Paolo Calabresi

Paolo Calabresi
Calabresi in 2025
Born	17 June 1964 (1964-06-17) (age 60) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor

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

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

• Heartless (1995)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• Instructing the Heart (2003)
• Il pranzo della domenica (2004)
• Amatemi (2005)
• Ice on Fire (2006)
• I Viceré (2007)
• Night Bus (2007)
• Bets and Wedding Dresses (2009)
• Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio (2010)
• Ti presento un amico (2010)
• Boris - Il film (2011)
• Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
• A Perfect Family (2012)
• Blame Freud (2014)
• I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
• Do You Remember Me? (2014)
• Tutto molto bello (2014)
• Best Enemies Forever (2014)
• Un Natale stupefacente (2014)
• The Correspondence (2016)
• How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents (2016)
• I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass (2017)
• I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem (2017)
• Dreamfools (2018)
• L'agenzia dei bugiardi (2019)
• Parents in Progress (2019)
• Figli (2020)
• School of Mafia (2021)
• Kidnapped (2023)
• Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023)
• The Great Ambition (2024)

Television

• Moses (miniseries, 1995)
• Padre Pio: Miracle Man (miniseries, 2000)
• Compagni di scuola (TV series, 2001)
• Distretto di Polizia (TV series, 2003, 2011)
• Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love (miniseries, 2004)
• Boris (TV series, 2007–2010, 2022)
• Ho sposato uno sbirro (TV series, 2008)
• Il restauratore  [ it ] (TV series, 2012–2014)
• Baby (TV series, 2018)
• Luna Park (miniseries, 2021)
• Sono Lillo  [ it ] (TV series, 2023–2024)
• The Leopard (TV series, 2024)

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. 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.

External links

• Paolo Calabresi at IMDb