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In Italy, he is known for his long-lasting appearances in TV shows like Drive In and Striscia la notizia; abroad he is noted for his movies and his collaboration with Mel Brooks.
TV career
Born in Cossato, a small town near Biella,[1] Greggio began his TV career at age 18 in Telebiella, the first local private owned station in Italy.
In 1978 he was hired as a comedian in RAI, appearing in La sberla e Tutto compreso with Giancarlo Nicotra and Giancarlo Magalli. His appearances in the national TV didn't gain him fame, but Greggio had the chance to meet Gianfranco D'Angelo, another young comedian.
D'Angelo convinced Greggio to move to the new Fininvest (later Mediaset), a local TV channel founded in Milan by Silvio Berlusconi. They were both included in the cast of the main show of the network, Drive In, a 2-hour weekly show featuring a bunch of young emerging comedians. Greggio quickly became spotlight chaser of the whole show.[according to whom?]
In 1988 he followed the creator and head writer Antonio Ricci to a long series of successful shows: after Odiens, a show loosely inspired by Drive In, Greggio in 1990 and 1993 presented Paperissima, a container for bloopers and funny homemade videos. In these shows, Greggio created his most famous recurring gags.
Since 1988 he has been the main presenter (along with D'Angelo and later Enzo Iacchetti) of Striscia la notizia, a daily television news parody. He starred in the program every year for some months, from the beginning up to now.
Since 2000, Greggio has acted in a great number of TV productions, although he would return to movies once more in 2011 with Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films.
Ezio Greggio has two sons, Giacomo and Gabriele, born respectively in 1991 and 1995, with then-wife and Spanish model Isabel Bengochea. They divorced in the early 2000s. He later had relationships with other younger women. From 2019 to 2023 he had a romance with Romina. [4]
In February 2025, he confirmed his relationship with the Food Influencer Nataly Ospina.[5]
↑Colombo, G.; L, W.W.I.S.R.; Italy, W.W. (2006). Who's Who in Italy. International red series. Who's Who in Italy. p.874. ISBN9788885246522. Retrieved 17 June 2018. GREGGIO Ezio, (Dott), actor, film producer, journalist bom Cossato/Biella, April 7, 1954 ...
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