Paolo Calabresi

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Paolo Calabresi
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Calabresi in 2008
Born17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) (age 59)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor

Paolo Calabresi (born 17 June 1964) is an Italian actor and television presenter.

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Life and career

Born in Rome, Calabresi studied at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. [1] He started his career on stage, where among others he worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Mario Missiroli, Giorgio Albertazzi. [2] [3] He made his film debut in 1995, in Umberto Marino's Heartless . [4]

Calabresi had his breakout in the second half of the 2000s, thanks to the participation in the Italia 1 TV-show Le Iene and to the role of Biascica in the comedy series Boris . [5] In 2008, he co-wrote and hosted the one-man-show Italian Job on La7. [2] [6] Among his better known roles, there is the archeologist Arturo Frantini in the I Can Quit Whenever I Want film trilogy. [2] [7]

Personal life

Calabresi is married and has four children. He is the father of footballer Arturo Calabresi. [8]

Selected filmography

Cinema

Television

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References

  1. ↑ Chiavarone, Massimiliano (2 March 2014). "Milano, la città viva mi ha fatto capire che volevo fare l'attore". Il Giorno . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Paolo Calabresi: "Italian Job"". Mymovies (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Paolo Calabresi, il Rocco di «Perfetti sconosciuti» a teatro:«Si ride di più che nel film»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 28 February 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Calabresi, Paolo". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Paloscia, Fulvio (26 March 2023). ""Perfetti Sconosciuti" alla Pergola di Firenze, Paolo Calabresi: "A teatro si ride di più. Ma la botta emotiva finale è doppia"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Grasso, Aldo (4 March 2008). "Se il travestimento svela piaghe sociali". Corriere della Sera . p. 61.
  7. ↑ Cataldo, Gianmaria (13 January 2020). "Paolo Calabresi: 10 cose che non sai sull'attore". Cinefilos. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ↑ Esposito, Elisabetta (24 June 2021). "Paolo Calabresi: "La Roma mi ha cambiato la vita. E ora mi godo mio figlio Arturo"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2024.


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