1989 to an Italian father and an American mother. He grew up in Carinola, but as a teenager he studied in the United States, graduating from Cranston High School East, Rhode Island. [2] In 2007, at the age of 18, he found success online with his YouTube channel in Italy. His videos consist mainly of videos of telephone pranks and social experiments. [3] [4] For a short period, he attended the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, studying languages. However, he did not take any exams.

His first television appearance was in 2009, on the program Le Iene . The following year he presented a program on Sky dedicated to telephone pranks called Sky Scherzando? In 2011, he participated in the program Ti lascio una canzone by Antonella Clerici, conducting short interviews with the cast. In 2012, he participated in the Lost in Google web series with the JackaL, and in September of the same year participated in 2012 prima di morire on La3, together with Jacopo Morini, and then appeared in the video of the song "Ragazzo inadeguato" by Max Pezzali.

In 2013 he made his acting debut in Fuga di cervelli , directed by Paolo Ruffini. [5] During the same year, he created a second channel on YouTube dedicated to the world of video games called "FRANK MATANO Games". In 2014 he starred in Tutto molto bello , also directed by Ruffini, released in cinemas on 9 October 2014. [6] Matano also began dubbing in 2014, lending his voice to the Italian South Park series. In 2015 he appeared on television as an envoy of Le Iene presentano: Scherzi a parte, planning jokes with victims Paolo Brosio and Ruffini. That year he starred alongside Claudio Bisio in the film What a Beautiful Surprise , directed by Alessandro Genovesi. He also returned to television as a judge in Italia's Got Talent. In May 2015, he was announced "Revelation of the year" at the TV Direction Awards.

From 16 October 2016 he presented the midweek episodes of Le Iene with Ilary Blasi and Giampaolo Morelli. Towards the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016, he dubbed Duke Donnolesi in Zootropolis with Paolo Ruffini. In November 2017, together with Claudio Bisio, he presented The Comedians, broadcast on TV8. In 2018 he starred in the film I'm Back, directed by Luca Miniero. Also in 2018, he was the protagonist of another film Tonno spiaggiato , directed by Matteo Martinez. On 4 February 2018, he participated as a competitor along with Iva Zanicchi on the special edition of Guess My Age - Indovina l'età led by Enrico Papi on the Italian channel TV8. In 2021, he participated as a competitor in the Italian comedy show LOL - Chi ride è fuori . [7]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Fuga di cervelli Franco EspositoFeature film debut
2014 Tutto molto bello Antonio
2015 What a Beautiful Surprise Paolo
2016 Zootopia Duke Weaselton (voice)Italian voice-over role
2018Tonno spiaggiatoFrancesco
I'm Back Andrea Canaletti
2019 Beware the Gorilla Lorenzo Caputo
2021Una notte da dottoreMario
Sing 2 Darius (voice)Italian voice-over role
2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Stratosphere (voice)Italian voice-over role

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2013 Le Iene Himself/ ReporterVariety show (seasons 13–17)
2010Sky Scherzando?Himself/ HostComedy series
2011 Ti lascio una canzone Himself/ Co-hostTalent show (season 5)
2012Lost in GoogleHimselfWebseries
2014 South Park Additional voices2 episodes
2015 Scherzi a parte Himself/ ReporterCrossover version with Le Iene
Tale e quale showHimself/ Guest judgeVariety/Talent show
2015–present Italia's Got Talent Himself/ JudgeTalent show (season 6–present)
2016, 2018 Le Iene Himself/ HostVariety show (seasons 20, 22)
2017The ComediansFrankMain role, 10 episodes
2018Guess My AgeHimself/ GuestContestant for one episode
2021 LOL - Chi ride è fuori HimselfContestant (season 1)
2022Himself/ Co-hostSeason 2
The Bad Guy Director on StageEpisode: "I Saw a Light"
Zootopia+ Duke Weaselton (voice)Main role; 6 episodes
2023Gigolò per casoLuigiMain role

Music videos

YearTitleArtist(s)Notes
2013"Ragazzo inadeguato" Max Pezzali
2017"Volare" Fabio Rovazzi
2019"Non avere paura"Tommaso Paradiso

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References

  1. ↑ "Frank Matano chi è, età, altezza, fidanzata, genitori, fratello, vita privata, Lol, biografia e Youtube". blitzquotidiano.it. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Frank Matano, comico pigliatutto
  3. ↑ (in Italian) Frank Matano - YouTube
  4. ↑ (in Italian) "Gli scherzi telefonici d'autore che hanno conquistato il Web" Corriere della Sera, 3 dicembre 2008
  5. ↑ (in Italian) www.fugadicervelli.it
  6. ↑ (in Italian) Paolo Ruffini torna sul set: è "Tutto molto bello", astenersi depressi e tristoni - Cinema - Spettacoli - Repubblica.it
  7. ↑ "LOL: Chi ride è fuori - Uscito il trailer dello show comico di Prime Video". MAM-e (in Italian). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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