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Fabio Volo, pseudonym of Fabio Bonetti, [1] (born 23 June 1972) is an Italian writer, actor, radio and television presenter, screenwriter, drummer, singer and philosopher. [2]
Fabio Bonetti was born in Calcinate, Italy on 23 June 1972. After attending middle school, he worked in his father's bakery (which is now an ice-cream shop in Brescia) and did other casual jobs (like modeling and nightlife related). In 1996 he became a leading figure at Radio Capital, an Italian radio station. [3] As from 1998, he anchored three edition of the TV program Le Iene. [3]
In 2000 he began to anchor his own radio broadcast "Il volo del mattino" on Radio Deejay [3] and he published his first book entitled "Esco a fare due passi". This was followed by "È una vita che ti aspetto", "Un posto nel mondo", "Il giorno in più", "Il tempo che vorrei", "Le prime luci del mattino" and "La strada verso casa". [2]
In 2002 he debuted as an actor in Alessandro D'Alatri's movie "Casomai". He was nominated for Best Actor at the David di Donatello for his role in this film. [4] In 2006 and 2008 Fabio Volo anchored "Italo Spagnolo" and "Italo Americano" on MTV. In 2010 he won the "Premio Letterario la Tore Isola d'Elba", an ingenuity and excellence award. [5] In 2011, Volo starred in "Il giorno in più", the movie based on his eponymous book. [6] In 2012 he returned in television with "Volo in diretta" on Rai 3.
Internationally, Volo has served as the voice of Po in the Italian version of the Kung Fu Panda film series.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2002 | Casomai | Tommaso | Alessandro D'Alatri | Acting debut |
| Playgirl | Fabio | Fabio Tagliavia | ||
| 2003 | Opopomoz | Farfaricchio (voice) | Enzo D'Alò | Italian dub; voice role |
| 2005 | The Fever | Mario | Alessandro D'Alatri | |
| 2006 | One Out of Two | Lorenzo | Eugenio Cappuccio | Also screenwriter |
| 2007 | Manual of Love 2 | Franco | Giovanni Veronesi | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Po (voice) | John Stevenson | Italian dub; voice role |
| Black and White | Carlo | Cristina Comencini | ||
| 2009 | Secrets of the Furious Five | Po (voice) | Raman Hui | Italian dub; voice role |
| 2010 | Marriage and Other Disasters | Alessandro | Nina di Majo | |
| Unlikely Revolutionaries | Toni | Lucio Pellegrini | ||
| Niente paura | Himself | Piergiorgio Gay | Documentary film | |
| 2011 | One Day More | Giacomo Pasetti | Massimo Venier | Also screenwriter |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Po (voice) | Jennifer Yuh | Italian dub; voice role | |
| 2013 | Studio illegale | Andrea Campi | Umberto Carteni | |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Po (voice) | Jennifer Yuh | Italian dub; voice role |
| Un paese quasi perfetto | Gianluca | Massimo Gaudioso | ||
| 2018 | Alio - Un'avventura tra i ghiacci | Narrator (voice) | Guillaume Maidachesky | Italian dub; voice role |
| 2020 | Onward | Wilden Lightfoot (voice) | Dan Scanlon | Italian dub; voice role |
| 2021 | Genitori vs influencer | Paolo Martinelli | Michela Andreozzi | |
| Per tutta la vita | Vito | Paolo Costella | ||
| 2023 | Una gran voglia di vivere | Marco | Michela Andreozzi |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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| 1998–2001, 2016 | Le Iene | Himself/co-host | Italia 1 | Information program (seasons 1–4, 19) |
| 1999–2000 | Candid Camera | Himself/co-host | Canale 5 | Comedy show (season 14) |
| 2001–2002 | Ca' Volo | Himself/host | MTV | Talk show |
| 2003 | Smetto quando voglio | Himself/host | Italia 1 | Variety show |
| 2006–2008 | Italo… | Himself/host | MTV | Reality show |
| 2012–2013 | Volo in diretta | Himself/host | Rai 3 | Variety/talk show |
| 2014–2018 | Che tempo che fa | Himself/ Recurring guest | Rai 1 | Variety/talk show |
| 2016–2018 | Untraditional | Fabio/Himself | Nove | Lead role |
With his novels he has sold over 5 million copies in Italy alone. [7] As of 2019, he has written ten books: [2]
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