Mago Forest

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Mago Forest
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Forest in 2022
Born22 February 1961 (1961-02-22) (age 62)
Nicosia, Sicily, Italy
OccupationComedian

Michele Foresta (born 22 February 1961), best known as Mago Forest or Mr. Forest is an Italian comedian, television presenter and actor.

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Life and career

Born in Nicosia, Sicily, Foresta graduated in accounting and then moved to Milan, where he studied at the Maurizio Nichetti's acting school "Quelli del Glock". [1] [2] After performing in numerous clubs, he was noted by Renzo Arbore, and in 1988 he made his television debut in Arbore's show Indietro tutta. [3] In the first half of the 1990s he was mainly active as a sidekick of Nino Frassica in a number of television shows. [1]

Forest had his breakout in the late 1990s, thanks to his participation in the Mediaset comedy show Zelig. [1] In 2001 he started a long collaboration with Gialappa's Band, hosting most of their subsequent Mai dire franchise shows. [1] [2] He presented the 2006 edition of Festivalbar together with Cristina Chiabotto and Ilary Blasi. [4] In 2022, he took part in the Prime Video show LOL - Chi ride è fuori and in its spin-off LOL Xmas Special, which he won. [5]

Forest also appeared in several films, and was the Italian voice of Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games Crash of the Titans and Mind over Mutant . [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chi è il Mago Forrest, età, altezza, moglie e figli: tutto sul comico di Zelig". Il giornale d'Italia (in Italian). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 D'Amore, Eleonora (10 July 2023). "La forza di Michele Foresta, il Mago Forest che conquista tutti con la sua unicità". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Dell'Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo. "Foresta, Michele" Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN   9788831795999.
  4. ↑ "GialappaShow, Cristina Chiabotto affianca il Mago Forest nella terza puntata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Avitabile, Guido (20 December 2022). "Chi ha vinto LOL Xmas Special? Il vincitore e la classifica finale dell'episodio speciale". BadTaste (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Terlizzi, Salvatore (7 March 2022). "Quando il Mago Forest prestò la voce a un personaggio di Crash Bandicoot". PlayStationBit (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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